Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Home Stretch....

I can't keep my eyes open anymore.
I MUST sleep tonight or I will miss out on half the fun of my *favorite* yom tov!
The meats are done. The soup is done. The kugels and quiches are cooling and a colorful array of produce in season is washed and just waiting to be sliced, diced and arranged into eye pleasing salads.
The guests are all lined up (and a few are still knocking at the door ;) ).
Since we city dwellers travel a short distance to our Sukkah , everything needs to be packed up and carted over in advance. Extra shnapps cups for drop-ins (Oh please do drop in! We love it!!), tons of cakes and the like for all the guys going to the various minyanim and bringing along friends for a healthy gooey and delicious breakfast kiddush, drinks of all shapes and sizes to drown a small country, challah boards, wine glasses (thanks Jenine for replacing our corkscrew!!!), gravy boats (yes, Avram is polishing it now....), bentchers and much much more. This year we get to drag down baby gear as well {three grins for Kayla!}. The only thing I want to shlep on yom tov is the hot food itself and then it's all hands on deck.
You know you guys with the sukkah right off the kitchen? In some ways I think you're missing out on some of the FUN... No "camping experience". No bragging rights for "burn your tongue" soup a full half hour after you've arrived at the sukkah. No singing in rounds (and sometimes dancing) with all the other people at the neighboring tables in the public sukkah. {no tittering at the 5 foot doggie that Gabriel sleeps with}. Sometimes doing things the hard way is really wonderful.
Chag Sameach to everybody.
And if you know where to find us, stop on by... (Thursday there'll be *surprise* birthday cake around 7:30pm)

5 comments:

rickismom said...

I haven't even started cooking...... :-(

Too busy with regular wear and tear....

Mikeinmidwood said...

I will never know how you have time all for this.

Anonymous said...

I feel your exhaustion- the desserts, shopping lists, seating arrangements, side dishes, appetizers, drinks, clothes, tights, matching jewelry, stuff from the cleaners, silver to be polished (no offers from males in this house) etc etc. I'd make more in advance but we are sticklers for fresh (read that "we" are sticklers but "we" don't all do the cooking...)

frumcollegegirl said...

you're right, we do miss out on all the fun in the house. but you miss out on the fun of serving (and climbing) through the window, sitting at the table and singing in rounds with the two neighbors (until the little mashgiach tells us women we can't sing)getting to hang whatever we want in the sukkah...guess you'll just have to come experience it by someone like me....

G6 said...

FCG -
We *do* pass through windows... we no longer climb ever since the year somebody cracked a desk :O
We *do* sing in rounds with the other families in the sukkah....
And I'd like nothing better than to come spend a part of succos w/ "someone like you" ;)