What will tomorrow bring?

Hopefully tomorrow will bring a much awaited trip to the hospital for my daughter to have 2 teeth out! Not that she's that looking forward to it, but it's got to be done! She has been suffering for quite some time now, and had to have a few days off school to cope with the pain in her head and ear, and last week I was fed up with seeing her in pain so I rang the hospital, to see whether there was any chance of an appointment in the near future, she was told it would be 6-8 weeks, and 2 weeks had passed, with alot of pain, so imagine my surprise when the bookings lady said there was an appointment free Tuesday 3rd Feb, the only downside being we have to be there by 7.30am! Ugh, but worth it for my girl!
The next hurdle will be in the morning, before we go, the phone call to see if there's still a bed free, oh please let there be!!! Cant imagine how crushed she will be if theere isn't one, she wants an end to alot of months worth of discomfort, as do I!
Will update as necessary!!

Not much going on!

The title says it all, not much has been going on really, which is good in some ways, and not in others! On the knitting front, all the Christmas socks have been knitted, but have not necessarily got to the intended recipients! Went to Dunelm Mill at the weekend, really to get my daughter a DVD rack for all the Wii games she has amassed, but had to have a look at the wool, well there is a sale on! But nothing in the sale that I hadn't already got, so had a look at the pattern books, and found a nice pattern for a simple cardi, all stocking stitch apart from a bit of ribbing, just the sort of no-brainer project for me then! The yarn used is Patons Misty, which you use 2 strands of at a time, the pattern and yarn came to just under £35, so a lot more than I usually spend, but the yarn is lovely, and I have had the thought of when it is finished of embellishing with some beads, along the bottom and possibly on the cuffs, and maybe a matching flower, and some beads on the front somewhere, a work in progress, on the needles and in my head! I have got nearly to the armhole shaping on the back, so not bad for only starting Saturday night! I'm not a slow knitter, but not super fast either, the pattern seems easy to follow too, unlike others I have had a look at before! Here's hoping I don't come a cropper along the way!

Been a verry long time!!

And hasn't it just! A whole month and more has passed since my last blog, have been rather busy! Have been knitting, knitting, knitting things for Christmas, am still finishing some off truth to be told! Well, me and my hubby and daughter had a great Christmas, we went to my Mum and Dads Christmas and Boxing Day, was really lovely, and we all had a good time! Hubby didn't get me anything knitting related, as asked for, but I really knew he wouldn't, he wouldn't have known where to start! Had a good New Year too, my daughter and I went to our local Club, but hubby had to stay home, he was on call, never mind, he wasn't that bothered! I had more than my usual amount of alcohol, which is none! Had 3 quite big glasses of wine, and how I managed the short walk home is anybody's guess! Dont get hangovers, but had a rotten headache that night (morning!) but couldn't take anything as I had had a drink!! Forgot why I don't drink that often till my cold came out big time, when I drink my immunse system goes to pot, always has, and the cold took full effect all in one go, not the usual sore throat first, followed by a sniffle, oh no, not for me, full cold, cough and plenty sneezing from the word go! Saw myself in the mirror a while ago, its a wonder the poor thing is still in one piece!! Well, the only way is back up now, and I do so hope it will go as quickly as it came!!

Where did November go?

Oh dear, December already! Havent blogged much this last month, have I been that busy? I must have been, or incredibly lazy! A bit of both at times I think! What have I achieved in November though? Well, a lot of christmas presents have been knitted, and these past few weeks a lot of presents have been bought as well! I have had a hospital appointment where I was told the pain I had in October was most likely a very small kidney stone, I told the consultant it felt like a bloody breeze block! That gave him a laugh, so am now discharged from the hospital, but it could come back at any time, and without warning, just like the first time, ho hum, can't spend my life waiting and wondering when/if it will happen, if it does, well, it got better eventually so it will do again! And on the plus side if I have to go back in hospital, I will get waited on again, now that is a change! Even while in pain I still had to do most things!
Have been out with my friend to Stevenage last week, we went Christmas shopping on the train, I have a free pass so might as well use it! Used it today as well, went to Huntingdon, only one stop up the line from Peterborough, ran round like a loony getting stuff for lots of people, probably going to Peterborough with my friend tomorrow, and have planned to go to Stevenage again on Wednesday! Will be dead on my feet by Thursday, which is unfortunate, as I have to waltz around delivering Avon, roll on Friday when I shall sit on my bum all day and knit! Us on the Lets Knit forum have been Christmas Swap knitting, mine is just about ready, should have really been posted today, but I will send it First Class registered, if I can afford it, don't want it to get lost after all that work, the finishing off was the thing that took the most time, lots of fiddling about, but all done and ready to wrap now and be sent on it's merry way! Fell asleep at the laptop earlier, so I should really be thinking about going to bed, felt a bit flu like earlier, not so bad now, comes and goes, had all sorts these past few days, hopefully not to return at Christmas, shouldn't have said that!!!!!!!!

Busy Weekend!

It has been a busy week, followed by an extremely busy Saturday, at least! I have been moving lots of stuff from one place to another, in readiness for my daughter's 13th birthday on the 1st of November, we had a family party and there were 15 of us there! We had it at home, cheaper than hiring the local club or village hall, but more work for me, I don't mind for my girl! Spent all Saturday cooking, and at 6pm everyone arrived, from nearer and a bit further away! We were having fireworks, so of course it piddled it down the entire night, but we soldiered on and tried to have a go, in the end my hubby was out there, Tescos carrier bag on his head, trying to light the biggest firework with a blowtorch! Highly unrecommended, but the silly so and so had left it out the entire night, so it was (to say the least) a bit damp! Poor thing never did light, and it got so wet there are a few fireworks left over for Wednesday! We all went in and dried out a bit, and made one hell of a mess with my daughter's pinata! It was full of sweets and Halloween things, and TONS of little paper circles, which went over the entire room, and stuck to anything wet, i.e all of us, so they got walked round the house! Hoovered up before going to bed, but am still finding them today!
Sunday:- Mum and Dad invited us round for lunch and tea today, as my Dad's computer is playing up, and hubby is quite good with them, so I had a bit of a lie in for a change, and dug out some knitting to take with me, a good excuse to sit and knit for the afternoon, which I did, resulting in some of the Christmas Swap I am in on the Lets Knit forum, so won't be saying what I knitted, you never know who's watching!! Was a nice relaxful day, and not having to cook made it even better, what with spending most of the day yesterday with my head in the oven!! What made it all the more worthwhile was when my daughter said after the party "Thanks for a lovely day and a great party, you're the best Mum in the world!!" Made my day!!

Ribbit!!

Had to frog the scarf I had been making for my sister for Christmas, hadn't done any of it for a while, so picked it up yesterday, did a few rows, and noticed a dropped stitch which had run almost 3 quarters of the way to the bottom! Was very cross! So decided to rip it all back to the start, and find another pattern. I found a nice one on Knitting Pattern Central, its called Latte Scarf, and is coming along nicely, mainly because it is easier that the pattern I was doing before, and isn't so wide! Should get this one done in fairly good time, which is good as I have lots of other things planned for presents, whether I get them done is another thing! My scarf is being knitted in 4 ply, as my sister works in a warehouse office, so it gets a bit cold sometimes, but not cold enough for a really thick scarf like the aran ones I have been doing, so this will be lighter, but still warm! I got the wool on holiday for a bargain £1.99! Will knit up to quite a long scarf too.
Update: Scarf in a ball again, will this flaming yarn knit like it's supposed to??? Am going to make a quick neckwarmer instead, soooooooo fed up of this yarn I may let the cat have it! She will probably look at it and walk away!

Been A While!

It has been a while since I last posted, not alot has happened really, I had a hospital appointment for an ultrasound scan on my kidneys, the water bottle carrier came in handy then, as I had to drink a litre of water before I got there! That was bloomin hard, I usually drink that much in a day! And supposed to drink more too...........
The person who did the scan said she couldn't see any problems, which is good, so at the end of November I have to go see the consultant who will look at the scan and see how it all is, haven't had much pain since the last time, tempting fate, aren't I?!!
On the knitting front, I have 3 Christmas scarves finished, and another 3 on the needles, 1 and a half socks done and a long list of everything else I would like to do for family and friends, I have lots of wool so if I could get them all done, it would mean a lot less spending on other things! Not that I mind buying things, but with the economical climate as poor as it is, the less I spend the better!