Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
and before you know it, it’ll be october. it continues to feel like summer, though, so it continues to be challenging to get into the fall mindset. last week kevin and i took a little trip to starved rock state park, and then up to mackinac island in michigan....
Sep 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
on wednesday, mom and i joined amy and jim on an overnight to Purina Farms, close to six flags in St. Louis. it was the 2016 Italian Greyhound show, and when amy told me that their four IGs were going to be in a rescue parade, i said I MUST GO TOO! here’s a...
Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
my kevin! it’s so hard to believe we’ve been married 10 years! the time has flown by… xxx grace
Sep 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
my phone being fine after having an overnight at the bottom of the lake was only a temporary thing, which is really ok since i was able to back it up to my computer and all my very very important notes that i’d stored are now safely on amy’s old phone for...
Sep 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
i want to call LIFEPROOF, the maker of my incredible waterproof phone case and offer to be their spokesperson! this morning my phone worked, but it didn’t want to acknowledge any of my power cords. but then, they all worked. also, the little number...
Sep 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
the guys pulled up in their cars less than an hour after kevin called! one of the very nice guys said that he’d been out in his boat at the lake club last night, and would have been happy to come if we’d called then. next time…but hopefully there...
Sep 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
after tossing and turning for most of the early morning, with many bad dreams, the only one of which i can recall is that mom and i were sitting in the boat down at the dock, except it wasn’t the boat, it was my old grey minivan, and we were starting to sink and...
Sep 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
that is the sound of my phone, hitting the water. and there it went, gently bobbing out of sight, down into the murky depths of lake springfield. oh boy. it’s been an iffy, not so great, a little bit terrible, nerve-wracking kind of week, for a whole bunch of...