renewalsh

A Burchell's Coucal, like the one in my garden



I'm doing 37 things
 

renewalsh's Life List

  1. 1. cultivate the artistic side of me
    35 entries . 664 cheers
    10 people
  2. 2. complete my petit point angel tapestry in teeny stitches that I began stitching in 1991!
    2 entries . 275 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. have my mitochondrial DNA checked to discover my 'Eve' mother
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    6 people
  4. 4. Re-decorate the two bedrooms
    10 entries . 191 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. Make a 43things Cookbook
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    3 people
  6. 6. Write about strange, funny, sad encounters
    76 entries . 180 cheers
    5 people
  7. 7. Reflect on what it measn to be an English South African
    17 entries . 9 cheers
    1 person
  8. 8. Stretch the Tsonga ballet slippers
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    1 person
  9. 9. identify and photograph 43 birds
    18 entries . 21 cheers
    3 people
  10. 10. Record tasty meals
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    1 person
  11. 11. Note what is going on in the world
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    1 person
  12. 12. set monthly goals
    4 entries . 32 cheers
    4 people
  13. 13. win work worth half a million
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  14. 14. April's Poetry Month Scavenger Hunt
    25 entries . 5 cheers
    0 people
  15. 15. go to Berlin
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    87 people
  16. 16. Visit the Chelsea Flower Show this year
    8 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  17. 17. Plan first things first every morning in May 2013
    23 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  18. 18. tidy what needs to be tidy
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    1 person
  19. 19. Get a quote for recovering the seats of the Edwardian dining room chairs
    1 entry
    1 person
  20. 20. Finish the curriculum document
    1 entry
    1 person
  21. 21. Do some spitting (metaphorical, of course)
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    1 person
  22. 22. Spread PEACE, LOVE and CHEER to my 43Things friends around the world with the 2012 Holiday Card Exchange
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    0 people
  23. 23. List what matters in life
    4 entries . 121 cheers
    3 people
  24. 24. Record strange instances, odd happenings and calamities
    54 entries . 44 cheers
    2 people
  25. 25. Share my views on what is beautiful/ aesthetically pleasing/ challenging
    7 entries . 31 cheers
    1 person
  26. 26. Get a beehive before the hive in the owlhouse swarms
    2 entries . 47 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind".
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    0 people
  28. 28. Come up with really creative ideas fro the business
    3 entries . 36 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. be an unapologetic fusspot about basic grammatical niceties - is bothering to know the difference between there, their and they're truly unimportant and/or impossible?
    19 entries . 41 cheers
    2 people
  30. 30. Buy a Sharon van Etten cd
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    1 person
  31. 31. Track the bathroom renovation
    21 entries . 13 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. Butt kick the world into taking notice
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    1 person
  33. 33. Have a good day today!
    51 entries . 58 cheers
    2 people
  34. 34. Spend some time every day playing the piano
    1 entry . 61 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. do some art
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    9 people
  36. 36. Post jokes to keep myself amused
    59 entries . 16 cheers
    2 people
  37. 37. Get this document to 25 pages
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    1 person

How I did it
How to set out the clothes for my trip
It took me
3 days
It made me
pleased


How to watch the tide come in at Greenwich
It took me
1 day
It made me
pleased


How to finish the overview document
It took me
3 days
It made me
pleased


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Recent entries
Visit the Chelsea Flower Show this year (read all 8 entries…)
Off to the Chelsea Flower Show

which is a lifelong dream!

Even though it is raining and I have a sprained ankle!



Plan first things first every morning in May 2013 (read all 23 entries…)
Thursday in London

Back in London to the shocking news of a terrorist attack a couple of blocks from my daughter’s home, which is near the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich.

Plans: work then the Chelsea Flower show.



Plan first things first every morning in May 2013 (read all 23 entries…)
Wednesday in Berlin

and today we are walking about the neighbourhood, and doing some more shopping. May go to the Pergamon museum if the queues are not too long.o



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