Wednesday 27 May 2009

I've been tagged

So I've been tagged by Jagienka. I'll post that in a mo.

I've finished the February Lady Sweater body, I'm on the first sleeve now. Loving it immensely. Can't wait till it's finished!

I'm looking forward to starting a sock from Cookie A's book, Sock Innovation. I'll have a browse on Ravelry to see what ones others have knit before I pick my fave.
I'm also itching to do another bit of sewing. I'd love to make my Mam a new apron.

Speaking of my Mam, things have deteriorated quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. My poor Dad got all upset last Saturday and told me he can't cope anymore. I felt so bad. I try my best to help, but I'm sure I could be doing more. Maybe if I work a 4 day week or something? I've rung the health board to see about getting a home help. The public health nurse is coming next Thursday to assess them, but she has already told me there's no money for one. Great. So I rang my "brother" to ask if he would be willing to help out with the cost and he flat out said no. The prick. I can't believe he refused. I was in floods of tears to be honest, he's never around, I do everything for them and he won't even give me a few quid to help. That's the end of our relationship to be honest. He was never that great before, but how can anyone refuse to help look after their parents? It's beyond me.

Anyway, onto the tag. here we go!

4 placed I lived in:
1. Blanchardstown, Dublin
2. Celbridge, Co Kildare.
There's no 3 and 4, I've never lived anywhere else.

4 places I like to come back to:
1. Florida
2. Connemara
3. Wexford
4. Waterford

4 favourite dishes:
1. Anything Indian. Anything, but especially Onion Bhajis.
2. Homemade Chicken Curry
3. My Dad's Irish stew.
4. Spaghetti Bolognese

4 dishes I can not stand:
1. Roast beef
2. Roast lamb
3. Goose or duck
4. Fresh tomatoes

4 hobbies:
1. Knitting
2. Blogging
3. Sewing
4. Reading

4 places I would go if I had a chance:
1. Florida
2. San Francisco
3. New York
4. Australia

4 TV series, programs I like:
1. The West Wing. Best tv series ever.
2. Bones
3. Holby City
4. Deadliest Catch

4 places of work:
1. Superquinn (Irish supermarket)
2. Pharmacy
3. Civil Service
4. There's no 4, that's all the jobs I've had!

4 things I'd like to do:
1. Lose weight
2. Stop smoking
3. Go on a cruise
4. Be locked in a room for 15 minutes with Rob Lowe!

4 favourite movies:
1. The Color Purple
2. Airplane
3. O Brother Where Art Thou
4. A Fish Called Wanda

4 favourite acts:
1. A-ha
2. Depeche Mode
3. Paul Simon
4. George Michael

4 things I do first when logging on online:
1. Check mail
2. Ravelry
3. Twitter
4. Bloglines

4 people I invite to play
1. Tara
2. Alrischa
3. Worsted Knitt
4. She Knit Up That Ball

5 comments:

Tara said...

Aaack! I've been tagged! Oh, alright, I'll do it for you :)

Alrischa said...

Sorry about the brother and the whole situation. Hope your parents chop him out of the will... then you'll get what he owes you one day...

Perhaps the nurse will have a brilliant idea. She must have seen this sort of thing before.

Now go get some pretty yarn and start a sock!

Alrischa said...

Since I haven't got anything to blog about, here are some a's...

4 placed I lived in:
1. Ballarat
2. Geelong.
There's no 3 and 4, I've never lived anywhere else.

4 favourite dishes:
1. Vege lasagna
2. Spaghetti
3. Mum's apricot chicken
4. Chop suey

4 foods I can not stand:
1. peas
2. peas
3. peas
4. broad beans

4 hobbies:
1. Knitting
2. Buying too much yarn
3. Listening to podcasts
4. Reading

4 places I would go if I had a chance:
1. Canada
2. Spain
3. India
4. Africa

4 TV series, programs I like:
1. NCIS
2. Heroes (though season 3 is draaaaagging)
3. BG (only seen first two seasons, though)
4. Australia's funniest home videos Ü

4 places of work:
1. Supermarket
2. Matilda's Cafe
3. Geelong Hospital
4. Ballarat Hospital

4 things I'd like to do:
1. Travel
2. Superfast knitting
3. Unage a bit
4. Live by myself occasionally

4 favourite movies:
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. All the "x-men"s
3. Matrix trilogy
4. Dirty Dancing Ü

4 things I do first when logging on online:
1. Ravelry
2. Other blogs
3. Twitter
4. Facebook scrabble

Lien said...

Have you had the onion bhajis from the lady that sells them at Blackrock market? Maybe she's no longer there, but we used to buy them from her whenever we stopped off in Blackrock. Instead of the anemic, sad-looking patties I'm used to, she had lovely, round, tennis ball-sized ones, with bits of onion all sticking out...gosh they were good.

Chase & Snow Oy said...

Haa! I've been tagged! Better do that right away :)