May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
it’s monday morning, who know when i’ll actually manage to get this posted because yesterday, returning from camping, i felt completely overwhelmed by the enormous volume of stuff i need to do, inside and outside the house. everything. but camping was...
Apr 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
and kevin got up at FOUR THIRTY this morning. which just makes me sad. but he seems quite happy that he got up hours ago already. so…i’ve been rushing to put up all the photos from april, and i’m pretty sure this will be pretty historic, if i...
Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
i started this post on wednesday, blinked, and now it’s friday already!!! no exciting BILLY BOY THORNTON or even boat ride photos today; this morning, it’s all about the cats, all about the cats, all about the cats… chester, hidden kitty in the photo...
Apr 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
saturday was a very big day… first, a boat ride with mom, after we successfully launched it on friday. well, kevin did all the actual boat-launching work, i just sat up there at the captain’s seat and drove it home. the boat ride on saturday was great,...
Apr 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
how did it get to be thursday already? will i really get up off the couch in time to go to yoga? WHERE HAS THIS WEEK GONE? very busy. here’s our front porch with the many new lovely palms. this was last friday; now there are a few beautiful tulips blooming. ...
Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
THE WEEKEND! i don’t know why, especially since all weekend long i mostly did just a huge, huge amount of absolutely nothing. when i woke up i’d been having a very long dream; we were going on a big trip and dad was there, and we were packing and packing....
Apr 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
11:13 a.m.: it’s just that kind of day. well, i did it. mostly i feel WHEW. whew. tired. instead of lolling around in my jammies, continuing to eat the malted milk balls that i found in the pantry and was very excited about, i’m having to START IN ON...
Apr 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
in EIGHT SHORT HOURS, i’ll be all glamorized and starting my talk talk talk! i should take a selfie right now, of me sitting here on my couch in my jammies, not a pretty sight. last evening i started to get kinda panicky about the whole thing, and then like a...
Apr 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
HAVE YOU RESERVED YOUR SPOT? i’m not exactly freaking out, but i woke up this morning when kevin got up, at FIVE EIGHTEEN IN THE MORNING, and i just kept lying there in bed, thinking about things…and then i thought about how, on friday, I WILL SLEEP IN. in...
Apr 7, 2015 | More Videos
This is a version of a “Gracetalk” I gave at a “Girls’ Night Out” event at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois on April 7th, 2015. I discussed stresses in my own life, and many deep and philosophical issues that cause us...
Apr 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
*cough* *cough cough* and then, more *cough* I HAVE TO DO A LOT OF TALKING ON THURSDAY NIGHT!!!! a REALLY REALLY BIG SHOOOOOOWWW! did you call to reserve your ticket yet? they tell me you can get there as early as 5:30, to get a good place. last night i practiced,...
Apr 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
i hope your day is filled with many chocolate easter eggs! our darling tiny kitty, who never sleeps in this part of his kitty condo, usually… chester, on his “frozen” blanket, right next to me on the couch. yaaay, the first crocuses of spring! they...
Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
let’s get spring a goin’, shall we??? kevin took the pontoon boat in for a spring tuneup, and i’m confident we’ll be out on the water in no time! have you RESERVED YOUR SPOT for my show, next thursday night, at st. john’s? i’m...
Mar 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
mom and i went to see KINKY BOOTS last night at the fox theater in st. louis, and i love that show! i’m going to go out and buy myself a pair of tall red boots! or maybe, a pair of tall red pumps, even better! they had these funny cardboard standups around for...
Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
the other morning, still feeling crummy and WHEN am i going to be all better???, i was thinking that i’d write a post called “blegh.” and then i started thinking about that word, blegh, which totally described how i was feeling…who invented...
Mar 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
…with the postings. but then i’ve been busy, and then we had company, and in the middle of that i got sick… plus, i’m DOING ANOTHER SHOW! I’m very, very excited about it, but it’s in THREE WEEKS, so i’m slightly stressed...
Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
first, here’s the daily quote from the Mutts comic that kevin sends me every morning. a really good quote. Daily Quote If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. Albert Einstein And here’s an example...
Mar 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
here’s the grand fireplace in the atrium. it would have been something if they still had real fires in it, but i guess the only public place where you’ll get a real fire these days is at a cracker barrel! i just read on wikipedia that the fireplace could...
Mar 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
and, BOOM, it’s already the 2nd week of march! things seem to be roaring along, and the thing that makes me most happy is that it’s getting warmer and warmer! it feels like the play ended about a year ago. here’s a picture, backstage at our last...
Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
yaaaay, we’ve successfully made it to MARCH! the roads were cleared by sunday afternoon, the show was sold out, it was a lot of fun, but i was quite content to get home, and last night i deliciously lolled around in my jammies and reveled in not going anywhere. ...
Mar 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
oh, the snow. oh, the snow. the snow. the snow. the snow. it started about four in the afternoon yesterday, and it just kept a goin. we had plans to have a cast party at the hilton last night, but as the show went on, we kept seeing the snow falling…and...
Feb 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
and DANG about that – it’s supposed to start snowing in a few hours and then snow and snow and SNOW til sometime tomorrow. this is terrible for our show, terrible for the cast party that jill was going to host at the hilton! DANG. i photoshopped this...
Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
here are the last photos of the end of january, as we’re running right up to the FRIGID end to february – right now it’s -5, which just seems silly. here were all the geese out on the lake at the end of january, when we could still see the ground. ...
Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
i always think i need to change my banner up there at the top, but i just can’t bring myself to do it. i was putting up a new banner every month, but that one has been there since mollie died, and i hope i do change it someday. or not. kevin just brought up a...
Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
if you’re reading this and you know mom and you have her number, CALL AND SING TO HER TODAYY! this would make her so happy, delighted and surprised! definitely surprised, cause she never reads my site anymore, but i don’t take it personally cause she...
Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
i was just bitterly disappointed to find out that birdman won best picture and best director. BLEGH is all i gotta say. did you SEE it? it was so jarring, with that erratic jazz drumbeat underscore throughout, that when i got home from seeing it i had to have a big...
Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
TONIGHT IS OPENING NIGHT! it kinda feels like this can’t possibly be the actual night. but i’m pretty sure it is. as i was rushing across the street to get to weightlifting class this morning, i dropped my big water bottle and all the water spilled out...
Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
so i’m sitting here in my jammies on this frigid thursday morning, and it’s four degrees outside with a wind chill of -10, and it’s just gonna be cold, cold, cold for a while now. but hey, spring is in sight! well, not exactly in sight, i...
Feb 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
we woke up on our last day of the trip, jan. 7th, and it was chilly! not chilly enough to drag out the little space heater that we’d brought, but chilly enough. of course it’s all relative. right now here in lovely spfld it’s seven degrees with a...
Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
this was day tuesday, january 6th, day 7 in fort myers, our last morning on captiva island. we got up to see the sun rise again, and it was a little bit chilly and the water was whipping the waves around a bit. i hadn’t thought it would be cold, so i had no...
