My brother came off his motorbike yesterday . He went into the back of a car on the M4 near Port Talbot. He is very, very lucky to be alive. In fact, he owes his life to the quality of his helmet. He has two broken wrists, one of which has been operated on today. We don't know for sure what happened but we are very concerned that his bike could have been tampered with. He has had his bike and van tampered with (including his brakes) on several occasions over the last year. He is in the middle of an acrimonious access battle with his ex (a vicious psycho who isn't fit to have children but had SEVEN and who is very manipulative and has twisted the social worker round her little finger). We think the two things may be related.
I have lots to blog about, including a new drum carder but don't feel in the mood. I do have a few targets to list for next year though:
- Maintain or increase weight loss (current weight 99.5 kilos, all time high was 110, recent high 105)
- find full time employment
- move out of Mum's house
- spin and knit a sweater
- knit a lace shawl
- finish current UFOs
- knit at least two sweaters for myself from commercial yarn
- knit a sweater for Rob
- knit a pair of socks for Mum
- knit a pair of Argyle socks
- do some more stranded knitting
- design a sweater from scratch for myself
- get an Etsy shop up and running
- sew some clothes for myself, particularly trousers
- sew some clothes for Rhianwen
- limit yarn stash enhancement to car boot/charity shops unless needed for a gift or special request
- blog more often, starting with once a week and hopefully improving
That's it for now, more later in the week.
