I recently heard about a great idea over on Lori's blog. It's called Day Zero and you have to make a list of 101 things that you can realistically pull off in 1001 days.
I love it! Finally a challenge to make me get off my ass and actually do all the things that I've been meaning to for absolutely YONKS!!! It's like if someone says "I dare you to" - I've just got to do it! I can never resist a challenge or a dare and this is one hell of a challenge (and I'm starting to think that some of the items on my list may be a wee bit ambitious but I think that's the whole point!)!
Instead of posting updates, I'm going to give this challenge a whole page (look up there!) . All by itself. Where I will update it as I knock things off the list. If I do something really clever then I may well blog about it but I'm pretty sure you all don't want to hear about me washing the windows or glossing the kitchen worktops! So the boring things I will keep quiet about (and certainly won't show you any pictures of!) but the more exciting things like making a fairy garden out of my old toilet (it will be properly scrubbed first, don't worry!) and travelling to Galapagos, I will most definitely share and can guarantee that there will be photos.
My 1001 day deadline is 15th January 2013. That's like space age or something! I've got ages.
This is my list.
1. Do at least one sketch book painting per week |
2. Sew at least once a month |
3. Try one new recipe a month |
4. De-clutter the house – tidy home, tidy mind! |
5. Clean up the front garden |
6. Wash the windows!!!!! |
7. Make a blind for the kitchen window |
8. Make a blind for the bedroom window |
9. Hang the blind that I made 6 months ago in my studio window! |
10. Try my hand at making a fairy garden |
11. See the world – ok so I can’t do that in 1001 days but I can make a good start! |
12. Do yoga at least twice a week |
13. Clean the muddy dog splashes off the kitchen wall! |
14. Start learning/practicing my French again |
15. Read at least one book a month |
16. Put the washing away – as soon as it’s dry – EVERY TIME!!! |
17. Tidy up after myself (yeah right!) |
18. Make some new friends - cyber/real world |
19. Join some kind of crafty club |
20. Use foot lotion every day |
21. Be more assertive at work |
22. Stop being so shy in the real world |
23. Make new cushion covers for the living room |
24. Get a brickie in to fix that wall out back |
25. Murder the ivy that’s eating into the roof |
26. Turn my back garden into a beautiful place anyone would like to rest a while |
27. Decide once and for all what to do with the cellar. And actually do it. |
28. Paint that old book case my mum gave me |
29. Touch up all the paint work inside |
30. Re-paint the window sills outside |
31. Do my window boxes and hanging baskets – and don’t kill them this time |
32. Get new gates for front and back gardens |
33. Do some new paintings for around the house |
34. Make an album for the Japan photos and print up last years trio |
35. Remember to have date night |
36. Do a photography course |
37. Tidy the little bedroom and redecorate it once I can see the floor again! |
38. Replace the banister |
39. Tidy my studio |
40. Finish my colour wheel quilt |
41. Make the dress I meant to make last year with the fabric I bought in the summer! |
42. Get rid of some clothes |
43. Sort through my shoes and find out exactly how many I actually own! |
44. Re-varnish the kitchen worktop |
45. Make the wall hanging I’ve been planning in my head since last year |
46. Start making the most of weekends and bank holidays |
47. Start writing that book I keep harping on about |
48. Find a space in the garden to grow my own food… or get an allotment if my name comes up on the waiting list in the next 1001 days! |
49. Volunteer for something worth while |
50. Learn to crochet |
51. Start thinking about what country we want to live in |
52. Start doing something to make my dreams happen |
53. Do something nice for somebody once a week |
54. Pay someone a compliment once a week |
55. Replace the front door |
56. Gloss the window sill in the living room |
57. Make a window seat for Maddie |
58. Go to Scotland |
59. Go to Ireland |
60. Have a spa day |
61. Try a new look |
62. Pamper myself at least once a month |
63. Walk more |
64. Get out of the office at lunch time at least once a week |
65. Get my Thailand photos put on a CD |
66. Do 50 sit-ups a day |
67. Finish reading my Lonely Planet magazine before the next one comes out! |
68. Finish the edging round the kitchen floor. Or make Paul do it. |
69. Decorate the pool room |
70. Buy garden furniture |
71. Have an early night once a week with a good book and a G&T |
72. Do a blog post about the art in my house |
73. Do a blog post about my shoe habit with photos! |
74. Buy a new wardrobe for the little bedroom |
75. Re-hang the curtains in the little bedroom (they fell on the dog about a year ago!) |
76. Make a quilt for little bro from recycled fabrics |
77. Spend more time outside |
78. Get my favourite shoes re-heeled |
79. Have a bath once a week (instead of a shower I mean!) preferably on early night / pampering night |
80. Do more with my Mum |
81. Update the photos around the house |
82. Hang my travel map in the kitchen |
83. Buy new bedding |
84. Buy new towels |
85. Paint the bathroom |
86. Re-grout the bathroom |
87. Re-seal the kitchen worktop |
88. Be more confident at work |
89. Be more confident in my art/craft work |
90. Get rid of all the junk out of my drawers |
91. Give Etsy one last chance |
92. Get an article printed in Lonely Planet magazine |
93. Write some short stories – just for fun |
94. Do proper research into the history and culture of places I visit |
95. Go to Galapagos |
96. Go to Arctic/Antarctic |
97. Have friends round for dinner more often |
98. Go to Morocco |
99. Really submerge myself when I go abroad and get to know the locals |
100. Talk P into letting me have a rabbit |
101. Leave P love notes in his lunch box like I used to |
First off, thanks for comment and web address for my Mr. B. I tried it several different ways but it didn't work?? I'll try something else.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea about your list. I have some comments on a few.
# 20 - be careful of scents and chemicals as the feet absorb stuff into your system.
#25 - you can kill anything totally with vinegar full strength just act like you are watering it. BE CAREFUL of other plants around it. #72 love it. #73 love it.
I think I will take some things from the list and add to it for myself. Thanks for sharing.
I didn't know that about your feet! Thanks for letting me know! the only thing I use on them is BodyShop hemp cream - it's the only thing that works!
ReplyDeleteI'll crack open a bottle of vinegar this weekend, if it kills a few other things as well it won't matter as it's all getting dug out (as per number 26!)
Thanks for the tips!
x
so excited that you got your list up! and what a great idea to make it a page! i may have to steal that idea from you! (hope you don't mind!)
ReplyDeletealso got your tag! will work on that soon!
congrats on compiling your list!
-lori
Hi - what a great idea! - I've got a list on the go at the moment, but how much better to have it here! I would love to see some of your art.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you saw the heart in the clouds - I decided not to mention it after Mr O assured me I was seeing things - I must be more confident!
Hope you're having a good week - xxx