so, i’m thinking of looking up

the .com for “graceeverythingcontinuesbeaquicksandfilledpoolofbadnessandican’ttakemuchmoreofit.com because, yeah. the last time kevin took mollie to the U of I in champaign for her chemo, i didn’t go because i was in Washington D.C.  that was three...

thursday evening,

and it’s a lovely one.  i talked to christine last night; she lives in denver and she said she was in meetings yesterday and when she left work, giant fans in the lobby of her office building were blowing the smoke out the door.  she didn’t know why there...

saturday morning,

and i somehow managed to mostly sleep through the night last night, so yay for that. we had this cruddy dishwashing soap dispenser on our kitchen sink.  i loved it when we bought it, it’s a clear bottle with a metal top, and the metal part got all rusty and...

thursday morning

well…things remain ok.  fair to middling.  not so bad. kevin and i are out on the screened porch, a boat just zinged by on the glistening lake.  i hope to launch the boat next week.  or at least get it cleaned up so we can take it to the guy to tune up the motor...

reeeeeally early wednesday morning…

damnitall damnit.  it’s 3:41 a.m. and i just heard a bird chirp outside even though they should be fast asleep. as should i. definitely, fast, soundly, completely asleep.  sitting here in front of a computer screen is, of course, a horrible way to help me get...

tuesday

things are fairly ok at this little moment in time.  yesterday i power-washed the deck and now it looks dazzling, i’m happy to say.  it’s one of those things i do in may, at the latest.  because of the cold and the constant rain, and, oh yeah, spending...

it’s all about dad…

i was up for a total of three hours last night, but at least i completed that banner. today, although feeling like a zombie, i managed to bake 20 dozen cookies for dad’s celebration. plus i made a few dozen splenda oatmeal cookies for kevin, who has been so...

4:14 a.m.

whew. up since around two in the morning. finally decided to get up and work on my new banner.  i started it, well, i guess it would be yesterday morning, cause now we’re having sunday, all day. we’re having a Celebration of Life for dad on saturday, june...