Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
kevin took time out of getting ready to try to buy madonna tix to take this picture of lester. as you can see, he had worked himself up into a feverish frenzy of excitement at the thought of the concert. it’s not till november 1st, so hopefully he’ll...
Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
9:30 a.m. – i turned on kevin’s upstairs computer and got the internet to run, found the ticketmaster page so all he’d have to do was click at 10. 9:49 a.m. – called down to kevin, who was on his way up from the basement already. 9:51 a.m....
Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
tickets go on sale for the madonna concert in just 42 minutes. i am all ready – i have the ticketmaster website up, i realized that i already have a ticketmaster account and am signed up, kevin is on standby to help buy some of the tix if there’s a limit,...
Mar 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
today we were going to walk and it was sunny and spring-like so i wore a light jacket and took no gloves and the minute we hit the field it got dark and so windy, but at least it didn’t rain on us. mollie was very happy. i have to go now. i hope you’re...
Feb 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
amy sent me these photos of her adorable puppies. noodle is very gentle with his little stuffed animals. he carries a tiny little one around sometimes. numie, on the other hand, is delighted to shred anything and everything he can get his little paws on....
Feb 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
and for some reason this morning i am obsessed with posting all the remaining photos from february. i hate it that i usually end up posting a few random photos from the month before on a brand new month… why must i obsess, though? who on earth but me would...
Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
it’s cold and windy this morning, and i went out to put food in the birdhouse feeder and kept the screened porch door open cause i thought lester had gone in…but then he darted outside, and then i went to close the inside door, and there dashed chester,...
Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
last night bev said i should name my site “cats and deer” and i do believe she’s right. here are les and chester, being darling and sweet and cleaning each other, which of course leads to KITTY WARS! just yesterday i was trying to call bev but i...
Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
at this rate, i’ll be done by…well, i’ll never be finished. there’s still so much video to go through, but i must continue because very soon it will be warm all the time and i’ll want to be outside as much as possible. i’m about to...
Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
last night, lots of watching tv. loooooots and lots of watching of the oscars, which lasedt almost forever. i turned the tv on at four when i started getting some food ready, and the only oscar thing i could find was the channel listing of channels, and mostly it...
Feb 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
she is probably way way way too busy talking on the phone to the many people calling to wish her happy birthday, but eventually she will sit down and open her computer. we took her to brunch at Abe’s Restaurant, which is in the travelodge hotel on 6th street...
Feb 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
mom and dad bought a new house. yes, they did just move a few years ago, but they moved into a duplex with a neighborhood association and many neighbors whose only purpose in life was to make sure that mom and dad were following all the VERY IMPORTANT RULES. like,...
Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
on sunday, i had the pleasure of babysitting numie and noodle for a while. i haven’t seen so much of them lately, so it was a lot of fun for all. here they are, about to be SET FREE BY ME! they quickly settled into one of the giant chairs to survey the scene...
Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
kevin videotaped chester playing with the stream of water coming from the kitchen sink. he’s SOOOOO CUTE. so is chester.
Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
…i have more pictures of les! he was sleeping out on the screened porch a few days ago and amy said HE MUST BE SO COLD OUT THERE! so i covered him up. we had a game night on saturday, and les took up his position in the sink as i got ready. he could barely...
Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
kevin has been walking to his drumming class at lincolnland at night, and he keeps telling me about the many many deer he sees. he’s seen as many as 50+…i think this must be deer happy hour, as they all congregate out on the soccer field to watch the...
Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
ok, valentinve’s day isn’t ALL about the chocolate…kevin also got me a beautiful bouquet of a dozen roses, plus a wonderful print of a sweet “mutts” comic strip, and a couple of cards, one of which is an hilarious pig with wings singing...
Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
once again, last night he was lying in his favorite chair and every time i looked over at him he was looking CUTER THAN EVER, so i kept taking pictures with my phone. i shouldn’t have been so lazy, and should have gotten my camera so the pictures would be...
Feb 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
it’s gray outside and last night the weather girl seemed gleefully excited about the fact that IT’S GONNA SNOW. blegh. mom said, “oh, it won’t snow.” mom is an eternal optimist, weather-wise. the other day les was lying in his favorite...
Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
i don’t spend ALL my time taking pictures of les paul. i do have to chase him down when he escapes again. but how could i not take a picture when he’s looking so cute??? he and chester both like to spend a little time lounging on top of the hot tub, since...
Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
amy sent me this beautiful photo that jim took the other morning from their deck. this is the benefit of being a VERY VERY early riser. it would be great to get up early and see the sun rise, except for the getting up early part of it. ok then, mrs. chilly tuesday...
Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
in the ongoing battle between kevin and les paul, les continues to win. i realized today that this has been going on practically since we first got him, last june. it may just last the rest of their lives, or at least as long as we still live here. kevin always...
Feb 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
wednesday, the first day of the last winter month, i took lester for a walk because it was warm and wonderful but mostly because he REALLY REALLY INSISTED that he DESPERATELY NEEDED TO GO FOR A WALK. we went all the way down to the little beach area between amy and...
Jan 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
i got my computer back yesterday from best buy and they fixed it. because it wasn’t under warranty, the guy said that the part they replaced was legally mine, and he held out a baggy with the broken cable. i declined it. so it’s a happy day now....
Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
yesterday we took mollie for a walk through the soccer feld and she always stops to sniff, eat bad things, or contemplate the meaning of life. yesterday, though, she stayed eating on something for a very long time. we walked over to see – it was and entired...
Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
last night kevin was at a meeting and i was very focused on playing bejeweled on his computer. because there is something wrong with his computer, not only does it not connect to the internet, it also randomly restarts every once in a while. this was slightly...
Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
that’s HOW MUCH MITT ROMNEY OWES IN TAXES. newt gingrich’s wife, callista, is FORTY FIVE YEARS OLD. he is an ugly 68. and you know, of course, that he had a SIX YEAR affair with her, and finally divorced his second wife. before that he was cheating on...
Jan 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
today i had hoped to GET THINGS DONE. namely, i desperately want to make it easy to navigate through my many england photos and videos, plus i want to continue posting them. my plan was to have nested pages; you’d click on the “england” link up...
Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
there was a picture of a cow, its dirty head sticking out of some huge machine. the caption read “A cow is weighed and inspected using an ultrasound machine to assess fat content and marbling at a Maple Park, Ill, feedlot.” the article was all about high...
Jan 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
and he enjoyed himself thoroughly. it was late monday afternoon, a beatiful, sunny, warm january day. mollie went with us, of course, and the first thing she did is run after the geese in the yard, who flew into the water. les wanted to go right down to the dock to...
