I'm doing 37 things
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards 6.1/10
This perhaps wasn’t my most favourite contemporary novel, but the storyline was gripping enough and after TWO YEARS of not finishing a book, it was good to get back on the saddle!
travelmickey's Life List
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1. Read the Big Read's 100 greatest books
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2. Catch a fish and eat it
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3. Go to the top of a lighthouse
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4. Get a byline in The Guardian
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5. Swim the English Channel
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6. write a novel and get it published
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7. Milk a cow
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8. Weigh under ten stone
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9. Get a printing press and print something
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10. Learn to use my sewing machine
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11. Get a travel article published
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12. Learn how to bookbind
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13. paint a picture
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14. Drive around Europe in a VW campervan
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15. Visit every continent
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16. bungee jump
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17. Cruise the Nile in a felluca
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18. Climb a live volcano
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19. Donate blood
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20. make a documentary film
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21. Walk the Santiago pilgrimage trail
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22. Read a newspaper in the Dead Sea
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23. visit the Taj Mahal
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24. see the pyramids in Egypt
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25. Go to Dharamsala and meet the Dalai Lama
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26. go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
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27. Sing karaoke and eat sushi in Japan
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28. go to India
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29. Have a smallholding, with chickens, pigs and a few sheep
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30. Run the New York Marathon
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31. travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway
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32. visit all 50 states
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33. Own a little beach hut
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34. Visit all 50 European countries
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35. Visit 40 countries by the time I am 40
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36. Stick to meat free Mondays for a year
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37. go to an Indian wedding!
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How I did it
It made me
surprisingly sleepy 
How I did it: My parents booked my husband and I a night at the Ice Hotel for our wedding present, which was a bit more memorable than a toaster...We flew to Kittila in Finland, transfered to a town called Karasuendo in northern Sweden, took a bus to Kiruna and a taxi to Jukkasjärvi; had lunch at the amazing Ice Hotel restaurant, drank vodka in the Ice Bar and looked at the stunning art suites and ice sculptures, before calling it a night. Read how I did it…
It made me
chilly but happy
How I did it: We're currently on holiday in Karesuando in Sweden, 250km above the Arctic Circle. It is late in the winter season, and been bitterly cold, but definitely a unique destination complete with roaming reindeer and nightly displays of the Northern Lights. Read how I did it…
It made me
Gob-smacked 
How I did it: We travelled to Karesuando in northern Sweden, around 200km into the Arctic Circle, and stayed for a week. Almost every night we were treated to a fantastic display of Northern Lights. We've been very lucky. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
He’s perfected the wide gummy grin, and makes a sort of ‘ha ha’ wheezy noise, so I’m hoping the cheeky chuckles are not far behind!
Forgot how much work moving house is, and while we are still surrounded by packing boxes, it’s definitely been worth it. Being a home owner is amazing! Tick…
