A leveling out...

Mainly because of the pool but also because of the holidays, I'm finally just now this morning, feeling like things are back on track for the first time since my stuff was stolen at the gym the first week of December.

I waited a bit to go swimming so I could finish up about the time Trader Joe's opened. I ran into no less than 3 old swim buddies. We are all so glad to have heat in the pool. I got to trader Joe's about 5 minutes early but... 1. remembered to get the cheese that only they carry and I keep forgetting to get and 2. they still had hollandaise! I got 4 and told the checker about freezing it in blobs - whenever TJ staff sees me with the stuff they profess their love for it. Why or why does it have to be seasonal????

I left at 8:10 and was home by 8:30. Not nearly as bad I thought it would be. Only 5 minutes longer than the hour earlier trip yesterday.

Twitter just pointed me to this very cool thing... Neighborhood mini pantries fashioned after the little neighborhood libraries. What a fabulous idea. While I love the idea of little libraries, my books are are audible or kindle. But a mini pantry. I'd would love to contribute to one of those. I need to keep my eyes open for possibilities.

I have several things that need doing around here and dolls to make. The house cleaner will be here in a little bit. Yesterday was olive drab. Today is turquoise or maybe lime green.

The rest of Wednesday

My house is so clean. My house cleaner gave me an orchid plant for Christmas. I am not a fan of orchids. I mean they are ok but not my favorite flower and while a greenhouse full or orchids is interesting, one single one with paddle leaves and such a long stem that has to be propped up with a stick ... just not my cuppa. But, I'm stuck with it because what am I going to do? I hope it dies but somehow I know it won't. She says she'll take care of it - watering and so forth. Oh well. Guess I'll need to turn into a orchid lover. Could be worse things to be.

Tonight there is new programming on TiVo - yeah!! Over the holidays, I burned that harddrive down to nearly nothing. 11%. I think it was something approaching 50% the week before Christmas. I even caught up on House Hunters and House Hunters International. Ditto with my podcasts. I had to try out new ones cause my regulars went on holiday breaks. But nearly everybody is back this week and a lot of my TV shows are back so yeah!

And my goal is to keep the sewing room way neater - particular, keep scraps and bits off the floor. It looks so nice how and I plan to keep it that way.

It's always fun to find the right print for stockings that pairs nicely with the dress fabric. Those pillow cases I got from Goodwill make it easy - they come with two different, complementary fabrics. I've always been fascinated by distinctly different prints that work together in outfits or in quilts. The fabric pairs for all three of today's dolls came from completely, entirely different sources and just happened to look like they were bought in one really excellent batch.