Saturday

For some odd reason, I did not even think about going out to breakfast after my swim today. I realized that when I got home. I just made breakfast here and it was fine but usually I run through options, at least. Weird.

I had zero trouble returning the fitness band to Best Buy yesterday. I got my money back and the $20 gift card. I wandered around the store looking for something to spend my $20 on and decided to replace the USB hard drive that died last month. They did not have a 1 TB, 3.0 in the store at a price I wanted to pay, so I came home and ordered it off their website. $40 after taxes with gift card. Not too bad. In May my 2 free TB of Google storage will expire so I need to clean off that drive onto something else. Not that much of it deserves preserving.

The condo that is for sale downstairs is having an open house today. It does not start until 11. It is now 10:55 and there is a line outside waiting to get in. (Front Door TV Network) I'm guessing at least one real estate agent will go home tonight with at least an offer.

The football stadium exhibition hall across the street has the big boat show this weekend and the baseball stadium has two days of pre season activities. There is a lot going on in the 'hood' this weekend.

But, not in here. In here we will be sewing and then maybe watching some TV and knitting or just more sewing. Oh, but first I need to go get my iPod off my swim suit and charge it up before I forget.

Sew sew... or... what I made today

When I first got Zoey, I had another cat named Betty. Betty had an eating disorder, she'd eat anything and everything. But, she only ate in bowls on the ground. So I put a dish on the counter with food and Betty couldn't see it. And Zoey has eaten on the counter every since. She has a always-full bowl of dried kibble, but her wet food is counter service only.

But, she leaves tiny bits of food about so I started putting her dish under a dish towel. This morning I realized that that dish towel was 1. ugly and 2. totally replaceable. So I made her a place mat.



Works very well and brightens up my counter, too!!

Then I made dolls.





The last sewing machine sewing on every doll is the bottom. The arms are made and stuffed. The legs are made and stuffed. The face gets hair and is attached to the dress. The back hair gets attached to the back of the dress. Then the arms get attached to the front and the legs to the back and then I sew from one bottom side all around to the other. I turn her inside out and that's when I get to this part:



The two clamps keep the fluff out of the way so I can get it into the machine. Once I get that final seam done, I undo the clamps and BINGO! There's a new doll. It tickles me every time.

I think my cold was not a cold at all and is now gone. My throat is no longer sore and my ears don't hurt any more. This happened a couple of years ago. I got the beginnings of a cold and before it could really take hold (or go to my lungs) it all got better. I'm greatly relieved and grateful!

Time to watch some TV and knit some bear.

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