Weekending

This weekend was a good one -- a few things were accomplished, I did some fun stuff, and it was the perfect combination of getting things done and low-key, quiet enjoyment.

On Friday, I took my iPod, pleasant and patient attitude, and the box I was mailing to Ryan and walked up to the post office. I have approached the mailing of his gifts with trepidation ever since the post office lost his boxes two consecutive years. They were eventually located in the Newark, NJ distribution center in mid-January, but I always drop things off at the post office with a little wish for their safe, speedy, and efficient travels.

I only had to wait an hour in line, and the clerk said she would take special care of my package when I told her it contained two handknit items. You can see a corner of it on the cart, ready for its journey. The box is currently in Denver, so it looks like her special care has worked so far!

John, his brother, and one of his sisters had some family decisions to make about things that belonged to his mother. We were going to take pizza and beer over to his brother's house, but when his brother said he had pizza Friday night and didn't feel like it two nights in a row, I decided to make lasagna and take that instead. I had to make yet another trip to the grocery store (I had been twice in the past two days), but after shopping, I made the lasagna, took it over, they discussed things while the lasagna baked, and I drank beer and knit. It was quite a pleasant evening.

For fun on Sunday, I took my inspiration from Kat. After laundry was done, it was time to make Kat's raspberry and brie puff pastry tart. While my raspberries boiled down, I decorated a little bit.

Then I put the tart together and waited impatiently for the first delicious taste. It was delicious! Kat's mods of subbing raspberries and bacon for cranberries and pancetta sounded so good that that's what I did, too. I've eaten two of the corners, and since John is in MD and I'm here in NJ to do some Christmas things that only I can do, I get to enjoy the rest of it by myself this week. Thank you, thank you, Kat!

Sunday evening I watched Love Actually and worked on finishing a waffle hat. I was initially dismayed to find that nobody (Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu) seemed to be streaming Love Actually, so it was a pleasant surprise to find the DVD in our cabinet. It was a lovely end to a very nice weekend. 

I hope you, too, had a good weekend and your week is off to a good start!