A good day

[susandennis]

For some reason, I'm diggin' this day. Nothing special about it but just a lot of little, nice things.

My newly organized cabinet. I go to that cabinet to get something or put something 3 or 4 times a day. For months it's been a true Fibber McGee situation often complete with sound effects.*

* Catering to the old. Educating the young.

Nothing has to be done today. If I wanted to, I could just fritter this whole day away and not have to explain or justify it to anyone. I won't but I could and I like the could part.

My tracker will hit today's gold while I'm out doing a favor for touchofgr3y. That's like bonus points in my book.

I found a shirt in my closet this morning that I know I made - and made last Summer - and have no memory of. It's our of one of my old sheets. I was looking for something to wear with the vest I just finished. Nailed it.



Baseball is an afternoon game which means I get baseball and still have time for some evening TV watching.

I have a new sewing project ready for completion and podcasts queued up to entertain me while I complete it.

Also payday. My rainy day fund got kind of low with taxes and other fun annual bills oh and with the new blinds ... but this month I can give it a double infusion so it's starting to perk back up again.

It's just a stars are kind of aligned day.

Comments

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Also educating the Australian.

[susandennis]

Oh... Cool!

[solteronita.livejournal.com]

I adore the colors in that vest!

[susandennis]

Thanks! me, too. I bought the yarn years ago because of the colors. It was fun knitting - watching them slip through my fingers.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I love the colours in your knitted top (I just can't bring myself to call it a vest because, for us, a vest is underwear, mainly worn by men and children!).

[susandennis]

ha! I never knew that! So how about some more info...

a knitted top that pulls over the head is a jumper, right?
and one that is split in the middle front is a cardigan?
what's a jumper with no sleeves?
and a cardigan with no sleeves?

do you have anything called a sweater? Or is that just us?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Vest (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Cotton-Eyelet-singlet-Underwear/dp/B01BVG1AOG)...

Jumper / sweater/ pullover are interchangeable names for a long sleeved garment that pulls over the head - here is a not very good picture of one I knitted for my daughter. (https://curiouswombat.livejournal.com/485700.html)

One that is split up the middle is a cardigan.

A jumper with no sleeves is either a sleeveless jumper or a tank-top.

A cardigan with no sleeves is either a waistcoat (https://www.loveknitting.com/ladies-waistcoat-in-stylecraft-life-4-ply-8935?gclid=Cj0KCQjwzIzWBRDnARIsAAkc8hFRKH8rsLPwyR-hScSq7lZFwnwgJ4Q0I_iE0Qub4EGjdVpVwL_K9LIaAotUEALw_wcB&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=UK&country=GB&sku=PST396)or a gilet - knitted ones are more often called waistcoats.

[susandennis]

wow. I would have totally failed had I gotten that on a quiz!!

Thanks for the explain. How fascinatingly different those words are for us.

[zippybeta.livejournal.com]

Would a vest be called a Gillet?

[susandennis]

ohhhhh i've never heard of that before but Google says yes! jilay... fancy!

[legalmoose]

Gorgeous yarn! :D

[susandennis]

Cheapo acrylic Lion Brand...

Shawl in a Ball® - Restful Rainbow - 201

But, it is great to knit with and does fancy up a garter stitch, doesn't it?

Too funny!

[terri gordon (from livejournal.com)]

Ohmigosh, no pun intended, but the Fibber McGee clip was classic gold. Too funny! I don’t post much but I read everything you put on paper....er.....screen. Glad to hear you had a great day!

Re: Too funny!

[susandennis]

Thank you. That's so nice to hear. I appreciate your telling me.

[rejectomorph]

McGee's closet was way funnier on radio.

[brigitte lichtenberger-fenz (from livejournal.com)]

The vest is very nice indeed. Actually it looks great! :)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

The retirement community where my parents spent their last years had a little shop (mostly or entirely (?) second-hand clothes) called Fibber McGee's Closet. I somehow missed out on Fibber McGee but of course the name needed no explanation for people of met parents' generation.

[susandennis]

What a GREAT name for a place like that. So fun.

[touchofgr3y.livejournal.com]

Thank you again, my friend :D

I love the colors in that vest! Gorgeous!