Week 52 - A Merry Christmas

The weather this week was not festive at all. It was 60 on Monday and other than Christmas day being the in the 40's and foggy, it was all freaky warm until winter set in on Sunday. Not a chance of a white Christmas but it was a nice one anyway.

Helen had mentioned doing Christmas on the 23rd because she was working over Christmas. She texted me with an invite on Sunday night and when I didn't respond, she texted again on Monday. The problem was that I didn't want to go and I told her that. I have never been included in their Christmas plans and didn't have presents for any of them. The texts were flying with her trying to convince me that the presents were all about her grandsons and none of the adults got or gave much. I wasn't convinced but she texted me when I was on my way to  Lincoln to say I could just come for dinner at 5:00. I jumped at that. 

With that settled, I had a lovely lunch with Darla at our favorite dive diner, stopped at the grocery store and was home in time to have tea outside. I also fixed the door open light in my car by dabbing the switch with peanut butter to see where it hit the inside of the door and then putting a scrapbooking pop dot right there. That made up for the 1/4" dent and just like that, the door open problem was fixed. My mechanic wanted to take the door off and pound it out. How much money did that save me? If that dot fails, I have more. : )

On Tuesday morning I made little mince pies like the Brits do and Rolo pretzel turtles so I wouldn't be showing up empty handed. Helen loves mincemeat but no one else does so I knew she'd appreciate them. I was on my way planning to arrive at 4:30, which would be after presents, when Helen texted. Her ex and Michael's biopop had been hospitalized and Brenda, Michael's wife, had taken him in so presents didn't happen at 3:00. We had a lovely dinner at 5:00 and then did presents. Helen had bought me a few small things and it ended up being just fine. Her grandsons had tons of presents and I didn't feel awkward at all. I helped with dinner clean up and when Helen walked me out, I told her I didn't know why I'd been so freaked out about being there for presents and thanked her for the invite. I had been lots of fun.

Christmas Eve was quiet and the only thing I had to do was cook for Christmas. I made lasagna after lunch then read outside in the sun in the afternoon, finishing my book - The Day She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell. I made a nice pasta dinner and watched It's a Wonderful Life. Yes, I cried, as always. I also did a Christmas Eve cast on (it's a knitter thing) of a new pair of socks. All good.

First thing Thursday was opening stockings from my sisters and a few presents from a friend. I talked to my sister Ginny in the car on the way to Anne's, getting there just before noon and I put the lasagna right into the oven. We had a nice fire and after a yummy lunch then watched a couple of movies - Train Dreams (meh) and Goodbye June. It was super foggy so a slow drive home but it was a nice Christmas over all.

After doing laundry and hanging it outside (freaky weather still), I happily knitted in the sun on Friday morning. I had to go to the library to pick up the final deposit from the decor sale. They were packing the leftovers up and I got roped into helping. I did some rearranging in the laundry room when I got home. Pixel, who is now blind, has been making it down the stairs to the laundry room but not to the boxes so has been peeing on the floor so I moved the boxes right by the door. I hope that will help. Other than that, she's doing better at getting around the house. She still panics when she's in the middle of a room and howls. It's usually in the wee hours so I'm hoping she'll get more confident as she gets used to getting around.

Saturday was the last warm day so after lunch, I drove to Placek Park where the trail that goes from town to the lake starts. I'd never done that before and it was lovely. It goes along the creek and is the closest thing to woods that we see in Nebraska. I took lots of pictures and thoroughly enjoyed being out the fresh air. Goodie was outside enjoying the air too and wasn't coming in when I called her. I found myself with a flashlight in the neighbor's backyard, where I found her keeping a watch on whatever lives under their deck. With her inside and so no longer worried, I watched Call the Midwife and called it a day.

It snowed overnight and was still snowing and blowing Sunday morning. I was booked to volunteer at the animal shelter so verified that someone would be there to let me in before I headed out. The wind chill was brutal but I did the cats, chatted with the woman who runs the shelter, booked a couple more volunteer times and drove through BK on the way back home. I was done for the day so just puttered the afternoon away with reading, knitting and streaming. It was lovely to be toasty inside while it was storming outside. We didn't get much snow but what we got was blowing all afternoon.

Another lovely Christmas in the books. I hope you all had a nice Christmas too and a happy new year in 2026.

Week 51 - Ready for Christmas

It was another full week. For a retiree that is. How did I get all these things done when I was working 40 hours/week?

I took Goodie and Rose to the vet on Monday for their annual shots and other than that, got nothing done. Even knitting was cancelled. I did laundry on Tuesday and it was warm enough to hand outside again. Freaky weather for December in Nebraska but not all bad. I ran Wahoo errands and when I went to the Senior Center thrift, I found a pair of my handknitted socks priced at $.99! I knew who had donated them and promptly bought them because $.99 was crazy. I fear there were more donated and can only hope whoever bought them appreciates them. No more socks for that friend! I went home to make cookies before an eye doctor appointment at 4:00.

The cookies were for the Emeriti/Retirees Association Christmas get together Wednesday morning. I had considered skipping it but am glad I didn't. It was fun with a holiday trivia contest while consuming a season's worth of cookies and candy. It was held in a bank right next to Aldi so I popped in for a few things then Anne and I went to Hamnet. I'd read the book and was looking forward to the movie. It was good. I dropped a trunk full of yarn at the Stuff Creative Reuse store and headed home. I was slamming to finish Christmas socks for my cousin and with the 3 hour Survivor finale, I had them done by the end of the night. Yay!

I was back in Lincoln on Thursday for lunch with my work friends. I dropped my cousin's socks off before heading to campus. Dana couldn't come but Lana, Cindy and I had a nice lunch at Pho Factory. I had an entire list of places to hit in hopes that I could be done with shopping until after Christmas. First stop was Sam's for gas and yeast since mine was old and taking forever to rise. I got Starbuck's for the road and headed to Seward. I'd dropped bunches of clothes at the consignment store in October so went to pick up my money, which was only $17 so big time not worth the effort. I did hit the Etc Shop, which is one of my all time favorite thrifts before driving towards home. I went a bit out of my way to go to Buresh Meats in David City. You never know what you'll find there but I didn't get anything special this time. I got back to Wahoo in time to get my new favorite pizza from the food truck that comes to town occasionally. Delish!

I was happy to have a day at home on Friday. I volunteered at the animal shelter in the morning then showered and had lunch before a free afternoon. I called my friend Sharyn for a catch up and Andrea came late on her way back into town for her annual Christmas help. My sister doesn't wrap my stocking stuffers and uses yarn as packing material so Andrea opens the box, removes the yarn and then closes it back up so I wait for Christmas morning to open it. There was lots of nice yarn in this year's box but most of it wasn't suitable for socks. Still best packing material ever.

I was back at the shelter scooping cat boxes on Saturday morning after chatting with Carolyn first thing. My fave YouTubers were doing a zoom so I sat down when I got home with lunch and knitting to enjoyed that. It lasted until almost tea time so I made a cup and went to the front room to read in the sun. I went to bed early too so it was a nice, relaxing day. Sunday was another one. I cast on socks to celebrate the solstice and spent most of the day knitting on those and my monthly challenge socks.

Just a few more days until Christmas and it was looking good that I wouldn't need to hit any stores. I was ready for more relaxing days in the run up to Christmas, happy to stay home while everyone else is doing manic, last minute shopping.

Week 50 - Pixel Went Blind

It was a busy week with lots of Christmas productivity, some social fun and progress on my car with cat stuff thrown in too.

When I left you last week, my car was dead in the garage for want of a nut. I called Ozzy, my mechanic, at 7:15 Monday morning and told him the specific size nut I needed, which he promptly found at the auto parts store next to his shop. I arranged for my friend Lorri to deliver them and after some fiddling around, I got the battery reconnected and it started! Huge relief. With a functional car again, I set off to the library to print labels and then dropped a couple of packages at the post office. Just 2 more to go. We had new people come to knitting that night and luckily the person I was helping took to knitting like she'd been doing it for years.

It was in the 50's on Tuesday so I did laundry and hung it on the line. I had 2 more packages and I got them both dropped off. I was done with shipping so it was time to relax and enjoy the season. First step was to make something to take to the food day I'd been invited to at work. Since it was a soup day, I made corn sticks using Jiffy muffin mix with my vintage corncob shaped pans. Fun.

I had a list of things to do in Lincoln around the food day. Before I went to campus, I dropped off the charity hats I'd been knitting all year, including a few from Goodwill bags that needed finishing, to the collection bin at the School of Natural Resources, which adopts a nearby low income school every year. Then I dropped a big bag of dead Christmas lights at the fire station for the boy scouts recycling project. I had collected them last year but missed the bins and added a few more this year. Do lights ever work a second year? Not for me. Anyway..... the food day was fun. I have always loved my work friends and count myself lucky that they still invite me to things. After hitting a few thrifts and Aldi, I headed home.

I was up and out early Thursday for a talk at the lake on planting pollinator gardens, which was right up my alley. I did another deposit of money from the library's decor sale and then went to Saunders County Lost Pets, which is our local animal shelter, to get trained on volunteering. They had posted that they were looking for help with their cats - another thing right up my alley. It was just filling food and water, scooping boxes, sweeping the floors and loving on the cats, of course. I signed up for a few more shifts and headed home for lunch. l ended up working with Dana for a couple of hours after lunch helping with minimum wage increase files for Payroll. When I was done with all that, I enjoyed an afternoon drinking tea and reading in the front room, which is lovely in the winter when the sun's shining directly in.

Friday was another up and out first thing day. I had an 8:15 haircut and was dropping my car off before then for a 100,000 mile check up. I walked to the library to print more shipping labels - for yarn this time - and Ozzy picked me up there and drove me home. It was bitter cold out so not a problem that I was car free for the day. I made homemade baked beans, which is an all day effort, and put up my Christmas tree. Of course last year's lights didn't work so after I picked up my car, which he only did an oil change on and said he'd send me an estimate for everything else, I stopped at Dollar General for more lights. Despite having no plans for the weekend that would require me to leave the house, it was good to have my car back.

It was still super cold and we'd had snow overnight and no sunshine at all. I ventured out despite that to pick up cookies at the Lutheran church in town since I'd done no holiday baking yet. I also finished decorating my tree (you can only do so much when it's dark) and called the vet. Sometime during the week, Pixel, my 17 year old cat, had gone completely blind. Like bumping into walls blind. They said it happens and there's nothing they can do so there was no point bringing her in, adding that it wouldn't take long for her to learn to navigate the house. I moved the litter box to right by the laundry room door because she had been making it downstairs but wasn't making it to the box. I have high hopes that she will do better and live awhile longer. She does howl like she's being torn asunder when she gets lost, which is usually in the middle of a room and the middle of the night. Oh well. She's still a sweetie and all my other cats love her.

The sun came out Sunday, which always makes me happy in the winter. I knitted in the sun all morning, getting up and down a zillion times to move ornaments on the tree. I did some final non-tree decorating and then made black raspberry jam with berries from Ed, my friend Donna's husband who does some handyman stuff for me sometimes. I will share some with him and have a few more small jars for myself and friends. I ended the day chatting with my friend Lori, who said she wants to host New Year's tea, which I happily agreed to. I haven't been doing a big event like before Covid but now I can be a guest and not have to host. Yay!

So that was a full week! While I'm sad about Pixel, at least she still seems happy and otherwise healthy. My car is back and my Christmas shipping and decorating are done plus I got to see all my work friends. Now to relax and enjoy the season.

Week 49 - Dead Battery Blues

With Thanksgiving over except for leftovers, the week started in full blown Christmas mode. Unfortunately it ended with car troubles but there was lots of fun before that happened.

The first of the month is always a busy knitting day because I start new socks for the monthly challenge. I also have to tally all the socks knitted in my Socks from Stash group and so spend an hour or so with a spreadsheet. It was also the start of opening my advents and I had 2 yarny ones - one I bought cheap when a local yarn shop closed its storefront and another that I won from one of my favorite YouTubers. Starting the day with sock yarn is the best! I was also slamming to finish a gift I needed to give on Wednesday so grabbed a dirt cheap pizza courtesy of a Pizza Hut special and knitted on the gift hat at Monday Night Knitting. It was a good start to the week.

I went through a basket of clothes on Tuesday and pulled out all my handknitted Christmas socks. After finishing the hat, I was free to read in the sun in the front room and then used the last of the turkey to make turkey fried rice for supper, which was surprisingly good. Wednesday was going to be a busy day.

Wednesday started with a huge deposit for Friends of the Library from the holiday decor sale. I picked up donuts for my friend who had fallen on ice and was home recuperating from a concussion (!) and picked up a prescription (getting those cheap refills in my last month of COBRA insurance) before heading to my first Christmas celebrating - lunch with Dodie. We had a lovely lunch at Bison Witches (our lunch spot) and she loved her hat. She gave me a fabulous Christmas gift for someone who needs nothing - a 12 pound bag of King Arthur flour from Costco. Love it! I hit a couple of thrifts, dropped the donuts at Darla's then went south for Trader Joe's, Aldi and Stuff Creative Reuse before heading home. It was a fun day.

I was back in Lincoln Thursday morning for an awards luncheon for the Emeriti/Retirees Association, which was prime rib lunch. Yum! I went to my cousin Helen's to hang for the afternoon and got a few groceries on the way home. I had just enough time to scarf down some fried rice and head to book club at the library. I was ready for a few days at home after two busy days. Retiree life!

I got time at home but ended up working for 2 hours Friday morning with Cindy on some training she's developing. In my nightie. After a shower and lunch, I ran
Wahoo errands and spent some time reading in the sun, ending the day with pizza and beer. Next on the list was wrapping/packing stocking presents to meet my goal of shipping them all early next week.

I started Saturday with a long chat with Carolyn and then got busy wrapping, which didn't take any time at all. I made up a wreath and a festive pot for my side door but when I went out to run errands, my car battery was dead. I had already been offered a ride to the Saunders County Democrats dinner at the country club so planned to call AAA Monday morning for a jump. The dinner, which was a first for me having just changed from Independent to Democrat, was fun getting to meet some candidates and chatting with an old friend I hadn't seen in ages.

With no car, Sunday would be an inside day, which worked for me. I made a cozy lunch of grilled cheese and tomato soup then started cooking. I had banana bread in the oven and potato salad made plus a couple of boxes ready to ship when Andrea called. When she heard about my dead battery and said that she knew how to change a battery out, she came over with her tools. Now my car is ten years old and it was the original battery so it took some doing pulling the old one, during which Andrea dropped a nut, which didn't hit the ground. Thinking it was just for stability, we went to the farm store, which was having a battery sale but didn't have my size in stock so we headed to the only auto parts store open on a Sunday. $300 later, I had a new battery. Well, that nut wasn't just for stability so my car was dead. We went back to both stores looking for a nut but didn't know the right size so failed. Now I'd be calling for a tow on Monday. Damn! It was bitter cold during all this so I went inside chilled to the bone and dejected. Oh well. Andrea did come to the rescue, finding a schematic online that showed the part number and that it was an 8mm nut. I went to bed feeling hopeful that I could get the nut locally.

It was a busy week with lots of fun, holiday productivity and help from a friend. While it didn't end as planned, I appreciated that Andrea had the skills and wanted to help and it did end on a positive note. Now to get the nut and start shipping my gifts. Only when they're gone can I relax and enjoy the holiday season.

Week 48 - A Happy Thanksgiving

I was hosting Thanksgiving for Anne and Rene so was madly cleaning at the start of the week. Nothing like a deadline to get me cleaning.

It's not like I cleaned 8 hours a day but I did things well beyond my normal vacuuming, floors and bathrooms. I actually cleared the the hutch and dusted. Just the main level - let's not get crazy. But one thing I've never done was after vacuuming the 70's style kitchen rug that's on my landing and stairs, I actually got out a Bissel spot cleaning machine and shampooed the landing. The rug is awful (it was in the entire back of the house - kitchen and family room - when I moved in) but I got some spots out so looks as good as it could.

I was done with cleaning by noon on Wednesday so took a look at the weather and decided it was time to buy my Christmas trees. I drove to Menard's in Fremont and picked out my deck and inside tree in 5 minutes. It was made easier by the fact that most were still bailed so I had 2 trees to pick from for the inside tree. I got the better of the 2 and $88 later (!) I was heading home. I called Connie to chat that night and we talked until 11:15 and could have kept going but I needed to get to bed.

Thanksgiving was fun. Anne's kitchen was out of commission because she was having ceiling work done so she'd paid for the turkey. Rene was bringing rolls, which I had forgotten to buy, and a lemon pie for dessert so I was making turkey with stuffing inside, baked sweet potatoes (not that Anne or Rene would eat those), mashed potatoes, 3 corn casserole (that's new) and Brussels sprouts. They arrived just in time. I had Rene stir the gravy while I mashed the potatoes and hacked at the turkey. It was all delish and we chatted the afternoon away. They brought containers to take leftovers home and I had the turkey torn apart and in the crockpot before they left. I immediately loaded the dishwasher and did the pots and pans then showered and was in my nightie - probably before they got home. I was ready to relax!

I put the crockpot on overnight and when I moved it so I could make breakfast, it was so full that I dribbled broth down the length of my kitchen floor. I cleaned that up and then made eggs, which had shell in them. Sheesh! I talked to my sister and watched my favorite knitting podcast then started putting up outside Christmas decorations. Of course the lights for my deck tree were dead so I had to run out to buy some and had my tree up and was ready for the snow.

It had started snowing in the wee hours on Saturday and snowed until mid-afternoon. We got 5" and I got out as soon as it stopped and started shoveling. I have a method so had started a the back door, went around to the front and made one shovel width down to the sidewalk and did that. I was a third of the way down the driveway when my snow guy showed up on his ATV. I told him I was good to finish but when he asked if I was sure, I let him finish the driveway and went out back to shovel to the compost bins behind the garage. He did the driveway in <5 minutes so didn't charge me. Nice. I went inside and made a small blueberry pie to go with my leftovers. Lemon meringue pie is NOT a Thanksgiving pie to me so I hadn't taken any when Rene offered. Apple, blueberry, pumpkin - that's Thanksgiving pie!

I rounded out the weekend with my usual chores. I also pulled stocking stuffers out to assess (had enough for "stockings lite" for my sisters), watched The Exception on Hoopla (good movie - Nazis again) and listened to the The Alchemist for book club. I realized fairly early that I'd read it before and looked in old emails and saw that we'd read it for book club in 2019. Oh well. 

It had been a good week and since Monday was December 1st, I got out my 2 yarny advent calendars and my last magic bag so I'd be ready to start opening them the next day. Between advents and vlogmas videos (daily knitting podcasts that are day in the life short videos), December is always fun. Next up will be getting packages out so I can relax. 

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and are ready for all things Christmas.

week 47 - Ready for Winter

I got my wish for a week with less drama. I had some fun and did my final prep for winter. All good.

I woke up Monday craving a burger. I called my friend Lorri to see if she'd be up for going out to lunch but she was busy so we scheduled it for Thursday - an early lunch for her birthday. I thought I could make it until then but decided I didn't need to so took a load to the burn pile, stopping on the way to place a take out order at The Branding Iron and picking it up after unloading. It was delish and totally hit the spot. After lunch I roasted some garden tomatoes and made banana bread to take to knitting but despite making it my entire life and knowing the recipe by heart, I screwed it up, using baking powder instead of soda so it didn't rise. Sheesh!

After knitting Monday night, I only had a library board meeting on Tuesday night and a dentist appointment on Wednesday afternoon. Otherwise I was knitting and watching Ken Burns' American Revolution series on PBS. His documentaries are perfect for knitting because they focus on a picture, in this case all paintings because photography didn't exist back then, and talk for a few minutes. I don't have to worry about missing something if I look down at my knitting and learned a lot so it was a good watch.

Thursday was my social day. I finished my monthly challenge socks in the morning then picked Lorri up for her birthday burger lunch. When we were done, we went to the local coffee shop - Mocha C's - to chat for a bit. I dropped her home and headed to Lincoln for turkey dinner in the dorms with Anne and Rene. They were going to volleyball at 7:00 so dinner was early at 5:00. It was our 3rd year for turkey dinner in the dorms and it really is delicious and a good deal at $11 for retirees. I dropped them at the arena and then hit Super Saver to buy my Thanksgiving vittles, hit the nearby Goodwill (bought nothing) and got gas at Sam's. Only when I was halfway home did I remember that I'd meant to go to Menard's to buy my Christmas trees. Oh well. I finished a charity hat when I got home and cast on another.

Friday was drizzly and cold so was recharge day for me. I chatted with friends and my sister Dottie, again. It was the 3rd time that week but this time she was calling from Goodwill in Indiana about some potential sock yarn she'd found. It looked like it to me so she bought me 3 bags and sent this pic when she got home. Yay! That'll come with my stocking presents and I'll bleach test it then. I made a big pot of red sauce, which simmered for hours on the stove, which was nice on a chilly day. I ended up with 10 individual servings for the freezer plus enough for pasta that night. 

The weather on the weekend would be our last warm temps so I was on a mission to do absolutely everything that needed doing outside to be ready for winter. First up was cutting the perennials in the parking (the strip between the sidewalk and street) because if I don't, it acts as a snow fence and dumps all the snow on my sidewalk. After I took that load to the city burn pile, I dumped the last few pots and planted my two medium sized mums in the same bed where I'd put the rose bushes from the east side bed. I put the sprinkler on that bed to give them a good soak before winter and then disconnected the hoses and drained them, leaving them on the slight slope of my driveway in hopes that gravity would get the last water out. 

With all that done, Sunday was easy. I put the hoses in the garage and swapped the baker's rack for the new plant stand I'd tried that didn't work. When my mower kid came for the last mow, which was really about chopping up the silver maple leaves rather than cutting the lawn, I called it good. I was ready for winter just in time for cooler, late fall weather.

I call that a good week. I had some fun with friends, crossed a few things off and was 100% ready for winter - not just the garden but mentally too. I would be hosting Thanksgiving for Anne and Rene the next week so would be cleaning like a banshee for a few days but then would be ready for Christmas prep and cozy inside days. Anyone else?

Week 46 - Too Much Drama

It was a busy week with a mix of fun, frustration and ridiculous drama. I was also getting things done outside to prepare for winter. At least the week started well.

When I was driving home from a Fremont run on the weekend, I heard something funky with my car and found that the shield that's under my engine was hanging. I called Ozzy's, the local mechanic, first thing on Monday and asked if they could reattach it. They said to come right in and they not only did it while I waited but didn't charge me. Gotta love small town business! I drove directly to Helen's for some cousin time and stayed all day, getting home just in time to scarf some dinner down before heading to knitting. 

My contractor was coming on Tuesday to finish my bathroom. He came with a crew because he was injured and couldn't do much himself. They changed my sink and shower fixtures then spackled and painted. Of course it's not 100% done because the new shower head didn't come with the cord thing so it's still brushed chrome and will be replaced at some point. Unfortunately they didn't wait long enough for the spackle to dry so I can see everywhere they painted. I guess I'll just touch it up myself. They were done around lunch time so I had time that afternoon to make this cute project bag I'd offered as an October prize in my online sock group. I made a pan of blondies for the next day.

I had had a package I'd shipped returned to me because apparently rules have changed and you can't put stamps on anything over 1/2" thick. I took the yarn and the project bag to the post office but couldn't get either the yarn or the bag into the already stamped envelope so left without mailing either and headed to Lincoln. I've had a sensor failing - the open door one - in my car so it would go off when I turned corners. Well, on the way to Lincoln it came on and stayed on, which meant I had to turn off my interior light and couldn't lock my car with my fob. Just another thing to fix when I get a tune up at Ozzy's next month (they told me to wait to schedule it when I need an oil change).

That was the end of the frustration for the day though. I had a nice lunch with Dodie, went to Nuremburg with Anne, stopped at Stuff and found some sock yarn then went to Lana's for a work party. It was great to see everyone and Lana's not so new house. I stayed until 8:15 and when I got home, I found a package with this skein of gorgeous sock yarn from one of the members of my online sock group, which she said was to thank me for being a moderator. How lovely!

After such a long day, I'd have liked to stay home but there was a talk at the lake on water at 9:00. Since we'd just had the boil water thing last week, I was hoping to get some answers. The presenter was not good but there was question time after he was done and there was someone who had some info about Wahoo's water problem, which apparently happened because they're been replacing water mains and that's when problems can happen. After I dropped Lorri at her house, I went to the post office to try again. The clerk was very nice but a guy who must be her boss stuck his nose in and was a total jerk. I mailed both packages after paying a bunch more money and left near tears. Total a-hole. And when I got home, I found a registered mail notice on my front door (it had been there for days because I never use that door) so I had to go right back to the post office. Luckily I didn't see the guy again. I went back home for garden therapy, which helped my mood immensely. I dug up all the plants that I wanted to save from the east side of my house, which will be dug up in late winter when my basement wall gets reblocked. I planted them in one of my veg beds and went inside to make a pot of soup. I had hopes that the drama was over for the week.

Not so much. I started the day Friday meeting Anne at the Quilt Museum for their artist sale, which was fun and I found some yarn, of course. I won't go into nitty gritty detail but when I went to my cousin's to drop something off, I ended up in a text blitz with her husband that left me feeling totally crappy. Not cool. I hit HyVee and went home for tea. I felt shitty for the rest of the day and am thankful I have friends I could vent to. By the end of the day I was feeling some better.

Saturday was spinning in Fremont so Andrea and I did the usual run. I found fun stuff at the Restore before going to spinning which had more people than any recent meeting. Afterwards we hit Goodwill, Aldi and Baker's, where Andrea and I went through every single turkey to find the smallest one for her. This is not the first time we've done that. It's kind of our specialty. 

As usual, Sunday was my chore day. I made a nice breakfast of waffles and bacon then got busy with laundry (it was warm enough still to hang things outside) and cleaned up the deck, planting the 2 little mums that have been on my deck table for a couple of months.

I still had fun but there was way too much drama for my liking. Here's hoping next week is drama free.