The updated list

In progress

Completed

Home life -
1. Leave the TV off for a whole 24 hours (0/10)
2. Get a portrait painted of Arthur (0/1)
3. Get a cleaner (0/1)
4. Ebay spare wedding bits and pieces (0/1)
5. Cook a 3 course candlelit meal for me and Nick (0/3)
6. Put a new hedge/fence in the front garden (1/1)
7. Fix the back fence and gate (0/1)
8. Get a new door for the small bedroom and hang it (0/1)
9. Get to know our neighbours (0/2)
10. Read the books that have been waiting, instead of buying more. Clear some space on my bedside bookcase (0/1)
11. Have a vase of fresh flowers (1/25)

Me, me, me, me, me -
12. Change my name on my passport and driving lisence (0/2)
13. Get my teeth whitened (0/1)
14. Get a new job (1/1)
15. Volunteer somewhere (0/1)
16. Get a very different haircut (1/1)
17. Write a lifetime list (0/1)
18. Forgive Mum and be nicer about her (not quite sure how to measure this, but it is important)
19. Overcome my phobias (0/2)
20. Get something waxed (0/1)

Health -
21. Loose 49lbs (0/49)
22. Go to the gym (0/30)
23. Be able to do 5k on the treadmill (0/1)
24. Have a chocolate free week (0/3)
25. Eat breakfast every day for a week (0/1)
26. Do a charity walk/run (0/1)
27. Grow my nails (0/1)
28. Do a 24 hour fast (0/1)
29. Be milk free for a fortnight (0/1)

Money -
30. Buy nothing for a whole day (1/30)
31. Put at least £20 a month into savings (0/12)
32. Put £5 into savings for each task I complete, and £10 for each incomplete task (0/101)
33. Use up all of my shampoo before buying more (0/1)
34. Overpay the mortgage by any amount for 6 months (0/6)

Learning -
35. Learn Spanish (0/1)
36. Read 10 non fiction books (3/10)
37. Learn how to eat with chopsticks (0/1)
38. Learn sign language (0/1)
39. Learn the location, capital city and flag of every country in Europe (0/58)
40. Study a map of the world to learn more about where all countries are (0/1)
41. Do another evening class (0/1)
42. Learn more about WW1 (0/1)
43. Learn more about WW2 (0/1)
44. Learn 3 new recipes (0/3)
45. Learn to play chess (0/1)

Travel -
46. Go to a spa (0/1)
47. Ride the London Eye (0/1)
48. Go to Rome (0/1)
49. Go to EuroDisney (0/1)
50. See the Northern Lights (0/1)
51. Go to Venice (0/1)
52. See The Phantom of the Opera, in London's West End (0/1)
53. Go back to Durham with Nick (0/1)
54. Go snorkelling (0/1)
55. Go away somewhere by myself (0/1)

Everything else (AKA "the fun stuff") -
56. Write the plot outline for my book (0/1)
57. Finish writing my book (0/1)
58. Enter 3 writing competitions (1/3)
59. Watch a foreign film (0/1)
60. Go to a wine tasting (0/1)
61. Send a message in a bottle (0/2)
62. Get something published, even if it is just a letter (0/1)
63. Read a book of poetry (0/1)
64. Go to the opera (0/1)
65. Go to the ballet (0/1)
66. Read all of the Patricia Cornwall Scarpetta books in order (0/16)
67. Skinny dip (0/1)
68. Go on a picnic (0/3)
69. Get an item of clothing custom made (0/1)
70. Say yes to 10 things I'd normally say no to (0/10)
71. Visit an art gallery (0/1)
72. Write and send a fan letter (0/2)
73. Send a postcard with postcrossing (3/3)
74. Go to a sporting event (0/1)
75. Have a pychic reading (0/1)
76. Go to a ball (0/1)
77. Go to a fireworks display (0/1)
78. Take a picture of me and Nick once a month (0/12)
79. Get better at scrabble (play 10 games) (0/10)
80. Listen to classical music by 10 compossers (0/10)
81. Pick a favourite piece of classical music (0/1)
82. Paint a picture (0/2)
83. Get abbcfn (I know what this means, but I have to keep it a secret) (0/1)
84. Try belly dancing/ another form of dancing (0/1)
85. Use my Davina workout DVD (0/9)
86. Sign up to be a bone marrow donor (0/1)
87. Get a corset (0/1)
88. Listen to an audio book (0/1)
89. Drive a convertable (0/1)
90. Go to the cinema by myself (0/1)
91. Get on TV (0/1)
92. Enter free competitions (2/20)
93. Make an item of clothing (0/1)
94. Go to book stores, find books I love, write notes to the person who will buy it, and stick them in the books (0/1)
95. Climb a tree (0/1)
96. Make a time capsule including a letter to myself and seal it for 10 years (0/1)
97. Buy an original piece of art from a gallery (0/1)
98. Go to a murder mystery (0/1)
99. Ride a horse (0/1)
100. Write everyones birthdays and addresses in one place (0/1)
101. Take a photo of each 101 achievement (0/50)

Okay.....

Okay so that's 5 completed and at least 2 in progress. I'm going to change some of the numbers on the list, as I think I may have been a bit unrealistic about how many times I'd be able to do things, and I think I'm more likely to be sucessful if I'm realistic.

Number 83 was to get a badger birthday cake custom made for Nick's birthday by the woman who did our wedding cake. Unfortunately she wanted far too much money. Maybe I could make one myself? (If I do I'll give lots of people a good laugh, I'm not a great baker).

Progress Report

Ok, so I haven't updated this for ages, but I have been working on items in the list. In the last three months I have achieved:

6. Put a new hedge/fence in the front garden (1/1) - In fact I have put a new fence along the side, a hedge at the front and sown a lawn! When the grass has grown properly I'll take a picture.

14. Get a new job (1/1) - In less than two weeks I start my new job as and Immigration Case Owner HEO. Getting into the civil service seems to involve jumping through a lot of hoops, but I'm looking forward to having a proper longterm career path now.

16. Get a very different haircut (1/1) - My long dark chesnut hair is now a short blonde bob. It's been two months and I still have days when I question the wisdom of it, but I have more day when I love it.
It's gone from (rather dodgy picture):




To this:



18. Forgive Mum and be nicer about her (not quite sure how to measure this, but it is important) - Well, my Mum has gotten engaged and I have been so nice, I'm being matron of honour and even travelled to stay with her for 5 days to go wedding dress shopping.

55. Go away somewhere by myself (0/1) - I'm not going to mark this one off as completed yet, but I have booked myself a place on a writers holiday in July. A trip away by myself for a whole week!

58. Enter 3 writing competitions (1/3) - I have entered a fish publishing competition, now I just have to do some more.

73. Send a postcard with postcrossing (3/3) - I've sent 3 postcards and had 2 in return.