Mar 6, 2014
Three inches of snow here and three inches of snow there and pretty soon the snow across my front yard is three feet deep and deeper yet by the street where the plows keep shooting it when they zip by...
Mar 6, 2014
So long, as in it has been so long since I have written, not so long, good bye. Max the kitten is almost a year old now. He climbs up on everything. He is still tormenting Dudley, who is now growling ...
Sept 15, 2013
I haven't written for a while because our lives have been taken over by this kitten whose name is now Max. Max has gone from 1 pound to six pounds. He was small enough to fit in my hand. He gallops al...
Sept 15, 2013
I am worried about Troutbend. I hope she and the cats got out OK and that there is something left when she gets back to her property. Has anyone heard anything?...
June 23, 2013
We have a new kitten. He is part Siamese, part tabby. 8 weeks old. So cute I can't stand it. He is currently residing in the bathroom until he and the original cat bond. He was called Ming at the shel...
June 23, 2013
Ten states in 10 days. I just got back from a road trip from IL to Fl with three friends. We took turns driving in 2 hour shifts and stopped for many potty breaks and sightseeing. In Memphis, went by ...
May 26, 2013
Don't get involved with Words with Friends (Facebook by Zynga) unless you want it to take over your life. Two friends asked if I wanted to play and suddenly I had multiple games going with multiple pe...
Mar 10, 2013
snow snow snow a week goes by snow snow snow. where were you hiding all winter?today rain rain rain flood flood floodSpring comes in two weeks. Yay.(free form poetry)...
Feb 10, 2013
We had some snow this week, about 6 inches. Nothing like our friends out east, though. Be careful digging out. The day after we dug out our heavy, wet snow, the temp dropped and everything froze. We a...
Feb 1, 2013
Don't we all talk to everyone as we get older, whether we know them or not? My grandson always asks me if I know that person I was talking to. I tell him No, but he can't talk to strangers until he is...
Jan 25, 2013
I don't know why it is bothering me that Beyonce lip synced the National Anthem at the Inauguration festivities last week but it is. Possibly because I think it is cheating or at least misrepresentati...
Jan 22, 2013
My son and daughter in law received a box containing a grow your own mushrooms kit for Christmas. Unfortunately, it needed to be started by a certain date which was one day before they were due to lea...
Jan 5, 2013
A few weeks ago I was all set to write. The IL court of something voted that Illinois could no longer not allow carrying/owning concealed weapons. We are the only state not to allow this. So the legis...
Dec 9, 2012
We are breaking a record today without even doing anything. That is the point-no snow. Today we are breaking the record for the longest period without snow. 280 days. It is raining but it is not cold ...
Dec 3, 2012
A warm welcome to December, friends. Today is December 4th and it is 70 degrees. The first three days of December have all been in the middle 60s or higher. We could have snow later this week. This cl...