New York on Sun. June 21st, 2026
We stayed up late (for me, and early for Mom) watching TV, and on Sunday morning, the expo was still going on. Not so busy at 10:30 on Sunday morning. Ready to roar out at the crack of noon! Mom was agreeable about going back to the Astro Diner for breakfast, probably because all we'd had on Saturday were empanadas sitting on a bench. I love the Astro Diner! We walked towards 5th Avenue to catch a bus going downtown. A guy with two boys was walking by, all of them in Red sports shirts, and I stopped them to ask where they were from. Norway! They'd flown over the for World Cup! It was...
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Marching on through the Wintertime
Although it's supposed to be in the 60s today, whoo hoo for that! But it's a one-day-only kind of thing. Oh well. We'll take what we can get. Also I have a ridiculous amount of stuff to accomplish...
More from January, almost exclusively Riley
Here's Riley on Jan. 4th. I feel like he hadn't been sitting in so many funny positions before, or maybe I just never paid enough attention, which is always a good possibility with me since I...
January, mostly cat-related,
Because that's what I'm all about, aren't I? A Complete Crazy Old Cat Lady. But there it is. Anyway, earlier in the month I suggested to Kevin that we see how it'd be if we gave Pumpkin to Mom. I'd...
The Lake
I can't believe how much has happened since I posted here last, but right now here's a great video that Kevin took this morning. He posted on his own site, which he doesn't do so often, but they...
Winter
We had nine inches of snow on Sunday, more than expected, and we might get another couple inches tonight/tomorrow. Oh well. I didn't leave the house til yesterday and was delighted to find that all...
Happy New Year!
2025 already. We're having a snowstorm today; the wind is whipping the waves around out on the lake and I'm happy to sit here on the couch. It's storming all over the country, and we were supposed...
Christmas, Looming!
Oh boy. Because I had a cold a little over a week ago I got waaaayyyyy behind in my xmas preparations. And because I had a cold, I had Afib in the night. Sickness brings it on. That was the 14th....
Last day in Chicago, plus more from November
As December marches on...here a few photos from when I went jogging on our last day in Chicago. This time I wanted to go on the Lake Shore trail, even though I didn't have a lot of time to go very...
Second Day in Chicago…
...But really, Christmas is creeping up in such an alarming rate... Anyway, on our second day in Chicago, way back in November, I got in 23,149 steps for the day. Too many steps, IMO. We started the...