Friday

I just thought 'hmmm it seems a little chilly in here' and looked at the thermometer...  it's 66 degrees in this room!! Yahoo!!  My weather of choice is here.

I never got hot flashes during menopause. I just experienced a personal global warming that has never gone away. I don't enjoy hot. I don't even really enjoy warm except when I get it from bundling. I love sweaters and cowl necks and big fluffy comforters and sheepskin lined boots and slippers. But, in order to get to enjoy all that, the temperature has to be way colder than it does for normal people. And finally, we're headed in the right direction.

My swim today was good. I went a little longer than normal assuming the pool will be shut down again this weekend. My plan for tomorrow is to get up and put on my swimsuit and head for the pool like normal. If the pool is closed again, I'll shed the suit and go out for brunch. I need to peruse my Places I Want To Try that are open early list so I'm prepared. I'm not going to freak. I'm going to have a bloody mary.

The Mariners won again last night. It will still take an actofgod to get them in the playoffs but, they aren't dead yet and finally this stupid SEAAAAAAA HAWWWWWWWKS town is noticing that there's another team around. It's kind of fun.

There's a guy who lives on the 2nd floor. He's lived there a long time - like more than a decade. Nice guy. I see him all the time. We exchange meaningless chatter in the elevator. And today for the very first time I learned it was an airline pilot. He was coming in from the airport in full Pilot outfit and accessories when I was coming in from the pool. For some reason this just fascinates me.

My nose has been running all week. Not constantly, but just enough to be really annoying. I think it's the ghost cold that I did not get. It's less annoying when I think it could have been a real cold. But, I'm not loving this nose rash.

I'm planning a nice, quiet day of doll making and piddling around... maybe in my sheepskin slippers!

Oh so trendy

I ordered a kind of knit sweater/shirt pullover from Modcloth not long ago. I put it on today and discovered that it just wasn't working for me. At least not $60 worth. So I'm returning it. But I still need some more long sleeved knit top options and I'm so tired of just regular long sleeved t-shirts. So I surfed around this morning and just couldn't find anything that was both interesting and came in pup tent size.

But, hey, wait a minute... Don't I know how to sew? Don't I own a pattern that is exactly what I want? Don't I have fabric in the closet where I can easily see it? Why, yes, actually I do! I have one piece that is perfect but it's a really nice piece and I'm saving it... I'm thinking long sleeves, cowl neck and maybe a drap-y front. But, I had two pieces - one on top of another... neither was big enough but, isn't color blocking 'in' this year???



Green back, blue front, one green sleeve, one blue sleeve. Perfect. I could have maybe gotten a little more creative - two toned sleeves, quartered front and back - but I didn't actually think it would work and I'd only made this pattern once before... It totally worked. I'm saving my scraps. We may see them in future shirts! I need to trim some seams but otherwise, this baby is a go. (The blue fabric was $1 - on sale at Walmart because it had a dirt mark on it that washed right out. The green fabric was $4. It's not a fancy as the $60 top but it's way more comfortable!)

And I made two more dolls. I think I'm going to take the rest of the day off and catch up on Project Runway.