Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
i have to say it felt a bit disheartening to read today that the pope is now on twitter. so there he’ll be, twittering away in a papal kind of way…and it continues to be one technological thing that i just can’t throw myself in to, or even have any...
Dec 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
today i opened the fridge, and there was the bag of sunflower seeds, the ones i use in salad. yes, i did make salad last night, and yes, i was rushing around, and then, yes, i did put the sunflower seeds in the firdge. at least now they’re cold. plus i think...
Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
this morning i opened the big freezer in the kitchen and found the phone book on the top shelf. THE PHONE BOOK. of course i put it there; i distinctly remember that it was lying on the floor for a day or so and i kept thinking, “why do i have to pick up that...
Dec 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
this morning i woke up and thought OH NO IT’S ALREADY DECEMBER 2ND, AND I HAVEN’T MADE A NEW BANNER YET! and then, of course, it took much longer to make the new banner than i thought it would. there is a huge fly buzzing around in here right now. it is...
Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
and i’ve been in a furious whirl since i got up at 7:13 this morning, but i am still in my jammies. i am going to go running soon, which i don’t look forward to because it is TOO COLD outside and i’m not getting into the spirit of the cold weather,...
Nov 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
i hope your holiday was good. we went out to dinner, which was kind of like being at o’hare airport, except there were no flights to wait for. i started my morning today with reading my collection of comics at comics.com, and i don’t know why i stopped...
Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
kevin sent me the link to this video, and it also made me smile. internally, not with my actual lips. it was made in australia.
Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
in writing my new “gracetalk” show (WHICH WILL BE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, ONLY SIX WEEKS AWAY!!!), i talk a little about waking up in a kind of surly mood. this is one of those mornings. when i saw this cute “mutts,” i felt a tiny glimmer of...
Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
kevin was going to march in the veterans’ day parade yesterday, but he was too sore from his hunting expedition on saturday. he and mollie headed out to site M very eary, because he’s won the lottery to shoot pheasant, quail and bunnies. they didn’t...
Nov 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
i don’t know if you’ve ever watched the “ey & Peele show, but they are really funny, and they posted this. start the day laughing, that’s what i say. ok then, mrs. h.
Nov 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
of last night’s awesome victory, here’s a chance to laugh today. ok then, mrs. proud obama supporter hughes.
Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
first, here’s amy the worker bee blowing the mounds of leaves out of her driveway. and here’s randy with his giant suitcase as we got in the van for the drive to st. louis on thursday afternoon. he and amy each took a giant suitcase. i managed to stuff...
Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
we are going to the madonna concert in st. louis tonight! no, of course, kevin isn’t going; i wouldn’t subject him to the very very late night filled with very very loud music! i’ve read a few reviews online of her concerts around the country, and...
Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
i hope yours is filled with delicious chocolates. we haven’t even had our usual lone trick-or-treat group, so i guess i get to eat all the three musketeers. here’s amy in her lovely self-portrait. she does love that tooth-black stuff. before we went out...
Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
i started watching the nonstop coverage of HURRICANE SANDY yesterday on the weather channel, and earlier in the day one of the dozens of reporters getting soaked and blown around out there mentioned all the huge mansions owned by famous people, like jerry seinfield...
Oct 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
the middle of the night. in terms of tiredness. my cup of lapsang souchong has had no effect on me so far. i was sitting here on the couch watching the news, which is all about the HUGE HURRICANE which is going to hit and cause much pandemonium everywhere, with...
Oct 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
janice and garrick lost their funny, sweet dog Moon this week. he was a really good dog, and they are heartbroken. here he is, earlier in the year, looking so cheerful despite wearing a cone of shame. good dog. christine just adopted a dog, the first dog she’s...
Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
i’m doing another show! after six years of sitting around not doing a show, finally, FINALLY i am doing one! Gracetalk #5, i’ll be at first night, at the hoogland center for the arts, with two shows, at 8:15 and 10:15. hmm, how will i stay awake for...
Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
and yet i don’t even know how that’s possible already. here is dad with his BEAUTIFUL NEW KITTY! mom has been desperate to get a new kitty, shortly after fourlane died, but dad wanted none of that. but a friend of amy’s had three beautiful, sweet...
Oct 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
in the (probably not-t0o-distant) future, wearing my red flannel jammies, probably munching on chocolate chips right out of the bag…please, point me in the direction of home. the mind, it is slipping away. not really so gradually. last monday, randy and i went...
Oct 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
gizmo died on thursday. he had been sinking for a while, and on thursday he finally found some peace. the worst part of the whole thing was when the vet, who is very nice and kind, putting him to sleep, kept saying, “he’s not going to feel any pain...
Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I MEAN IT!!! RIGHT NOW!!!! and you will laugh your head off, I PROMISE!!! It’s from something called polipop, although they don’t seem to have a website that i can find, but they are on facebook. and you tube. AND SO FUNNY!!!!...
Oct 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
we went for a walk the other morning, and once again marveled at how the little bit of lake just off the woods is so dried up. even when the lake is low, the ground is usually a marshy, muddy mess, not something we’d ever walked on. there’s so much grass...
Oct 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
the rest of the photos from the nice walk we had the other day. chester mostly stayed near us even though he wasn’t on a leash. and lester didn’t let the leash hamper him in any way. sometimes les looks like a little bitty kitten even though he’s...
Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
on saturday, i got a letter from sam’s club saying that YOU MAY HAVE PURCHASED NATURALLY MORE 26 OZ SERIAL NUMBER BLAH BLAH BLAH. IT IS BEING RECALLED DUE TO SALMONELLA. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE STILL ALIVE. IF SO, PLEASE BRING BACK THE PEANUT BUTTER AND WE WILL...
Sep 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
amy’s birthday, way back at the beginning of the month…i can’t for the life of me remember why i took this picture. maybe somebody else took it? lester doesn’t really look so happy here, it’s kind of like amy is squooshing him. but...
Sep 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
it’s weird to even think that i’m writing “brr,” when only yesterday it was 105 degrees. ok, not literally yesterday, but just a couple weeks ago…maybe a few weeks ago? it’s was only 40 when i got up, and it’s a brisk 65...
Sep 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
it’s a moot point right now because it’s too chilly to sit out there, but when i’ve been sitting in the comfy chair on the screened porch, chester and mollie have usually been right there, because they are people animals. as opposed to lester, who...
Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
thursday morning. les just carried a huge sock roll into the room and dropped it on the floor. he ran off to do many other important tasks before i could take a picture of him. here’s a metal pole sticking out of the lake. you could see a lot more of it when...
Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
except for being sick, but i’m almost better, but i’ve had a horrible cold that turned into an achy, drained, awful awfulness that went on waaaay too long. it has made my brain feel really slow, too, which is pretty bad because it hasn’t been exactly...
