May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
my friend erica is doing the coast-to-to coast walk through england, all by herself. she is very brave, and a very good walker. she’s walking for 12 days, and today she’s hopefully finished half of her trip. she’s walking a total of 12 days, and i...
May 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
birthday, cake, blah blah blah…but MORE IMPORTANTLY, kevin was on the NEWS on the morning of my birthday, last thursday. it was a six a.m., so you probably missed it. i’m in the video a little bit, too. most of the time you can’t see me, but...
May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
when mollie wakes up in the morning, she doesn’t look in the mirror and think, “what kind of mayhem can i cause today?” for one thing, i’ve never even seen her look in the mirror. she’s just a dog, doing doggie things. she just is. a...
May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
gee, i was reading that last post about all the painting at the duplex…it seems so long ago. we spent a relatively exhausting weekend in sterling, doing fun stuff like carrying furniture around, taking stuff out to the garage. i cleaned out kevin’s...
May 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
i spent 6 1/2 hour yesterday painting the duplex. all i got done was the kitchen. it feels like i did a lot, but then i think, only the kitchen???!!! the kitchen isn’t even that big, but the walls do climb on either side to a really really high height. THANK...
May 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
yesterday afternoon i was taking a quick lunch break in between painting painting painting over at the duplex, sitting on the floor petting les. mollie decided that there must be an intruder, so she started barking, which scared poor lester, and he bolted away. his...
May 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
i was sitting here on the screened porch contemplating the myriad of stuff i have to get done today, when in trotted les with a big pair of white socks in his mouth. that kitty makes me smile no matter what. sometimes when i got into the bedroom, this is how...
May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
i have spent four hours over at mom and dad’s old duplex, cleaning, getting it ready to sell. i did not fall or cut myself or anything. but i am very tired, so i have been sitting here quietly UPDATING MY ENGLAND POSTS, and am happy to report that i have...
May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
a few days ago i fell in the driveway. the driveway is made of a very hard black substance. not concrete, it must be asphalt. i was watering flowers and somehow i tripped over the hose. my knee bled and got a scab. saturday i took mollie, numie and noodle for a run...
May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
well, it was chopping down dead and dying tree day. but first, for some reason this ADORABLE PHOTO of noodle didn’t appear on my last post, so here here is. he loves the little stuffed animals that amy buys for him and he’s very tender and delicate with...
May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
it’s a beautiful morning and there are approximately three million things i need to be doing outside on this beautiful day, but first, some photos. it’s too bad there isn’t something else in this picture, to give you a sense of scale. this is a very...
May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
i have gotten some mail from readers saying WE NEED PHOTOS OF LESTER. luckily i take plenty of photos of him almost every day, because amy demands it. here he is yesterday; he spent much of the day lolling around on the orange chair on the screened porch. i spent most...
May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
dad is 75 today. he is a very happy man, in his lovely new home. we all bought him some huge arbor vitae, which are some kind of big fir trees, to make a screen around his patio area. more gifts to come later today. ok then, mrs. h.
May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
we went to sterling last wednesday for kevin’s mom’s funeral and didn’t get back til saturday night. since then i’ve been amazingly drained and tired and not thinking so clearly. yesterday, after taking mollie for a run, lifting some weights,...
