Friday

Great swim this morning. Wednesdays are sometimes a mess - ramdom people added to the mix. On Monday's I figure the randoms roll over and go back to sleep instead of going to the pool and on Friday's they think 'ahh I'll work out this weekend'. This morning, LOTS of them though that and the lanes belonged to us... the regulars, and it was good.

And that's really it for the excitement today. I may go out for a quick grocery shop later. I would normally do that tomorrow after brunch but tomorrow, after swim, I'll be hustling my fanny back home ASAP. The Seahawks game starts at 5 and I expect the fans to start arriving about 12 hours earlier and I want to stay completely out of the mess.

I have knitting and I have TV and I have two good books going - one audible and one Kindle. And I can breathe.

Things are okeydokey here.

Today's Basket

Previous basket photos

Wooohoooo!!!

My brother is coming to visit! He's making the plane reservations right now. February 3-10th. I'm so excited. We will have a chance to get in a good, long visit and do stuff. I have a list of restaurants that I've been waiting to try. And I'll finally get to the Chihuly Museum and a few other things that I haven't been to in a while or ever just waiting for a good excuse. He wants to walk around the city - something he does not get to do. I need to start lists. I'm quite excited.

My brother is 4 years younger than I am an lives in Georgetown, TX where he owns and operates a computer repair shop. He and I were not particularly close growing up. We saw each other on occasional holidays but mainly communicated through Mom and Dad. When they died, we kind of connected and came to lean on each other. We are very very very different but mostly kind of compatible.

It will be a great fun visit. I'm so jazzed.

Holy Spam, Batman!!

I usually get a few comments or more a day from my journal. They come into my email and I'm prompted with a noise by each one. I realized tonight that I hadn't seen a comment in days. "That's odd," she thought.

So... off to the spam folder and there... were twenty-five!!! Since Tuesday evening. And it's my fault. Last Tuesday night I got hit by a bot and mistakenly told gmail they were all spam. Bad move.

So, while I do not view my journal as a social platform/media, I do love feedback and comments. And now I have a vat of them to wallow in!!

Off to wallow.

My tweets

• Fri, 18:52: In a clip from this morning's Today Show, Robin Roberts reported on the Koala's with... https://t.co/oA563GKLy4 http://t.co/tqY9cT3u8C
• Fri, 18:52: I did not go to CES this year and my feet are pitifully grateful. But, I did watch a lot... https://t.co/oYBfPcRNK1 http://t.co/xwqrybWXR3
• Fri, 19:22: today's basket https://t.co/gkZkgWk9hC http://t.co/O6cAbWXwAM
• Fri, 20:32: Yo! OK Google, please, please stop looking for Facebook on my phone. I promise you I will NEVER say Open Facebook... https://t.co/FMslWhpKYK