I'm doing 35 things
le sigh :(
shauny's Life List
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1. go to Edinburgh, buy a one-day ticket and ride round town all day
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2. refresh my Japanese
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3. become self-employed
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4. write a novel
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5. host an afternoon tea party
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6. read Anna Karenina
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7. learn how to use my camera on manual
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8. Visit Japan
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9. buy a painting
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10. make macarons
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11. Make a scrapbook of all my travels
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12. see the northern lights
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13. Go on a road trip across America
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14. read more poetry
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15. learn more about art history
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16. Make a tarte tatin
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17. make icecream
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18. make homemade stock
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19. Visit Seattle & get a stylist session with Angie from YouLookFab.com
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20. do a cycle tour of Cuba
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21. take salsa lessons
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22. learn to sew
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23. Learn to knit
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24. make pumpkin scones
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25. visit argentina
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26. learn to play cards
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27. exercise in the morning
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28. master the curling irons
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29. learn how to apply eyeliner
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30. visit the Prado in Madrid and see Guernica
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31. make gnocchi
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32. make mochi ice cream
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33. Attend a Cathe road trip
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34. start a cookbook club
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35. Make marscapone
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How I did it
It made me
unbearably happy 
How I did it: How did I do it? I used my eyes and directed them over the lines of text, obv.I read Pride and Prejudice on my iPhone using the Stanza application. Thanks to Project Gutenburg you can download thousands of classic novels for free. I quite enjoyed reading it on the iPhone. Found myself sneaking in a few pages while in the queue at the post office. Read how I did it…
It made me
festive as heck
How I did it: After years of banging on about making a Christmas cake I finally made one for Xmas 2009. I'm not much of a brandy or mixed peel fan so I went for a recipe that had neither - this Walnut and whisky Christmas cake from Delicious magazine.It was fun to put together and whiffing the big bowl of fruit and booze. I couldn't find the dried pear so used dried apple. The only mistake was mine - I misread my oven thermometer and set the oven temp … Read how I did it…
It made me
happy
How I did it: I found a co-host (Carla of MizFit) We decided on a topic (healthy living) We planned out the first six episodes We collaborated via Google Documents I created a podcast blog I learned how to use Garageband software I signed up for hosting at Podbean.com We both got some microphones We recorded a pilot episode using Skype We held a contest to decide the name And so on! Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I read 36 books in 2009. Probably more books than I’d readin the past five years combined! But I won’t be attempting this one again. I found myself picking easier or shorter books just so I could read them quicker! Where’s the fun in that? This year I am just going to read whatever I fancy and to heck with the quantity :)
Cows, food, tractors! I have been meaning to get to the Highland Show ever since I moved to Scotland but now seven shows have passed me by… d’oh! I just missed the 2009 one. So rock on for 2010!
