Saturday

So I finally complained loudly enough and Instacart upped the refund and moved it to my credit card instead of my Instacart account. I can already see it on my card's account. I'd feel all warm and fuzzy except in their reply email, they went on at length trying to justify how a 'free' delivery includes a 10% surcharge and a tip. Their justifications missed the mark considerably. How you design your business model is your business. BUT do NOT call adding $25 to a $60 charge 'free'.

Homegrocer.com taught me how to get groceries delivered in Seattle. Their food was more expensive and their service was superb and tipping was not allowed. I was happy and they went out of business so yeah, maybe, lesson learned.

The gym was no longer empty this morning. Even the pool was very full. It was fine. I got a good swim in and met a new friend. Aija (pronounced EYE ya). Easy to remember because I have a friend named Tija (pronounced TEE ya). Aija rejoined the gym because of the rain. She had a good pool work out going - some aerobics and some leg work with flippers and a board. She complemented me on my endurance and strength so we are now pool buddies :)

I toyed with stopping somewhere for breakfast but the one place I had in mind is too far with no parking so I came home and made myself and excellent pair of fried eggs with bacon and an English muffin.

Last night I watched the first of the new Gilmore Girls. I remembered why I stopped watching somewhere around season 2. But I did finish and I might watch the second one. I have 3 episodes of Good Behavior recorded and not watched. I'm parsing them out carefully. That is my new favorite show. Lady Mary has really turned over a new leaf.

Our PBS station is doing a complete dump of Downton Abby. I have a TiVo in the bedroom with a nearly empty hard drive. So I'm recording it all. I doubt seriously I will watch it again but... maybe. I found the clothes and the mores fascinating. I could easily enjoy it with the sound on mute.

Nothing on tap for today particularly. Doll making, of course. My back is kind of wonky today. I wonder if I slept on it funny. Hopefully, it won't get in the way of the doll making or the TV watching that will make up the rest of today.

Selfie + mail

Two things in the mail today.

1. Invitation To Those Hoping To Retire Soon.  Yeah, thanks but, you are too late.
2. Plan For Eternity (funeral home).  Yeah, thanks but, you are too soon.



Selfie with a Zoiey photo bomb

Still Saturday

I have an old bamboo tray under my bed where all of the cat toys go until Zoey spreads them around the house. I have not looked under there in a while but still, all of the toys got there because of me. Except the one she found today... She's been batting it around the house for a half hour. I have no idea where it came from or where she found it. She's refusing to answer any questions...

I don't have much unbacked up data. All my photos are on Google and also on Flickr and most are locally saved as well. All my music is locally and redundantly saved. My daily computing for the past 4 years has all been on Chromebooks so nothing to backup there. But, it's been increasingly nagging at me how totally SOL I would be if I were, for whatever reason, locked out of my Google account.

Once, a few years ago, I was locked out of Google Wallet. I don't remember if I ever even knew why but it was a major PIA and an even bigger one to get back in. But I did. If I were locked out of my Google account, it would be like removing electricity from my life. I'd be dead in the water.

I have a few documents that are critical and they are all in Evernote as well as copied locally but email and contacts. Holy crap, I'd be dead dead dead. So. Today I installed GMVault and once it's finished its big dump, I'll create a weekly task for syncing. It's been a while since I've worked with a command line app. But, at least now, I'll have a database of my email that I can import into another gmail account or into Thunderbird (which I also downloaded). So I feel a little better. But, still, Google, don't break up with me ever ok? Please?

It is almost evening dark outside and it's only 3:30 pm. I don't mind at all but I know it makes a lot of people (most people?) crazy. I am still a few hundred steps from my tracker's daily goal so I think before I settle in for some TV watching, I'll go take a walk around the building. Maybe check the free shelf. Then I can come back and watch junk TV guilt free.

I did get 3 dolls finished: