Not So Monday

Monday is a lot easier to take when you know you'll have Tuesday off -- and that you'll be knocking off from work a little early! Rosh Hashanah begins tonight, and we'll have 20 people (including four small children) and a dog in the house. This is technically Ruthie's last day of recovery, but I'm going to wait to give her the sedative until a couple of hours before everyone comes over in the hope that it will help her handle all those people in the house. She's been without her donut since Saturday, when she woke up with it deflated and I finally admitted defeat (I'd patched a hole in it once before). She seemed quite happy with the situation:

Today she'll finally get to be free of the onesie. I probably could have taken it off earlier, as the incision seems to be almost completely healed, but as she wasn't fighting it as much as she fought the donut, I figured I'd keep it on for the full two weeks. 

In between walks and naps, I managed to bake another pair of challahs, and these looked even better than the last batch, if I do say so myself:

I learned from last week and baked them on separate baking sheets so they didn't get stuck together. Tonight we'll get to dig into all of them, with plenty of honey drizzled on top for a sweet new year.

There was some knitting over the weekend as well, though perhaps not as much as I'd like, but that's okay. Here's where the two WIP stand:

I made a rather stupid mistake on my shawl on Friday night and knit a couple of rows I'd already knit (because I missed the arrow I'd written on the chart to indicate where to start when I picked it up again), so all my knitting time was spent knitting and then tinking four rows. But now I'm back on track, and fortunately the sock requires no chart or even remembering where I was because I can measure or compare it to the first sock. I'm very close to starting the heel on the second sock, so if I can get in a little time every day, I may well have a finished sock before the end of the week.

In addition to celebrating the holiday today, we're also going to be celebrating the Mister's birthday -- there will be birthday cake and apple cake for dessert! There will also be plenty of other delicious food, all cooked by my mother: matzoh ball soup, brisket, chicken, vegetables, etc. I'm sure she'll send food home with everyone and there will still be more than enough for another meal for several families, so we'll get to enjoy it more than once. I'd share some with all of you if I could!

I hope your Monday isn't too Monday-ish, and even if tomorrow is just a regular Tuesday for you, I hereby give you permission to eat something sweet, like homemade challah or a ripe apple dipped in honey. See you back here on Wednesday!