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Dec. 14th, 2006 05:29 pmMy grandmother couldn't ever think of what to get us for Jewish New Year. She bought us an awful lot of scratchies and lottery tickets. I think one of our vast family won $5 just one time.
There are better ways of doing the lottery type of present. The Old Foodie told me about the Menu for Hope, which is the sort of raffle I would rather my grandmother had thought of. Lots of delicious prizes all over the world, and if you don't get a prize the money still does good. I made a list of all the prizes I wished I could have then I drew one out of a hat and spent my treat money for the week on it since I can't go outside, it being all bushsmokey (I did put out my rubbish, and it was a *mistake* - I can breathe again now :) ). I feel much less trapped by the smoke now I have spent my treat money :).
The list of Asia-Pacific prizes is here and totally delectable and I keep wanting to drop hints about me having 8 days of Chanukah starting tomorrow. Instead I'm going to suggest you buy yourself a present. We are all a bit tired this time of year and the fun of this is that even if you don't win you get to dream about 5 kinds of chocolate or a facial/massage or a degustation menu or a little package of food history written just for you by The Old Foodie.
There are better ways of doing the lottery type of present. The Old Foodie told me about the Menu for Hope, which is the sort of raffle I would rather my grandmother had thought of. Lots of delicious prizes all over the world, and if you don't get a prize the money still does good. I made a list of all the prizes I wished I could have then I drew one out of a hat and spent my treat money for the week on it since I can't go outside, it being all bushsmokey (I did put out my rubbish, and it was a *mistake* - I can breathe again now :) ). I feel much less trapped by the smoke now I have spent my treat money :).
The list of Asia-Pacific prizes is here and totally delectable and I keep wanting to drop hints about me having 8 days of Chanukah starting tomorrow. Instead I'm going to suggest you buy yourself a present. We are all a bit tired this time of year and the fun of this is that even if you don't win you get to dream about 5 kinds of chocolate or a facial/massage or a degustation menu or a little package of food history written just for you by The Old Foodie.