blessed sundays
January 6th, 2008 — CynSunday’s one of those good news/bad news kind of days. It can be calm and relaxing, rejuventating and restful, or it can be hectic and meaningless — to say nothing of having to go back to work the day after. That last part, over the years, has made Sunday an especially blue day to me. Not so much now, thankfully.
Usually for me the day goes one of two ways: DH & I go somewhere for lunch, then come home and I either do school work, knit, watch TV, nap, or some combination thereof; or, we stay home and I either do school work, knit, watch TV, nap or some combination thereof. Once in a while we go off for the whole day, but not very often.
Today we decided quite late to go out to eat, and by the time we got away from the house and drove to the restaurant it was already closed for the afternoon. As we pulled out of the parking lot, I asked DH where would we go instead . . . an idea was in my head, but I didn’t voice it. It was sort of far away (although we were already half way there at this point), and gas is so high. I waited for DH to answer . . . “Semolina’s?” Yes! My thought exactly! South to Mandeville we headed.
We had a WONDERFUL meal, as usual, but it seemed even better than usual. I always have Chicken Parmesean. DH tried the Scampi Sicilia — I tell you no lie, folks, it was better than my favorite Olive Garden dish, Sicilian Scampi! Delicious, sweet, large shrimp and heavenly lemon garlic sauce over angel-hair pasta. The serving of Chicken Parmesean was so large, I brought home enough for probably three lunches this week. We also had the Spinach & Artichoke Quattro Formaggio — and got it free because it took so long for them to serve it.
It’s a good ways from Mandeville to our house. I managed a lot of knitting on the Peaks & Valley Scarf. So much so that I finished it before bedtime. Then I decided to bite the bullet and graft the two pieces of entrelac together. I want to wear it tomorrow — but, it took longer than I hoped. Am heading to bed and will work on it at lunch.
There are photos of Stich Niche’s great yarn selection on my phone (actually now on my laptop). With good luck I’ll get those posted Monday night before class.
