Wondering

[susandennis]

I just saw on Twitter, in photo and words, that my gym and the apartments above it has been evacuated. All manner of people out on the street and sidewalk with firetrucks. I left there more than an hour ago. But, how would that play out if I were in the pool swimming? Would I be out on the street dripping wet? Hmmmmm

Also this morning, when I drove into the parking garage there was a pile of glass pieces. Clearly someone's car window was shattered. By the time I was done, the glass had been cleaned up. That gym just gets dicier and dicier. The recent Yelp reviews are all about how filthy it is and mismanaged.

But, while I'm swimming, I don't care. I do hope it does not burn down.

My cat is not trained. She does what she wants when she wants. Any attempts to encourage her otherwise result in her speed dialing PETA. With one exception. I have a blue spray bottle full of water that I keep near my TV chair. All I have to do is pick it up and she stops whatever it is she's doing and runs into the other room. It's hilarious. If she's in another room and can't see me, I just squeeze the trigger. She hears the spray and sprints off to somewhere else. That blue spray bottle is a miracle worker.

About a decade ago, I created the pattern for the teddy bears I knit. The pattern starts with the legs, knits up the body, then the head. The arms and ears are added on at the end. Just a couple of weeks ago, I found a new pattern that was also knit in one piece but starting at the and knitting down to the feet. I wasn't crazy about the bear this second pattern produced but I did like some of the technique better than mine. So yesterday I tried my hand at making my bear from the head down and changing the face a little. It involved a lot of ripping out but I think I'm getting there. Interesting to have to think about a pattern I've knit hundreds and hundreds of times.

Today I want to finish that bear up and maybe do some sewing and I need to make a new batch of breakfast biscuits. My new chiming clock comes today. And no baseball. Monday...

Comments

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Zeb and Misty were fighting yesterday (well mostly Zeb was bullying Misty) and we had to crack out the water spray bottle which soon brought things under control

[sweetmeow]

One of my two cats just loves the spray bottle. If I allowed it, water spray would give him hours of kitty entertainment -- chasing and trying to catch the spray. It matters not if the water falls on him! The other cat, however, runs.

Interesting (and rather unpleasant) thought as to how evacuation would play out if you were actually in the pool ... with car keys, clothes, and maybe even a towel still back in the building.... Awkward (and, depending on the season, cold). Hope it was nothing big.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

No baseball! Do you ever watch other teams, or is it only Seattle?

[susandennis]

Nope. Just Seattle. I use off nights, like tonight, to catch up on the TV stuff I've recorded and not watched yet. It's a nice little break. Plus, this year, it's a guarantee that at least tonight, they won't lose!

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Haha. How did they get so bad?

[susandennis]

practice

[hopefulspirit.livejournal.com]

I hope everything is okay at that building.

LOL I love spray bottles for that! My Mom used a spray bottle to keep the Yorkie we had from digging at the furniture. All she had to do was move towards it (she always kept it in the same place), and he was off like a shot.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

We tried doing the spray bottle with Numfar and instead of running away from it, she'll turn toward it and scrunch up her face, waiting to get hit. She doesn't like it, but apparently isn't going to be intimidated and prefers to face it down! The really amusing part is that she'll do the same thing if you slosh any water around in any bottle...