May 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
i actually had two burning questions, not one, but now i can only think of the one. this is what i’ve been pondering – a couple of weeks ago, the space shuttle atlantis landed, after fixing the hubble. they were waiting around for a couple of days to...
May 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
and the only reason i finally got out of bed is because i was lying there thinking about the INFINITE AMOUNT OF THINGS that need to be done around here. well, also, the dogs had to be fed. although the dogs and the cat were thoroughly enjoying sleeping next to me in...
May 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
my birthday night, when the lights on the umbrellas were lit, plus all the rope lights around the deck railings…it was quite nice. lovely. we had a grand time, including a boat ride. it seems that it’s rained quite a bit since then, though, and we...
May 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
amy said to me this morning, “you aren’t going to do too much today, are you?” “no,” replied me. we took a lovely walk/run this morning with all the dogs. then i went home and mopped the floors. i realize i probably could have found...
May 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
well, for one thing, it’s lovely and warm outside. also i don’t have to wrap any gifts. nor do i have to bake any xmas cookies. but aside from that…i think i’m way too tired for not even nine o’clock on a saturday night. kevin is in his...
May 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
there’s this noise that you hear in various action movies, “raiders of the lost ark” comes to mind, it’s that noise when somebody is pushing aside some huge stone tablet or door or something and it’s kind of a deep scraping noise and they...
May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Question: when is it time to clean the pet fountain? whenever i fill up the pet fountain i try to avoid looking at it too closely because invariably there are things floating in it. the animals always manage to get bits of leaves and debris in it, and probably...
May 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
i’ve been sitting here on the screened porch since i got up, about eight o’clock. i went outside a few times to check on the pontoon boat progress…which is going very well, by the way. but now i’m very slighly alarmed that it’s already...
May 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
and we’re sitting out on the screened porch drinking wine and…well, i’m looking stuff online, but i’m about to stop that. kevin is reading a gun magazine. mollie is lying in a stupor because… well, mollie has been a bad dog. yet...
May 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
do you remember that song? i don’t really remember any of it except that one line, and i think it was a sad song. kevin’s weekend plan was to go to the Lincoln Home area and camp out with the 114th. they were going to sleep in tents without floors. ...
May 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
randy and i stopped by the grocery store the other day and i debated about buying a box of organic flax cereal. it’s quite delicious plus it’s very good for you and i had gotten it at wal-mart for about $3/box. but we happened to be in a county market,...
May 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
last night we went to the fox theater in st. louis to see the flight of the conchords. it’s a band comprised of two guys, brett and jermaine, and we found out about them on the HBO series “flight of the conchords,” which gets funnier every time we...
