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How to sort out my spare room
It took me
1 day
It made me

How I did it: First, we tidied our bedroom. We moved everything from the spare room into the bedroom. This gave us both a sense of achievement at having made a tangible start, and motivation to get on with it, so that we could comfortably use the bedroom again.We sorted things into three piles: keeping, throwing-away, and Freecycling/taking to the charity shop. We put the throwing-away stuff straight into bin bags and took it all downstairs to where we… Read how I did it…

Apr 30, 06:30AM PDT | 0 comments


How to create a Family Recipe Book
It took me
5 days
It made me

How I did it: I took an A4 ring binder and put dividers and clear plastic sleeve pages into it. I wrote out the recipes I already knew we liked, printed them and put them in the sleeves. Whenever I try a new recipe, I print it out and put it in the folder. If we like it, it stays. :o)I also cut/tore out recipes from magazines, and found an excellent cups-lbs-grams conversion table in an issue of Waitrose Food Illustrated which I glued to the inside cov… Read how I did it…

Apr 30, 06:21AM PDT | 0 comments


How to find the world's best cupcake recipe.
It took me
1 day
It made me
happy

How I did it: Orion made these with his friend Nathan, supervised by me and Nathan's mummy Jenny (my best friend). We made them for Yule/Winter Solstice and they were yummy beyond scrummy. :DIngredientsCakes175g butter175g soft brown sugar175g golden syrup200ml milk2 eggs, whisked325g self-raising flour2 tsp ground ginger1½ tsp bicarbonate of sodaIcing2 cups icing sugar3 oz butter/margarine4 teaspoons lemon juiceInstructions1. Preheat the oven to 150°C… Read how I did it…

Jan 05, 2009, 08:58AM PST | 0 comments


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Start college in September 2010
Untitled 6 months ago

Orion starts school in September 2010 so as I’ve always wanted to go back to college, that seems like a good time to start. I’ll have to figure out about starting times though.

I’d like to study Physics, Biology, Maths and either Chemistry (to have all three sciences) or a fun subject like Art. :o)

May 12, 03:30AM PDT | 0 comments


Do another 101 things in 1001 days.
Untitled 6 months ago

My 101 in 1001 ended two days ago.

As per my 101st goal, I have created a new 101 in 1001.

I’ve included more than half of the unfinished goals from my first attempt, and the rest are new. Hopefully I’ll get a lot more of them done this time! :o)

May 09, 06:48AM PDT | 0 comments


accomplish 101 things in 1001 days (read all 2 entries…)
Finished! 6 months ago

My 101 in 1001 ended two days ago. I ended thus:

Completed: 47
In Progress: 12
Uncompleted: 42

As per my 101st goal, I have created a new 101 in 1001.I’ve included more than half of the unfinished goals from my first attempt, and the rest are new. Hopefully I’ll get a lot more of them done this time! :o)

May 09, 06:46AM PDT | 0 comments


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stop eating my fingers spend more time relaxing in my garden be charismatic Elise wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) go on a cruise learn to communicate better learn to do accents stop lying get out of debt learn to shoot a gun build my own website Graduate with my bachelor's learn python nothing tell him how I feel finish learning Japanese Douglas wants to Start my own Restaurant. graduate high school make more money have 9 kids recycle more become fluent in spanish Eat at a 5 star restaurant travel to Africa Find my written voice Zoe wants to learn to drive stop cursing so much make a corkboard out of wine corks
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