Author: leilani

Jumping back slightly to expand on my previous entry… G goes off the deep end at the constant massacre of the English language.  He pulls up examples of the worst and points them in my direction, his jaw clenched and eyes narrowed.  If he was a spitting cobra I’d be running. The truly awful stuff,…

Normally when people mention the word man/male and stupid in the same sentence, I roll my eyes at the redundancy.  There are a few exceptions, of course. G is multilingual (5 languages that I know of, and learning a sixth – Spanish – in his spare time,) obviously well educated, and urban. It also drives…

We FINALLY found a place!!!  Could you hear some crazy woman cheering earlier today?  That would be me – especially if you heard it accompanied by a man’s comparable cheer with a Dutch accent, heh. The $350 house I pointed to last time out – scam.  Not surprising, people will scam any way they can.  …

I am officially dumbfounded. This is not a typo.  I have seen two-bedroom apartments renting for $239 a month, and a LOT of them for less than $400 a month.  This is one example: I wouldn’t live there, mind you.  Even if it weren’t a two-hour drive to work every morning, this place is in…

My girls are modern, hip and woefully unable to handle most jobs my mother and grandmother took for granted.  Case in point: sewing, whether by hand or machine. Back in the 70’s I’d see something I liked in a store window window and go home and make it, either for myself or my little sister. …