Week 7 review
Yesterday was Karla's baby shower, so that can now be ticked off. I didn't do all the things I had hoped to do for it (for example, I planned on making 5 baby lamb soft toys for a centre piece - I ended up making one) but it went ok. My contributions were: to plan the activities (draw baby WilKar, write advice for the advice book, and estimate the circumference of Karla with string), buy flowers (roses from roadside seller), paint a wooden "Baby" sign, and make the lamb. Rosemary did the baking and Karla's friend brought along decorations.
I can also tick off "Make something for William and Karla's baby" with the aforementioned lamb.
Other than that, I've gone without fizzy drink for another week up to 42/101 days completed - nearly half way there!
An update:
Things to make (or finish making)
1. Make a wrap skirt
2. Finish my Pringles house
3. Make a Topsy-Turvey doll for Emillie
4. Finish Christmas cracker
5. Make something for my yet-to-be born niece
6. Finish Christmas box
7. Finish the 1:144 scale Christmas tree (one of them, anyway)
8. Finish constructing 1:24 scale villa
9. Press some flowers/leaves.
10. Make something with pressed flowers/leaves.
11. Upcycle something.
12. Make a belt out of ties
13. Make two soft toys as gifts.
14. Make Isaac a soft toy.
15. Finish making the advent calendar decorations
16. Make 6 scrapbook pages.
17. Make playdough.
18. Finish the 2014 convention project
19. Have another attempt at a mosaic.
20. Put something magical into the garden.
21. Make a photobook for Abigail.
22. Organise three of my craft containers
23. Try to grow marigolds from seeds
Places to go
24. Go away for a weekend with Bruce
25. Go to another Art Deco weekend in Napier
26. Go camping overnight as a family
27. Eat out somewhere fancy with Bruce
28. Explore three places in New Zealand where I have never been.
29. Take the kids back to kapahaka
30. Visit 3 new markets.
31. Take the kids to the Franklin road Christmas lights.
32. Take the kids to the lantern festival.
Events to organise
33. Have a baby shower for Karla
34. Plan Abigail's first birthday. (17/05/2015)
35. Plan a 40th birthday for Bruce (01/08/2015)
36. Plan Isaac's 6th Birthday. (24/09/2015)
37. Plan Isaac's 7th birthday. (24/09/2016)
38. Plan Abigail's 2nd birthday. (17/05/2016)
39. Plan Abigail's 3rd birthday. (17/05/2017)
40. Plan Isaac's 8th birthday. (24/09/2017)
41. Plan something to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of mum's death. (01/01/2018)
42. Have 12 "at home date nights" with Bruce.
43. Have 6 "going out date nights or lunches" with Bruce.
Things I just really need to do
44. Do our wills
45. Open a bank account for Abigail
46. Keep my desk free of clutter for a whole month.
47. Organise a composting system.
48. Fix five things that were broken.
49. Take photos of 10 cool letterboxes.
50. Try something different with my hair.
Fitness things
51. Swim 500 m
52. Swim 1 km
53. Swim 2 km
54. Run 1 km without stopping or walking
55. Run 5 km without stopping or walking
56. Walk the whole length of the road our house is on and back.
57. Do three walks or bushwalks that I have never done before.
Reading and Writing things
58. Win NaNoWriMo again
59. Finish revising/rewriting "A Teen's guide to Crime & Punishment"
60. Obtain and read the missing Rosa Guy books from the Friends trilogy
61. Finish revision writing course.
62. Finish the first draft of AA Book 1
63. Finish the first draft of AA Book 2
64. Read five books from the "not what I would normally read" category.
65. Write 5 Blog posts for Parents Centre.
66. Write 10 Blog posts for Parents Centre.
67. Read five classic books I have never read before
68. Read five books purely chosen by the cover
69. Write 5 short stories.
70. Read ALL the New Yorkers currently in the house.
Things to learn
71. Learn how to cook with five new ingredients
72. Learn about 3 historical events/people through books, podcasts, or documentaries.
73. Do another MOOC.
74. Learn 25 words of Brazilian Portuguese.
75. Learn how to spell Portuguese without the spellchecker.
76. Learn 50 words of Brazilian Portuguese.
77. Learn 100 words of Brazilian Portuguese.
78. Know at least 250 words in te reo Maori
79. Know at least 500 words in te reo Maori
80. Be able to "sing" three waiata (in that I know the words, not that I can actually sing, as we know that's not going to magically change in 1,001 days).
Foodie stuff
81. Eat something I have grown (not one of the children)
82. Be a vegetarian for a month
83. Go a 101 days without any soft drink (diet or regular) (does not have to be consecutive days).
84. Bake 3 different types of cake.
85. Try Baked Alaska.
86. Attempt to make Hollandaise.
87. Have coffee/chai latte/hot chocolate in 3 places I haven't been in before
88. Own one of those pretty cake stands.
89. Have a "high tea" using the pretty cake stand.
90. Try 5 new dishes at the food court
Games and other fun stuff
91. Play through 5 adventure games.
92. Draw a big chalk mural with Abigail and Isaac.
93. Learn how to play Minecraft.
94. Wear dresses for a whole week.
95. Do five "park clean ups" (picking up rubbish in parks or playground areas)
96. Do a Salvation Army family for Christmas (or with another similar charity)
97. Have a bath ALL BY MYSELF!!!
98. Get one of my zombies to level 50 in World Zombination.
99. Play through all the TellTale games I have bought.
100. Teach Abigail three new baby signs.
101. Have a dress up party with the kids.
I can also tick off "Make something for William and Karla's baby" with the aforementioned lamb.
Other than that, I've gone without fizzy drink for another week up to 42/101 days completed - nearly half way there!
An update:
Things to make (or finish making)
1. Make a wrap skirt
2. Finish my Pringles house
3. Make a Topsy-Turvey doll for Emillie
4. Finish Christmas cracker
5. Make something for my yet-to-be born niece
6. Finish Christmas box
7. Finish the 1:144 scale Christmas tree (one of them, anyway)
8. Finish constructing 1:24 scale villa
9. Press some flowers/leaves.
10. Make something with pressed flowers/leaves.
11. Upcycle something.
12. Make a belt out of ties
13. Make two soft toys as gifts.
14. Make Isaac a soft toy.
15. Finish making the advent calendar decorations
16. Make 6 scrapbook pages.
17. Make playdough.
18. Finish the 2014 convention project
19. Have another attempt at a mosaic.
20. Put something magical into the garden.
21. Make a photobook for Abigail.
22. Organise three of my craft containers
23. Try to grow marigolds from seeds
Places to go
24. Go away for a weekend with Bruce
25. Go to another Art Deco weekend in Napier
26. Go camping overnight as a family
27. Eat out somewhere fancy with Bruce
28. Explore three places in New Zealand where I have never been.
29. Take the kids back to kapahaka
30. Visit 3 new markets.
31. Take the kids to the Franklin road Christmas lights.
32. Take the kids to the lantern festival.
Events to organise
33. Have a baby shower for Karla
34. Plan Abigail's first birthday. (17/05/2015)
35. Plan a 40th birthday for Bruce (01/08/2015)
36. Plan Isaac's 6th Birthday. (24/09/2015)
37. Plan Isaac's 7th birthday. (24/09/2016)
38. Plan Abigail's 2nd birthday. (17/05/2016)
39. Plan Abigail's 3rd birthday. (17/05/2017)
40. Plan Isaac's 8th birthday. (24/09/2017)
41. Plan something to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of mum's death. (01/01/2018)
42. Have 12 "at home date nights" with Bruce.
43. Have 6 "going out date nights or lunches" with Bruce.
Things I just really need to do
44. Do our wills
45. Open a bank account for Abigail
46. Keep my desk free of clutter for a whole month.
47. Organise a composting system.
48. Fix five things that were broken.
49. Take photos of 10 cool letterboxes.
50. Try something different with my hair.
Fitness things
51. Swim 500 m
52. Swim 1 km
53. Swim 2 km
54. Run 1 km without stopping or walking
55. Run 5 km without stopping or walking
56. Walk the whole length of the road our house is on and back.
57. Do three walks or bushwalks that I have never done before.
Reading and Writing things
58. Win NaNoWriMo again
59. Finish revising/rewriting "A Teen's guide to Crime & Punishment"
60. Obtain and read the missing Rosa Guy books from the Friends trilogy
61. Finish revision writing course.
62. Finish the first draft of AA Book 1
63. Finish the first draft of AA Book 2
64. Read five books from the "not what I would normally read" category.
65. Write 5 Blog posts for Parents Centre.
66. Write 10 Blog posts for Parents Centre.
67. Read five classic books I have never read before
68. Read five books purely chosen by the cover
69. Write 5 short stories.
70. Read ALL the New Yorkers currently in the house.
Things to learn
71. Learn how to cook with five new ingredients
72. Learn about 3 historical events/people through books, podcasts, or documentaries.
73. Do another MOOC.
74. Learn 25 words of Brazilian Portuguese.
75. Learn how to spell Portuguese without the spellchecker.
76. Learn 50 words of Brazilian Portuguese.
77. Learn 100 words of Brazilian Portuguese.
78. Know at least 250 words in te reo Maori
79. Know at least 500 words in te reo Maori
80. Be able to "sing" three waiata (in that I know the words, not that I can actually sing, as we know that's not going to magically change in 1,001 days).
Foodie stuff
81. Eat something I have grown (not one of the children)
82. Be a vegetarian for a month
83. Go a 101 days without any soft drink (diet or regular) (does not have to be consecutive days).
84. Bake 3 different types of cake.
85. Try Baked Alaska.
86. Attempt to make Hollandaise.
87. Have coffee/chai latte/hot chocolate in 3 places I haven't been in before
88. Own one of those pretty cake stands.
89. Have a "high tea" using the pretty cake stand.
90. Try 5 new dishes at the food court
Games and other fun stuff
91. Play through 5 adventure games.
92. Draw a big chalk mural with Abigail and Isaac.
93. Learn how to play Minecraft.
94. Wear dresses for a whole week.
95. Do five "park clean ups" (picking up rubbish in parks or playground areas)
96. Do a Salvation Army family for Christmas (or with another similar charity)
97. Have a bath ALL BY MYSELF!!!
98. Get one of my zombies to level 50 in World Zombination.
99. Play through all the TellTale games I have bought.
100. Teach Abigail three new baby signs.
101. Have a dress up party with the kids.