Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
but it hasn’t been a bad winter, not really. yet. a couple weekends ago, when all the news and weather people were going completely out of their minds with frenzy and total panic about the upcoming ice storm…it didn’t happen. there was a bit of ice,...
Jan 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
after having one excitingly treacherous ice storm already this winter, we’re all preparing for another one. it might start early this evening, maybe later tonight, maybe tomorrow, or sunday…or maybe i’ll all just pass us by and dump the freezing...
Jan 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
why can’t i remember new year’s eve day? because i can hardly remember anything these days, that’s why. but i know it was warm-ish, because i have the pictures to prove it, taking lester for a walk down by the water. here he is, trying another...
Jan 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
first – there’s been a sign around here, and i’ve seen it around town, about a missing grey/silver lab. i’ve been on the lookout for the dog, but haven’t seen it. then this morning jill texted us to say that this dog was lost on...
Jan 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
happy new year! i don’t necessarily believe in resolutions, but i am going to try to do more posting here this year, because i enjoy it when i’m doing it, but i just don’t get around to it enough. and i will hopefully try to draw in more readers,...
Dec 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
things have changed dramatically around here. the puppy had been here a week, and the cats were traumatized and i knew that coco would continue to be puppy-like for two years. les spent much of his time hiding in the bedroom. and one night i sat in there with him,...
Dec 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
that it’s not 2 degrees outside and feels like -7. i’ve avoided going out into the icy icyness for most of the weekend, except last night with taking the puppy outside who didn’t want to come back in debacle, plus taking her out a couple more times...
Nov 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
created a new banner. finally. ta da! yesterday baked kevin some low-sugar oatmeal cookies. haven’t done it in one million years. brought in a couple of flowers from outside yesterday, now i wish i’d brought in more because it’s mighty cold and...
Nov 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
i guess at this point this is the best descriptor of my week. kevin’s dad’s visitation/catholic funeral mass/etc. election. i guess these are the two major things. fraught with crazy. and then, today, hearing about leonard cohen dying. why didn’t i...
Nov 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
passed away on thursday night. kevin wrote a moving little piece about it here. sad times. sad times in the middle of frantic and crazy times – mom has been in the process of moving, from a house about 10 minutes away, to one that’s just two doors down,...
Oct 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
although of course it’s already saturday! i took this picture and wanted to post it on thursday, as part of Thursday Doors, but as usual, i had no free time to sit down this week. but luckily i read the fine print of norm’s requirements for posting and i...
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...
Aug 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
i can’t believe we’re already on the backside of august. whooosh… even though i spent the first part of july lying around because of bronchitis, i did manage to mosey down to the water, where les continued to enjoy the sailboat. this is on july 5th,...
Aug 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
first, and most importantly… HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!!! it’s going to be an exciting and fun-filled day! actually, it’s already been fun-filled for him, because early this morning he went down to the dock with lester and watched the fish jumping in the...
Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
well, i have been so desperate to finish posting my photos from our trip to wales before a year has passed, that i haven’t posted any of my many many photos i’ve taken during our somewhat eventful summer. but the reason i was doing such a bangup job of...
Jun 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
i was walking down to the water late in the day when i’d spotted the fawn. it was still curled up, and didn’t move even though i got pretty darn close. paradise. every day i think about how lucky i am to get to be here. chester and les don’t think...
Jun 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
this morning (a cool and lovely one, a respite from the blistering heat we’ve been having for much of june), i thought i’d post some photos of this month, since this is the very last day. i’m taking a very short break from posting my photos of our...
Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
WHEW is all i have to say. all i’ve done is rush around like a crazy person, constantly doing stuff.. and this afternoon, i spent a good amount of time getting rid of THE PILE. it’s this tall stack of all kinds of papers – they were on top of the...
Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
it’s not too late to get tickets to our show – here’s a LINK TO TICKETS right here, so all you have to do is click and buy online, or call them up. easy peasy and i guarantee, money-back, that you’ll laugh! you might not laugh as much as the...
Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
if so, please COME SEE OUR SHOW, “The Dixie Swim Club!” it opened on friday, and the audience laughed a whole lot, and it’s soooo funny…but the crowds could be bigger. tonight will be a spectacular night to sit outside at new salem and be...
May 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
yesterday was my birthday, and it was certainly…different. i worked in the morning, we had a tasty sushi lunch, and later in the day i went to rehearsal. no cake at all! but that’s ok, because cake is going to happen later. maybe i’ve mentioned it...
May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
as i said, we didn’t intend to hike much on thursday because we were a little beat from wednesday. we drove over to the parking lot for st. louis canyon, so we didn’t have to hike over there. it looked like the canyon was right off the parking lot. but...
Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
last wednesday, we headed out at the crack of 9:00 to start hiking. luckily, the weather had cooled off quite a bit; it had been in the 80s on monday, but by wednesday it was much cooler. even more luckily, we started by walking down these steps in back of the lodge...
