Dec 29, 2023 | New York 2023
Besides seeing “Some Like it Hot,” the other thing I really wanted to do in NYC was to visit the Harry Potter store. We set out on the subway at the crack of noon on Wednesday, and the subway was packed with people, so we were all squished in and had to...
Dec 25, 2023 | New York 2023
Merry Christmas to you. I hope you’re having a good day. Kevin got Mom’s cold on Saturday so right now he’s in bed, napping. We exchanged gifts and then it was back to bed for him So, not the most joyful Christmas, but on the other hand, last year...
Dec 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Whew. Got back from NYC last evening and I’ve been dead-tired every since. But this is way back on November 19th, when we enjoyed the nice weather. This is about my favorite photo ever, featuring Kevin and Spot. We had a mellow, low-key Thanksgiving, including...
Dec 10, 2023 | travel, Uncategorized
The thing I didn’t mention in my previous post is that while we were hiking I suddenly realized I’d lost my hat. Kevin bought the hats before we went hiking in Wales and they have flaps and are very nice and I was very sad that I’d somehow lost it....
Dec 5, 2023 | travel, Uncategorized
In November Kevin and I drove up to Starved Rock again – we went in 2021 and haven’t been anywhere together since then. How can this be rectified? Must find a cat-sitter willing to care for our herd of cats. They’re very nice cats, BTW, in case you...
Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
That about sums things up. No time, no free time to sit quietly and write here. Well, you could make time, Mrs. Hughes. Anyway, here’s darling little Sweetie back in September. Kevin made a little rock pathway from the yard to the driveway and Spot immediately...
Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
The wonderful Gary update my site so that things work properly. Now if I was just working properly…I started feeling sick Sunday night and today the cough has started. I’m hoping it won’t continue and get out of control. This is the first time...
Oct 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
And whoosh go the days…here are a few photos from way back in August. This is the night of Aug. 30th, when we had a special blue super moon. We went out on the boat to see it, and Kevin and I don’t take a nighttime boat time, well, ever. It was magical. Of...
Sep 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
We went back to the fair on August 18th, and once again I spent a little time watching the horses. After that we got to see the high divers and it was nice to see them late in the day because I’d only ever viewed them when the sun was blazing down. They actually...
Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mom, Amy, Randy and I went to the IL state fair on Tues. August 15th. Our first stop was the Hobbies, Arts & Crafts building which I always thought was my favorite til this year when I realized I love the horses the most. Here’s some very cute award-winning...
Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
First, will there be a “state fair part two” or will I get sidetracked and suddenly it’s Christmas? Also, my website is in the midst of being redesigned and I’m quite excited about that and I hope you’ll like it. g.
Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Yesterday we celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary by taking a delightful 23-mile bike ride along the Sangamon Valley Trail. We haven’t been on this trail on the far west side of town for three years and it seemed like there was lots more shade this time, but...
Sep 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I went a few times this year, and its amazing that the fair weather, which can be so awfully hot and sticky, was pretty much great. First, I went the first Sunday, August 13th. They’ve been working on this new Route 66 area of the fairgrounds and it was kind of...
Sep 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sweet and very tiny little Marley left us yesterday morning at 5:25. She’d been losing weight for a couple of weeks; she was only four pounds to begin with, and she got so thin that I could feel the bones in her face when petting her. We got her on December...
Aug 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
For one thing, I was looking at my site and it suddenly dawned on me that the banner currently reads “Spring 2023.” Oh boy. Slightly falling behind in literally all things… So I fixed that. Yay, fixing one tiny thing today. The other thing is, well,...
Aug 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Our friend Amy has a very cool paddle board, and we store it under our deck for her. Isn’t it cool? I’ve seen some paddle boards around the lake but they’re usually just boring and one single color. No cool swirly things like this one. On Thursday...
Aug 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of my most favorite things is to go out on my pontoon boat. I haven’t been out this summer as much as I’d have liked…it was too hot, it was raining, I was too busy pulling weeds and taking care of many cats… We went out for a boat ride in...
Aug 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Well, happy belated birthday – it was Aug. 4th and we did quite a bit of celebrating. We went to dinner at the Yacht Club and Kevin enjoyed a delicious piece of carrot cake for dessert. It was a lovely night. Before we went to dinner we gave him two new pairs of...
Jul 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
That’s how hot it is now. Hot hot heat. Yesterday the heat index said it felt like 122. I mean, c’mon. I kept going outside and my glasses kept fogging up. Good grief. When I got home from the grocery store yesterday, there was an ambulance and a fire...
Jul 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
as the summer marches on…first, July 1st when the power was out, Pumpkin was thoroughly enjoying the cat grass that Kevin planted. Such a happy boy! Later that day a family of raccoons showed up. There were four little ones but a couple of them scampered off. It...
Jul 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here’s Lester, always so happy to pose for a photo. Lovey and Riley. Poor Lovey has been pulling out her hair because she’s allergic to something. I can’t comfort her because she continues to be deathly afraid of me. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires...
Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
The funny thing is, it was challenging to write that last post while we had no power because I had to do it on my ipad. I finally finished it at about 7:50 in the evening and proceeded to water the flowers on the back deck. Amy called me as I watered but I...
Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
This is what I forgot to post- through all of this, feeling crazy and stumbling around in the dark and everything, Kevin has been a rockstar. Calm and cool and keeping the generator running and just being, well, Kevin. He spent the last five days nonstop chain-sawing...
Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
At about noon last Thursday, June 29th, the emergency sirens went off. We immediately began herding cats, always a thrilling event. The rain started coming down and we didn’t have time to look out and see what was going on because, well, herding cats. Finally, most of...
May 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
it’s not even summer yet, so I just need to calm down about the yard work. The weeds will always be there, I don’t need to pull them all right this minute. It rained a bit this afternoon so that gave me an excuse to stop with the yard work for the day. I...
May 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Busy, so busy. I need to take some time to go for some relaxing and calming boat rides, instead of being a total maniac about getting everything on my very long “spring 2023” list accomplished. It’s not like we’re having a big garden party...
Apr 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago Kevin had cataract surgery on his left eye, which was the worst in terms of not being able to see. He’d had a vitrectomy on Dec. 9th, where they sucked all the fluid out of his eye and replaced it. An “oil change,” as Kevin calls it....
Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
First of all – yet another Les Paul Crisis, this on Saturday. Early in the morning Kevin went off to an all day event and when I got up I went upstairs to sit with Pumpkin and then did a bunch of vigorous weight-lifting followed by going to Menard’s with...
Apr 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let me just start by saying that this story has a good ending…however, I started writing it on Monday April 3rd and I feel like I haven’t sat down since then. This is ridiculous, of course – I have done plenty of sitting, but haven’t managed to...
Mar 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
OK then, first day of spring and I’m having a serious problem trying to get off the couch. I woke up early, planning on getting so much done…and now it’s almost noon and not much accomplished so far. I’m going to go for a job pretty soon but...
