Still not fun but better

I got up and brushed my teeth and did my inhaler and other meds and then put my shoes on, turned on my audiobook and fired up the new treadmill. I did 30 minutes. It was still boring and not fun BUT it was way better in my own bedroom!

There's a safety key in the front that is on a lanyard. Biggie thought for sure that it was a toy just for him. I had to get up twice last night to fix it from dangling. Finally I just wrapped a sock around it. He still tried but eventually gave up.

The treadmill itself is pretty darned smooth and nice. I was worried about the carpet - that it would interfere - but didn't need to be. I could do it barefoot but my flat feet are so bad anyway, I think having an arch is better and at least I don't have to wear socks. The cup holder is too small for my every day water bottle but that's ok, I've got a bunch and will now just designate the one that fits as the Official Treadmill Water Bottle.

Day 1, I'm delighted.

At the end of the baseball game last night I was beat and starving and so decided to try out delivery. I had a $10 Door Dash credit to use with Ezell's Chicken. I ordered 1 pound of fried chicken livers and 1 pound of fried okra and peach cobbler. I placed the order just as the game was finishing (4:30) which was about as mean as you can get since it meant my neighborhood would be packed with people leaving the game and regular rush hour. It was a trial by fire.

My last/first Door Dash delivery was a failure on every front imaginable and, frankly, if there were someplace else that offered delivery of fried okra, but didn't use Door Dash, I'd have tried them first.

The app told me that they would be 15 minutes late. I figured that meant 35 or 50 (the last time the app told me it was delivered a good 50 minutes before I saw it). BUT, in the end, a really really nice guy had my food at my door 10 minutes after it was originally promised which I thought was actually a miracle.

And the food was so good. The chicken livers were perfect. Crunchy and tasty. The okra was floured (the other place in town uses cornmeal which I like better but they also use too much hot pepper) but really good and the peach cobbler was perfect. And I have enough of all of it for dinner tonight and maybe lunch tomorrow! So very much a success.

I discovered yesterday that the $340 inhalers (3 of them) I got at Costco are the wrong ones. I think I know how it happened - regular doctor vs. lung doctor - overlapping prescriptions. I have been using Spiriva 2.5 and the ones I got are 1.5. There is likely nothing I can do about it even if I wanted to wade through the morass of doctors and insurance to try. But, instead, I've decided to embrace it. I did not even know you could get a lower dose version. If I can get by on the lower dose version, that will be great! Right now I have 2 lower dose and 2 higher dose. Plus the one lower dose I started yesterday. That will take me through to January when I go back to lung doctor. By then I should know if I can get by on the lower dose and can get him to refill that one. I honestly think it will be fine. If It's not, I'll deal with it then.

Today I want to cut the neck band off the shirt I made the other day and redo it so it has a bigger neckline. The glory of making your own clothes is that a fix like this is easy peasy.

And that's it for plans for today! It's supposed to be way cooler out but I really don't have any reason to find out for myself and I love that. Plenty to entertain right here.

I interrupted a private session and got the eye from both of them.

Purge

The other day when I swizzled stuff around in the bedroom, I removed one piece - my Goodwill bin. I don't particularly like where I had to move it too, BUT more importantly, even with the treadmill set up, the room looks so much roomier. So much less stuff. And I like that.

So, I'm now on a mission. I'm pretty good about hauling shit to Goodwill about every two weeks. I need to do more. So now, when the housecleaner comes, I will absolutely fill up my cart for sure and not just maybe.

I have an air bed. It's a good one. I have only used it once about 10 years ago. But, it's one of those things that when you need it, it's great to have. I keep thinking that one hot night, the a/c will die and/or our electricity will get cut and I'll need to sleep out on the terrace. The airbed will be my savior. Right now, it's behind a dresser in the bedroom but the rearrangement of stuff means now I can see it which is not good. So it needs to go somewhere. The only where is out in the terrace cupboards which are full.

So, that's where the purging will start. My goal is a place for the air bed plus some extra room just because. I can do it. And it's almost cool enough to to today so I might give it a start after I finish typing this.

I did fix my shirt. And it's good. A nice new shirt for Fall.



Simple construction but a fabric combo that I'd delighted with. I acquired both these fabrics for various reasons and, turns out, I wasn't crazy about either one. But, together, I love them!

My goal in sewing is going to be to use what I've got and try not to buy new fabric until it's all gone. It will never happen but maybe I can make a dent.

Oh and I also took the quilt pieces that I didn't use and made some pillow cases to match. I can't believe I didn't think of this before.

The Smalls is not really into my writing this entry. So maybe he'd be more into filling the cart from the terrace cupboard. His brother is still asleep. But, this is what he was doing last night.



I think he was having a penguin identity crisis.

I overshare because I can

The chicken livers and okra from last night were maybe even more amazing reheated. So delicious. I still have more left. Now with the first round - DoorDash/Ezells/leftovers - is done with success, next time I know how better to portion it out so that $30 will be paying for 3 complete meals plus some. And I'll reheat only a third at a time. It needs some coleslaw.

The Seahawks are playing a home game tonight. I don't know if it's a regular or a pre-season but there is a lot of pre-game action out there. I can hear it with the a/c on and the door closed.

I filled up the cart and found a good place, out on the terrace, for the airbed. I found the electric pump, too!

AND I found the old auto-laser toy that they don't make any more. Well, they still make one but it's a new version and not nearly as good. I can't wait to show the boys. Well, I can wait... wait until they wake up and want attention.

This is from last night. Biggie on the treadmill. He's studying the ceiling fan but just after this, he discovered the key with the dangling string. Then I put a sock on it - literally.