It's all what you get used to... and random stuff

My cat jumped up on my lap this morning and her back paws screamed to my thighs "CLIP ME!!!". When I got her, the vet said she was about 4 years old. And, it was pretty darned clear that her claw clipping experiences had not been a fun time. So, twice a week, we'd sit down and pull out the clippers and give it a go. Some weeks I got no claws, some weeks a couple, some weeks she let me do all of them. Now, some 8 years later, she doesn't love it but at least, like this morning, once she lets me know this isn't her favorite activity, she calms down and I can check and clip the claws on all four paws. My thighs are happier.

This morning I took a flashlight to the back of a closet. I was pretty sure I had given all my old boots to the Goodwill but I thought maybe there was a pair left. Nope. But, oddly, I found a pair of fleece lounge pants that I have zero recollection of ever seeing before. I mean Never. My closet is giving birth to clothes on its own. Wish it would birth me some boots - ones that don't leak, plz.

This morning I have errands to run and I'm kind of waiting for the Baby Bank lady to ping me that she's ready for delivery. I'm sure that the minute I leave the garage, I'll get that email. But, if I postpone the errands, I won't hear a peep. Not critical either way. She's never there in the afternoon so at least I only need to be alert this morning.

When my T-Mobile account sneezed on Sunday, my thoughts immediately turned to Google Fi. While I generally hop on any and all Google offerings immediately, for a variety of reasons I did not take them up on their offer of cellphone service. But I have watched the maturation of their offerings. It's my really only Plan B. I now pay $30 a month for T-Mobile and get 100 minutes of calls, unlimited texts and 5GB of data. It's a prepaid program, my phone, and no contract. And it's worked well for the last 3 years. Except last Sunday morning. Plus, lately I've heard rumors about their discontinuing my plan.

So I've been doing research. And it appears that Fi will work fine for me, cost the same and enable me to buy more data immediately if I need it which my current plan does not. I have the next couple of months already paid for so tons of time to watch T-Mobile and think about whether or not I want to switch.

Woot! My brother just hired a new guy for his shop. They are so busy and really need more hands on deck. I think he found a good one. So yeah.

And, finally, listening to books instead of music, really does slow down my swimming. But, slow swimming and fast swimming really amounts to the same in a fat old lady so I don't really care - I still get an hour's worth of good exercise and I'm really enjoying the book. I have the next book selected and queued up!

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Another pleasant valley wednesday

I keep the link to the poly-fil that I use to stuff my dolls and bears in an open tab nearly all the time now. I clicked on it one time last week and the price was $24.88 instead of the $19.98 that I like so I passed. And since then, I've been checking it about 6 times a day and, every time, it has been totally out of stock. As each out of stock day passes, I get a little more anxious. I'm about a week and a half away from full on panic.

And speaking of time going by... it's been 10 weeks since I have taken Spiriva (inhaler for my COPD) every day and 2 weeks since I've had any at all. I dropped the other one (the 2x a day one) a year ago. And my breathing is fine and dandy. I have the occasional coughing spells but really no more than when I was on it and they are quickly squelch by my magic benzonatate pill. I'm sure I will never die from fire. The smoke will kill my poor lungs before the flames can get close. And the flu would would probably cause major issues. Heck a cold could be a big problem. But... right now... things in my little version of lungville are way better than I deserve. And I'm very grateful.

Zappos will be refunding me $163 for the Uggs. I still need something I can wear in the wet. I found two different styles, each of which were cheap. Both were free returns so why not? This one is clearly waterproof and this one is taller and maybe waterproof... I figured neither would fit and they would both go back. They arrived today and both fit and I decided for $25 total, neither is going back!

This will surely guarantee no snow and precious little rain or cold in my future. In fact, next week will probably be sandal weather!