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Aug. 28th, 2015
Cool Friday
Aug. 28th, 2015 11:42 amThe house is soooo silent without the air conditioner droning on. It's really lovely.
I got the new graphics for my brother's newsletter this morning so I slapped together a test for him to see while I swam. I think we're getting very close.
My swim was one of those autopilot swims. I listened to the last of Tim Gunn's book and the time just disappeared. When the book ended I had 3 dots on my Misfit band which means I had been a mile. I did a quick trip into Trader Joe's and now I'm home.
Zoey is exploring the terrace which is has mostly not been available to her this summer. Birds beware!
Finally, finally, finally, they fired the Mariners general manager. It's not been clear to me why this wasn't done a couple of years ago. I'm not privy to what goes into the secret sauce but I know it hasn't been even remotely tasty in several years. Way past time for the chef to be moving on.
I did finish the neck of my sweater. Yeah!!! The sleeves are really only from just above the elbow to the wrist so not huge. I'm going to do a couple more bears before I start them. Bear delivery will be next Friday. I'm hoping to add a couple to the pile.
My replacement iPod Shuffle is Out for Delivery. I need to find another book. I like listening while I swim but it's better suited to non-fiction/short pieces. I can do library books but Audible.Com books work way better on the Shuffle. So I think I'll find one of those for next.
I'm currently near the end of a novel by Harlen Coben. I hate his series stuff but some of his stand alones have been pretty good. This one is about 75% good and 25% condescendingly mocking women which is really pissing me off. But I've got an hour left and I'm pretty invested in the plot at this point.
I'm starving and it's lunch time.
I got the new graphics for my brother's newsletter this morning so I slapped together a test for him to see while I swam. I think we're getting very close.
My swim was one of those autopilot swims. I listened to the last of Tim Gunn's book and the time just disappeared. When the book ended I had 3 dots on my Misfit band which means I had been a mile. I did a quick trip into Trader Joe's and now I'm home.
Zoey is exploring the terrace which is has mostly not been available to her this summer. Birds beware!
Finally, finally, finally, they fired the Mariners general manager. It's not been clear to me why this wasn't done a couple of years ago. I'm not privy to what goes into the secret sauce but I know it hasn't been even remotely tasty in several years. Way past time for the chef to be moving on.
I did finish the neck of my sweater. Yeah!!! The sleeves are really only from just above the elbow to the wrist so not huge. I'm going to do a couple more bears before I start them. Bear delivery will be next Friday. I'm hoping to add a couple to the pile.
My replacement iPod Shuffle is Out for Delivery. I need to find another book. I like listening while I swim but it's better suited to non-fiction/short pieces. I can do library books but Audible.Com books work way better on the Shuffle. So I think I'll find one of those for next.
I'm currently near the end of a novel by Harlen Coben. I hate his series stuff but some of his stand alones have been pretty good. This one is about 75% good and 25% condescendingly mocking women which is really pissing me off. But I've got an hour left and I'm pretty invested in the plot at this point.
I'm starving and it's lunch time.
The Great Seattle Sewing Bee
Aug. 28th, 2015 02:59 pmWe cannot get the British Sewing Bee here and I hate that. I have seen parts of one of the three seasons by catching You Tube before they kill the video. So I'm having my own.
Today's challenge was to make a little bag for all the little stuff in my bag. Ha!
So I did. Now, I totally get that I could buy very nearly exactly this at the dollar store but... I wanted to make my own!
I try to keep my every day carry bag pared down to the minimum. So now, there's this bag, my inhaler, a packet of tissues and a folded up shopping bag. Phone and keys are in my pocket. Cash is in one side zipper pouch and cards (credit and other) in the other side zipper bag. Lean and mean.
The blue is a spare battery for my phone and the coiled cable attaches it. The white square are breath mints. The contact case has my cough pills. A pen, chapstick, hand lotion and earbuds. Oh and a little pouch for my toothpick. The little bag is made of oil cloth so it's not stiff and kind of molds to its contents which is exactly what I wanted.
After I got the sewing area all back to neat and tidy, I took a walk to the post office to mail a package. It is not hot out but it is muggy and sticky. We're going in the right direction but we're not there yet!
Today's challenge was to make a little bag for all the little stuff in my bag. Ha!
So I did. Now, I totally get that I could buy very nearly exactly this at the dollar store but... I wanted to make my own!
I try to keep my every day carry bag pared down to the minimum. So now, there's this bag, my inhaler, a packet of tissues and a folded up shopping bag. Phone and keys are in my pocket. Cash is in one side zipper pouch and cards (credit and other) in the other side zipper bag. Lean and mean.
The blue is a spare battery for my phone and the coiled cable attaches it. The white square are breath mints. The contact case has my cough pills. A pen, chapstick, hand lotion and earbuds. Oh and a little pouch for my toothpick. The little bag is made of oil cloth so it's not stiff and kind of molds to its contents which is exactly what I wanted.
After I got the sewing area all back to neat and tidy, I took a walk to the post office to mail a package. It is not hot out but it is muggy and sticky. We're going in the right direction but we're not there yet!