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.
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