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,...
Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
whew. that about covers it. the other night i was rushing around making pizza, and every once in a while i heard a little sound, maybe something falling over down in the basement? i didn’t think too much about it because i had too many other things going on in...
Apr 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
i’m not getting to mom and dad’s anytime soon to take pictures of how FANTASTIC their house looks already, so here’s what it looked like on moving day. the front hall, with all the moving protective stuff down. now there’s a beautiful...
Apr 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
kevin’s mom, nancee, died on friday evening. her visitation is this wednesday, april 25th, from 5-7, at the McDonald Funeral Home in Sterling, IL. The funeral will be on Thursday, time TBA. the information will be posted on the website on monday. McDonald...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
a few photos of moving day for mom and dad, on monday, april 2nd. such a HUGE truck! one of the workers said the truck was only 1/4 full for their move. i guess they could have rented something smaller, maybe? but they were good and fast, these guys. some of their...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
…and i read all about how to keep the kitties from attacking the cords. there’s even a video, but i have no time for videos this morning. the very first suggestion for chewing deterrent is SPRAYING SOMETHING REPELLANT ON THE CORDS. so, kevin of course...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
first, I’m SO SORRY AUNT SANDY, for taking so long to write again. things have been busy and hectic, but that’s no excuse. three days ago i found out that some kitty had been chewing on the computer cord connecting the computer to the big block thing that...
Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
yesterday kevin took this picture of cute little chester, frequently curled up by the heat register in the kitchen. poor tiny little kittty. mollie is saying to kevin WE’RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO PETSMART NOW, WHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING AROUND????? such a cute little...
Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
plus a bad dog. everybody was very bad this morning and clearly they never want us to get a good night’s sleep. first, mollie – at about six every morning (sometimes at 5), she WANTS KEVIN TO GET UP. she is STARVING TO DEATH. she sits by the side of the...
Apr 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
we didn’t think the boat was working, but then kevin twisted a connector from the gas tank to the motor and suddenly we had power! yay! i alerted erica and mom, who were very excited to join us for a pre-dinner cruise, the first of the season. at about 4:30 we...
Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
and instead of giving massages or helping mom and dad with their endless travail of moving, i’ve been painting. here is the first watercolor i’ve done that i don’t hate. but then i was looking online at different watercolors, and that was kind of...
Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
i am being optimistic, thinking i’ll have time to actually post all my photos before the day is done. there was no place for me to sit the other day, because winnie and lester were doing their best to relax. here are some pictures of the beautiful flowering...
Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
today, the first day of april, it’s supposed to be in the 80s. mollie and i must go running very, very soon before it gets too hot. ridiculous. tomorrow it might reach 89, and we’ll have to turn on the air conditioning because i have to give massages....
Mar 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
although it was more like a SMASH as the frosty cold bottle of diet snapple i’d put in the car and was carrying into mom and dad’s house SHATTERED to the ground. luckily it was in a skoozie so most of the glass shattered inside that, but of course i lost...
Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
very busy week. cats. dog. wreath. LESTER! sometimes so very tired… when amy watched our animals she was delighted to see les and chester sparring. she didn’t realize that they do this all the time, so she tried to capture it all. squaring off. they had...
Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
well, i don’t know how much time i have right now. cuteness personified. whenever randy comes over he plays with les a lot. here’s les after he’s run under his fort of pillows and lept out to jump at randy. yeah, we always have a fort of pillows on...
Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
i think my goal should be to finish posting all of them by the end of the year. my goal had been to get them up by the end of winter, but it’s so insanely nice out that there are millions of things to do outside, plus i have to give a bunch of massages today,...
Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
things are more calm around here today. i’m trying to convince chester that he can and should go out the doggie door in the bedroom, because otherwise our house will soon be filled with many, many bugs because of keeping the hot tub room door open to...
Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
arrrrrrrr… that is how i feel. can’t even get the “ghhhhh” part out. yesterday morning, got up bright and early, went to amy’s second zumba class, was a little groggy but ok. bustled around, got a lot done, had a few women over for a tea...
Mar 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
that is the question… i went to the dentist yesterday and he was concerned about one tooth with a really really receding gum and made an appointment for me with a periodontist. i had vague memories of some kind of procedure, who knows how long ago, involving...
