Weekend update

This weekend finally felt much more “normal” to me. We kicked off the weekend by playing golf on Friday…my first 18 since the surgery. Pain free, YAY me!!! :cheer::cheer::cheer: Saturday, another round of golf with our friends H & L (names have been changed to protect the innocent). It was probably a bit ambitious to play two days in a row (I could feel it the second day!) but the weather was way too beautiful to pass it up. I gave L her birthday wrap/scarf . It is made from OnLine Linie 42, Plush, color “Partie”. It is easy to work with and very soft and the pattern it made was a real suprise. It has diamond shapes throughout the piece. I think she really liked it…we have one of those relationships where she *probably* would have told me if she didn’t.

After making ourselves presentable, we met at H & L’s house for pre dinner cocktail. We toasted to L’s birthday with a bottle of 1998 Le R�ve Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine. This is a great special occasion wine, but pricey. We are generally more into the “great value” category but you gotta splurge for a birthday, right? The Domaine Carneros winery is one of our favorite places to go in the Napa Valley area…super view, great patio, awesome tasting room and very nice people.

To top off L’s birthday, we went to dinner at Prima Vista. The food there is fabulous and always reliable. However, I had my worst meal there ever. I’m not sure why, but everything tasted way too rich. Maybe I was too filled up on wine and bread to really enjoy it. Birthdays always bring that out in me We had David Bruce Petite Syrah wine which was extremely tasty.

Sunday was spent recovering and playing with Loki and Bodhi. I also knitted a little test for a felted project idea I had. It didn’t really turn out after washing, but the Patons Classic Wool Merino I used did felt well…good to know for future reference. I’m glad I didn’t just “go for it” with the larger version. That would’ve been a real bummer.