Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Doodles: So you went to film school? Me: Yes, I did. Doodles: And you studied acting? Me: No. I studied filmmaking. To study acting you went to acting school. Doodles: So what did you study? Me: Directing. Screen writing. Editing. Animation. Doodles: So how come you became a regular writer? Me: When I got out of [...]
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
I love coming home to this sight. Normally Pie falls asleep in her own bed, and makes her way into our bed in the middle of the night. But when she has a babysitter, despite the painted nails that she’s allowed, she still gets “sad” when it’s time for her to go to sleep. So, [...]
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Let’s start this by saying Adam is wrong. Screw top wines are never good and the Bordeaux did not improve after a day. Now, let’s ask: Where did this boy of mine come from? I just had to tell him that two hours of reading was too long and he had to go to bed, [...]
Thursday, September 23, 2010
So kids actually do things in kindergarten. They have echo owls to learn their sounds and they make apple trees with their families’ names on them. They check books out of the library that they can leave in the classroom and learn to dance “Eye of the Tiger.” The learn a poem about six little [...]
Monday, September 20, 2010
I spend my entire days now counting. Okay, that’s not a hundred percent true. I spend a good portion of my day threatening to count. I don’t even know where this counting started. I think somehow, somewhere, there was some book that advocated counting. Oh, I didn’t read the book. Someone just told me about [...]
Friday, September 17, 2010
Yom Kippur begins at sundown tonight. My son and I began the negotiations this morning. We are not, in general, an observant family but we do make more of an effort around Yom Kippur. Me: There will be no TV, iPods, computers, or electronics for the 25 hours of Yom Kippur. It should be noted [...]
Friday, September 17, 2010
I am now a lady of leisure. My younger child has fled to kindergarten, and I now have hours and hours to watch Oprah, eat bon bons, and get pedicures. I so cannot wait. If only. I have to say sending my wee one off is a bittersweet experience, one I’m not completely excited about. [...]
Monday, September 13, 2010
–My son convinced my daughter that Hebrew school was the evil of all evils. But she announced yesterday afternoon, “Hey, Doodles was wrong! Hebrew school is fun!” And because of that, I didn’t cut out his tongue. –The Dolphins won yesterday, and my son announced, “That’s not good news. Because I now root for the [...]
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Can I get a “Whoo hoo”? Whoo hoo! The birthday party season has ended and I survived. Guitar-shaped cake. Check. Gold rock ‘n’ roll cuffs. Check. Backstage passes for everyone. Check. Freeze dance, pin-the-sunglasses on the rock star, limbo. Check. Beers consumed. Check. Thank you notes all written. Check. I am DONE! Of course, it [...]
Saturday, September 4, 2010
I confess. Tonight as I was blowing up plastic microphones and guitars for Pie’s Rock Star birthday party, I had on Bridezillas. All of a sudden, a cold chill went up my spine. I had a flash forward to Pie, twenty-eight years from now at her own wedding (we get married late, us party girls) [...]