Author: leilani

I posted a comment over at Poolie’s place that had me thinking back to when we moved to Arizona from the midwest.  Poolie and I actually share origins, as I lived in northeastern Iowa until I was 14, whereupon we sold our humongous Cape Cod style home and drove, all five of us, cross-country in…

It’s always something… …even when it’s not. I was pulling out of the driveway this afternoon, on my way to the chiropractor, when I heard an all-too-familiar Thwump Thwump of my rear tire and a definite uneven gait as I rolled along.  I groaned and pulled over, expecting to see a flat or near-flat tire….

We got the actual word today that our application was accepted for the new place.  Not a big surprise there, other than the fact that it took so long to get it through.  So looks like we’ll do the rental thing for another year after all.  By this time next year, by hook or by…

Hallelujah for weekends.  I was so exhausted when I got home from work this afternoon that I came home, curled up to watch TV, and promptly fell sound asleep, slept for some three hours and will definitely be going back to bed again shortly.  The heat is killing me.  We hit I think 113ºF today,…

I am fat, make no mistake about it.  I will be the first to acknowledge it.  I know it, and intend to do something about it.  Atkins works for me – except due to high cholesterol my doctor has expressly forbidden me from eating eggs.  And fats and pretty much all the things I need…