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Nov. 8th, 2014
Motorola recently came out with a tiny bluetooth earbud that sits in one ear. I wanted one immediately. But, $125 seemed a bit much so I held off. Sure enough, the reveiws pretty much squashed my desire for that one but not for the idea.
And then I found this one on Amazon $15. Way more in my wheelhouse so I ordered one. I love it. I never really got used to having earbuds in both ears tethered to something. This little sucker suits me way better. I can hear ambient sounds well while I'm listening to books, podcasts or music. The downside is that it has a flashing blue light when it's working. So not subtle. So it's really just for around the house but heck, I'm usually 'just around the house' anyway!
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One of my Amazon orders is stuck in the USPS system. It's a prime order but I selected slow shipment in return for $1 off an ebook because I don't really care when I get it. But I do not want it to get lost and forgotten forever so I sent an email to Amazon and simply said I wanted a replacement and I simply asked for another $1 off a future ebook. In 5 minutes I got a reply asking me to wait until next Tuesday to see if the order gets here and here's $5 off my next order AND another $1 off an ebook.
Score!
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I've been quite pleased at my early dinner experiment. It really suits me. I'm a cliche! An old lady early bird diner. Plus I'm not watching (and yelling at) the evening news while I eat. And for some reason, I'm not snacking all night after dinner.
Saturdays are a problem with breakfast. Swimming falls right in the middle of when I would like to be eating it. But, one day a week, I can deal. There's a new brunch place I want to try today after my swim.
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The rest of the day, I think, will just be a quiet day at home.
My swim started out fine and then went nuts. First a woman held a swimming lesson with a small boy in my lane. This is not allowed and she was told that but allowed this one time and warned to not get in the way of lap swimmers. A warning that she ignored. Then we were joined by a guy who could not get the hang of circle swimming. The lifeguard had to explain it to him 3 different times. Meanwhile I kept getting to the end of the pool, turning and finding his face right in front of mine. Kind of a shock.
Meanwhile 4 20 something guys and their squealy girlfriends landed on the pool which was really kind of packed. They hit the middle lanes. The girls stood on the sides and filmed them and squealed at them while they showed off and generally got in the way of the regulars. The lifeguards tried to reign but the battle was lost.
Finally I gave up. I had done about 3/4th of my normal swim so it wasn't a total loss. Just a weird day at the pool.
Then onto find that new eatery. I hadn't written down anything and thought I could remember but couldn't so turned around to come home and there it was. It's a cute little place. Turns out, though to have the slowest service on the planet. And mediocre food. I was finished and waiting and waiting for my bill and really started to feel not good. So I estimated my bill plus a little tip - probably way too much actually - and left cash on the table.
I got home and went to bed and slept two hours and now I feel much much better. Weird. Very weird.
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I stumbled over another teddy bear pattern that looks as fun to make as mine but different. I am tempted to interrupt my current bear to try thing one but I think I'll finish this one first.
Meanwhile 4 20 something guys and their squealy girlfriends landed on the pool which was really kind of packed. They hit the middle lanes. The girls stood on the sides and filmed them and squealed at them while they showed off and generally got in the way of the regulars. The lifeguards tried to reign but the battle was lost.
Finally I gave up. I had done about 3/4th of my normal swim so it wasn't a total loss. Just a weird day at the pool.
Then onto find that new eatery. I hadn't written down anything and thought I could remember but couldn't so turned around to come home and there it was. It's a cute little place. Turns out, though to have the slowest service on the planet. And mediocre food. I was finished and waiting and waiting for my bill and really started to feel not good. So I estimated my bill plus a little tip - probably way too much actually - and left cash on the table.
I got home and went to bed and slept two hours and now I feel much much better. Weird. Very weird.
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I stumbled over another teddy bear pattern that looks as fun to make as mine but different. I am tempted to interrupt my current bear to try thing one but I think I'll finish this one first.