Continued

In between jaunts around Seattle, I also played hostess with the mostest. My front door should have been a revolving one. Friends from all over came to see me and Seattle and I was a total tourist for really the first two years I lived here.

One thing I loved to do was take the tourist boat tours. I only have four really loooow quality pictures from those tours but I know there was more. The first one was with John and his sister (who came in from Chicago). I don't know where it went to.

But, John was also a fan so we went again.



My parents came to visit my sister and their grandchildren (who lived two hours drive and a 30 minute ferry ride north of here) but usually stopped by here on the way there and then on the way home. I dragged them onto the boat.



My friends Jim and Jim came up from California.



And Rick and Jack are another missing boat picture but at least I caught them at the Skaget Valley Tulip Festival we went to when they came to visit from Charlotte.



It was fun and it was wild. There's a great tour just down the street of the historic parts of Seattle. I'll bet I went on that one a dozen times in the first two years I lived here.

I mean I really did fall deeply in love with this town. And then, at work, they announced they were moving my department and my job to Phoenix, AZ.

Instead of my usual, hell yeah! I'm due for a new berg, let's do it! I was, for once, Fuck No. I Won't Go.

Phoenix??? And they tried hard to convince me. So I went to New Zealand.

To Be Continued

Fun but chilly!

Last night's Mariner game was really good. They took the lead early but a mid-game grand slam home run let us all relax and enjoy. Except it was pretty dang cold. The game before I took a blanket and vest and wore long sleeves and was way too warm. Last night, I was way too cold. I need Goldilocks! Instead, this morning, while I swam, I designed a Mariners jacket in my head.

It's made out of a fleece with the Mariner logo, etc all over it and it has a hood and pockets and is a swing type so that there's air for cooling or I can wrap it around me more tightly for warmth.

So, then, after my swim, I had to go get the fleece. I headed over to JoAnne's in Ballard. They don't open til 10 so I stopped at Safeway and at QFC for the damn Duncan Hines Perfect Size Cake in a Cup mix. No go. I got the fabric. And, remembered to get gas. And got home before the baseball crowd started taking over my 'hood. So... success!

My next game is Friday and so far the forecast looks like it will be chillier than last night so the coat will get a maiden voyage. Now, I need to get it made.

I found out last night that the four seats to the left of mine are owned by casinos and are awarded as prizes. Learned this when I grilled the woman sitting next to me after she asked "so, did you win your seat, too?" On the right of my seat is a block of 3 seats. The first night there was a very nice, young cute girl with blond hair and perfect teeth. She was with two older (55ish) Japanese men. The two men spent most of the game in the bar while the girl sat in her seat and watched the game. Last night there was a woman and a man who were clearly together and with another woman. I need to find out what the story with those 3 seats is.

My brother's chicks are getting so big!

My tweets

• Sat, 14:33: Couldn't find a pattern for top down entrelac hat do I'm just winging it. So far so good @ The… https://t.co/mX5fecUKVP
• Sat, 16:57: Which end of the buffet to start? @ Mariners Diamond Club https://t.co/pkHycHZygs
• Sat, 21:10: This game has taken a lovely turn. @ Diamond Club at Safeco Field https://t.co/G9PqRLwmcH
• Sat, 22:46: She wants to know why we are up so late. She's mumbling about missing beauty sleep. So. Night @… https://t.co/gj61SeA8vc
• Sun, 11:28: I am not gay so it's not my place and you guys may already have a process in place… https://t.co/C6xicEnQh8

Success success

I made a major error in planning/cutting out of my jacket but then quickly figured out I could work around it. I basted it together to make sure there were no more issues and it's going to work out fine! I'm so jazzed. I need to sew over the basted seams and finish off the edges, attach the hood and make pockets. But, it's going to work!

My knitting project is also working out, I think. I wanted to make a hat from the crown down to the ears but I could not find a pattern for how to do it so I just made it up. It took some ripping out and reknitting and ripping out and reknitting, etc. but, I think I've got it!



And the Mariners have a substantial lead in the 7th. What a lovely day.