Saturday, December 31, 2011
South Beach has gotten to me again. It’s sucked me up and spit me back out. But I come up momentarily for air to say Happy New Year. It’s been a year of ups and downs and ups again, but overall it was a good year and I hope 2012 continues in the same vein. [...]
Thursday, December 22, 2011
I’m ashamed. I’ve done something that’s just so… wrong. I feel so dirty. Which will sound a little ironic when I tell you the horrific thing I’ve done. I’ve– I’ve– God, it’s hard to spit this out. But I must. Deep breath. Okay. Here it is. I’ve done the laundry. And not just once. I [...]
–I’m getting old. I went to Adam’s office party last night. I did not get drunk. I did not saying anything that could potentially get Adam fired. I did not embarrass myself or anyone else. It was a whole different world. There’s no way around it, people: Getting old sucks. I miss the old days [...]
Call me Scrooge. Or should it be Ghoulge? I hate Halloween. We belong to a Conservative synagogue, and some members don’t celebrate Halloween. Oh, sure, they’ll pass out candy to those who ring their door bell. But no dressing up, no going out, no decorations, no frights. Sometimes I wish we were a more religious [...]
I’m in the midst of Passover prep, so here’s just a quick tidbit from this morning. Me: I wonder if there’s mail today? Pie: Why wouldn’t there be mail? Me: Today is Patriots’ Day! Remember, that’s why you marched with the Daisies in the parade yesterday. Pie: Patriots’ Day? Me: Yep. Pie: So, in Florida [...]
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Every year, we mail home a box from Miami, filled with all the stuff we don’t have room to pack. The presents for the kids, the after-holiday stuff we buy. But this year, the box had something special for me. And I plan on using it the first quiet moment I get on this snow [...]
Saturday, January 1, 2011
My first post of the year. Will it be uplifting? Bring you hope and joy in 2011? Give you inspiring words to live by or at least a great quote that you can repeat from time to time? Nah. I’m here to talk about my daughter’s potty mouth. It never fails. Whenever that girl gets [...]
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Ah, the holiday season is well upon us. Also known as card season. This year, as with most years, I came up with the idea for our holiday card (always a new year’s card to avoid the whole “we don’t celebrate Christmas” thing). I cajoled my son into contributing a picture. I picked the photos. I [...]
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Yes, yes, our holiday is over. Ended a bit ago, actually. Must remind myself, as I enter stores, that for other folks, the holiday rush is still on and I shouldn’t be surprised by the mobs of people, and yet, I always am. But I do love this time of year and while we forgo [...]
Thursday, November 25, 2010
I think of holidays in terms of the food most abundantly used. Fourth of July is totally a hot dog holiday. Hanukkah, as you can guess, is oil. Don’t let anyone tell you that Passover is the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It’s not. It’s the Holiday of the Clogged Arteries because more than anything, Passover [...]