Nov 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
this morning i was outside, the wind whipping through my hair, the cold seeping into my pores, and i thought, “OK, this is it. no more nice weather.” i guess i shouldn’t think this way right now, since there’s about four months of it ahead. ...
Nov 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
i’ve been sitting around watching kevin read the last few “harry potter” pages. he’s almost done with #7, and then WHAT WILL HE DO? I’m still getting over the fact that i’ve finished them all. there are a couple of books about...
Nov 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
it’s all taking way longer than i thought it would. even though the rolls were mixed up, i had to shape them all. then the pies…i thought it’d be quick, a breeze, but they weren’t. not only is the whole rolling of the crust challenging, but...
Nov 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
and this morning, i GOT UP BEFORE KEVIN. this is a rare occurrence. i woke up at 5:30 and thought MUST GET COOL WHIP OUT OF FREEZER. and worse, what if i was actually out of cool whip; what if the cool whip in the freezer was imagined cool whip? plus WOOD CHIPS. ...
Nov 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m almost finished with harry potter #7 – i’ve actually been doing other things this morning instead of FINISHING THE BOOK because i want to stretch it out as long as possible. yesterday i spent some time on various harry potter sites, amazed at...
Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
the sunday morning of the shoot, it was COLD. brrrr. they were going to have an opening ceremony for this last day of shooting, so i hustled down to watch. the guys were all lined up, and then…what did they do? i feel that they played some confederate anthem,...
Nov 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
last friday, kevin got through his first afternoon of shooting at the nathan bedford forrest state park in Eva, Tennessee, and on saturday he was just going to do one more individual shoot in the morning, and then had some team competitions in the afternoon....
Nov 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
last night kevin went to barbra’s website and found the tweet about randy winning the contest, but i only looked at it just now. here it is: Congratulations to RANDY DUNHAM who has just won 2 tickets to the taping of Barbra’s interview with OPRAH! Thanks...
Nov 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
randy finally sent me a text from the train; he didn’t get to meet babs, but he was EIGHT FEET from her, oprah, and robert redford! i wonder what he was doing there? i texted randy that he shoulda jumped the stage. i mean, yeah, he’d have been thrown...
Nov 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
what is white on rice, anyway? that was my aunt sandy’s guess as to what randy was for halloween. kelly guessed that he was a slug. randy was… A SALT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. i think he had the idea for a long time, and he got sidetracked briefly when bev...
Nov 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
i have been camping. i have been camping in tennessee. i have been camping in our popup camper at the nathan bedford forrest state park. i find that a little confusing; it’s not a FOREST, it’s a state park,but the guy’s last name is forrest. we...
Nov 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
amy and jeem! such a cute couple! ditto about that for mom and dad! jim patton is receiving his SPECIAL CHICKEN AWARD – you get it if you put the least amount of thought and effort into a costume. maybe next year we should give it to somebody who is actually...
Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
FINALLY…a picture of dad! he was a rhinestone cowboy. he created the jacket when he was in “best little whorehouse in texas.” he looked very dapper on halloween. and also finally, JIM! a very scary zombie. we wanted a picture of mom, amy and...
Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
today is my brother david’s 50th birthday. gee, the 50th birthdays just keep coming, don’t they? i’ve already told him i’m not making him a giant, multi-tiered wedding-type cake like i did for randy’s recent 50th, and david is, of...
Nov 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
we keep meaning to send christmas cards every year but we never get around to it. i think we should definitely send them out this christmas, and this can be on the front. notice how kevin clearly has no beard. how did i not observe this, especially since he was...
