Dec 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
we got back from randy’s and mollie got her HUGE NEW CHRISTMAS BONE. here, she’s just a blur as she frantically picks up the very heavy thing and staggers toward the back door… this giant bone isn’t bigger but it’s heavier than last...
Dec 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
having taken down the decorations, i feel that christmas was a million years ago, but still, i have many many photos from the day. i woke up to find this huge gift under the tree; kevin was still wrapping it because i got up earlier than he thought i would. i continue...
Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
it’s not even 7:30, and already i have opened a HUGE PRESENT that greeted me when i got up. it’s a home theater sound system. WOW. i’ve been mentioning for a while that we need one because sometimes when we’re watching something we turn the...
Dec 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
I can’t imagine that he could have been comfortable, curled up on the hard stone fireplace, sitting on a few random ornaments that never got on the tree, squeezed behind a couple of presents. i gave him his socks, and he proceeded to have a grand old time. i...
Dec 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. TIME IS ALSO RUNNING OUT. kevin started getting the wall street journal for free because he fills out lots of surveys. the big problem with the WSJ is that it is, unfortunately, chock full of many informative and interesting articles, which is...
Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
friday morning after weightlifting class, i was sitting at a table at the fit club pulling on my sweats over my workout pants and skimming over a paper they had put out. it was titled “healthy holiday party tips.” i was scoffing at the list because it...
Dec 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
first – blago got 14 years, yay for illinois! not that it will deter all the crooked, crooked politicians littering our landscape, but at least this particular flagrantly bad man will be in jail for a good long time. on to more important matters –...
Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
these swans might have been stragglers from “twelve days of christmas.” is it seven swans a swimming, or eight? anyway, there were only two of them, and on the morning of the 26th kevin tried to get a picture but they were being mighty elusive. can you...
Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
i got up around seven on christmas. that’s kind of early. kevin set mollie’s candy cane rawhide gift next to the tree, and mollie was quite eager to GET AT IT. mmm, rawhide candy cane… here she is, eagerly awaiting her first present of the day....
Dec 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
mutts, i love mutts… and red and rover, how sweet is that? calvin and hobbes, classic funny… this is the photo that i merged in photoshop for mom and dad’s christmas letter. it’s not a perfect job, but i’m excited to try more of this. ...
Dec 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
i just spent some time watching NORAD TRACKS SANTA. if you click on it, you, too, can see santa as he makes his way across the world. there are also many other things on this NORAD site, including a running tally of the number of presents he’s delivered, plus...
Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
and the ice on the lake is looking like it’s really really ready for the figure skating show! perhaps they could stage some outdoor version of that new “celebrity figure skating” competition that’s on TV. i would provide the hot chocolate....
Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
in between taking many many pictures of the birds during the snowstorm on sunday, i wandered around in the living room photographing various bits of xmas decor. the lake is frozen now, by the way, in case you wanted to come over and go skating. kevin said the geese...
Dec 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
it’s the starlings who love the cheesecake. jim just came over (wearing his flip flops, which he quickly realized wasn’t such a great idea in all the snow) and told me that the black birds with spots are starlings, and some people don’t like them...
Dec 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
that is my question for the day. i hope to find this out soon. i made kevin a delicious lowfat, low-sugar pumpkin cheesecake for thanksgiving. because we had so many desserts, we finally put it in the basement refrigerator. i just found it a few days ago. it had no...
Dec 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
hmm, things are good here this morning – i have finished my cookie-baking marathon, having made more kinds of cookies than ever before, plus a delicious rum-soaked fruitcake. i’ve included (relatively) healthy pumpkin bars made with splenda for kevin,...
