Wendy's Turn

	Well, let's see what's happened since last year's Seder. Elizabeth and Jacob are a year older. That's the biggest news of all.   Aunt "Eh-Eh" comes every Wednesday to help take care of them.
	For some "strange" reason, Jake likes to walk to Aunt Esther and fall right into her chest. He's only two years old, and he's already feeling up the women. Must be a Blum family trait!
Anyway, as I sit here and ponder what life lessons I will pass on to my children, I realized that a lasting legacy requires one to commit it to paper — kind of like "Monica's Story."
	As my children will soon discover, being a Blum requires you to live within certain guidelines, a certain code of behavior, if you will. Sort of like the royal family — with more guilt. Many of you, Blum-born and out-laws alike, have often been confused by many of these rules. The reason is, not because you don't understand the rules, it's because the rules are arbitrary. Luckily, you have me, Miss Blum Manners, to guide you through the minefield of behavior.
Herewith, I have condensed 100 years of Blumdom into the ten most important arbitrary Blum rules for you to live by. I hope these rules will be a lasting legacy for my children and my children's children.