Sunday

Now that I'm going to the pool later on weekdays, there's really no difference between weekdays and weekends. It's a little disconcerting but no biggie, I guess. I had a nice swim. Again I passed on going out to eat and came on home to my own cooking which was excellent except I made too much. Smartly, I did not eat it all.

The Mariners finally lost last night and so eliminated themselves from the playoffs. It was a good game, though, right up to the final out. One more game today and then I can hang up my TiVo MLP One Pass until next February when Spring Training starts. It's been such a good season after so many years of crap.

My hands look so old. My extra 100 pounds keep my face and neck from looking old (fat don't crack) but my hands are nursing home hands. It's fine. They still work and do what I need them to do but it's just shocking sometimes to realize that they look so old because I am so old. Again, fine. Just a shock.

The Seahawks are playing elsewhere today plus the game has already started and they are losing so far so it is ultra quiet around here. Not a peep.

The final Mariners game starts at noon. I have another shirt cut out and ready to sew and dolls to make. I think the Mariner game will be available on the MLB app so I can watch it while I sew. If so, that's the plan. But, first I need to clean up the breakfast dishes.

About six months or so ago, I buckled down on the tidy as you go plan in an effort to keep the house neat and tidy always. And, I have to say, that it is totally working. It's so pleasant and nice to live in a space that does not have mess everywhere. There is still more clutter than I would like but it's organized. I have lots and lots of shelves and I need to go through and edit the stuff on those shelves but mostly, it's a functioning tidy house ready for guests at any time. And I like that. Totally worth the effort and it's actually not even much of an effort any more.

My tweets

• Sat, 16:27: @AskCapitalOne your phone deposit no longer works for me - says 2 entr amt on chk which i do. fortunately i can use @becu but u should fix
• Sat, 16:28: @AskCapitalOne it hasn't worked in a couple of months - hand written and machine prnt chks both rejected. not handy. just fyi
• Sat, 16:30: @AskCapitalOne sry for twt storm - android nugat nexus 6p - cap one app latest update
• Sat, 20:01: Ok. Just watched ep 2 of This is Us. It's legit. My new fav.

1988 me

I went into my office supply closet to find a little pocket notebook in case I wanted to do my spending tracking the old fashioned way. I found an IBM Thinkpad... no, not that kind, the 1988 version



The first few pages had actual notes on it. I know it was 1988 because the notes were all about the announcement of the AS/400. A list of reporters, notes for some event ("Tom - red tie" "Geri ticket for hubby" - Tom was my boss, the head of AS/400 development and Geri was his secretary). But, one page was personal. It had a HotPoint serial number and two dress pattern numbers.

If you had asked me I would have told you that I did not do much of any sewing between about 1985 and 2015 but, maybe I was wrong. The magic of the internets allowed me to see both the patterns and they were absolutely something I would have made.

Here's what I looked like then (white suit in front - That's Geri in the blue suit and Tom is just behind her over her right shoulder.)



Here are the two patterns:





Waltzing down memory lane...