Not going anywhere

It's not like I usually go anywhere after I get home from the pool but today, I'm in for sure. Tonight is a home Seahawks game on Monday night football. I live across the street - and four floor sup - from the stadium. It's guaranteed to be a madhouse out there until tomorrow morning. There were all kinds of tailgating tents set up already on my path home from the pool. When I left for the pool the parking lot and area outside the stadium was dotted with morning news teams.

Days like this are like snow days. Great fun to watch as long as you don't have to go anywhere. I don't.

My pellet (think Sonic) counter top ice maker is out on the Fed Ex truck today. That should be exciting. I have a regular ice maker in my freezer so this falls smack dab in the center of Do Not Need it. But, hey. I drink a ton of ice water and I love ice crunching and my teeth are too old to be doing that with real ice.

Oh! FedEx just sent me an email that my ice maker has been delivered. Back later!

This thing is huge

The ice maker is here and huge. It's really heavy but was boxed in such a way that it was very easy to get out of the box (thank you, makers). It takes up way more counter real estate than I would like. I have one of the bigger Kureg's and it dwarfs it.



Since it takes water, it's better placed by the sink plus it's so tall that it won't fit under the counters. It had better turn into a critical resource. It's now making its first ice.

I need to get this ginormous box down to the dumpsters and then I think I'll get to sewing while I wait for ice...

Here's a bear that got finished last night.

My tweets

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No self control and no counter space

I hate a clutter kitchen counter. Today's ice maker takes up way too much room. So, how do I deal with that? By buying Yet Another gynormous kitchen counter space hog. I've wanted an air fryer for a while and had my eye on a particular one that, today, got another price reduction and I bit. I may not keep it. But, knowing me, I probably will. Sigh.

So far the nugget ice is a win. My tumbler of ice water has been easily full of ice water all day. Nice. I have a bag full of icing stuff in my freezer. Bands to ice down arm, wrist, hand, back, etc. It's quite the pitiful collection. I just realized I can now take that stuff out of the freezer and get that whole drawer back. If I need emergency icing, I can just fill a bag with these nuggets! Nice. And, probably I can remove the bin that holds the cubes, and use that shelf, too. It's like getting a new half freezer!

My next door neighbor dropped by today. Not the whacko baker but his landlord - the guy who owns the unit. Noel moved to Arizona about 8 years ago and started renting out his unit. At the time, I thought it was a silly idea but, of course, now has turned out to be pretty brilliant. He's been collecting rent consistently and the unit has gone up in value about 30%. It was fun to see him and nice of him to stop by. He was in town for the football game.

My hair is at that stage, length wise, where it either looks the best it ever has OR it looks like I've totally forgotten where my hair cutter's shop is.I just went into the bathroom to pee and caught a glimpse of me in the mirror and discovered that today is a shockingly good hair day.

Two new dolls today: