Author: leilani

I haven’t put this on anyplace public because 1) I don’t wanna jinx it and 2) I’m kinda shocked at how it’s going and 3) I really don’t wanna jinx it. Y’all know we bought our itty bitty house in the middle of nowhere a couple of years ago, even though we didn’t move in …

The trip was, for the most part, A-MAZ-ING. Loved getting away, loved seeing the kids, loved seeing my older son happier than I’ve ever seen him. My new daughter-in-law is an absolute doll and I can see why he loves her. We did a ton of touristy things too – really a first in my…

Got the license plate for the new wheels and it’s 100% a Droid name, ha! So the Stormtrooper name it is. Besides, as Dangerspouse reminded me a few days ago, stormtroopers never hit anything. In that context, it’s the perfect name for a car. I’m counting the minutes until we head out for the better…

…And the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey used to say. A couple of weeks ago my former daughter-in-law and her mom took an ambulance ride to the ER after they contracted COVID, because their current religious streak has them rabidly anti-vaxx. The daughter-in-law has largely recovered. Her mom… not so much. Her round…

I love my family. I do. But I have family members who make horrible choices. Love them or not, I won’t excuse them when they do stupid things. Some of my more distant family – cousins, uncles, my brother and his family, etc. – have always been raging bigots and gleefully under-educated. They’re proud of…