Stitchy's 101 things challenge for DFWs

greenanne

thanks for that.

i have already started my list this morning and am really looking forward to adding more and to start doing some of them.
what a great idea,it makes you feel so positive about things.

Emzilla

Hi everyone

Welcome to Jenny and Green Anne :wave: - can't wait to see your lists .

Been really busy recently, so haven't had the time to get anything ticked off. I have worked out that I need to do 1 task every 9 days to get my list completed on time. Not so daunting when you think of it like that.

Therefore in September I need to complete at least 3 tasks. I am off on holiday on Monday for a week, so will take my list with me and see if there's anything I can cross off.

Well done to everyone who has crossed something off their lists recently :T

Emz xx

OrangeFairy

Morning all!!

As it is now September i will update my progress. I have been away for a few days.

I am sad to report i only completed 7 items from my list!!

I am a little annoyed especially as to complete selling my CD's it was just to list 7 cd singles on ebay a week ago and i didnt! I have done all the hard work of selling all our albums a couple months ago!

But lets focus on the two things i have done this week

21 Carve my name on a tree
61 Go camping for MORE than 2 nights

I am pleased with this week. We decided last week to take the kids camping to Dartmoor - OH said he had the camping itch! So i told him we had to book 3 nights so i could cross it off my list! So we went and while we were there we went for a walk around a reservoir that OH and i visited on our first day out together 9 and a half years ago. So i thought it was a perfect opportunity to carve it somewhere special. In fact rather than my name i decided i wanted to cheesily do MK 4 KK (i'm KK) So i ticked it off. Also while we were away we found another 5 geocaches so that adds to my total to get to 100. Nealry halfway there. Also everynight we sat out and stargazed together after the kids were alseep. blankets, a hot drink and then alcohol while watching the stars for an hour or two It was lovely. Plus i ticked star gazing off my list ages ago - but it was only 10 mins of looking through FIL's telescope - so now i feel i have rightly ticked it off.

So in August

18 Complete a colouring book
19 Send a message in a bottle
39 Read all of the Harry Potter books
80 Replace the kids under bed boxes with good quality ones
25 Buy sexy lingerie from La Senza or Ann Summers
21 Carve my name on a tree
61 Go camping for MORE than 2 nights


Now need a plan for sept!!

Pernicious

Welcome newbies!

OrangeFairy that's brilliant, 7 out of 8 is a massive achievement so don't you worry, you'll get that CD one crossed off this month Sounds like you had a fab time, so romantic

So what is everyone aiming for this month? I think I am going to aim for 3, unfortunately a lot of mine are works in progress so it's hard to do much more!

nat21luv

I was a lurker but now I've done one too!

http://dayzeroproject.com/user/nat21luv

stitching_witch

Hi nat. Thanks for de-lurking! I wonder how many others read our ramblings and don't comment....

Your list looks good; you've got a few *interesting* things on there

I'd love to include your #14 (make me happy) on my next list, but I'm not sure how I'd quantify that. Maybe I need to define what would make me happy first, then I'd know what I was heading for.

Could I just say that for #90 you've said "buy a chicken". Is that one for cooking or a live one for getting eggs? If it's the latter, then chickens are flock animals and you should really consider getting two. It's no more outlay really and you'll get twice as many eggs as well as having a happier bird (or two!) I've had four since last March and wish I'd done it years ago.

You were certainly up late last night writing your list. Any idea which ones you'll be starting with?

OrangeFairy

nat21luv - i love '101 Say YES to everything for a day'

Welcome to all the newbies - i love looking through new lists - gives me ideas for my next list.

Been looking through my list to see what i can do

Ones I am confident to get done

40 Finish my AAT course - have to do this in sept
46 Sell all of my CD's - free listing this weekend on ebay

47 Make 5 people birthday / occasion cakes - DD2's birthday in September
96 Make ourselves a nice garden at the new house :-)- fingers crossed for nice weather


Ones that i would like to do

5 Have my hair cut in a completely different style
6 No swearing for a week
68 Design and name a cocktail
71 Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
78 Finally visit both Emily and Becca's new houses


99 Don't log into facebook for a week

So my pledge is 6 for september. I think this is a reasonable goal.

nat21luv

Its not the most adventurous list but that because I've achieved so much already; I foster, own my own business, chopped my hair off, relocated, changed jobs ect..I got stuck thinking of more things! Yes, thee are a few um, er, interesting things but thats because I se them as a challenge and to be able to do that would represent freedom, I care for 4 children so all of my list is a challenge! I like the 'say yes for a day' too, Im always saying no to my oldest when he ask to do things so I'd love to surprise him and say yes to everything! Im sure he'd soon catch on and ask cheeky questions! 'Mummy can I have £100?!' Looking forward to getting started....

stitching_witch

nat21luv wrote: »

'Mummy can I have £100?!'

"Yes, when we win the triple roll-over on the Lottery" springs to mind :rotfl:

determined_new_ms

ok doing quite well with mine I think. Still have 6 days to finish off the things I said so what I've done/will do in the next week:

# recipe book - done
# loose a stone - almost done
# midnight picnic with oh - done
# watch 10 classic movies - almost done 8/10 Watched the Roman Holiday today 05.09.11 just watched The Red Shoes (06.09.11)- it was better than I thought it was going to be at the start! finshed! (07.09.11) just finished watching The National Velvet - it was really good! Old films are so strange tho
# make a pavalova (going to make this for my ds' birthday on Wednesday - he always loved pavalovas as a young child ) 07.09.11 done will post a pic later
# give blood - doing this on Monday 05.09.11 done!

not done:
# find out more about the world wars - don't think I'm going to be able to finish this by 09.09 , but I will start & then carry over to the next month
# say yes to every invitation for a month - well I have done this but didn't get that many! :rotfl:so not going to say its ticked off yet!
# go to the philosphy group - will go the Tuesday after we return from our jollies 20.09.11 done

I also am halfway through
# say something nice everyday for a month 21.09.11 done -

need to look through my list & see what I'll do for next month