Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
i have been watching the academy awards; luckily i dvr’d it in order to fast-forward through the ads and the boring speeches. i watched a little of one of the pre-show red carpet blah blah blah look at my dress things, and kristin chenoweth LOOKED LIKE SHE JUST...
Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
in between the stove and the fridge, which was moved and then plugged back in. the plumber is arriving shortly to put them all back in the kitchen. this will be very nice. the grandfather clock is next to the stove, but last night kevin and garrick carried the...
Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
first – kevin’s SHROVE MONDAY dinner was quite tasty, and i am sure this will cause him to start making MANY MANY more delicious dinners. but right now – we’re getting new floors put in a big part of the first floor of the house. because they...
Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
kevin wrote that nice comment about shrove monday so of course i had to look it up some more. here’s some info for you, from wikipedia: Shrove Monday, sometimes known as Collop Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday, is the Monday before Ash Wednesday...
Feb 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
well, today is historic cause of the announcement, but tomorrow will be historic because… KEVIN IS GOING TO MAKE DINNER! whoo hoo! it has something to do with the monday before lent, some traditional english thing, i can’t remember the name of it, but as i...
Feb 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
i was wondering about the state of the weather channel anchors this morning – last night when i finally turned off the tv they said they’d be there all night, and i hoped there would be a saturday night live sketch, with the anchors at 4 a.m., crazed,...
Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
well now i’ve been watching the NBC nightly news with brian williams, who DID NOT MENTION anything about “winter storm nemo.” it’s just the “blizzard of 2013.” he had some reporters, who were actually reporters (or doctors of...
Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
i keep watching the CONSTANT DRAMATIC COVERAGE of the HUGE BLIZZARD NEMO on the weather channel, and i can’t emphasize enough that YOU MUST HUNKER DOWN! i told kevin to hunker down. les is hunkering. there’s a shot on the tv of a semi overturned on the...
Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
HURRY, RUSH OUT AND GET SUPPLIES! HUUUUUUGE BLIZZARD MOVING INTO THE EAST COAST!!! yesterday afternoon, i heard about the blizzard that is going to hit today and last night turned on the weather channel and already, things were REALLY REALLY WORKED UP. it was...
Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
i don’t watch it, as i’m sure you know, but i did see a little of beyonce during halftime because we were out to dinner and i could see her dancing around, but couldn’t really hear her. we got back and i didn’t realize anything about the whole...
Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
it is very quiet here. kevin is asleep. yes, it is 9:30 p.m. fast asleep. all is good. goodnight then, mrs. h.
Feb 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
that’s what we’re about to have for dinner. onions on half for kevin. we were giving the kitties their flea/heartworm medicine that you squirt in between their shoulder blades. winnie wasn’t happy about it, but we got it done. next, chester –...
Feb 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
that’s what i had for a late breakfast. the old-fashioned kind, which only takes three minutes in the microwave. with raisins. i really thought this comic was funny. i like the way digger is wagging his tail, SO happy that he has got the rung. that is all for...
Feb 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
and BA BOOM, a new banner! i didn’t take any pictures worth making into a banner last month, so i found this banner in my website banners folder. it was called “banner not yet used.” it was taken some summer, and it makes me happy because the...
Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
first, randy complained about me NOT POSTING ENOUGH. then i got a snarky e-mail from aunt sandy, also NAG NAG NAGGING ME. this was after i’d just posted my last post, which was even full of photos. you just can’t please some people. yesterday i thought...
Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
that michelle wore a red dress by…johnny chu? jimmy yu? jason yu, same guy as last inauguration, blah blah blah. very anti-climactic, imo. it is supposed to be VERY DANGEROUS FREEZING RAIN right now, but instead it looks like jut plain old rain to me. we...
Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
last night i wanted to see what they were saying about today’s inauguration, and on CNN there was much chatter, but it seemed to be primarily focused on WHAT MICHELLE WILL WEAR TONIGHT for the balls. blah blah blah, the lucky designer whose dress will be...
Jan 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
as january ROARS along… here, then are my final photos FROM DECEMBER. the night before my show, we had a couple of people over to see the dress rehearsal. our sweet neighbor bernice got up when it was over and seemed concerned about something, wanted to know if...
Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
and it’s gonna rain and i must get up and take mollie for a walk before that happens! no wait, it’s already raining! so a little YAY for that, but she does need a walk today and it’s supposed to rain a lot. if i wasn’t lazy and bad, i’d...
Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
well, here are a bunch of photos from xmas, which seems sooo long ago. the tree did look pretty good, even though it was dry when we got it. here’s this funny cardboard train that my grandmother got, i think, in the 50s. i would tell you more about it, but...
Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
i got a nice note from ben, the one with the great song, who called himself a “facebook friend,” cause i referred to “facebook friends” in my latest entry, and i explained that i had originally written “facebook friends” with the...
Jan 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
so i posted a photo from the show on facebook, and i got some comments from some “facebook friends,” and my actual, real friend kelly wrote and asked how the show was, and i responded, and then she asked something else and i was about to type some more and...
Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
part of the reason i haven’t been posting here much is because i’ve been editing together Gracetalk #5 to put on youtube. of course i had various issues with doing it, plus i shortened one of the videos in the show because i felt it was just too long. i...
Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
the good – i slept and slept; i don’t think i’ve had enough sleep for at least a month. i made up for it last night. the only time i woke up it was because chester was attacking poor skinny winnie somewhere in the house, so i came and got the poor...
Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
and YAY, i got through both shows last night! it snowed a lot of the day, but luckily it didn’t amount to so much, and the shows went well. WHEW, is mainly what i have to say. i slept better last night, after continuing to wake up for an hour or two every...
Dec 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
there’s a brief respite, now, from the slew of xmas FABULOUS SALE e-mails that arrive many times a day. instead, i’ve received a few xmas greetings from different vendors, but they’re kind of lame. i like those e-cards where you click on something...
Dec 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
on wednesday i took mollie walking through the soccer field bordered by the corn fields. as we headed into the field, i saw some deer up ahead. mollie doesn’t chase the deer anymore because i don’t think she can see them so well, plus she’s...
Dec 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
that last night before bed as i was scanning upcoming shows to see if there was going to be anything, ever, on tv that might interest me, i found “the year without a santa claus,” which features the fabulous “i’m mr. heat miser” song...
Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
busy busy busy, is mostly all i have to say. except that kevin is STILL SICK, and he needs to GET BETTER SOON. he might be taking a nap in the bedroom right now. i hope he is. chester was very cozy in the sink after kevin cleaned it out last week. i volunteered at...
Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
ok, now here is one reason why facebook can be good… a friend of mine, gary germann, liked this on facebook and so there it was and MAN, cool. a little bit creepy, too, particularly the doll. i am gonna include all the information the creator of the re-done...
