Author: leilani

I get it.  Really.  Osama bin Laden, a modern-day monster of horrendous proportions, has been assassinated and the nightmare can be put to rest at last. Sadly, the American public as a whole has displayed all the reasons monsters like bin Laden are so successful.  We have turned this grim and necessary execution into cause…

Ummm… there will be no name for the car mentioned in the last entry, as we sold it at a loss. Couldn’t take her to a mechanic until after she was purchased; one tank of gas was enough to send me scrambling, though, considering the top quarter of the tank formed a lake beneath my…

New wheels pictures below! We’re a bit disappointed; after driving a couple of days we’ve got a check engine light, always fun, and a couple of other minor idiosyncracies. Going to get it checked today and hoping it’s something minimal. It can be anything from a $2 fitting to a several-hundred-dollar emissions part. At least…

We went, we saw, we bought: finally an updated set-o-wheels!  Our budget established the year-range we could afford (short of buying a Kia or Daewoo, neither of which is on my “want” list.)  It’s five years newer than the monster and has working AC.  Photos to follow (hopefully) tomorrow provided I can dredge up the…

My husband is dragging me out into society. No, really. Over the years I’ve truly lived the life of a recluse.  Early it was because I was raising four children alone and working nonstop.  After my kids moved out last week… er, after my kids moved out, I kept up the tradition of coming home…