Week 43 - Finished Anne's Socks

I started the week with a mission - to finish Anne's Husker socks in time to give them to her on Wednesday. I started the week with one sock done and the cuff of the second. A cold front came through and helped me out.

The temps dropped mid-morning on Monday, which made it easy to sit and knit the day away. I was past the heel with half the foot done by the end of the day Monday and finished the sock just after lunch on Tuesday. Mission accomplished! With that done, I went outside to move plants against the house and cover them because there was a chance of our first freeze. They made it through just fine, even the impatiens that I left hanging from the garage so no freeze Tuesday night. I had taken cuttings from the various impatiens to root over the winter, which sometimes works. Not much to lose so I'll try again this year.

Wednesday was a Lincoln day for an emeriti/retiree association program on gerrymandering and I was meeting with the membership chair about helping with their data beforehand. Anne was meeting me there, which is why I wanted to finish the socks because she'd need them on Saturday for the game. She loved them. From there, I picked Dodie up and we went to Pho Factory for our favorite spring rolls. Yum! I did a big Aldi run to restock my fridge and cupboards and was home for tea. I made carbonara for supper and had some wine. It was a good day.

I had recovered the plants and they survived again but I did see frost on my neighbor's car when he left for work Thursday morning so I'm glad I'd covered them. And while you'd think I had enough knitting, I spent the morning knitting in the sun. I zoomed with Cindy for a bit and then cleaned up the kitchen, which lead to a complete scrub down of the stove. I also put the flowers back in their spots because there was no frost in the forecast. That evening, I went to a town hall meeting for Dan Osborn, who is running for senate against the loathsome Pete Rickets. I signed up to help so we'll see if they get in touch.

My coffee maker died Friday morning so I had a decision to make. I could buy one locally, which would give me zero choice and be expensive, or I could drive. That's what I did. I went to Lincoln after lunch and got one at Walmart for $17 and was in and out in literally 5 minutes. I got cheap gas at Sam's (the savings covered the cost for driving one way) and then scored some fun yarn at St. Theresa's Thrift Shop, which is only open on Fridays and Saturdays so I rarely get to shop there. Nice.

I finally heard back from my contractor. We'd always used Messenger to communicate but he hadn't responded and I was getting concerned. I finally looked up his email from when he'd sent pics when I was in Europe and got an immediately response. He had taken Messenger and Facebook off his phone to eliminate some drama and so wasn't seeing my messages. He said he'd come on the 11th to swap out the shower head, the sink faucet, the towel bar and install a 2nd one. Yay!

I was back in Lincoln on Saturday to hang out with my cousins. We chatted the afternoon away and then Michael came with his family for supper. It was lovely family time and we even did some crafting (Christmas ornaments) after supper. I got home at 10:00.

After all this out and about, Sunday was a recharge day. I did the bare minimum of chores and relaxed (aka knitted/streamed) all day. It was a nice end to a busy week.

Yeah, it was a good week with lots of socializing, learning some things, doing my civic duty and getting some stuff done outside. The socks and family time were the icing on the cake. Hearing from the contractor was great too. I'll take more weeks like this please.