Friday

I'm going to skip the usual complaint about holidays and holiday weekends. On the up side, my social security check came early because of the Monday holiday so not all bad. It's time now to beef up that rainy day fund because the end/beginning of the new year brings lot's o' financial rain - HOA dues (I pay annually), long term care insurance policy payment, new hot water heater and this year, Mariners tickets. At least I fronted the federal taxes this year by making quarterly payments. But, still. I moved most of this month's 'pay' into savings to get ready.

Actually, I just realized that it's now nearly 9 am and I have lots I want to do today so I need to get off this fat ass and get going.

Starting at the end, tonight is one of my Mariner games. After this there are only 3 more. Today they open up the roster so there will be new faces, faces returning after having been sent to the minors, and old faces... The Mariner post game possibilities are dwindling fast but they aren't out yet. And there is the buffet. But, before the game...

I have a new pattern to try and the perfect sheet from Goodwill to try it with. But, first, I need to tape the 55 pages together to get the pattern pieces. That's probably task #1.

And today is the first day of my mystery knit along. You get the pattern in three pieces 1 today, 1 on the 8th and the last on the 15th. And you have no clue what it looks like. I think it's a cowl or neck wrap of some kind. Should be fun. The first clue just arrived but, I think I'll start with the pattern making/sewing project.

It's supposed to be a hot one so I'm happy I have so much stuff to do inside under the loving eye of my air conditioner. By time to go to the game, at least the sun will no longer be screaming.

Oh and my swim boyfriend #2 (the one that looks like Ezio Pinza) was not there today. First day he's missed all week. Boyfriend #1 (the young hunk who is so nice to me) was thete - first time all week so it was a good swim. My Fitbit failed again but the Misfit worked so... backup! ha. Nope. I think when the Fitbit battery runs down, it's going into the drawer.

My tweets

• Fri, 09:06: And another shirt is being born. Thanks @stylearc for making it so easy! #sewing https://t.co/i2L7J3YHw7 https://t.co/jGYBkIkITL
• Fri, 10:59: Done... On to the fabric stash!! #sewing #stylearc https://t.co/THZIk42abV https://t.co/uFMHKQfZ6R
• Fri, 11:25: I cut my sandwich diagonally like they do on British tv and I'm eating it with taco chips. I feel so international.

Success

After unpacking and totally assembling and then totally disassembling and repacking one desk yesterday, I was semi not looking forward to today's desk.

But, this company, Seville, knows how to do it. Their instructions are clear and their parts are solid and the result is really nice and exactly what I was looking for. It's adjustable and because it has two feet (instead of a a bar) it slides farther under my chair. I have been using a c-table for a long time but this is better and bigger.



My new sewing pattern is all constructed and the new shirt cut out. I decided to hold off the sewing part (which actually takes the least amount of time) until tomorrow. Besides, it's hot.

My Mariner bag is all packed and ready. I can't decide which shirt to wear. I have my Hawaiian Mariners shirt and my hot weather Mariners shirt which originally was only for day games but it's hot so I'm thinking I might make an exception.

My Britbox free trial is up so I canceled it. I also discovered that I can get both Britbox and Acorn on TiVo via Amazon so I may well go back to Acorn that way.

Humana is still 'processing' my prescription. They probably will still cancel the order but are just futzing with it first. Meanwhile, this afternoon I got an email asking me how I liked their customer service. Seriously??? You have the worst customer service possible. Thanks for asking. The prescription in question is for Pravastatin - cholesterol control. I'll bet if I stopped taking it, the ramifications would be zip.I know my blood pressure would go down.

I cleaned out a cupboard today and found 40 coffee pods. Amazon was getting ready to send me 60 with my Subscribe and Save deal. I told them to wait a month. Caught it just in time. Today was the last day to change the order. Saved some cash there!

I've got two hours before time to leave for the game. I think I'll knit.