I know.  I missed posting (yet again).  Sorry (about |–| much).  Our stuff FINALLY arrived on Saturday.  So as you can imagine we are in a frenzy of unpacking, and up to our respective tits in empty boxes, packing paper, packing tape, and unpacked boxes.  What seemed like amazing organization at the time I packed…

Hold onto your butt’s y’all, because you ain’t heard nothing yet. Anyone who reads my blog knows about the love/hate relationship I have with Kaiser Permanente.  They are both the best and the worst. Well Kaiser doesn’t operate in Michigan – so, bye-bye Kaiser and hello Cigna. OMG. To commence your navigation through the rocky…

Faygo Pop.  OMG.  This stuff comes in every flavor – many not found in nature.  And they have diet versions too. Of course, diet soda is always risky.  Diet Coke – delicious. Diet Pepsi – ewwwww.  (And yet, I prefer regular Pepsi over regular Coke – go figure.) Diet Vernors – heaven (as long as…

The backyard of our new home has many trees, plants, shrubs, and behind us runs a swath of woods.  It’s truly lovely. One of my favorite things now is, as it gets dark (and it gets dark quite late in Michigan summers), to sit on the bench we have in our sunroom, listen to the…

So, as many of you know, we recently drove across country with two cats.  To say the cats were less than pleased is an understatement but they were very well behaved – for cats. We stayed only at hotels that were designated “Pet Friendly”.  I have come to learn that “Pet Friendly” means we’re just…

Just finished watching the most recent season of Umbrella Academy.  Such a good show. Lots of new characters this season; and to really understand it, you should watch the previous seasons because lots of callbacks and the storyline is difficult enough to follow even if you are up-to-date. And this is the season starring Elliot…

I still don’t know where our belongings are.  It is quite likely that they are sitting in a warehouse in California.  Yes.  Still. Needless to say, I am less than happy with our moving company – American Van Lines. I am making daily calls to them and being assured that someone will get back to…

Okay, I have not had a yard (and therefore the necessity of yardwork) for about 45 years. Renting in Los Angeles, and living in a cluster home where the HOA takes care of all of the yardwork does that to a person. So, here I am, in Michigan, with an objectively humungous lawn, and appurtenant…

Cindy (or as we were introduced to her, Cynthia – and she definitely had the air of a Cynthia) was the owner of our new home.  So Cindy left us her microwave.  (Fair enough, because of this, we left our old microwave in San Jose). There is no mystery as to why Cindy decided to…

Our fat brown tabby Berta has a new favorite. Coffee. Is it okay for cats to drink coffee?  Guess, I should look into that.  I’ll be right back … The short answer is no, cats can’t safely drink coffee. In fact, if a cat drinks coffee or ingests coffee beans or grounds, it can lead…