Biographies Abound

20.Read & list 50 books..28/50

I received an incredible 14 biographies for Christmas.

These are the first 3 I have read and were all very entertaining.

Stand up comedian/TV presenter Alan Carr is one of my current favourite TV personalities with his very camp humour. His book tells in part about childhood and how being the son of a football manager wasn't easy as an effeminate youngster. It's all very lighthearted..no tragic tales here.

Bafta-winning Actress Brenda Blethyn is from a different generation and her story takes the reader back to a post war era when times were tough and the people were even tougher. Again it's funny but often bittersweet. It also charts her acting career and rise to fame which came later in life than some.

'Dear Fatty' by Dawn French is written in a slightly different style. It takes the format of a series of letters written by Dawn to signifigant people in her life. The letters are addressed to amongst others..her late father who committed suicide when she was 16, her adopted teenage daughters biological mother and her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders.

..What Y'Got Cooking?

66. Buy a new cooker...COMPLETED

Isn't it lush? All new and shiney!Now it's just a case of getting used to the new oven before cooking Christmas dinner! Thank goodness it's Gavin that does the honours or we'ed all starve.

Rebus Quartet

20.Read & list 50 books..25/50

I have recently read 4 'Inspector Rebus' books by Fife born crime writer Ian Rankin. I enjoyed them immensly and will most definately buy some more of this series. These books are set in Edinburgh, a city in which I lived for almost 5 years. They tell of the city's gritty underbelly much of which I witnessed myself in part...Edinburgh's not all castles and bagpipes!!

NaBloPoMo? Yo!

7.Take part in NaBloPoMo...COMPLETED

My blog posting had taken a back seat so I saw NaBloPoMo as an exercise in blogging. NaBolPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month and asks that you post every day throughout November. Half way through I struggled but fuelled by kind comments I kept on going and completed the task.

Hopefully now I will keep blogging on a regular basis and I will certainly do NaBloPoMo next year..anyone else willing?

Change Is As Good As A Rest

I'm making an amendment to my list..

7.Apply for TV quiz show Eggheads..because as much as I love this TV show I don't think I will ever get a team together (I don't know enough people with brains as huge as mine, haha)

So I am replacing it with this:

Take part in NaBloPoMo.. (National Blog Posting Month) and post every day in November.

Works In Progress..Honest!

13.Learn Signalong, sign language...I've got the stuff I need but have failed to put in the time as yet to memorise the signs.

34.Clean & catalogue my Russian dolls..I cleaned them (needs done again), took photos so almost done

37.Knit wearable jumper for me..that particular knit is in hibernation for the moment!

66. Buy a new cooker..hopefully here in time for Christmas!

73.Research family tree..this is very time consuming but made a start..fascinating.

76. Knit 20 pairs of socks..11/20..bought some Opal Harry Potter wool to knit myself more socks

Put A Sock In It!

76. Knit 20 pairs of socks..11/20

I knitted a further 3 pairs of socks bringing my total since beginning this 101 list, to 11 pairs.
Two of the pairs recently knitted were childrens socks for my charity knit group Loving Hands. They were a very quick knit in chunky wool and didn't take too long. They will be sent along with many other knitted garments to the Linda MacDonald Foundation who then in turn takes them over to orphanages in Bulgaria.
The third pair took a bit longer and are a gift so I wont say too much about them here.