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Just had a call from Mom. Grandma came through surgery fine, and was headed into recovery. Now it's wait and see how fast she recovers, so we won't know for a while how much longer she'll be in Salina, and when she'll be moved back to the local hospital.

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Aside from all the excitement around Grandma's health lately, our big accomplishment lately has been finally getting a bunch of cabinets cleaned out, cut shorter, and moved into the kitchen to become a short-person-friendly counter for my use. (Yay!!!) Specifically, it'll be my bread-making counter. Grey-brown granite counter top (which By found at ReStore), cabinets below wide enough to hold my bins of flour comfortably, and **just** the right height for me to knead bread at and be comfortable. And right under the window! I took the new counter for a test drive this afternoon with a batch of oatmeal bread, and the hobbit is happy.

The kids and the cats are powerful confused by all the disruption and rearranging, but all the new to look at gives them something to occupy their curiosity.

Getting this done puts us one step closer to being about to clean and redo the family room, and put up a nice dining table. So, that's very cool.

We never did get the winter weather ick that was forecast for Sunday and Monday. It's supposed to get us tomorrow through Thursday, though. Last report I heard on the radio was 7" or more, on top of what we got a week ago. Blech.


The Sock Report: Hey! There's a sock report! I finished the last pair of By's holiday gift socks, with the exception of getting ends woven in. Going to try to get that done before he gets home tonight, so he's got warm wool socks to tuck his feet into after a long cold day.

I celebrated the finish by frogging my half-done Tree Of Life sock. I'd already figured that the ankle shaping on it narrowed too much to accommodate my high arches getting into the sock, so I was looking at ripping it about halfway back anyway, and I was unhappy with the way the picot hem wouldn't stay up on top. Plan to try them again, maybe with a corrugated rib hem, but later, when I'm less irritated at them.

Have started a pair of Miss Marple socks, by Star Athena, using charcoal grey and cream. The one thing I don't care for on this pattern is the transition from the intricate mosaic to the lace foot. I think I'm going to carry the simpler dotted pattern on the leg down onto the foot, that way the whole sock is warm and squishy.