WARNING!!!!

My phone, Alexa, every news site, Twitter, and tv news is screaming DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER COMING. Tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. With Monday promising to fry every cell we have. These warnings are kind of implying that Tuesday won't matter because there won't be survivors.

And speaking of survivors, as one who lives above the ground floor in a condo, that Miami condo collapse is just too close to home. And I'm only on the 4th floor with one floor above me. Yikes. Just horrendous in so very many ways. And who pays for that clean up? Our HOA has insurance for the building's common areas but if our building collapsed like that, I cannot imagine how many decades it would take for the various insurance companies to fight out a settlement. So, meanwhile, who cleans up? I wonder how long it will take them to track down the missing people. And the ones who got out alive. So many now with only the flip flops (if they are lucky) on their feet.

I'm even more grateful today for my air conditioner and home in one piece and flip flops on my feet. I have most of the lights - even the LED ones off. Well, live in the cool dark now until at least next week. It's apparently even too hot for Biggie this morning. He's in here chillin' with me.



He's had his pill du jour. Initially, he was fine with a pill a day but then it turned into pill fighting. Finally I got some pill pockets and this morning he gobbled a loaded one up with gusto. Whew.

Today's plan is mostly to finish off the sewing project. That room is a mess and I can't wait to but it back right again. The baseball game is at 5. Otherwise. I b coolin'

Shirt Success!

This is what I started with. The JP PJ pants and a t-shirt hoodie that I got a long time ago. It fits-ish but not something I'd ever wear but it does have good colors and elements so I saved it for parts.

This is what I made them into.



Here's a version that shows one of the two pockets (slits in side seams) and, bonus, my enormous stomach! I would have taken it again to hide the tummy but, you may not have heard, it is FUCKING hot out there.



I'm quite pleased. I did not use up every sliver of the pants but did ok. The sleeves are the leg bottoms. The stripe across the front and the trim around the neck are the PJ waist band. The back is a jersey sheet I picked up at Goodwill a while back.

I'll be wearing this on July 6 - my next game. I do hope Kelly, the staffer who gave me the JP PJ's is on duty that night.

In other sewing news... at least two years ago, I found a fun pattern for a bowling shirt and made a couple. For reasons, I never got around to wearing them. This morning I pulled one out of the closet because it would be way easier to put on and take off for fittings.

Turns out it's a great shirt. Comfy. and cool. I made the pockets extra deep so my cellphone wouldn't fall out.



But, as I discovered this morning not once, but twice, I did not check to make sure all the pins were out before I hung it in the closet. Ouch!

I think I'm going to celebrate project completion with some Chunky Monkey.

Biggie 2021

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