Author: leilani

Life has been… yeah. Much improved from a few weeks ago, though, thank goodness. The grandson is doing vastly better. He’s back to his smart-aleck-early-teen self. While his mama is still dealing with health issues, we’ve now established with 100% certainty that the health issues are greatly diminished when she’s not in Arizona. She flew…

Given the amount of stuff I dumped on my last entry, I figured I should provide the latest update. Crisis #1 Follow Up No change in the older daughter’s situation that I’m aware of, though it may take her a while. I talked to her about moving to the Midwest with us. Her initial reaction…

I’d love to say I haven’t posted lately because life has been boring and nothing was going on. It would be a lie, but I’d love to say it. Crisis #1 Some 3-4 weeks ago, our older daughter’s husband kicked her and the boys out. For a few days they decamped to our living room….

Warning: long-ish post ahead, though I tried not to make it a monthlong epistle. When we bought our house, it was in rough condition, inside and out. It had plumbing issues and bare concrete. The seller did put in cheap carpet and fixed the most egregious plumbing issues. The yard was a jungle of knee-high…

That book spine at the top of this page? It’s one of two first-edition books we picked up recently at an estate sale. Willy Reilly and his Dear Coleen Bawn was published in 1855. I scoured the Internet for more information on it when we got home, which is when I confirmed it’s a first-edition. I…