Recent Posts Tagged With 'my sister'

• Belated thanks

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 22:17 in my family, my sister, my brother, seasonal stuff, how i pay bills

  I meant to write a Thanksgiving post in which I itemize all my blessings and heartfelt thanks. Thing is, I’ve spent this entire year giving thanks, and I needed to edit the list. Nothing like a little unemployment to kick start Thanksgiving in De...

• Lesmorphication

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 23:02 in my sister, my lady-friend

  As children, my sister and I would often confound friends and family who could not tell who was on the other end of the phone when they called. We inevitably had to tell the caller which sister was speaking. Apparently, we sounded exactly alike. ...

• Better luck next time

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 19:23 in my sister, gay parenting, my lady-friend

  Fooey! The FreezeFoe failed. Fank you…I mean thank you to all who voted – especially those who thought it was a stupid idea but you wanted to help me out without having to fork over any cash. I appreciate it. Before I give up hope entirely an...

• Blog spurning: a family affair

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 20:13 in my sister

  Rachel: I liked the comment on the last blog about the snake choking on a Pet Rock. Deborah: You’d like his blog. You should read it.As we all know, my sister Rachel is not a fan of blogs, and she finds my blog to be especially unpleasant and u...

• Who needs Twitter?

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 21:53 in my sister

  My sister Rachel works for an insurance company. When I asked her if I could share the name of her employer, she said, “Yes. And be sure to mention that it would behoove everyone to have insurance through Aflac.” “But I thought you could onl...

• An apple a day...and denial

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 14:16 in my sister, one-time things

  It’s always great fun to run into other parents at pre-school drop-off. We all escort our children to class together. We exchange niceties, make play dates and keep tabs on what’s going on in each other’s worlds. Next year, Asher is in kinde...

• She threw me under a bus

  Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 21:14 in my sister, crunchy granola stuff

  If you’ve read any of the previous entries featuring my sister, Rachel, you’ll know that conversations range from comedic to cruel. For the most part, she doesn’t even pretend to filter thoughts, and she is particularly feisty. I have to make...

• Moses is a penis

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 22:09 in my sister, jewish stuff

  For those of you just tuning in:Rachel: my sister; Joshua: Her 9 year old; Evan: Her 7 year old; Moses: that 10 commandments guy.Rachel: Joshua told me that he knew what gay meant.Deborah: Really?R: ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘it means happy.’Josh...

• The story of Passover: the finale

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 23:07 in my family, my sister, jewish stuff, seasonal stuff

  Passover has passed, but I still need to tell a bit more of the tale. More journaling. My sister Rachel, the anti-blogger, prefers these kinds of entries. She is a good aunt who loves to read stories about her nephews and watch them in action when...

• Chip off the old block

  Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 16:03 in motherhood, our kids, my sister

  Last night, I parked them in front of the teemee as Levi calls it earlier than usual for evening wind-down with Dora. I couldn’t take it anymore, and I wasn’t in a very crafty, interactive, resourceful, motherly kind of mood. Come to think of i...

• Rachel loves funny lesbos

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 22:03 in gay stuff, my sister, promoting people and things

  Deborah: So, aren’t you happy your substitute teaching job is over? You don’t have to get up at 5 in the morning and go to school. Rachel: I just watched blind-folded musical chairs on Ellen. It was funny, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.D...

• Walking in a fog of wrong

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 23:23 in my sister

  Gabriella has posted a comment on my blog only once, I believe, and that suits me just fine. I have the benefit of standing over her shoulder while she reads. Whenever she so much as twitches, I force her to stop reading and explain her reactions t...

• Obscure title that makes you say, "Huh?"

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 18:20 in my sister

  My sister, Rachel, and I speak every day. She is often the first person I notify that my blog has been updated. She doesn’t have the desire to subscribe, and I don’t mind having her read it while I’m on the phone with her. More often than no...

• Thanksgiving '08

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 21:49 in food and drink, my family, my sister, seasonal stuff

  I can’t let the weekend go by without talking about Thanksgiving now, can I? It wouldn’t be right. As much as I like to avoid writing about the obvious, I can’t deny things like holidays, birthdays, elections, etc. This is an important holid...