50 things about me...

Some truths about me!

1. I love my husband
2. I love my children
3. I love my silly cat Gambit
4. I knit left-handed but I'm right-handed and can't knit right-handed
5. I crochet right-handed and can't left-handed
6. I learned knitting from my grandmother
7. I am self taught for crochet, I am not very fond of crochet but that may change over time
8. I love knitting
9. I love thinking of new patterns
10. I collect patterns
11. Lately I noticed that I follow a pattern like I follow a recipe. The basics are there, but I throw in my own updates and adaptations when I see that it will look better.
12. I love to knit for babies but have none of my own to knit for.
13. I love to knit for children, but have no money to ship the finished items to my nieces and nephews.
14. I used to sew up a storm when my kids were little
    
15. I used to do traditional native beadwork
16. I used to draw and paint
17. I miss my grandmother
18. I used to do embroidery
19. I wish there was more equality in the world
20. I miss horseback riding
21. I am metis
    
22. I have diabetes
23. I have neuropathy
24. I have COPD
25. I miss my health
26. I miss my children
27. I miss gardening
28. I miss goats
29. Everything I knit, a little piece of me goes into it to give the recipient strength and purpose
30. I wish for my health to improve
31. I wish for my husband to be pain free
    
32. I wish for my children to be happy and healthy
33. I wish my friends lived nearby
34. I wish my family lived nearby
35. I hate housework, it's pointless and thankless
36. I love neo-classical, celtic, rock, industrial, rave, house, new age, rap/hiphop, native, film soundtracks and heavy metal music
37. I love historical, knitting, sci-fantasy, adventure and horror books
38. I wish for a full time permanent job with health benefits
39. I'm thankful for the temp work I do get
40. I'm thankful for my wonderful husband
41. I wish we didn't live in a basement apartment
42. I wish my eyesight was better. I wear glasses
43. I wear magnifying glasses over my regular glasses when I knit or read. I don't care if people see me wearing 2 pairs of glasses
44. I don't care if people think I'm fat, my husband loves me just like I am
45. I wish I could afford a car. I miss having a car
46. I'm a decent cook
47. I'm good at a lot of things, but don't excel at any one thing in particular
48. I'm ambidextrous
49. I can roll up my tongue sideways
50. I can pick up things with my toes
    

These are just a few things about me. Maybe I'll add to the list in time, but for the moment, this is all I'm saying.