Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

What Can You Do With a Dollar?




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Monday, May 11, 2009

What Do You Think?



Is it possible to gain 10 pounds in one week?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Ideas, anybody??



Ok, time to start thinking about this summer's story.

Anyone out there have any suggestions?

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Why Didn't I Think Of This?

Freaky Food Fun: Stick dried spaghetti into hot dogs, then boil!!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

Tis the Season...



Counting the days till I can listen to music again!!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

My Own Sefira...



Is everyone else out there as tired as I am?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Not Normal!!




What every sane person spends four hours doing Erev Pesach...printing envelopes!!

Monday, April 6, 2009

With Apologies to Robert Frost






So far, just a sampling of what I've used:

133 eggs
9 pounds of onions
12 pounds of potatoes
4 pounds of apples
7 pounds of sugar
8 zucchini
6 cucumbers
1 1/4 bottles oil
1 1/2 quarts mayonnaise
5 bags ground pecans
1 1/2 cans potato starch

And miles to go before I sleep...

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Aaaaah!!



The picture says it all.

Pass the tissues.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Only In Monsey?




Sorry, not complaining or ranting this time.

Spent my whole day buying Pesach food. Stores were crowded, lines were long - you know how it is. I was waiting on line in the fruit store, doing absolutely nothing valuable with my time when I noticed a plastic container taped to the register. In the container, was a Tehillim with a little sticker on the front instructing you to please make sure to return it to the register. So instead of just standing on line doing nothing, I knocked off my Tehillim for the day.

Don't know about you, but it really made me smile!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

And You Guys Think I Need Hobbies?

I know. You prefer when I rant and rave.

But this was too funny not to share.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Do It Yourself




Did you know that if you buy a pair of piercing earrings in Wal Mart they give you the piercing gun for free as long as you're over 18?

No, I am NOT making this up.

Someone Must Have Been Very Thirsty!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

tHat's Entertainment!



So, by a show of hands. Who thinks I should go along when the boys go hat shopping?

Am I better off crying in the store? Or crying at home while they're out shopping and then crying again when they come home? And anyone who's going to suggest I not cry at all doesn't know me at all!

And isn't there some law that if you have such cute, round cheeks, you're too little to wear a hat?

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Child/Spousal Abuse




Yes, I've finally done it. Something worse than not using my oven for three weeks because I don't want to have to kasher it.

I didn't serve anything fleishics Friday night. Onion soup. Poached salmon. Yum!

Who's ready to call the authorities on me?

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Shechiyanu Time!




So here's the plan. I don't use the new oven until Pesach so that I don't have to clean it. Yes, I know it's self cleaning, but that doesn't mean I won't obsess over every little nook and cranny.

What do you think - am I being practical or completely unreasonable?

Monday, March 9, 2009

The Morning After





Take as needed...

PARTY Time!!




A Freilichen Purim from the entire Rant family!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Baruch Dayan Emes




That's it. I think my oven is finally dead. I am soooo sad! Yes, I know it was older than me. But even if this forces us to finally extend the house, it means I am oven-less for a very long time.

All comments about extending or helpful suggestions will be deleted. Just want sympathy! (And my Kol Noar CD.)

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Hamantaschen From Outer Space!!




Are these ugly or what? No, I didn't burn them. They are chocolate hamantaschen with marshmallow filling. The white ones on the left have fluff for filling. But it kept sticking to the spoon, so I tried using actual marshmallows - those are the ones with the ugly brown filling on the left. Guess we'll just have to eat the ugly ones!

But I got to thinking - let's hear some creative hamantasch ideas - marshmallow fluff is getting too hard to work with. I know what Uncle Rant would come up with - fleishic hamantaschen!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Contagious Diseases




Anyone know where the Pinki are? We haven't heard from either of them in ages!

(For non-Faska's out there, Pinki is plural of Pinchas.)

And fyi, that picture was titled "infection". It just kinda called to me.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

You're Never Too Old...Or Are You?


With Purim right around the corner, we're all thinking about Purim costumes. Except y3k (not y2k!) who is dull, a spoilsport and doesn't believe in dressing up for Purim.

So, here's a point to ponder. At what point in time are you too old to dress up for Purim? What costumes are NOT appropriate for Purim? (Remember guys, this is a G rated blog. Don't make me delete your comments!!)