Author: leilani

In keeping with my ever-expanding search for bargains, I decided to peruse the local Groupon offerings. After all, Poolie found some awesome deals that way! I did find a couple of things I wouldn’t mind buying, if it were doable. One was a universal remote control for the car, since we only have one. Then…

A while back I joined a site that offers discounted products from Amazon, in exchange for reviewing the product. I think I’m up to fifty-ish orders, lots of them freebies and lots more just $1-$2. I spent a bit more, though, to try to get a working laptop desk. And holy mama mia was it…

This may be the most bizarre week I’ve lived in a while. I’m trying to juggle a WHOLE lot of stuff right now, dealing with insane deadlines. Considering I’m technically unemployed, it’s ironic that I’m working my ass off. Fun, huh? Last weekend we did our normal yard sale run, plus a little extra. Saturday…

The saying goes, “One step forward and two steps back.” In the case of our server project, it’s been, “One step back followed by several giant steps forward.” Our original plan was to partner with an existing greenhouse on agricultural land. Problem is that you can’t put anything non-agricultural on land zoned agricultural, hence a…

Mankind has been tracking celestial bodies ever since the inception of civilization, and countless epochs before we as a species committed our history to any kind of written or illustrated form. A few years back, our technology found what’s been dubbed “the wow signal”, an anomalous burst of energy we’ve never been able to replicate….