Friday, November 4, 2011

Lessons Learned

The sukkah is dismantled and neatly stored in the garage.The decorations are in the attic. Noah's asking about Hannukah presents already! But before I leave Sukkot behind, here are a few things I discovered:

1.  It’s never a bad time to shop for Sukkot. Just this morning a mom told me that she’s buying her family’s sukkah right now for next year. Turns out they’re all on sale, of course! This is also a great time to buy all the “Halloween” decorations—fake pumpkins, orange lights, etc.—that the stores are trying to get rid of. Personally, I’m waiting for the day after Christmas, when I plan to buy tons of lights to string up in my sukkah next fall.
2. Next year I’m buying the bamboo mat roof. It won’t get yucky in the rain and I won’t have to beg for branches from my neighbor’s tree removal company. Which leads me to …
3. S’chach is everywhere when you don’t need it.
4. Wet hay is yucky.
5. My husband is a great sport. I dragged him into this project, and he actually thanked me! Turns out he had a fantastic time building the sukkah and bonding with Noah, and we all enjoyed entertaining friends and family.
6. There’s a sukkah for every budget and every ability. I saw one sukkah made from two pieces of lattice tacked to the side of a barn. I saw another with stained glass windows. I saw a sukkah that popped up like my kid’s toy tent and others that were great works of art.
7. Don’t eat your etrog. L
8. Think all that rain and wind was bad? At least it didn’t snow!

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