Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
we took him to the vet this morning; we found that having him sit on my lap on the the ride to the doc is much better than him being in his cage. the vet visit, not so fun for him. the good news, hopefully, is that he has pancreatitis, something that’s not...
Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Oh boy. On Friday he threw up, so we took him to the vet because of his diabetes, no food in his system after getting insulin. He was OK all weekend, until today; he ate breakfast, but he has not eaten anything else today, until Kevin gave him some canned chicken. He...
Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
I don’t think I mentioned the name of the town where we stayed – I was initially looking at a state park called grayton beach, and I was only looking at that park because my friend nan was going to camp there one night, and she’d heard it was nice. ...
Mar 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
wayne found some viruses on this computer. ugh, I don’t even like typing on it, because I feel they’re going to come back. a bunch of blah blah technical stuff was done, thank god for wayne, but…my screen just went black a little bit ago. so now...
Mar 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Computer shenanigans, that is. This morning I went to a fabulous yoga class, and I also went running. But besides that, I have been staring at my computer. The screen on my computer kept going blank for quite a while, and I finally told our friend Wayne about it....
Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
riley. the cat, that is. we have a new cat! his name is Riley. we didn’t expect to get another cat, after chester’s demise in january. but sometimes things just happen… he’s seven months old, we think, and he’s soft and sweet…we...
Mar 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
after writing stuff on this site since may of 2004, almost FOURTEEN YEARS, i’ve finally come up with an “about me!” yaaaay for me! so try to take a moment to read it, but only if you feel like it. i’m feeling excited about things today,...
Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
how did that happen? first, valentine’s day – we had a lovely lunch at a new place called Finley’s tap room, but kevin wasn’t feeling so good – as we ate, i could see him getting sicker. oh boy. thursday morning he went to the doctor and...
Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
i hope it is a good one for you. here, it’s a warm day at least, although there’s no sign of the sun thus far. winnie is much happier now that chester is gone. he hangs around near us most of the time, and he’s more calm. so even though...
Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
well, here’s the great photo of lester and chester, as chester patiently waits for les to finish his meal so he can swoop in and devour the remains. poor little kitty. winnie, sleeping on a “mutts” pillow. here’s mom’s living room facing...
Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
sometimes i’d called Chester “chestertarian,” making up a little song, rhyming it with librarian, unitarian, vegetarian, egalitarian, rotarian… here he is in august 2012. i love this picture of the three of them, something that could be an...
Jan 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
i haven’t felt like posting, or doing anything at all for about a week now. i’m recovering from the flu, which is hitting everybody hard this year, it seems. i got sick last saturday then kevin got sick then he got better then i thought i was better, but...
Jan 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
some more photos of chester from November 2011…he and les were such good friends. this is about a week after we got him, and already they were snuggled together on the bed. the middle of november, out in the back yard with les. in December 2011, lester giving...
Jan 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
i took this picture on sept. 28th, 2011. we kept chester in the hot tub room for a while, separated from everybody else, because we hadn’t taken him in to be neutered yet. when we first got les and he was also not fixed, we let him roam freely in the basement...
Jan 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
this is a post from Tuesday Sept. 27th, 2011. we had found Les Paul in June, and on Saturday Sept. 24th i was getting ready for a wedding celebration for our friends Janice and Garrick. at the end of the post i said that chester had killed a mouse but didn’t...
Jan 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
that we got to enjoy the company of our charming chester for six years. yesterday, our vet, dr. kris myers, found that his kidneys were grossly enlarged, meaning lymphoma. such an incredibly caring person, dr. myers carried chester into the exam room on a big soft...
Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
in the photo on the left, chester is patiently waiting for les to quit eating so he can hop up and polish off les’s food. he’s always ravenous, and the vet did say he still has a big appetite, a good sign.
Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
well…as of right now, 9:50 on wednesday morning, we have some hope. early yesterday morning kevin picked up chester from the emergency vet and took him to our vet, dr. kris meyers. during the day they just weren’t able to get his blood sugar to go down...
Jan 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
yesterday morning, the last day of the year, i woke up to see chester lying on the bathroom rug in front of the shower. chester never, ever does this, and i knew that something was wrong. he was acting lethargic, and i worried that his blood level had dropped...
Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
decorating. i must stop. now. we are all decorated up around here; it was an exhausting weekend, and i still have a few more things i’d like to put up but it’s not necessary. i even put up a bunch of outside lights and decor on saturday because it was a...
Dec 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mom got an iphone! a big one, and she’s very please with it, and is doing a great job of figuring out how to make it work. lester scaling a stump on a november walk. another beautiful lake view. a bunny lives in the diminishing log pile, and les is always...
Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
christmas. coming right up. here’s what i’ve done thus far, christmas-decorating-wise: i’ve gotten the new artificial tree out of the basement. yay, me. oh boy. it’s not that i don’t want to decorate, it’s just that i’ve...
Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
we haven’t taken many trips recently, but on nov. 18th we drove up to davenport Iowato see Harry Potter in Concert. This is a worldwide phenomenon, where a live orchestra plays all the music from the score while the movie is projected. i can’t remember...
Nov 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
on november 13th as les and i were walking i spotted this white pelican. there are lots of them this year. he appeared to be swimming over to join this gaggle of pelicans farther away. you can just barely see him, as he managed to get closer. meanwhile, les was...
Nov 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
last night before bed i read a thoughtful article in the wall street journal about how thanksgiving is good because it’s one of the rare times when a family sits down and shares a meal together, and about how rituals are so important to people, and we have so...
Nov 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
right, right, it’s black friday. didn’t make it out to the stores early this morning, because that’s not something i’m into. here’s my personal revelation i had last night…to me, and i know this is probably sacrilege to many, i...
Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
today i was walking with les in the backyard and the wind was blowing and i thought, “i’m going inside and not going out again til may.” so that’s the kind of winter it’s going to be. next time when i take him for a walk i need to bundle...
Nov 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
this is from october 15th, capturing that magic moment when the sun lights up the other shore. hmm, that was taken at 6:12 p.m. last night i was sitting here looking out at the lake and was pretty dark over there, at 5:02 p.m. but before you know it the days will...
Nov 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
…i mean, i suppose it’s a countdown. it’s also a countdown to christmas, really, but the other day mom said I’VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OUT ALREADY, and i pointed out that xmas isn’t so far off. meanwhile, i’m just...
Nov 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
things are good. i know it’s thursday cause kevin just told me it is – somehow it feels like friday, i don’t know why. kevin worked hard at removing our very old and broken hot tub. not only doesn’t it work, but the company is out of business...
