Quiet Days and more vet bills

It has been quiet and yet very full days here at our house. The three younger children have been ever so interested in Shadow (my 15 year old cat) as he had surgery for an abscessed bite wound Thursday before last. This last Thursday, he managed to pop about half of his sutures and so back to the vet he went for a whole new set of sutures, more antibiotics and a longer period where he is quarantined in the house and in a separate room when S and I can't be awake or at home to watch him. Needless to say he is not altogether pleased with the situation but we are all managing.

Also my maternal grandmother has been very ill and on hospice care at her nursing home. We knew there wasn't much time left so we have all been mentally and physically preparing for news of her death and travelling to the funeral. Since I thought my mother could use a pick-me-up, I took her yarn shopping and out to lunch on Saturday with S. When she met us at the coffee shop she told me the bad news of grandma's passing and the even worse news that Aunt E has scheduled the funeral to be on Wednesday when not one of the her sisters or her brother can realistically attend. Needless to say my mother and I deeply hurt by this and wish there is some success in changing her mind about this. Although I am not holding my breath I am praying for a miracle.

The cat situation being what it is, I haven't been able to get outside and soak up some of that sun. Instead I have been in the house busily knitting away on outstanding socks. Here are some pics of what I finished and what I am working on.

These are the Absinthe socks I am first testing on myself so that I can figure out the alterations I will need to make so they fit S's feet.

Here is the first completed sock for Dad. The pattern is called Masonic Lodge and I thought they were just too appropriate. He wanted the yarn to be all one color so granite it was...

There is one other sock but I don't have current photos yet for it. Since I plan to finish the pair this week, you will get photos when they are done.

Hope your week is better than mine!