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Taz's Life List
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1. make a scrapbook all about my Dad
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2. make a time capsule
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3. see the aurora borealis
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4. knit my small people a special blanket each
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5. carve an Easter Island head out of a chunk of wood
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6. go on a 5 mile bike ride
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7. ride in a hot air balloon
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8. learn to love myself
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9. make a draught excluder
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10. keep the smalls happy
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11. keep track of all the books I read in 2009
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12. Have a totally different life by this time next year
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13. Try 43 new recipes
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15. restyle my bedroom
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16. appreciate what others have done for me lately
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17. raise the funds to get some chickens
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18. encourage my kids to help out around the house
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19. book a holiday with C and Z for next year
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20. win a competition or two
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21. Try 10 different recipes in my slow cooker
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22. get organized by going through my house, room by room, closet by closet, drawer by drawer!
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23. restyle my kitchen
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24. go back to New York
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25. show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.
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26. Make a geyser with Diet Coke and mentos
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27. make handmade paper
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28. See Russell Howard live
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29. make butter
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30. knit big one a hot water bottle cover
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31. say 43 positive things about myself, one a day for 43 days
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32. Write a will
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33. take the time to heal myself
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34. make some garden art
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35. recover from co-dependency
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36. to let go and not have the past interrupt my future.
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37. make a list of 10 things I like about myself
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38. Get a job I like
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How I did it: The former him indoors got us tickets through his work so himself, big one and moi went off to Aberdeen this very evening and laughed ourselves silly. Me and big one both splashed out on the souvenir programmes that came with a poster, 4 postcards and a bag. Guess what my new handbag is now?All I'll say about the show is Jazz Chicken's, dough kneading dogs and mime artist giraffe's.Love him! Read how I did it…
How I did it: I have always been someone who takes great pleasure in seeing others smiles and more often not being the source of their amusement. There are so many way to do this and to achieve this goal. From the simple fact of just smiling at someone else, to doing something for them that you know will bring them pleasure. It doesn't have to be complicated, it doesn't have to be a chore and do you know what if you keep smiling the p… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I just took any opportunity to put my nose in a book and let myself escape into another reality. Reading should be about enjoyment so be wise in your choices and you will soon find your book count rising. Read how I did it…
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Coconut Cake Recipe.
Step 1: You will need Units: Metric US Imperial UK Imperial
■150 g sugar
■100 g brown sugar
■280 g plain flour
■1 tbsp baking powder
■A pinch salt
■3 eggs
■1 tsp vanilla essence
■250 ml coconut milk
■350 ml shaved coconut – dessicated coconut
■240 g soft butter
■1 26 cm spring form tin buttered floured and lined with parchment paper
■1 mixer with the whisk attachment
■1 rubber spatula
■1 wooden skewer
Preparation Time:
10 minutes
Step 2: Preheat the oven
Firstly, turn on the oven to 170 degrees centigrade.
Step 3: Whip the butter, vanilla and sugar
Introduce the white sugar, the brown sugar, vanilla essence and the butter into the mixer bowl. Lower the whisk attachment down into the bowl and blend on high for a few minutes to whip the butter.
Step 4: Add the eggs
When the batter is thoroughly whipped , slow down the speed and start adding in the eggs. Add the first egg and allow to mix in. Then add the second egg. Allow to blend in and add the final egg and mix in thoroughly.
Step 5: Add the remaining ingredients
Continue by adding the baking powder, salt, then add half of the flour, little by little, add in some of the coconut milk little by little, allowing each amount to mix in before adding the next batch. Then add a little more flour, a little more coconut milk, add the remaining flour and when thoroughly combined shake in the coconut and give it a quick blend. Switch off the machine, twist off the whip attachment, shaking off any batter and remove the bowl. Finally, give it a quick mix by hand using your rubber spatula.
Step 6: Transfer to the baking tin
Spoon the batter into the buttered spring form baking tin and using your spatula spread it evenly. It is now ready to bake!
Step 7: Bake
Place the baking tin in the centre of the oven preheated to 170 degrees centigrade and bake for roughly 45 minutes. Check to see if it’s done by piercing it in the centre with a skewer. If it comes out dry it is done!
Step 8: Present and serve
If you want you can sprinkle with icing sugar before slicing it and serve with whipped cream or strawberries!
Very moist and everyone seemed to enjoy it.
Dear Emily – Fern Michaels
Different is probably all I can say. I wanted to like it more but I felt like I HAD to like the main character of Emily and while sometimes you could empathise with her, most times she was just plain annoying.
