Author: leilani

Now and then we are reminded of how extraordinarily fortunate we are.  In my case, I am employed and my children are alive and relatively well, as are my grandchildren.  I have a roof over my head and food to eat.  Literally too much food. I take for granted such fundamental things as safety.  Yes,…

I woke up at 5:30 this morning, which for me is somewhat sleeping in.  Considering I’d slept through from 3-ish yesterday afternoon, it’s definitely sleeping in, heh. Ambition kicked in shortly thereafter and I whipped out a couple of sewing projects, both hand sewing. Daughter unit is still in school with her eye on a…

The car is still rattling on down the road – for the moment.  Not sure how many more moments she’s got left in her but we can’t realistically afford to replace her, not yet. I finally snapped a photo of one of the pillows I finished.  BIG pillow, just a few inches shy of fitting…

I got the sewing machine set up and running and whipped up a matching set of pillow covers for the big pillow forms we were given.  I hit the fabric store a few days ago and bought some wale-less corduroy.  Fortunately it was wider than I thought, since the pillows themselves were larger than I…

I’ve been hemming and hawing for a while about my cell phone.  I had a moderately old Blackberry that, while it looks like new, was ready for an upgrade.  I knew I was going to get a new phone, the only question was which new phone. Being the ultimate cheapskate, I made up my mind…