 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
A New Love: Jacques Pépin's Fast Food
Talking Him Into It - Feeding The Guy
Another Change, and Two Summer Shortcakes
« Cooking Lesson: Things Go Wrong | Main | New Years Cards »
Now that the holidays are over, we look back at the time spent with our families and ask ourselves a traditional holiday question: how do we deal with our relatives? This is the question that has probably been asked since the beginning of human kind, or even before. And unfortunately this year I have the same answer to the question as I did last year: I don't know. Because let's face it, no matter how good we try to be, and no matter how good our relatives try to be, it's just a fact that the people we grew up with, the people we are tied to for the rest of our lives, will always seem just a little too strange, just a little too annoying, or just a little too, well, familiar to have a normal relationship with. We love them, we miss them, but in the end we're not all that sad that we don't live with them full time, because that would just be too much for us and, undoubtedly, for them.
There are, however, two things I took away from my wonderful time with my strange family this year:
1. Try to retain a feeling of understanding for your family, even when your brother is blessing the wine repeatedly and loudly in bad Hebrew and,
2. If they ask for something that they really want and it isn't too much trouble, just try to accommodate them, even if the request is as seemingly arbitrary as putting a picture of their cat and a pie on your blog.
So here it is, Maui and the apple pie under the Christmas tree -- and you're welcome Jennifer.
Posted by georgia to Tips on January 2, 2006 11:35 PM | permalink | Email this post
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://notadomesticdiva.com/mt-tb.cgi/132
Very cute picture of the cat. Looks like it is just about to take a big bite of pie.
Posted by: Kalyn at January 3, 2006 08:54 AM
That is the hardest I've laughed all day. Thanks, Georgia. :)
Posted by: Cassie at January 3, 2006 08:53 PM
Okay, you have something here! I like your language and style.
What about teaching a private class, once a week for people with stress related issues? and do fun craft-cooking-art-whatever projects.
Like inviting people to share those experimental moments you have.
Posted by: virginia at January 4, 2006 12:13 PM
