It was a quiet week that started with scheduling surgery, had plenty of snow, a Fremont run and a nice surprise to end the week. There was lots of talking on the phone and knitting between it all, of course.
I got a call first thing Mon day to schedule my surgery. It had to be a Tuesday or Thursday and the first available one was the 20th but I had tickets to a meal for that night so I scheduled it for the 25th, with pre-surgery procedures on the 24th. I also had to schedule a pre-op physical and EKG because my annual physical the first week of January had expired. Oh well, at least now I had a date so could plan accordingly. I spent that afternoon on the phone talking to Sharyn and Janice then went to knitting. After a day puttering inside, I was back at the library Tuesday night for a board meeting.
It snowed all day on Wednesday so I sat cozy inside knitting the day away while watching A Gentleman in Moscow, which we'd read for book club recently and I had loved it. The series was very good and didn't stray from the book. When the sun came out late afternoon, I went out and shoveled. The snow was light and fluffy so it was easy. Thursday was another stay cozy inside day, talking to my cousin, watching my favorite knitting YouTubers and reading in the sun in the front room. Being retired in the winter when it snows is a joy.
Having been holed up all week, I was happy to do a Fremont run with Andrea on Friday afternoon. I scored a bunch of cookbooks at the Restore, found a couple of fun vintage throw pillows at the Estate Dispersal Store and then hit Goodwill. It was Valentine's Day and Andrea's man was coming to Fremont for dinner, which I was invited to but declined so I dropped Andrea off at Crush and happily headed home.
We got more snow on Friday night into Saturday and with the roads a mess, our spinning field trip to the new(ish) yarn store in Omaha - Warmth - was cancelled. I spent the day knitting and went out that afternoon to shovel again. Then Rene called with a proposition.
A friend of hers had given her 2 tickets to the musical Kimberly Akimbo in Omaha and she asked if I wanted to go with her. Maybe it was all the shoveling but I was not immediately in. When she offered to pick me up and said we could park in the garage that was attached to the theatre so wouldn't have to set foot on snow, I somewhat reluctantly said I'd go to the 1:30 matinee.
I started neatizing and cleaning just in case Rene would come into the house and did a bit more Sunday morning before making bacon and eggs at 11:00 so I wouldn't be hungry during the play. We had loge seats so no one in front of us but we couldn't see one side of the stage. It was fun and my kind of musical with actual words between the songs, unlike Les Mis or Phantom, both of which I fell asleep in. Anyway, I suggested we get pancakes after the play, which was exactly what I wanted and Village Inn was right on the way home. We stopped at Aldi too, which I hadn't hit in Fremont, so I grabbed milk and a few things to tide me over. Nice.
So it was a nice, quiet week with a couple of fun things at the end and lovely snowy days in the middle. I only had one more week before surgery and it would have the coldest weather of the winter so there'd probably be more cozy time inside, which is pure bliss for me. Here are the 3 pairs of socks I finished during this cozy week with more knitting time to come. Life is good!
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