More fun and games.

I keep getting morphined up! The last few nights I've had a little bit of morphine to try and help me with the pain at night.  The only problem is, I can't wake up in the morning, I feel a bit like Michael Jackson!

We had the Yarn Gathering 1st year anniversary party last Thursday and it was really good.  The cakes were made by a very clever and lovely lady, you know who you are!

I was inspired after Thursdays knitting fun so I had a go at finishing my second mitten.  I managed to do loads of work on them over the weekend and I’m pleased to say that they are now finished.

They are in the same yarn as my crochet shawl experiment which is Regia sock yarn.  I have knitted a few pairs of socks in this yarn and I love it.  The colours are lovely and they are really warm so I am going to continue with the shawl.  Of course I’ve had to buy another couple of balls of wool to complete the project, but that's allowed because at least one of the balls has been used out of my stash!

Joint wise:  Well they are still sore.  I feel like I keep moaning about this shoulder thing but I think I’m getting on top of the pain now and even though I’m feeling sore, I am starting to feel better.  I had an ultra sound scan on my hands this morning and the lady who scanned me knew I was having one on the shoulder next week so she said if I didn't mind waiting then she would do the scan today.  So I went off, had a cuppa, came back and had the second scan done and it saves me going to Stafford Hospital on Monday.  This is when the NHS is amazing.  This afternoon I had a call asking me to go to the pre admission clinic on Tuesday morning about my hip replacement so it's all go today.

In other news, I can’t believe Henry from Neighbours was voted off Dancing on Ice, he is a legend!  I was glad to see Angela Rippon go out though.  Her comments about the over 60’s, rocking chairs and knitting was a bit silly.  While I was watching her dance on ice I was knitting!

Also, for those of you who are interested my big brother is in a Genesis tribute band called Carpet Crawlers and they have recently done a European tour.  Here is a review of one of the DVD’s they have, the guy sounds like a proper fan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVKkM8biEjE&feature=player_embedded