Retired

[susandennis]

For some reason I have felt more retired in an old lady way today than any other day before. Probably it was the jigsaw puzzle.

I went downstairs to get the mail and ran into Sandy (Home Owner Board President) and she was asking no one in particular about what had happened to the jig saw puzzle.

A while back someone put a jigsaw puzzle out on the table in the lobby and random people stopped to add pieces here and there. Then there was another puzzle and then there was none. I figured someone found a no jigsaw condo rule but Sandy said NO, let's get one going! So I had a $3 one from Grocery Outlet - 5,000 pieces - gathering dust on the shelf. I got it and found the edges and set it all up on the lobby table and got it started.



How retired is that??

I also walked down the street for lunch and then later walked over the the mailbox to mail something. I'm going to easily make my tracker goal today.

I also figured out how to rig up a Dropcam for the front door of the condo. An easy solution for under $200 that will hold us over until we get a good fix up. I outlined it all in a note to Sandy and Jathan (the new building manager).

I'm trying to figure out the efficient tire situation for tomorrow. I have to be at the tire place at 9. It is down the street from the pool. Do I go swim as usual, get home at 6:30 then go back at 9? OR do I lie around until 7 and then go swimming and then do tires? I'm thinking the former but I may hold off the decision until I wake up in the morning.

I started knitting a sweater last weekend. It's a simple sweater but not quite as simple as my brain thinks. I keep fucking up and having to rip out. So far I think I could have finished the sweater at least once had I not had to knit it over so many times. At least the yarn is very forgiving. So no sewing today ... just knitting - ripping and knitting.

Comments

[amw.livejournal.com]

I know i kinda usually rail on condos in my posts because gated community blah blah, but yours sounds so nice, with the "free table" and lobby puzzles. I would like to live in a place with lobby puzzles, i think.

[susandennis]

I know, right? Plus, there is the practical. My cat will not allow me a jigsaw puzzle in the house. So I can just go downstairs and do that one. I'm going to shop for the next one this week!

Sadly the free shelf is history. At least for right now. I'm working on a plan to bring it back :)

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

I adore jigsaw puzzles. I get a winter/Christmas scene one every year and put it together over Christmas Break.

[spiral-meter.livejournal.com]

i hope your puzzle brings people together as a community. do you live in a condo building or something?

b

[susandennis]

yes. a building of 108 condos.

[spiral-meter.livejournal.com]

wow that's big. my condo building only has like around forty units i think.

b

[soon_lee]

How retired is that??

You call it retired, I call it neat.

[susandennis]

:)

[hopefulspirit.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of a lobby puzzle! A doctor's office my Mom had to go to several times did that, it was a nice way to pass the time waiting for her to be done with her radiation treatments. I was surprised to find it was a great conversation starter, I talked with some neat people I wouldn't have otherwise.

I've never tried knitting, just crocheting. I keep thinking I should take a knitting class to see which I like better.

[susandennis]

I think you'd find knitting really really frustrating after crocheting but yeah it would be fun for you to do just that - take a class and see.

I think a jigsaw puzzle should be required for all waiting rooms!

[maju01.livejournal.com]

The lobby puzzle is a great idea!

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Ah, the later jigsaw comment makes sense now! I think it's a great idea, I love puzzles