Thursday this and that

So the condo that has now been on the market for 15 days, now has an offer. But, she's had offer's before so this is not your usual course. I'll be watching to see if she finally does unload and we get rid of her.

I just saw that Season 2 of The Crown (Netflix) will be here the first week in December. 1. Perfect since that's when all the regular network programming stops til January and 2. It makes me want to make a joke about spoiler alerts. But I can't decide which one so I'll pass.

Last night I got more ideas for better kitchen org and ordered some stuff from Amazon. It arrives today and I'll put the rest of the plan in place. Sometimes I'm fine with waiting for an Amazon purpose and sometimes I Want It Now. I'm so appreciative when Amazon realizes this and has what I want in the 24 hour delivery window.

I need a particular weight/stretch of fabric to test out a new pattern. This morning I remembered that I had exactly what I needed in the Goodwill bin. (It's a gross color and not a nice feel - ordered online for very cheap - but perfect for testing.) I love shopping at Goodwill but it's even more fun when I don't have to leave my house to do it!

Weather quickie is my one of my favorite things to check. And I especially love it when it brings me news like this.



Today's Seattle Times news rundown finally remembers we have a professional baseball team in town and notes that if the season ended today, the Mariners would be in the playoffs. If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bus.

So far, the using the inhaler every other day scheme is working out fine. I'm surprised and encouraged.

I don't really have anything in mind to do today. Maybe I'll make some more stuffed animals. Or I might clean out the fridge. Or I might do both. Or I might do neither. I do love being retired.

My tweets

• Wed, 13:12: Behind closed doors with a/c rumbling, the Metallica sound check going on across the street sounds like dumpsters falling off trucks.
• Wed, 13:24: Working the sleeves together in gynormous magic loop. https://t.co/UEzP6aXzvG https://t.co/CAEUIC1taf
• Wed, 16:26: If you haven't seen @TBSNetwork 's @guestbooktbs you need to fix that now. Ep 1 was fun. Ep 2 is hilarious. I cannot wait for Ep 3
• Wed, 16:37: I'm wondering what part of EMAIL only preferences that @Humana thinks means call me and leave me a creepy voicemail... hmmmm
• Thu, 07:50: I'm obsessed with Instagram stories and get really annoyed when my favs aren't producing enough. I'm looking at you, @ReneeColvert
• Thu, 08:33: Comparing pattern weights. Much as I love the one on the left, the ones on the right work just a leeeetle bit bett…… https://t.co/D45UvSsR7Y

No dessert until you eat your dinner

Zoey (the cat) and I have been having a bit of a round about. She's fixated on the food that comes in an envelope type packet. And is not happy about any other food. I'm perfectly ok with that but we've got a lot of non-packet cat food to burn off first.

So the dance we do is this... She gets about 2 tablespoons of non-favorite. She licks off the wet and kind of eats at the rest. Then, a while later, when I'm in the kitchen, she'll sit next to her bowl and whine and carry on like the last meal she had was at Easter. Just now, I finished cleaning up the kitchen and ignored her. And by the time I was done, she was eating the rest of the non-favorite.

She'll get half a packet of the good stuff tonight. Maybe. If she's good.

Meanwhile back at the starving cat ranch, she has a full bowl of dry kibble available at any time. So no need to call Hallmark for a sympathy card.

One of the items I ordered from Amazon arrived broken. So I ordered up more and they won't be here until tomorrow but I was able to move all of the cat food - current and reserve into one place that I can actually see (note to self: the stock is plentiful, no need to buy more for a looooooooong time) and then move then consolidate the toilet paper stash all together where some of the cat food was before.

When the Amazon order comes tomorrow, I'll make one last swap of stuff and my reorg will be complete. There is actually more stuff on the counter now but it looks much better! Neat trick (pun intended).

I got a new swimsuit cut out and have a new long sleeved shirt ready to cut out tonight during the baseball game.

And I made a rabbit and a cat but the rabbit looks more like a long eared dog with a bunny tale. ooops



And... hallifuckinglooyah! Finally. Flickr has an editor again. Whew.

bill_schubert sent me an article that says Krispy Kreme (my favorite donut ever) is making a limited edition eclipse donut. FINALLY, an eclipse thing I can get excited about. They will only be available the 19th-23rd. Regular glazed coated in chocolate. I am a glazed bigot. I much prefer a simple glazed Krispy Kreme over any other donut anywhere. But, I can (and will) make an exception for this special one.