Beached

[susandennis]

This morning I woke up,again, short of breath. Not disastrously but enough so that brushing my teeth had to be a multi stage event. It's Saturday. I swam on Wednesday. I give up. Plus, if the issues are cumulative and/or result in long term issues, that's really a chance I'm not willing to take. I've beaten my lungs up enough and before I tried swimming again, they were doing pretty well. So when the pool opens this morning, I'll call and cancel the swim I scheduled for Tuesday. If/when I can get back to LA Fitness's bromine lap pools, I will try again. Until then, it's dry dock for this fish.

This week's pastry box did not thrill me so I tried out her other option... I ordered ala cart off her website and opted for pickup. She has about 6 pickup sites around the city and one isn't that far from me. They are open from 8-11 on Saturdays and Sundays. So you place your order and pay for it and then, just drive up and pick up. Could not be more simple. Today's box drew Biggie's attention...



That first one is a pistachio babka and it is what I ate when I got home. Lights and fluffy and just the perfect amount of sweet. Next to is us a savory scone (with gruyere, caramelized onions, calabrian chili: flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, onions, butter, heavy cream, gruyere cheese, calabrian chili paste). Then below that is a Peaches and cream (cheese) danish: flour, milk, yeast, sugar, salt, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, peach, oats, brown sugar. And a chocolate chip cookie. The cookie last week was not my most favorite ever but I do love a chocolate chip cookie so I thought I'd try one more time.

And so, I've already now had my once a day outing! I have slacked off on the hourly stretches and I need to get back into doing those.

I've had a hard time finding a new book to dive into. I've even gotten to the half way point of a couple now and abandoned. I even abandoned a Tana French. My reading mojo is missing. But in one of the ones I tried and abandoned there was the most delicious quote:

"in her lifetime this cordless telephone had been an innovation and obsolete"

One of the great joys of my own life is that I can say that about a number of really cool things.

I know that the most important bits of life are people and relationships and yada yada but I get as much or even maybe a bigger thrill from seeing and using and understanding the things. Things that people create and use and don't. I love that I've been able to see and experience so much.

Today I plan to see and experience some laundry and some TV and some crochet...

Comments

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

The coolest gadget I owned was an infrared keyboard projector. I bought it on Think Geek (how on earth did they go out of business?) in 2006. It was expensive but I had to have it. I'd pull a little rectangular box out of my purse and it projected a keyboard onto the surface, a desk, table in a diner, kitchen counter. I paired it with my Palm Pilot. People swore it was a trick so I'd have them try it and it blew their minds.

Of course it went the way of the Palm Pilot. It didn't work that well. You didn't get the sound or feeling of clicking a key. But wow, I was popular for awhile.

[susandennis]

Iaser keyboards are the most fascinating and they are still around. you can get one on amazon right now! but the palm pilot... now there was magic in your hand.

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

Ha, I can get one on Amazon now for 1/4 what I paid 15 years ago!

Soon after I got my Palm Pilot (3Com built the coolest building (https://www.lpcmidwest.com/case-studies/atrium-corporate-center-3800-golf-road/), in Rolling Meadows, IL) my spouse and I went out to dinner with his family. His cheapskate sister announced what everyone owed and said we should give her the cash and she'd put it on her card. I whipped out my Palm Pilot to determine what we each really owed. Cheapskate said loudly "Those things cost $300!" That was a fortune for a hand held back then.

I never got a Blackberry and didn't replace my Razor phone until it died and I replaced it finally with a smart phone.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

And I loved my Treo

So sorry to hear about the swim. Hopefully bromine will like you more.

[susandennis]

That Treo was a gem.

Oh the bromine will work perfectly BUT getting to it is the issue. The bridge to my old gym should be back and operational by the end of 2022. So, something to live for.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Have you ruled out the one in Ballard? It's a long way, but on the other hand there's a pool at the end of it....

[spiritgirl.livejournal.com]

My kids have no idea about a phone plugged into a wall..or a pager. I remember when we got a 25 foot cord and we could carry the phone into the other room AND shut the door for privacy! Video phone calling hasn't taken away voice calls yet (I can't imagine..sometimes is just not needed!!). And sometimes being unplugged altogether is just the best.

[susandennis]

Those little wall nooks in the front hallway for the phone and phone book...

phone books!

But you know I cannot agree with "sometimes being unplugged altogether is just the best" :)

[carriea31.livejournal.com]

Bummer about the swimming, but better to be breathing!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

That's too bad about the pool.

[cassius666.livejournal.com]

I get like that with reading, I'll read for 10 days straight or a big book and then get bored and find something else to fill my time. I get like that with puzzles too haha

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

it's hard to screw up chocolate chip cookies

[susandennis]

Actually, no it is not at all difficult. MOST of the chocolate chip cookies I find are sub par. It's not hard to screw them up. It is hard to get them right.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I must have been lucky then, I've only had a few bad ones ever.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

"in her lifetime this cordless telephone had been an innovation and obsolete"


Certainly true of yours and mine as well.

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

The weekly pastry box is such a great idea, and even better if you can choose what's in it.

[susandennis]

It really is a joy. And having the options of pickup or delivery makes it even better.