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- Tue, 20:24: How cool is this???!!! Very cool, actually. https://t.co/hxXMEIv1lt
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Jun. 1st, 2016
Today is the first day that I turned on the air conditioner prophylactically. (And, with that, I learned for sure that my spelling is not being checked any more. Sigh.) I turned it on before I left for the pool. It's likely that for the next few days, I'll be able to turn it off about noon and still be comfortable. Looking at the forecast, this weekend it will go on and stay on.
I'm so grateful for the option to be cool. This unit is way more quiet than its predecessors but still gives me a constant noise. This one is way cheaper to operate than its prececessors but still, I'll see a fine increase in the electric bill this month.
On the upside (besides the cool) I cannot hear those workers outside who are still pounding concrete and banging all kinds of crap on the street just below me again today. They even blocked my way into my garage this morning. Hopefully they'll be on to annoy someone else soon.
My replacement Pixel chrome book arrives today. Maybe that's why spell check quit checking. I decided to put this one in to Developer mode to try it out as long as it was going back to Google anyway. I won't be doing that with the new one. I've found several things that don't work like I want them to and I'm ready to blame Developer Mode.
Today's sewing is going to be some testing. The shirt fabric I ordered won't be here until next week but I have some ideas that I can try out on scraps. And, of course, there are dolls to make.
It kind of amuses and amazes me how fascinated by sewing I have become. I love the color and the mechanics and the creative choices as much or even more than the result. I started sewing in my early teens and sewed a lot until my mid-20's and then I stopped. I had moved and left my amazing fabric store behind and I had enough money to buy nice clothes and I could easily wear off the rack without any alterations.
I've always had a machine in the house but it's been packed away in a cubboard for 40 years. I would bring it out and set it up for one off projects maybe once or twice a year. And then, a year ago this week, someone left this desk in the 'free' area of the garage. I loved it on sight but had no idea how to use it until I brought it upstairs and realized it was the pefect sewing desk.
And thus began what's now clearly an obsession. I started out with mending... all the mending that had stacked up. And then I made swimsuits. And then I found the dolls. And now shirts and jackets and still more dolls. I enjoy it so much.
AH ha!!! I refound spell check!! It was, indeed, a Chrome issue and now it's fixed. Whew.
And, with that victory, I'm headed back to the sewing room. The baseball game isn't until tonight so I'll be catching up on my podcasts.
Oh and here's the latest bear.
I'm so grateful for the option to be cool. This unit is way more quiet than its predecessors but still gives me a constant noise. This one is way cheaper to operate than its prececessors but still, I'll see a fine increase in the electric bill this month.
On the upside (besides the cool) I cannot hear those workers outside who are still pounding concrete and banging all kinds of crap on the street just below me again today. They even blocked my way into my garage this morning. Hopefully they'll be on to annoy someone else soon.
My replacement Pixel chrome book arrives today. Maybe that's why spell check quit checking. I decided to put this one in to Developer mode to try it out as long as it was going back to Google anyway. I won't be doing that with the new one. I've found several things that don't work like I want them to and I'm ready to blame Developer Mode.
Today's sewing is going to be some testing. The shirt fabric I ordered won't be here until next week but I have some ideas that I can try out on scraps. And, of course, there are dolls to make.
It kind of amuses and amazes me how fascinated by sewing I have become. I love the color and the mechanics and the creative choices as much or even more than the result. I started sewing in my early teens and sewed a lot until my mid-20's and then I stopped. I had moved and left my amazing fabric store behind and I had enough money to buy nice clothes and I could easily wear off the rack without any alterations.
I've always had a machine in the house but it's been packed away in a cubboard for 40 years. I would bring it out and set it up for one off projects maybe once or twice a year. And then, a year ago this week, someone left this desk in the 'free' area of the garage. I loved it on sight but had no idea how to use it until I brought it upstairs and realized it was the pefect sewing desk.
And thus began what's now clearly an obsession. I started out with mending... all the mending that had stacked up. And then I made swimsuits. And then I found the dolls. And now shirts and jackets and still more dolls. I enjoy it so much.
AH ha!!! I refound spell check!! It was, indeed, a Chrome issue and now it's fixed. Whew.
And, with that victory, I'm headed back to the sewing room. The baseball game isn't until tonight so I'll be catching up on my podcasts.
Oh and here's the latest bear.
- Wed, 11:40: Mary Roach has a new book!!!! She could write The Curious… https://t.co/nigMyqASl9 https://t.co/f3UplxVQ3G
I got a wild hair up my butt to go get sushi for lunch at the deli. It's exactly one long block and then 1/2 block from here on side walks with very few small trees and no other vegetation. And one guy with a leaf blower blowing invisible leaves. He turned it off as I walked past.
I got there, got my sushi and got halfway home before I started what turned out to be a horrible horrible coughing fit. An I can't breathe, coughing up a lung, pee in your pants, coughing fit. I managed to get inside my condo and, fortunately, had water right there by the door. I just sat on the floor and drank water and coughed until I could get up and find my albuterol inhaler and things started to get better. But, now, 40 minutes later, I'm still coughing a little.
Twice in 2 weeks is twice too many for me. So my own personal concept of my lung capacity is, apparently, way different than my lung reality. This is kind of a bummer.
I absolutely need to stay away from dust and dust blowers and the outside. I'm not a huge fan of the outside anyway. Especially not in Summer so the sacrifice is not great and I guess I should be grateful to be getting such a clear picture of my limitations.
I probably should go back on Advair but I really really don't want to.
In other news, I'm firing up my old Kindle. I want to get back in the habit of reading words. I read via audio every night before I go to bed but there are some things I want to read the words of - like Mary Roach's new book. And some library books. I can - and will - use my phone and tablet but I really like how my Kindle feels and I think that's going to be a better way to make a habit.
I got there, got my sushi and got halfway home before I started what turned out to be a horrible horrible coughing fit. An I can't breathe, coughing up a lung, pee in your pants, coughing fit. I managed to get inside my condo and, fortunately, had water right there by the door. I just sat on the floor and drank water and coughed until I could get up and find my albuterol inhaler and things started to get better. But, now, 40 minutes later, I'm still coughing a little.
Twice in 2 weeks is twice too many for me. So my own personal concept of my lung capacity is, apparently, way different than my lung reality. This is kind of a bummer.
I absolutely need to stay away from dust and dust blowers and the outside. I'm not a huge fan of the outside anyway. Especially not in Summer so the sacrifice is not great and I guess I should be grateful to be getting such a clear picture of my limitations.
I probably should go back on Advair but I really really don't want to.
In other news, I'm firing up my old Kindle. I want to get back in the habit of reading words. I read via audio every night before I go to bed but there are some things I want to read the words of - like Mary Roach's new book. And some library books. I can - and will - use my phone and tablet but I really like how my Kindle feels and I think that's going to be a better way to make a habit.
I did not turn off the air conditioner once the sun was no longer on my terrace like I had planned. I can't get comfortable with the idea of outside air just yet. I finally now, four hours after the attack, am able to draw a deep breath without coughing but when I do cough it still sounds not real healthy.
On the up side, I got two nice dolls done and a bunch of doll faces created.
On the up side, I got two nice dolls done and a bunch of doll faces created.