just stuff

Gosh it's been ages, I really must get into the habit.

Well it's been a mad couple of weeks what with Yule and Xmas.  The knitting needles were smoking hot finishing hubby's mad Xmas jumper, a tank top in bright royal blue with a comedy santa head on the front and HO HO HO! in bright colours on the back.  He wore it to work on Xmas eve and Xmas day and everyone loved it.

Discovered that 2 parcels had been overlooked in the posting, will have to get them into the post in the next few days, or at least I would if money hadn't went out of the account that shouldn't have :(.

Xmas day was nice, too much food, too many presents but all nice, my hubby is excellent at choosing things for me.  The icing on the cake was the new camera.  I'm hoping it will get me out and about.  I want to try and learn to use it properly instead of on auto all the time.

Got some new yarn in the post today, got a couple of projects I want to work on, a Koala bear and a Panda bear hat.  I bought myself a book of Animal Hat patterns just before Xmas there are 15 different animal hats in it.  I already knitted a lion for me and love it.  Think I might be doing a lot of knitting this coming year.  One of my friends found out on Xmas eve that she is pregnant again and has asked if I will knit for her.  She has 2 boys already but all their clothes were bought as she didn't know I knitted and she loves hand knitted baby things.  Already done a pair of bootees and a pair of mittens with some wool I had in the house.

On that note I'm off to start on one of these hats.  Hopefully I'll be able to sell them on Ebay and get a bit of money.

My poor hubby

I knew I would forget I had this.

Today I am feeling mostly frustrated and mostly with my hubby. I hate seeing him in so much pain, he can't walk properly, he can hardly bend to get his clothing over his foot as he can't bend the knee yet he still perseveres with doing everything for himself and for me no matter how hard I try to stop him. He now has 20 mg morphine patches and still no relief for the pain. When he tries to weight bear on the knee you can hear the bone on bone crunch. He really desperately needs to go and have the knee replacement op and our doctor has told him that he only has to say the word and she will refer him. It has to be his decision and I know why he won't go, it's because he is terrified of dying under anaesthetic. He is worn out with the constant pain, the remedy is there but he is far to scared to get it sorted. I have researched and told him that he could ask for it to be done with a spinal block but he is just not having any of it. :( Please if you are reading this and have him on facebook or see him day to day, help me to persuade him. Apart from any other reason, with Katrina back in care the chance of kinship caring for her is back on the agenda but with him being so limited in movement with this knee it will affect our chances. x