I'm doing 43 things
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cleanskies's Life List
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1. Look down on bonfire night from a plane
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2. Learn to take pleasure in success
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3. Print up my wedding photos into a book
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4. Strip the wallpaper in the stairs
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5. Own a chaise longue.
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6. Complete The Secret Gardener
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7. Take Tim to [secrit location 2]
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8. Concept Sketches for Greta Keynes
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9. Plan up Lulcatz and Quantum Bobbins
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10. Make my own cocktail book
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11. Have a solo exhibition
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12. Stop pulling my hair
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13. go to the beach
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14. Fill in all the gaps in the weekly strip
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15. Write my business plan
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16. see the grand canyon
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17. Grow clematis from seed
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18. graft an apple tree
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19. Draw up my dream diary.
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20. Start an Oxford comics compilation up again!
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21. Script up Archie Prufrock
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22. Eat at the Fat Duck
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23. Sell an item on ebay
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24. print up the weekly strip as a book
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25. draw up "summer in space"
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26. Replace the sink unit in the kitchen
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27. Draw up her 52 statements.
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28. Create a "mobile studio" that I can take from place to place
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29. Move my crap out of 153
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30. Complete my web professional qualification
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31. Do my RHS level 2
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32. Disentangle my comics collection from Damian's
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33. Go cross-country skiing
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34. Book a city break and go!
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35. Draw + publish minicomic owl is hungry
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36. Complete my ILM3 qualification
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37. Cut back the trees out back
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38. start an etsy shop
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39. Learn how to set things in resin
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40. take a balloon flight
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41. Sort out the damp in the front corner
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42. Create a successful exit strategy and follow it through.
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43. Script up a 3-part SF Comic
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How I did it
It made me
satisfied 
How I did it: I wanted to get my sister a month-divided seed box for her wedding, however, all designs I could find were too mumsy, twee or practical. She's a high glamour gardener and needs something pretty.So, I bought a largish gift box from Paperchase, and put a card divider into it so I could put seeds on one side and bits and bobs in the other. I made month dividers from card index dividers and letraset (!) and obtained seeds that could be … Read how I did it…
It made me
relaxed
How I did it: We went on an inclusive Bath Spa package which included lunch at the Pump Room and a tour of the Roman Baths; these are widely available on the internet and offer excellent value for money. You can also just book a session at the baths and sort out your own meals and entertainment. Read how I did it…
It made me
tasty!
How I did it: My back garden was (until recently) entirely concreted, the soil is heavy clay, and both water and light are starved by my neighbour's bolted Douglasii. I also WANT FLOWERS, to me they are a heart of the garden. Add to this a full time job and a busy life, and oh dear. However. However, even in the dim, on mean soil, it can be done, just by following some basic principles. Use containers, use compost, use fertiliser Plant when y… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
December is a month so dense with social obligation it can be hard to take time out for yourself, but this month was good; a party, friends round for fondue on Christmas eve, and a day out traipsing around London looking at art. Fun.
Actually, this got pretty exciting. Thought Bubble was probably the acme of the month—very thrilling to be published. It was work, but good work.
