Just over 25 years ago I began attending Passover seders at my friends J and E's home. Their sons were just young teens then, and now they are both PhDs with smart and capable wives. One couple has had two children. I have moved away from NYC, but I will drive down to the city so that I can help with the preparations for seder starting Thursday and into Friday. I will be peeling veggies and laughing and basking in the immense joy of my extended family. With the exception of one 85 year old (Catholic) cousin, my entire blood family is dead. So my extended family is my family in every way.

Just could not resist sharing these car buying tips from AWARE and Santa His Reindeer ! Up on the Car Roof click, click, click.....The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and Santa just realized he has a problem. His sleigh is getting old and won’t be able to make it around the world to deliver toys to all the good girls and boys. Santa needs a new sleigh, but he doesn’t know where to begin.

It might be said that there are two kinds of people in this world: those who put antlers on their tiny dog at holiday time, and those who don't.

This week I've been catching up on all the wonderful things happening in the blogs.   I'll admit, though, that too often a blog will take me to another blog or YouTube; one  leads to another and I'm lost for an hour or more. I mean, can someone explain how I ended up watching Daft Hands - Technologic about 10 times?  Well, I'm sure you've been there yourself.  The next thing you know, the family is begging for supper or clean clothes and you're wondering where your week went! Let's see...