Don't laugh - it's not like I was having fun at the end of the year so not posting isn't a surprise.
But despite it being a new year and a new decade, many things are exactly the same.
I downsized my car. Two of the cats needed dental surgery and it wasn't covered by our insurance. And we had a nearly new car sat outside, barely being used. So I sold it back to the dealership, bought an older car and used some of the money to pay the £600 odd vet bills. We have a small amount left and I am trying to make sure it doesn't get frittered away but it's not easy.
I'm writing again. It only started about a week or so ago, but I've written just under 10,000 words of a fanfiction story which is pretty amazing since based on my various journals and archiveofourown blogs it's been nearly four years.
Stripes and I are starting a new project. It was initially brought up because I was attending a diabetes eye check appointment and Stripes let me try on the scarf I had knitted for her about five/six years ago. It's an infinity scarf in either double or chunky knit and that thing is toasty!! I didn't want to give it back as it felt gorgeous. I did make myself an infinity scarf but my Marmee saw it and liked it so I ended up giving it to her. The next one I made for myself in a lovely brown shade, the teenager fell in love with so I gave it to her. Which leaves me without one.
So I decided I was going to make myself one, in a BRIGHT colour and it was going to stay as mine regardless of what anyone said. That then led to the idea of making knitted squares and making a quilt. So, Stripes and I have committed to knitting a square a month and at the end of the year, we're going to sew it together.
I have ordered an obscene amount of wool from eBay : bundles, offcuts and a few big cones. And we found a ball of wool in my knitting bag and started knitting. And it looks really good. So I'm impatiently waiting for the wool to arrive by post.
Teenager has not improved. She failed all of her mock exams and did the usual: cried, said she was disappointed, that she was going to do something different, then went right back to what she normally does. We had a phone call from the school and apparently, she's back to falling asleep in class, is regularly late, and has not been handing in assignments. She isn't going any of her chores at home and it's all incredibly frustrating and upsetting.
So yeah - new year, same old same old.
I will try to update this a bit more regularly though. I'll try!
