Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
They say we got about a foot of snow starting Tuesday night and ending yesterday afternoon. Not just a lot of snow, but blowing and drifting and I really just don’t care for snow. Yeah yeah yeah it’s lovely to look at but I’d be happy to see a photo...
Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hmm, I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this kitty enclosure before…this is how it started out on November 14th. Kevin put clear plastic around the legs of an outdoor table and boards on top of it, plus cushions inside. That, together with the old red...
Jan 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Spot and I spent many evenings enjoying the lake from the dock. Here we are on November 4th. The trees on November 8th as I went for a run. Two days later they were so vibrant. And they looked even more so by the 11th! At 4:30 that afternoon, Spot and I watched a...
Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, November 10th, we successfully got Kevin’s sailboat out of the water, but before that we made many many phone calls to try to figure out how to get it out. The reason that the ramp at the Vachel Lindsay Sailboat Launch is so steep is so that the keel,...
Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Tuesday, November 9th, we prepared to haul my pontoon boat out of the water. Mom and I headed over to the sailboat launch, but were surprised to find… The dock was gone! Well, not gone, but moved out of the water and it was sitting right in the middle of the...
Jan 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
We kept our boats in the water longer than we’d ever done and didn’t start taking them out til Monday November 8th. We’d taken all the boats to the fairgrounds in New Berlin to be stored, but last year we bought the fancy Navigloo boat cover for my...
Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
After breakfast at the lodge we headed out for another hike, but first I took a picture of these incredibly cute elf bushes. Such a clever idea, I bet I could do that next year but there’s little chance I’ll remember it by then. Our first stop was Wildcat...
Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
After our lovely hike on Dec. 8th, we enjoyed dinner at the Starved Rock dining room. The giant fireplace was decorated for Xmas. I had…beef something, with mushrooms, and Kevin had pot roast. All was delicious, and once again hardly any others were in the...
Jan 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
After lunch in the dining room, we headed out for St. Louis Canyon at Starved Rock at about 2:30 in the afternoon. It was cold, in the 20s, but the sun was shining which was great. It was funny to start out on this trail which we’d done a few times before,...
Jan 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
On December 8th we spent the night at Starved Rock State Park. Just one night, but it was incredible to get out of town, something we hadn’t done since our trip to Glacier in September of 2019. Yeah, a very long time. I’d booked the overnight to Starved...
Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Boy. Re: the new year, no postings, lack of sleep, etc etc etc. When I finally opened my laptop this morning to possibly write a new post, I looked at the latest one and realized that the banner still says “fall 2021.” So, not so great. Must get to work on...
Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
First of all…I have no business sitting here on the couch but I’m trying to give myself a break. The most important thing is that Kevin somehow managed to get everything on the porch plugged in so now the blowup Minion and snowman are happily bogging...
Dec 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yeah. Six. Not many. I woke up earlier than I wanted to this morning because my mind was exploding a little bit about all the stuff I have to get done this week. I’ve been blearily sitting here on the couch for a while now, trying to organize my thoughts about...
Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
…Really??? How did that happen? Now it’s the first of December, and I’ve been MIA on here for much too long. I haven’t been lolling around eating bon bons, much as I’d have liked to, but instead I feel like I’ve been doing so many...
Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Spot and I sit down at the dock I end up taking so many pictures, and on this day, Oct. 14th, quite a few pelicans were paddling around. These two caught my eye. My favorite photo, a two-headed pelican. …and then they swam apart… … Spot and I...
Oct 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I got up this morning there was already over three inches of rain in the rain gauge and I’m just realizing that I should go down to the dock and make sure that the boat is lifted far enough out of the water so it doesn’t float away. Hmm, not looking...
Oct 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, getting stuff done on the computer, anyway. I want to do some weeding out front because there’s a crazy amount of pretty big things growing, plus it’s cool and the ground is soft. I’m also going to attempt to run a little bit. Yesterday Mom and...
Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Whew. It was rainy and relatively mild this morning so I spent a half hour digging up more little chameleon plants that have sprouted up because we’ve been having lots of rain. It was nice to not have to worry about the sun or mosquitoes. I took a half-hour...
Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kevin took this photo of Spot in our attached garage. When I first glanced at the picture, I thought, “where on earth is that messy place?” And was chagrined to realize that it’s our garage. Soooo much stuff…but maybe a lot of it is just empty...
Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Not to brag or anything, but I’m a pretty good cook. I’ve made incredibly complicated dishes including Indian dinners that I literally spent days preparing. Indian food has many spices and many steps and I wish I had some right now, now that I think of it....
Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kevin informed me that it’s going to officially be fall at 2:20 this afternoon, in just over two hours from now, so this new fall website banner is ahead of schedule, something I do manage to achieve once every lifetime or so. Meanwhile, back on September 2nd I...
Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
happy anniversary to us. We were married 15 years ago today and at this exact time on that day it was official and we were probably making toasts or something at the Motor Boat Club. I got sad looking at some of our wedding photos because so many people are dead, or...
Sep 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m always writing here about Kevin’s many projects, but don’t get the idea that I’m just lazing around. This plant below has been my obsession when I identified it with my friend Wanda’s help on August 17th. Maybe you know about this...
Sep 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Aug. 16th Kevin removed the very old deck off the bedroom and is in the process of replacing it with concrete tiles. Riley has been excited about it ever since. He finds it a fascinating place to sniff and creep around in. Kevin unearthed this giant slab, part of...
Sep 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
September, really? It was almost fall-like for a few days but now it’s hot again, but not into the triple digits at least. Way back in August, Riley kept trying to relax. Ditto Lester. He’s lying on the case for our giant inflatable swan that we pull...
Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was nice to go back to the fair since it was cancelled last year. The Sunday before it opened I decided to drive into the fairgrounds to see stuff since I figured that when at the fair I wouldn’t be able to walk everywhere I wanted to because of the lingering...
Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I mentioned previously, Kevin bought a great big shed Sunday Aug. 1st. It came in a big box, but the box was smaller than I thought it’d be to hold such a giant shed. It required a whole lot of assembly. Here’s the bottom 12 x 12 frame. Spot helped him...
Aug 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, August 4th, Kevin’s 64th birthday…after he’d gone to bed the night before I came up with the brilliant idea of leaving him a voicemail singing “when I’m 64.” I wasn’t sure where his phone was, but was confident that...
Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Tonight at dinner, Kevin told me that the gutter guys didn’t leave our house til 10 at night. A mighty long day.
Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ok, now that it’s August…August! How did that happen? It has been so hot and humid around here, but yesterday was freakishly cool and cloudy. It it rained in the morning and after a nap I trimmed the forsythia bushes outside my huge picture window....
