Umm, Let's Passover this Seder

I'm aware that this should have been written last evening, but I was realllly tired when I got home from my folks home.

Mind you, it was just my folks, Mort & Selma, and my brother, Artie (He prefers, Arthur, but it ain't gonna happen from me.) and of course, Rusty.

I wanted to make this a nice Seder with my family, so I went all over getting the favorites for everyone. I went to Charlie's Deli on Pico for the fish, the Farmer's Market in Westchester for the Yukon Gold potatoes, the Kalamata Olives, and Roma Tomatoes & Mozzarella, Torrance Farmer's Market for the Salsa, and Trader Joe's for the best dairy. You get the drift.

I came home and roasted the garlic and made the potatoes just the way Artie, Daddy & my mom like them.
Oh ya, and I got Rusty's food ready as well to take over to the Folk's house.

Ya know, they seemed to be in a good mood. I guess that was to be short lived. Families!

My mom decided that we needed to have the table opened up and to put the "leaf" in. Normally this is something we do when there are more people at the table. But seeing as how Aunt Juliette wasn't feeling up to going out and Doug, my friend who seems to always cancel, cancelled, I didn't see the point in opening the table. The Mother thought otherwise and I opened the table. (At this point you should know that my daddy's hearing aid was broken and that the prospect of speaking louder than we already do for him was in the bag.)
My mom wasn't very happy about the brisket she was making and decided that we would all hate it. "It's horrible." (No it wasn't but you try telling her). "We're going to have Green Beans. You like Green Beans." Okay fine, whatever.
"You made the potatoes!' Ya, I had to roast the garlic and it just seemed easier to do at home and bring it over that way. and so on and so on.

Rusty on the other hand, was in a very good place! All sorts of smells coming from the Magic Room. He parked himself in the Magic Room and waited for the Magic Door to open and wonderful things to happen. Rusty had a bit of a sore foot going on last night and my mom and I treated it and put a sock over it so that he couldn't hurt is further.
No sore foot is going to dissuade our hero from finding all sorts of goodies in the Magic Room! Ever the dedicated sleuth, Rusty had his nose to the ground, in the air, up on the couch, at your kneecap and up your.....you get he drift... looking for morsels to be given his way. (My favorite is when he lays his head on your person. Precious!)

Everyone did their part in controlling what The Boobah was going to receive.

Daddy - Can I give this to Rusty? Annie, The Dog wants food!

(Really Dad, you think? Wow, I didn't see that coming...I'm shocked!)

Mom - He wants this!

(And that means what? He's going to get it?)

Artie - No Forget It! here you go..No Forget It!

and

Me - what have you already had? I know you're hiding something....but I love you no matter what you do! Oh, Please You Guys, he's gonna get sick!

FYI, he did survive and is naturally on a diet now.

We went for a walk when we got home and then I went straight to bed. I had to be up before 5 AM and wanted to get some sleep.

I don't like fighting or arguing with my family, but it does happen to the best of us, I guess. We're family and will always push each other's buttons. Sometimes it's a bit worse than other times and last night was kinda like that for me.

Today's a new day and life goes on.