It's that time of year when you see masked little boys and girls running around with "Hamentashen" dressed as little superheroes and movie stars.
My kids are not going as Vashti and Esther. To be honest I had no idea who either of them was! One costume looked like the famous Persian singer "Googoosh" and the other looked like Lady Gaga! Both equally adorable!
Many women share my sentiment this time of year at Purim parties as at every Megillah reading Jewish women are hearing 'More to hide" instead of Mordechai!
The time has come to lose my sanity! It's "Clean out the cabinet time!" The panic sets in as you think.... no... can it be? ... Please don't let it be: Pesach!
I'm looking at boxes of cookies sideways like a cat waiting to strike a humming bird. I can now justify my reason for eating every cookie in my cupboard!
To those who prepare for Pesach or even visit relatives, the stress can actually bring on a heart attack! What if the Katz's come the same night as the Rosenberg's and it's Ira's new wife that everybody hates...especially the Katz's! How do I seat them? Where do I seat them?
The palpitations have begun! Shopping and going to the butcher is a major cause of stress. My butcher at Doheny Meats will not be in his right mind! The wait is endless, but the entertainment is priceless!
My youngest daughter went to school tonight for her Purim party, and I asked her: "Are you Esther or Vashti?" She said: "Mom! Stop with the jokes! Everybody knows I'm Nicky Minaj!" My oldest got sick on me so I couldn't finish my column yesterday.... but she managed to drag me out for her costume!
I didn't have to ask: She's an "angel!" (The halo gave it away!)
I'd like to be a flea on the wall watching her teacher's reaction to this costume! Of course my kids ask me the same question every year: "Mommy, who are you this year?" Well, I'm the same person every year... I'm the help...and not "the help" from the movie, I'm just the broad who runs this joint and keeps VJ readers in the know!
Enjoy your Purim parties and eat a couple of loaves of bread because before you know it...it's "Matzah time!"
Matzah pancakes, Matzah cake, Matzah cookies ... Matzah madness!
I'm a little hungry now after talking about all this food so I'll let you go and will see you next week when I tell you a little story about a neighbor of mine who I swear wears cleats throughout the night! This is not a usual noisy neighbor story... LAPD comes to my home ...unannounced!
Don't forget to watch "James and Sunda" on JLTV on Tuesday nights at 7 and 10 and stay tuned to VJ and 'Hoodzpah! You always learn something new because we tell like it is and like it was! Now...back to my "Hamantashen!"
reading Jewish women are hearing 'More to hide" instead of Mordechai!
