Category: 101 in 1001
Posts relating to my 101 things in 1001 days challenge
#91 Make a list of 25 things I like about myself
I was going to write this in my journal on the grounds that it might come across as bragging but then I thought sod it! We all deserve to love ourselves once in a while!Totally self-indulgent, but at ... Read More
Thing #27 Completed …make all my own Christmas cards
If you’re on my Christmas card list you’ll have received one of my wonderful (!) home-made cards this year. Last year I made half a dozen and this year I managed over thirty cards. I spent... Read More
Thing #47, part one: Lebanese Cuisine
We were in Oxford at the weekend and decided to go to Al Shami in Jericho for a late Sunday afternoon lunch – and our first experience of Lebanese cuisine. Having never eaten Lebanese before we ... Read More
Thing #68 completed: Get another tattoo!
So in May last year I got a tattoo, after many years of thinking about it. (You can read the story of why I wanted a tattoo here, and see the first one here.) It was a simple black outline of a phoeni... Read More
Great TED videos
I've been watching TED Videos to cross one of the things off my list. I particularly like this one from Amy Cuddy … I'll be doing Wonderwoman poses in the toilet from now on! Here... Read More
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Thing number 2 on my list is to visit five new (to me) seaside resorts. We've just come back from a week in Cromer (my most favouritest place on earth!) and while Cromer is most definitely not new... Read More
#89 Completed: Grow and eat some fruit
When I did my first 101 things in 1001 days list one of the things was to grow and eat five different vegetables or fruit and I managed that – growing tomatoes, beans, chilis, peppers, tomatoes ... Read More
Two more things crossed off the list
Yesterday evening my good friend Clare came round for a barbecue and we had a lovely time sitting out in the garden drinking and chatting. The conversation somehow turned to my list and some of the th... Read More
Thing #98 completed – take an online course
When I added this thing to the list I wasn't really sure what I was planning on doing – perhaps a creative writing course, or learning to play the guitar. But then I heard via a Facebook gro... Read More
Thing #70 completed: Get a Fish Pedicure
So I've been intrigued by the idea of a fish pedicure since I first heard about it a couple of years ago, hence why it was on the list. I came across an offer from All Your Life spa in Cheltenham ... Read More
#31 Visit Buscot House and photograph the gardens
I’ve been talking about going to Buscot House for a few years now but never actually managed it , despite it being only a few minutes’ drive away. I put it on the list to make sure it got ... Read More
Other things in progress
There are a few other things in progress on my list of 101 things in 1001 days: #70 Have a fish pedicure I’ve booked a pamper afternoon for Katie and me at All Your Life in Cheltenham, as a bir4... Read More
Thing #69 completed: Get my colours analysed / House of Colour review
Last week I went over to Cheltenham to spend the morning with Sian Davis of House of Colour Gloucestershire. My lovely family bought me a voucher for a colour analysis for my birthday and I was quite ... Read More