Weekends


Well, my weekend was filled with goodness.  Yesterday after the kids all arrived, we drove up to Scranton to see Spamalot.  What a fun musical!  I love that we can go up there for a show and get home and sleep in my own bed.  Maybe in ten years time I can see Hamilton touring (ha ha).

Anyways, whenever the house is full, I can barely function with my regular pursuits.  I can't focus on reading a book or knitting on the simplest of projects.  You know what?  I am okay with that personality trait.  I went through the weekend having fun conversations and enjoying them be here.


We ate dinner out on Friday and Saturday night.  Today was boring food to get back into a healthy eating habit.  My house is clean, the laundry is finished and I'm sitting here relaxing.  Everyone left by lunchtime, so I scurried about tidying so I could sit and knit later in the day.

We have snowflakes in the air!  I'm typing away and looking out the window smiling. 


My sweater continues to make body lengthening progress - luckily I'm at the part where I can knit and read at the same time.  Simple stockinette never disappoints.  I will be excited to get back to some fair isle knitting near the ribbing.


How was your weekend?


Comments

  1. Judy S.January 27, 2019 at 5:32 PM

    We had a busy weekend, especially yesterday. Our choir had an all day workshop, working on a piece we will sing in the spring that includes 7 languages. Yesterday we were working on Zulu, Hebrew, Arabic and Spanish. Today I am brain-dead!

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  2. LeftycrafterJanuary 27, 2019 at 6:54 PM

    Sounds like a marvelous weekend. I miss watching snowfall. I don't miss the cold that goes with it thought. My weekend has been filled with family, church and laundry. Just getting ready tor dinner and then knitting time.

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  3. BonnyJanuary 27, 2019 at 7:33 PM

    It sounds like you had the best of everything this weekend - good company, fun times, time to catch up with chores, reading, knitting, and even sleeping in your own bed. It doesn't get much better than that!

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  4. chrisknitsJanuary 27, 2019 at 7:44 PM

    Full of sight-seeing in Seattle, but now I am ready to go home. By 12:01 Mon/Tue I will be back in Indiana!! By 12:30, hopefully, in my own bed!

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  5. Caffeine GirlJanuary 27, 2019 at 8:01 PM

    Sounds like a great weekend. I've been trying not to knit when I should be paying attention to the people I care about! That sweater is gorgeous!

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  6. VeraJanuary 27, 2019 at 8:05 PM

    Sounds like a perfect weekend! Some of everything...and kids visiting is always good. Your sweater is so gorgeous!

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  7. Two Cables and a FrappJanuary 27, 2019 at 11:05 PM

    My weekend was quiet. I took in a little Hulu, Prime Video and worked on a knitting project. Add all of these together and you get the couch potato. Very relaxing. Great post by the way.

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  8. Michelle GDJanuary 28, 2019 at 7:12 AM

    What a good weekend you had!!!
    So nice the way you can set certain things aside in order to enjoy the temporary bustle of having the kids home. xo

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  9. MonicaJanuary 28, 2019 at 7:28 AM

    It's always nice to have the family around. We don't live close enough to attend theater and turn around and come home. That's a long day.
    So glad you had a good weekend!

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  10. AsKatKnitsJanuary 28, 2019 at 8:23 AM

    That sounds like the perfectly balanced weekend! It certainly was here - there was cold and some snow and even some sun! All in all a lovely weekend!

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  11. GraceJanuary 28, 2019 at 9:45 AM

    Karen, sometimes when I read your Weekends post, I feel like I am reading about my own weekend, LOL! We are so much alike! We saw Spamalot years ago in New York and laughed the entire way through. It is such a great show! You will see Hamilton some day, I just know it! Have a wonderful week! xx

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  12. Hena TayebJanuary 28, 2019 at 10:09 AM

    Sounds like such a great weekend. No snowflakes here.

    http://www.henatayeb.blogspot.com

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  13. mamasmercantileJanuary 28, 2019 at 11:36 AM

    Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend, always a blessing to have family visiting.

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  14. kathy bJanuary 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM

    Awww. That's okay that you focus on the people you are with, in those visits! My weekend: tried a new yeast roll recipe, shopped for our big snow in, windchill week. Knitting on my snood. Watched three identical strangers .....so disturbing. Lots of texting with the kiddos . Had bbq ribs last night. First time in 2 years. They are 7 weight watcher points PER rib. but delish

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  15. MaryJanuary 29, 2019 at 7:55 AM

    How wonderful to enjoy time with your family and still have time for a clean house and some alone time before the weekend ended!

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  16. StefanieJanuary 29, 2019 at 3:24 PM

    You had a full weekend. You are making great progress on your colorwork sweater. My weekend was about paper and laundry. I can't even remember what we did yesterday.

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