day zero
I found this great idea. Basically, you make a list of 101 things that you would like to achieve in 1001 days (about 2.75 years).
I like lists.
I love to do lists.
This is like heaven for me…
1. Go back to Dublin to catch up with old friends
2. Use our slow cooker at least once a month
3. Get better at doing the ironing on a regular basis
4. Keep on top of the laundry
5. Grow some of our own vegetables
7. Get Big M to eat any fruit for that matter
8. Complete a full sized knitted garment for me.
9. Wear the said full sized knitted garment
10. Buy a sewing machine
11. Teach myself to sew
12. Move Big M into a big girl’s bed
13. Do some form of exercise on a semi regular basis
14. Be better at phoning friends for a chat
15. Get a flat stomach
16. Get a cleaner
17. Keep the car clean inside and outside
18. Go on a family holiday
19. Go to the Olympics
20. Go to the Paralympics
21. Use a baby sitter regularly so me and my man can go out on our own
22. Put all the photos of the kids into photo albums
23. Go to London for a weekend
24. Have a kid free weekend
25. Decorate at least one room in the new house
26. Go on my photography course and learn how to take better photos
27. Take more photos
29. Get wormery up and running properly
30. Practise the piano and learn to play at least five songs properly
31. Get an iphone
32. See more of my niece
33. Create a piece of family art for the new house
34. Teach the kids to swim
35. Go to the beach
36. Join a book club
37. Use the library on a regular basis
38. Wean myself off the baby monitor, at least for Big M
39. Keep bedroom tidy
40. Plan family meals in advance rather that ten minutes before the Hungry Bad Man strikes
41. Use one diary consistently, rather than have a work one and a home one
42. Post birthday cards on time
43. Keep address book up to date
44. Water plants before they look half dead
45. Knit a winter hat/gloves/scarf for the kids before it gets so cold their hands turn blue
46. Sew gloves onto elastic so all that effort doesn’t go to waste
47. Stop biting nails
48. Have a pedicure at least once a month
49. Get my hair cut every eight weeks
50. Find a hair cut that I can actually be bothered to recreate and that doesn’t take half an hour
51. Dye my hair to disguise the grey 
52. Wear my contact lenses more
53. Get some nice underwear that isn’t maternity or for breastfeeding
54. Devise a career plan
55. Find fun, cheap days out within an hour’s drive from home
56. Win the lottery
57. Get a new mattress
58. Go to France on holiday
59. Switch to low energy light bulbs
60. Decide which school we want the kids to go to
61. Use my evenings more productively
62. Listen to more music
63. See my man playing in a gig whenever I can
64. Take my kids to a firework display
65. Take the kids to a zoo
66. Drink more water
68. Have a regular sort out and take things to charity shops/throw away/recycle as appropriate
69. Blog about how much or how little of this list I have completed once a month
70. Grow our own herbs and use them in our cooking
71. Remember to take my medication at the beginning of the day
72. Drink at least one of the bottles of bubbly we got when the Big M was born
73. Get a new laptop (preferably a mac…)
74. Learn to make a tasty dairy free cake
75. Go to Scotland
76. Get some wellies
77. Walk where possible rather than use the car
78. Have no plastic carrier bags whatsoever
79. Play my flute more than the current twice a year at school concerts
80. Learn to delegate more
81. Complete the baby books for both kids
82. Learn to pick up a dropped stitch
83. Have a barbecue in our own garden with friends
84. Reply to emails/texts immediately
85. Buy a proper dining table and chairs
86. Teach myself to crochet
87. Use up some of my stash before I buy any more
88. Have at least one family day per weekend
89. Get a good photo of the four of us
92. Weed the garden on a regular basis
93. Go to bed before I fall asleep on the sofa
94. Use my audible credits every month
95. Remember to use the coupons we get sent, rather than leave them stuck to the fridge door
96. Go to a Twenty20 cricket match
97. Do the Race for Life and run the whole way
98. Comment on blogs more
99. Be better at replying to people who comment on my blog
100. Find out more about our family history so I can tell the kids as they grow up
101. Tell my kids and my man I love them every single day.
So, I officially started this challenge on the 3rd April, 2010, which means I have until 29th December 2012 to complete it. Best get going then…
