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Aug. 7th, 2015
Other day, another swim and really not much more planned than that.
I have gotten way better about my 20 minutes of walking every day. Long about mid-afternoon, if it's not way sunshiny hot, I hit the streets. I rarely go longer than 20 minutes but I do try to do at least that. It does amaze me that 1. I don't hate it as much as I did and 2. It's totally working. This time last year, I didn't walk anywhere because I couldn't. I couldn't get more than about 100 yards without having to stop and catch my breath. I can't run and more than a handful of stairs are still a problem but otherwise, I rarely have to stop and catch my breath at all. Very cool.
Project Runway is back. I'm really kind of tired of it but I still never miss an episode. This time I'm way more focused on the garment production. I do fast forward through the gratuitous drama.
I've been awake now for more than 2 hours. Gotten coffee, listened to the news, internetted and had not seen hide nor hair of Zoey. She's usually up and begging for breakfast or trying to snuggle in or get on my keyboard but, today, nothing. I just now went looking for her. She sacked out on the fish bed and gave me a look like 'what the hell??? I was sleeping!'. I gave her a pet. She rolled over and then went back to sleep. What a weird cat. Oh I just heard her bell. I guess she's starting her day.
Guess I'll go swim.
I have gotten way better about my 20 minutes of walking every day. Long about mid-afternoon, if it's not way sunshiny hot, I hit the streets. I rarely go longer than 20 minutes but I do try to do at least that. It does amaze me that 1. I don't hate it as much as I did and 2. It's totally working. This time last year, I didn't walk anywhere because I couldn't. I couldn't get more than about 100 yards without having to stop and catch my breath. I can't run and more than a handful of stairs are still a problem but otherwise, I rarely have to stop and catch my breath at all. Very cool.
Project Runway is back. I'm really kind of tired of it but I still never miss an episode. This time I'm way more focused on the garment production. I do fast forward through the gratuitous drama.
I've been awake now for more than 2 hours. Gotten coffee, listened to the news, internetted and had not seen hide nor hair of Zoey. She's usually up and begging for breakfast or trying to snuggle in or get on my keyboard but, today, nothing. I just now went looking for her. She sacked out on the fish bed and gave me a look like 'what the hell??? I was sleeping!'. I gave her a pet. She rolled over and then went back to sleep. What a weird cat. Oh I just heard her bell. I guess she's starting her day.
Guess I'll go swim.
loose ends
Aug. 7th, 2015 03:20 pmI spent the majority of my time since my swim this morning helping out my brother. Working on his web pages, editing copy for newspapers. Little stuff that I really enjoy. I like using my skills and I like helping him out. He's in Chicago at a seminar.
My swim was great but weird. Yesterday, the pool was as crowded as I have ever seen it. There were 2 lap swimmers in every lane. Today, for the entire 75 minutes of my swim, I was the only one in the pool. Same time of day. Usually Tuesdays and Thursdays are the least populated days. Weird. Finally, as I was getting out another swimmer was getting in.
The traffic getting home from the pool was the worst I'd seen at 10:30 in the morning.
Since then, this and that. I bought a new sewing machine. I looked at them at JoAnn's and liked the idea but not the offerings. So today I did some research and ended up with a nice Singer. On special for $139. (Down from $175.) and I bought it. It will be here Sunday. I think I'll put my old Brother on the free shelf. It will make someone happy.
I'm trying some breakfast quiche muffins again. I'm trying out a simple recipe. I did two muffins. Baked 'em and put 'em in the fridge. I'll nuke one tomorrow morning and see. I recently got some silicone muffin cups. I can bake them in my micro/oven which does not heat up the room and cooks was faster than the big oven.
Fingers are crossed.
I just got back from a little walk and see they are batting down the hatches for the Taylor Swift Concert at Century Link Field tomorrow. A gynormous farm of portapotties have been set up around the parking lot and breezeways of the stadium. A huge entourage of giant semi's brought in her necessities. Tomorrow afternoon should be interesting.
I think maybe I'll go take the trash down before I settle in for the rest of the afternoon and evening. The baseball game starts at 7 and I still need to finish off the rest of the first episode of Project Runway.
My swim was great but weird. Yesterday, the pool was as crowded as I have ever seen it. There were 2 lap swimmers in every lane. Today, for the entire 75 minutes of my swim, I was the only one in the pool. Same time of day. Usually Tuesdays and Thursdays are the least populated days. Weird. Finally, as I was getting out another swimmer was getting in.
The traffic getting home from the pool was the worst I'd seen at 10:30 in the morning.
Since then, this and that. I bought a new sewing machine. I looked at them at JoAnn's and liked the idea but not the offerings. So today I did some research and ended up with a nice Singer. On special for $139. (Down from $175.) and I bought it. It will be here Sunday. I think I'll put my old Brother on the free shelf. It will make someone happy.
I'm trying some breakfast quiche muffins again. I'm trying out a simple recipe. I did two muffins. Baked 'em and put 'em in the fridge. I'll nuke one tomorrow morning and see. I recently got some silicone muffin cups. I can bake them in my micro/oven which does not heat up the room and cooks was faster than the big oven.
Fingers are crossed.
I just got back from a little walk and see they are batting down the hatches for the Taylor Swift Concert at Century Link Field tomorrow. A gynormous farm of portapotties have been set up around the parking lot and breezeways of the stadium. A huge entourage of giant semi's brought in her necessities. Tomorrow afternoon should be interesting.
I think maybe I'll go take the trash down before I settle in for the rest of the afternoon and evening. The baseball game starts at 7 and I still need to finish off the rest of the first episode of Project Runway.