Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
and that’s all i have to say this afternoon. we are going out to celebrate RANDY’S HAPPY BIRTHDAY tonight. randy wanted me to write here that he thought that hangover 2 was “ok.” he said he “laughed a few times.” i said YOU...
Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
i let les paul out of the hot tub room yesterday, into the bedroom and bathroom and he explored everything he could. i let him out again a coupla hours later and he went a little crazy, richocheting off the walls and stuff, excited to be in a bigger space. this...
Jun 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
the weather continues to be PERFECT, which is why i must type very very fast in order to GET BACK OUTSIDE. here’s a very very cute photo of mollie that kevin took at some time. i can’t say when he took it, because when i downloaded the photos from his...
Jun 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
there’s a huge backlog of photos somehow – partly because kevin has been taking pictures and i haven’t ever downloaded them, partly because i’ve been so busy outside. but here’s the beginning of a bunch of different things – first,...
Jun 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
kevin just sent me these photos; he got FIRST PLACE in the smoothbore individual competition; he was shooting with the “A” shooters, the best of the best. good job, honey! he was also on the A team for the smoothbore team shoot and they won first place! ...
Jun 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
that is my two word summary for “the hangover 2.” last night i was really looking forward to going to a movie…kevin and i talk about going to movies sometimes, and he keeps saying he’d like to see this movie or that…but somehow we rarely...
Jun 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
yesterday afternoon kevin left for the sandy ford shooting place in streator, illinois. this morning when i got up, i wondered why winnie hadn’t been batting at my head, insistent on getting some breakfast. i walked into the kitchen and he was frantically...
Jun 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
it rained and rained and thundered and lightninged really early on saturday morning, but it stopped by the time we got up. this is what the camper looked like by saturday morning; we’re not the neatest campers in the world, i know. it’s easier to keep...
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
i drove to menard’s this afternoon to pick up a milliion more bags of mulch, plus many many many (130, to be exact) bricks to put around some landscaping that i’m going to do down by the lake. when i drove back to pick up the stuff i went right by the spot...
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
this morning i put a collar with a bell attached on him, and clearly he’d never had one of those before. he kept hopping backwards, trying valiantly to find WHERE THAT RINGING WAS COMING FROM. he frantically looked under the pillows, under the comforter, but...
Jun 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
we drove down to pere marquette on friday afternoon, and the GPS wanted us to take I-72 to route 67. this was a delightful change from the overwhelmingly monotonous I-55. I wonder how may hundreds of times we’ve been down that boring, flat stretch of road? ...
Jun 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
He’s being a very good kitty, so far. the problem is that today marks just one week since he’s been fixed; three more weeks to keep him locked up. he doesn’t mind it so much now. he’s only in the cage a little bit in the evening, so he and...
Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
i got up early this morning and picked him up at the APL. a great dane was coming in and MAN WAS HE HUGE. there was a cat there with the BIGGEST MEOW i’ve ever heard. he sounded very, very distraught. they quickly retrieved Les P. and i put him in the car and...
Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
YAY, today is aunt sandy’s birthday! unfortunately, she’s not here to celebrate with us, but hopefully she’s having a FABULOUS time up there in the big city of chicago. ok then, mrs. birthday wishes hughes.
Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
last thursday night, randy and i went to Menard’s on the west side of town to buy some flowers and mulch. after quite a time doing that, we headed out of the parking lot, right next to the big electric substation. and there in the gravel, randy saw a kitty. we...
Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
last thursday we went back out to watch more of the sailing regatta. first, though, we sailed around a little. this house is on our side of the lake, and it’s one of my favorites – i love the yard filled with hostas. the interior designer jim wilson owns...
Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
which happened last week…many things have happened since then. but first, a photo of the very first tomb ceremony, last tuesday night. i wonder if they’ll be out there in the rain tonight? maybe it won’t be raining, but it’ll be mighty soggy...
Jun 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
here is my friend carol’s beautiful dog, bob. bob lives in Maidstone, UK, with carol and her husband Alan. we will be VISITING THEM later this summer. but right now i have ONE MILLION THINGS to do out in the yard, but before that we have to get right out on the...
Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
on saturday we only stayed at fort de chartres for a few hours, then we were off to Ste. genevieve, MO, to our B&B. i’d booked it because it was a short drive and ferry ride to ste. genevieve – only 15 minutes. but then we found out that ferry...
Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
over the weekend, Kevin and i went to the 41st annual Fort De Chartres Rendezvous, just outside of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. it’s about two and a half hours south of springfield. “Rendezvous is a re-creation of the traditional Frech fur trapper’s...
Jun 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
memorial day, kevin took part in three different memorial events involving warm woolen pants and jackets and all that stuff…the first one was at Lincoln’s Tomb, the second one was at Oak Ridge Cemetery, and i went to watch the third one, at Camp Butler....
