You're right. Kat getting all the pecan pie and me getting all the Christmas cake is the worst possible dessert outcome.

I think you'll see that the curse is not in effect until tomorrow. At which time all your cake will have nuts and all her cake will have raisins. Bon appetite.

As long as my pie doesn't have nuts, I'm good.

Wait a minute.

Kosher bathtub?

What? Why? How? What stuff? WHy does a bathtub have to be kosher? There's no food anywhere near my bathtub! It gets scrubbed out with bubbly bleach cleanser every day, but now I'm flipping - why do I have to kosher up my ginormous Victorian clawleg tub, and what am I supposed to use, if Dow bathroom bubbly cleanser and clorox aren't enough?

HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLP!

where is the proof?

See. We all participated. We don't need proof.

It's a vast left coast conspiracy; that's what it is.

There are lots of pictures....Just because we aren't posting them or sharing them doesn't mean they don't exist.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?

How can a curse that is already working not be in effect until tomorrow?

Kosher bathtub?

The only reference I could find was here. It has to do with a cleansing ritual during a woman's period. The "bathtub" is not in one's home, but in a special location under Rabbinical supervision. It's unclear to me if single women even need to do the ritual. In other words, don't worry about it!

t on edit - just read natter Or you just get one-o-them kosher sponges. In any case, it doesn't appear to be very difficult.

echoing Deb's bathtub anxiety. Our tub will be clean for Nilly's visit, and, you know, that's a pretty special occasion in and of itself.

Heh. Off to read Natter.

Jon is talking about a mikvah, which is a ritual purity bath (and you can't usually take one at home because it has to be living water, and there's a lot to this lalalala...digress) a woman must take after her monthly (and after giving birth and other stuff...). I don't think that's the issue, here.

I am guessing that either to ensure there is no mildew (there's lots in the Torah about mildew), or to kosher-clean a tub a menstruating woman could have once used, a certified cleansing agent is probably needed.

OK, that can be part of the post-airport pickup grocery run. s'cool. Nilly knows what Nilly needs, and we'll handle it when she gets here.