Author: leilani

The li’l white car, she ain’t what she used to be. The monster I’ve been driving technically still runs, but she’s definitely been sick.  She was overheating in a trip of less than half a mile.  Older daughter’s boyfriend (the only decent mechanic in the family) took her apart to look tonight.  The final diagnosis? …

My bank has instigated time travel.  It charged me NSF fees when I was not overdrawn.  I called them on it.  Their response was, only slightly paraphrased: “Well it was going to be overdrawn.”  Which was slightly true.  After they charged me $80 for two invalid NSF fees I was definitely overdrawn – which in…

Today was an ambitious day in some respects.  I spent the morning cleaning the kitchen, making homemade bread and putting dinner in the crock pot.  It wasn’t a spectacular day in terms of health but I needed to be on my feet because it hurts like heck to stay in bed.  I also tackled some…

For the record, let me say this.  I am SICK AND TIRED of being SICK.  Or hurt, or whatever the hell is going on. After getting back from the surgery it was the creeping crud, probably the flu on a bender through my body.  FINALLY kicked that and ended up with a particularly nasty UTI. …

Given that more and more folks are using mobile phones and tablets to surf I figured it was time to move to a cleaner design.  I love color and graphics as much as I ever did, but that doesn’t fix designs where you can’t see to comment – or can’t see the posts.  So here’s…