2011, you see, has been a tricky year. I’m glad to see the back of it, to be honest. In fact, it’s been one of the most difficult years of my life.
However, there have been good bits.
We won the tribunal against the Local Education Authority. It cost us a fortune, we will be paying for the next few years, and was unbelievably stressful. It was also, imho, completely unnecessary and could have been avoided if the county were not so pigheaded. However, we won and our lovely boy now goes to Grateley House, a school that specialises in educating children on the autistic spectrum who are academically capable. And over the next 5 or so years, I’m pretty sure we will re-coup the cost of the case in Weetabix that we don’t have to buy while he’s at school!
We got a new bathroom. It did entail our first insurance claim in a dozen years, mindblowing communication incompetencies and 4 weeks out of our house, but we did loose the horrid 70’s ‘chick’ tiles, and (more importantly) the wet rot.
My knit group was featured in The Knitter magazine, and as a result my first pattern was published in The Knitter 37. My first pattern, in the most prestigious UK knitting magazine. The deputy editor, Rosee Woodland was so encouraging and helpful to a total novice, and is a total star.
I am now a self-employed designer. Only in a small way, but it’s exciting nevertheless.
My second pattern was published in Knit Now this year, in December. More are on the way…..
My twins, at 10yrs and 2 months, passed their 11+ exams. Little stars! They might have also been involved in some magazine work, due to hit the stands in about 6 weeks……watch this space!
My DH was not made redundant! This is a VERY good thing.
Our second insurance claim is now making progress, and we should be back home this month. We have spent more than a ¼ of this year out of our house …and I appreciate my small, scruffy home more than ever now.
So, 2011, despite your best efforts, we have come through in one piece. Slightly battered and bruised, but still smiling.
2012 – I’m optimistic. There’s lots of knitting and crochet action coming up. We will say farewell to primary school in the summer, as our twins head off to secondary school. A whole new era! We’ve got tickets to the Paralympics. And I have a birthday with a 0 at the end of it….
I’ve got a feeling this is going to be a great year. I wish you all a Happy New Year xxx
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