With company over the long weekend, and work (!) the past couple days, I feel like I’ve been out of the country for a week or so.
Monday was Richard’s surgery. It went well, but I was the non-present caregiver. It turned out that the same day I had to go to the store and begin a full inventory. So, I dropped him off, and our neighbor a couple doors up the street greeted us to take him into surgery – she is a surgical nurse at the local hospital. She called me when he was ready to be picked up, and I left the store, went and collected him and brought him home. One of our neighbors offered to come and check on him mid afternoon, and so I guiltily went back to the store. Two days later he is feeling only a little pain – so we’re hoping that this is the beginning of the mend. Here is a pic of what the doctor wrote on the other knee:
I like how they took care not to confuse the one with the other – a ball point pen NO on the not to be touched ‘good’ knee.
I am now done with Christmas!!!!
2007. Yeah – I’m the lagger in the gift dept. I finished Justin’s coat last week and it went back to Seattle along with the old one that I made for him twelve or thirteen? years ago. Other than the lining missing, and it severly threadbare, it was still all together. I hope this one lasts half as long. I took a pic of Richard in it, but its just not the same as the intended recipient. Here’s a closeup of the sleeve and pocket detail instead:
Thanksgiving was nice, quiet and intimate. Ryan and Mom drove out and stayed until Sunday. It was lousy weather, so mostly we hung out, ate, talked, Mom and I both did some knitting, and Ryan worked some. Sunday the weather was nice, and in the afternoon Richard helped me to put up Christmas lights. I am a fan of the big old fashioned colored lights – I have collected lots of them at yard sales over the years as folks replace them with those new fangled ones. Not that I don’t like think the new ones are pretty, and they’re certainly more energy efficient, but I like the nostalgia factor of the old big ones. The strands that I have probably won’t last too many seasons here in this salty climate though. But there were enough good ones to decorate the south end of the house. No doubt they are the first lights ever strung on this house. Maybe this weekend we will look for a fresh ( as opposed to shipped to So Cal )local tree. We didn’t have one last year with the aftermath of the storm, making a trip to San Diego mid month, and then being in Seattle for Christmas – so it will be the first tree here.
I would like a fake tree – to avoid the light stringing and the watering – but maybe next year.
As I mentioned, we ( the owners, a couple employees and I ) are doing a full inventory at the store. It is long, tedious work, and has consumed the past couple days. So far we’ve unrolled, measured and rerolled about 1500 bolts of fabric. Today the owner has another commitment, so we will resume and finish up tomorrow. The remainder of what’s left should go pretty quickly. Then that will be more information for the banks. This is such a long process. I am anxious for it to be done.
Now I can begin to get ready for Christmas!
Good to hear the surgery went well. Funny they wrote no on the knee! But better safe than sorry.
I missed something! Are you know the proud owner of a store? So everything went through? If yes, congratulations!!!
The house looks very pretty with all the lights.
Not the owner yet. We are proceeding “as if” it were a go. We’re still waiting on the answer.
I love all the variety in lights out there now. To think not 20 years ago they all looked like our house.
The fact that they had to write “no” on his knee, doesn’t that make you wonder how many times this conversation happened..
“Mr. Jones, your operation was a success.”
“Why that’s great Doc!”
“Welll….there is only one problem, uh, we successfully removed the wrong leg. Yeah, it was Carl’s fault, he’s new.”
“My bad.” Says Carl.
“But hey, don’t worry, a wheel chair is much cheaper than a custom prosthetic leg. So you see, we saved you money. No need to get the lawyers involved right? And by the way, you’re welcome!”