This weekend was fairly relaxed- I had intended on going to a volunteer training for Shoreline Education Awareness, but it was at 8:30 in Charleston and I had a headache, so I slept in. Until my friend (the woman I used to nanny for) called at 9 to invite us to come visit them sometime that day, which never happened because we lost track of time.

For dinner on Saturday we went hoity-toid, making duck sauce to go atop fresh (homemade) pasta and homemade bread (from the Artisan Bread in 5 min a Day recipe). It was good, but not outstanding, considering the effort that went into making it all. Sunday we made spaghetti squash with jalapeno cream, a recipe from October's Sunset Magazine, which was really tasty. I knitted, R brewed, we took down the Christmas decorations, etc.

I finished my cardigan (got some good knitting in while subbing- video days are great) except for the button plackets, which I will have to do later; I really need to concentrate on the shawl- my Aunt starts Chemo in less than a week. It won't get to her on time, but the sooner the better. It's an easier pattern to remember than the blanket for my Mom, but it will still take a while, and is another project that requires my full attention- not something I could do during a movie.

I think I'm hosting book club this week- I'm going to make Brie en croute and a salted chocolate tart. In other food news, we're going to make Chinese duck soup (using up the other half of the duck from the pasta) at some point, I'm excited!
I'm working a few days next week, and then I have another training (Whale Watching Week volunteers) on the weekend. Other than that, I'm trying to knit, read the book for cook club, and research Kauai, which we may visit with my Mom in April. Yay!