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Yesterday was Africa hot with glaring sun. Today, as I look outside (because I can - the sun is hiding so the shades are up) - most of the people walking around outside have on long sleeves!!

I turned the a/c off (it was so grateful for the rest, I think I saw it wink at me). And now I'm sitting here, in the living room, with the door open. It won't be long before it bursts to live since there is a soccer game here late afternoon and a baseball game here at 1. But, for now, it's really quiet and still and cool. I like the action but I also love the mornings like this.

I had a great swim. I think the pool population is going to be sparse until after Labor Day. Now it's like the weeks around Christmas/New Year. My own private pool.

I have some non-doll sewing to do today and the baseball game (best watched in the living room) so there may not be any dolls made today.

OMG I just thought I heard the fucking kitchen sink dripping again! But, turns out, it's only Zoey smacking her breakfast down. That young lady needs to learn some table manners. Clearly it's maybe too quiet in here!

More Sunday

I got some quality organization done in the sewing room. It seems like as soon as I get one drawer purged of crap, a cupboard shelf needs work so I do that one and then another shelf becomes impossible to find anything on. It's a constant job - keeping it all straight.

I did manage a doll.



The soccer team just tweeted out this photo of what it looks like here before a game. I put a red arrow on my terrace so you can see how it looks from here. It's pretty cool. You can't see it but the 'march' to the game is led by the team band. I love a good marching band. This is what my view will look like at 5:30 today. (bigger version behind the click)



But, first a baseball game. (The baseball stadium is on down the street - if the march would continue the way they are heading down a long block (past the football stadium) they would march right into home plate of the baseball stadium.)

It's heating up a little so the a/c is going back on while I watch the game and knit a new bear.

Here's last night's bear.

I hope better for the Sounders

The Mariners played great until the last half of the game and then they played like it was the first time they had ever seen a fucking baseball field. GRRRRRR

The Sounders are gearing up. I'm not a soccer fan. I am a fan of the Sounders fans though. The band was not part of the parade today and they didn't do their regular chant. They sang to me! (I hate it when idiots shoot video vertically. I have no clue how/why I did.)

Note the little gray/black Smart Car at the beginning. That's one of my neighbors trying to get into the garage. This is what happens when you don't plan your life around that of the the two stadiums!

Amazon screwed up an order that I really didn't care about. But I was annoyed that they 1. screwed it up and 2. blamed me for not being home. I was home and so I wrote them a little Here's How You Sinned. Your penance is one free month of Prime. That's my latest Amazon game. When they screw up something, I write them a little note and ask for a month of Prime to assuage my annoyance at their error.

Last year my renewal date was October. As of today's little fuck up, I'm now paid through February! That's $8.25 per fuck up or $33 in my pocket so far.