'Check in' continued

So where was I?  Oh yeah, Nita had to work Thursday so she left me with instructions to make a chocolate ganache to put over the cheesecake that she whipped up Wednesday afternoon. Who do you know who has all the ingredients to make a cheesecake at the mere mention of it?

 Nita's cheesecakes are divine left as is, but I'm all about the chocolate.   







I spent most of Thursday there at her house knitting and making her a couple of water bottle koozies. 

Nita's surgery was scheduled for 10:30ish Friday morning and we had to be at the hospital by 8:45.   It was a really nice hospital with a huge coffee shop and waiting area, plus nice gardens outside. 

They called her back for surgery and we had time for a little fun and entertainment.  It's so fun to mess with people when their hands are hooked up to IV's and stuff. 

We've always had this thing for crazy hairstyles and headgear.  I couldn't resist...

 And this his how she wore it as they rolled her into surgery.  She said the Doctor and operating staff got a good laugh out of it. 

They didn't knock her out completely to remove the cyst from her foot, so she listened to music for the full 20 minutes she was in there.  I know that I didn't have time to go to the truck, and knit two full rows before they were paging me to return.   We were back at the house by 12:30. 

The rest of the weekend we just sat around with our feet up Doctor's orders, and recreated a few recipe ideas off Pinterest.   This was Garlic Monkey Bread to go with the Rolled Lasagna that Nita had made the week before and put in the freezer for this week. 

Saturday morning we tried the cinnamon rolls in the waffle iron trick.  Nita says her left hand will tell you how they turned out.... don't waste your cinnamon rolls.
And don't bother putting Apple Strudel bread in the waffle iron either.  

Nita's foot wasn't causing her any pain so she suggested that we drive over to Tomball to Arbor Gate and check out some things there.  I'd been looking for a glass ball to use in a water feature and hadn't been able to find one the right size.  Sure enough I found one there!!! 

I also found these awesome wind catchers.  Just take a wild guess at how much these babies run... it ends with a K, two Ks + to be exact.  I ordered two for our yard.  LOL!

Wouldn't you know it, Houston wasn't quiet finished with their home explosives.  As we sat out on the patio watching a movie later that night, the booming blasts started up from the next street over.   I tried to get pictures but the best I could do was a view of the patio from out in the yard. 

We like keeping it dark and mysterious back there.... makes the neighbors jealous that their yards are full of mud, dog poo and jungle gyms.