Good hair days

I've now had two good hair days in a row so the hair cut idea is off the table. Whew.

The pool was packed as soon as the gym opened but, in 30 minutes it was just 3 of us so most of my swim was stress free and just lovely. I do need to remember to wear my dark goggles on weekends. Even on cloudy days that fucking sun gets in and blinds me. This morning they were in my bag but I was too lazy to get out and switch.

I finish a great book last night - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. And so time to find a new one to start. I have a lot of contenders in the library and there are 3 books coming out in the next month that I've pre-ordered and am really looking forward to. So my next book needs to be short cause in 8 days, I'll want to pounce on the first of these.



In the olden days of what my brother calls IRB (In Real Books), when I was looking for something to read, I'd go to the fiction section of one of my favorite used bookshops and search for the fattest, dog eared paperback I could find. Fat because I liked to dive in the deep end and not have to change pools so often. A dog eared book told me it was read all the way through and loved by at least one and very possibly many other peops before it. It was like a finger review. I found many a wonderful story with this method.

But, alas, I have zero interest in IRBs these days and for novels I like to be read to. I do keep a non-fiction on my phone for pick up reading here and there - like restaurants. But stories, I'm all about the audio. And I still go for the long ones but not this time.

I have sewing to do - and I think I'll go get to it.

My tweets

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Success so far

The pants pattern that I've now honed to perfect does not use fabric efficiently. This morning, while I was swimming, I was noodling around ways to improve on that. And I came up with an idea. I bought 5 yards of the good pants fabric and after washing it lost a little more than a half yard. So, with my pattern, I could only get 1 pair of pants out of the whole thing. But, I had a lot of left over fabric - just no pieces big enough.

This afternoon, I put my noodling down onto pattern paper and bingo! I was able to cut out a pair of pants from the left over of that original 5 yards! It's a little different in construction so I won't be declaring total victory until tomorrow when I get them sewn up but I am encouraged.

This also means I'll get more pants out of the 15 yards I ordered. More pants = less laundry.

Big soccer game this afternoon in the stadium across the street. The game was over an hour ago but the victory party is just now winding down. It is warm enough to have the door open - that's why I'm so on top of the action.

I remembered to vacuum the bedroom floor. I'm guessing the bed remote guy will be getting up close and personal with my carpet and under-the-bed dust bunnies tomorrow. I can't get under there to do a proper job but I did the best I could. Sorry, bed remote guy.

Now it's time to crochet and watch TV. Starting with CBS Sunday morning even though it's not even close to morning any more.