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susandennisEvery weekday, the roach coach pulls up across the street at the construction site at 10 am on the dot and his horn tune blasts the "i am here, come an get it" ditty. And every time, I look at the clock. Am I hoping he'll be late or early? Did I forget it's 10? And every day I wonder. I have a nervous tic going here.
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For years I dressed up every day for work, heels, hose, dress or suit... When I left IBM, after moving to Seattle, I gradually started giving that up. I sold a boatload of stuff through a consignment shop in the early 90's. In the late 90's I went to work for Microsoft and all pretense of nice dressing disolved completey. I kept a few of the fancier things for going out to dinner and stuff. But, after 50, I got permission to eat whatever I wanted and quit smoking and put on 100 pounds which I haul around to this day. So the only thing left was a winter white sweater dress that was huge on me and is now rather a nice fit but I have not worn in probably 15 years and some tops.
A while back, I took all fo the very nice tops - knit mostly - and folded them perfectly with tissue and put them in a storage box and honestly forgot about them.
This morning for some odd reason I remembered them. I was looking for something semi-nice to wear to the unemployment office meeting. What a treat to 'shop' in my own closet and I found a nice red sweater turtleneck and gray over sweater that look very nice and fit fine.
I look nice enough this morning to go on a job interview! I hope the unemployment people are impressed.
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There were reports of snow all over the place around here this morning. I saw nothing here except the usual Seattle rain. Living in micro climates is something I may never get used to. Especially in winter, you can get a wide spectrum of different weathers within a 5 mile radius of where I'm sitting on any given day. I have - more than once - looked through sun here to see snow on the hilltop a mile from here.
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I enjoy keeping an eye on my brother's shop - the back room and the front store - via his webcams. I usually keep both open and can even hear the chatter in the back room. But they are working on their network today and both cams are down and I feel a really strong and really unusual sense of isolation. Weird.
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Amazon had the low end Roku box on sale for $39 the other day with a $5 instant streaming credit and I bought one. I just do not like to watch stuff on my computer. I like to watch stuff on the TV. My smart TV is not quite smart enough. It is possible to get Amazon streaming on it but it is a giant, major PIA and it only seems to work on odd Tuesdays. Netflix is better but not by much. I'm hoping that I'll plug in the Roku and fix both problems. If not, Amazon can have it back. It's on the truck for delivery today.
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I think I'll hit the road. It's early yet but I'd rather kill time in my car in the parking lot than take a chance on being late.
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For years I dressed up every day for work, heels, hose, dress or suit... When I left IBM, after moving to Seattle, I gradually started giving that up. I sold a boatload of stuff through a consignment shop in the early 90's. In the late 90's I went to work for Microsoft and all pretense of nice dressing disolved completey. I kept a few of the fancier things for going out to dinner and stuff. But, after 50, I got permission to eat whatever I wanted and quit smoking and put on 100 pounds which I haul around to this day. So the only thing left was a winter white sweater dress that was huge on me and is now rather a nice fit but I have not worn in probably 15 years and some tops.
A while back, I took all fo the very nice tops - knit mostly - and folded them perfectly with tissue and put them in a storage box and honestly forgot about them.
This morning for some odd reason I remembered them. I was looking for something semi-nice to wear to the unemployment office meeting. What a treat to 'shop' in my own closet and I found a nice red sweater turtleneck and gray over sweater that look very nice and fit fine.
I look nice enough this morning to go on a job interview! I hope the unemployment people are impressed.
---
There were reports of snow all over the place around here this morning. I saw nothing here except the usual Seattle rain. Living in micro climates is something I may never get used to. Especially in winter, you can get a wide spectrum of different weathers within a 5 mile radius of where I'm sitting on any given day. I have - more than once - looked through sun here to see snow on the hilltop a mile from here.
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I enjoy keeping an eye on my brother's shop - the back room and the front store - via his webcams. I usually keep both open and can even hear the chatter in the back room. But they are working on their network today and both cams are down and I feel a really strong and really unusual sense of isolation. Weird.
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Amazon had the low end Roku box on sale for $39 the other day with a $5 instant streaming credit and I bought one. I just do not like to watch stuff on my computer. I like to watch stuff on the TV. My smart TV is not quite smart enough. It is possible to get Amazon streaming on it but it is a giant, major PIA and it only seems to work on odd Tuesdays. Netflix is better but not by much. I'm hoping that I'll plug in the Roku and fix both problems. If not, Amazon can have it back. It's on the truck for delivery today.
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I think I'll hit the road. It's early yet but I'd rather kill time in my car in the parking lot than take a chance on being late.
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