Good Geeze Louise. Didn’t we already complete this year’s family penance for daring to be alive? Guess not. Youngest daughter’s been back in the hospital; it’ll be a week tomorrow. She wasn’t able to keep anything down for days and days. Her liver enzymes were off the charts. (And to answer before you ask –…
Rewind
Rethinking After reading more on the subject, I decided even if we can propagate one of the mimosa trees into our back yard (found out how – it’s a lot easier than what G tried to do), we shouldn’t and won’t. They’re an invasive species. A really, really invasive species. In fact, most nursery-sold trees…
Greener
We haz new AC! G snapped this mid-install this week. It was getting pretty warm by the time it was in place, but thankfully it’s been deliciously cool (and much quieter) since it was replaced. The old one had gotten so bad, when it was running it sounded like there was a small helicopter on…
Chess
I’ve kept up with Bridgerton on Netflix. G loves his Brit comedies and detective stories, but chick flix are definitely not his thing, and Bridgerton is the chick-flickiest of chick flix, so I watch alone. Then came Charlotte, the spinoff, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much of an upgrade the story line was….
Cool or Not Cool
Our AC is an antique, as AC units go in the desert. It’s at least 16 years old, and may be original to the house – which was built in the 1990s. This beast died last summer and fortunately was a relatively inexpensive fix. I think we paid something like $300 for the actual repair,…




