51. Read 6 books written by women

This is a book I stole from my mum, who stole it from my sister, who stole it from one of her friends. Notice this book was stolen from a number of people, none of which seemed to mind. It's an epic,-spanning-multiple-generations-and-continents wannabe book. But didn't quite make it.

If anybody wants to steal it, my back is turned.
I don't mind, honest....

51. Read 6 novels written by women

At the airport on the way to visit my family, I found myself with an extra few hours due to my flight being delayed. I ate a bit, I browsed the shops, I knit some, I browsed a bit more, ate a bit more, knit a bit more, and then I really got bored and went shopping! While browsing the book store, I found Margaret Atwood's latest - The Year of the Flood. No longer belonging to a library, I've not been able to find books I want on Amazon, then reserve them at my local library and devour them a month or so later from the library. I try not to buy "reading" books as I only read them once and so find them a waste of money. But hey, here I am, stuck in an airport, about to board a 7 hour flight, and here's the book I've been amazon-ing for ages, in my hands. What's a girl to do?

So yeah, I devoured it on my holiday, and then continued to devour it when I got home. It delivered. I loved it!

93.Go to a yarn show

TTC Knit-a-long 2010 - see HERE

61. Visit home

I cannot believe I was lucky enough to go home for a visit for the second time in a year!! The initial plan was for my family to come visit me here, but what with the whole "We're moving, we're not moving, we are moving, but not sure when, or where to...." thing, it was just easier, (and far cheaper!!), for me to go home and visit them. So yay, lucky me!
There was a house move and inevitable unpacking (I'm a pro by now!). There was a vacation within a vacation where me, mum, sis and nephews went to stay in a cottage in the country, by the seaside. There were two family BBQs for my two different families.
There was no death (except for a cat I never met, and a friend of a friend who I never knew) and no hospital visits, so I'm thinking the Going Home Curse has been lifted... Or at least getting more distant...
Anyway, some gratuitous UK shots:

78. Go to the movies once a month for a year, alone if I have to!

I really, really wanted to go see Inception as soon as it came out in the cinema at the beginning of the summer. Every time I saw a trailer for it, I closed my eyes in case it gave too much away. But time just didn't allow for us to get there and the movie came and went, I had to accept that I would have to settle for watching it on BluRay as soon as it came out.

But last night, we had "date night" courtesy of me not having to work at the last minute, and a "free visit to the cinema" voucher courtesy one of my students. Now what with it being Halloween weekend, I was expecting nothing but crappy horror flicks, but there it was, showing on screen 22 INCEPTION.

And it was so good, (despite the snores from the elderly gentleman sitting next to me,) and as soon as it was over, I thought "I can't wait to watch this again!" I LOVED it! Nothing like a bit of Leonardo DiCaprio and an exciting, twisting, futuristic plot to make my night!

78. Go to the movies once a month for a year, alone if I have to!

Sometime in May, me and D foolishly went to watch the terrible Robin Hood remake. I wouldn't recommend it. To anyone. Ever....