We’ve had a fun-filled
summer of days out, holidays and quiet days together. One of our favourite
family days out was to Marwell Zoo:
Amelia loved riding on
the train and her favourite animals were the plastic dinosaurs!
I’ve enjoyed having
Amelia to myself during the week. We visited the park most days, had lots of
picnics and went swimming at least once a week. I must book Amelia in for
swimming lessons this year, as she loves the water.
Amelia and I also
visited both my family and Grandma Seaside for a few days:
When my sister and I
were at school we used to go on holiday every year to the same place in Spain
with some family friends, and this year, we all decided to go back. It was so
good to re-visit our favourite beaches and places to eat out, and we even
booked a villa we’d stayed in before. The area had hardly changed at all and it
was nice to reminisce. My dad took the most photos, but here are some of mine:
In other news, we only
have four weeks until our second baby is due. We can’t wait for the baby to
arrive, but aren’t looking forward to the going to hospital part!
I know I’ve not
blogged about it yet, but I have been keeping up with my 99 Things to do in 999
Days list. Here’s what’s completed
and what’s in progress:
Completed
In progress
Family
1. Have family photos taken
2. Go on a picnic
3. Take Amelia abroad. We went to Spain with family and
friends in July.
4. Go on a bike ride
5. Have a day out in London
6. Compile a family photo album
7. Go to Edinburgh for a long weekend
8. Visit two counties we’ve never
been to
9. Go fruit picking and make a
crumble
10. Don’t watch the television for a
week
11. Start some family traditions of
our own
Personal
12. Don’t complain for a week
13. Read all the unread novels I have
at home
14. Read Nelson Mandela’s
autobiography
15. Watch one film recommended by
each parent
16. Watch The Killing
17. Watch Homeland
18. Read all the Harry Potter
books
19. Watch all the Harry Potter
films
20. Keep a dream journal for a month.
This was SO interesting to do. Thank you to my friend Amanda for buying me a proper dream journal for my birthday this year, which had space for me to draw my dreams and questions to help me analyse them!
Health and Fitness
21. Give up chocolate for a month
22. Take a Zumba class
23. Swim regularly
24. Get a new glasses prescription
25. Get down to a healthy weight
Spiritual
26. Read the Bible
27. Keep a prayer book
28. Go to a home group regularly. I
got to one most Wednesdays now.
29. Keep a diary of all the things
I’m thankful for on a daily basis for a month
Musical
30. Go to a music festival
31. Make a portfolio
32. Make a website
33. Do another Grade VIII
Arts and Crafts
34. Make a table cloth using my
sewing machine
35. Make lip balm
36. Learn how to sew buttons onto
clothes
37. Learn how to hem
38. Learn how to sew on zips
39. Do a watercolour painting. I've sketched some flowers, but now I just need to paint them!
40. Make something for Amelia
41. Make a ceramic
42. Upcycle an item of furniture
43. Make a quilt
44. Create a photo wall
45. Make a canvas picture with
buttons
Food
46. Make jam
47. Make cinnamon rolls
48. Make ice cream. Mark and I made
vanilla ice cream and it was delicious.
49. Try five new foods
50. Perfect three different pasta
dishes using our pasta machine
51. Make three different smoothies
using our smoothie maker
52. Try a steak
53. Make and decorate a cake
54. Marinate a piece of meat
55. Make 30 new recipes and add them
to my recipe book
56. Make five new desserts
57. Make a gingerbread house
58. Make cordial
Home
59. Finish decorating. We only have our hallway floor left to replace!
60. Re-do our kitchen
61. Re-do our bathroom
62. Sort out our garage
63. Maintain our garden in the warm
months
64. Keep a vegetable patch
65. Put pictures up in Amelia’s room
66. Put bunting up in Amelia’s room
67. Put a name plate on Amelia’s door
New Skills
68. Take a course
69. Learn how to change a tyre
70. Understand the offside rule
71. Learn a hip hop dance
72. Learn sign language
73. Learn Spanish
Helping Others
74. Do two things for charity
75. Send a care package to someone
76. Send Christmas or Thank You cards
to soldiers overseas
77. Volunteer for a charity
78. Give someone a gift for no reason
79. Write and send 50 letters
80. Give blood
Other
81. Get my car cleaned properly
82. Be able to name all the countries
83. Be able to name all the states in
America and their capitals
84. Get my wedding ring fixed
85. Sell something on eBay
86. Sign up to www.postcrossing.com and send 10 postcards. I've sent four postcards and received two so far.
87. Throw a Murder Mystery
party. We hosted one on Friday!
88. Make another '99 Things to do in
999 Days' list
Extra things
89. Make gingerbread from scratch
90. Make up at least two Operation
Christmas Child packages this year and next year
91. Build up my homemade card stock
and sell some at a craft fayre
92. Make ice lollies
93. Make a hair donation to Locks of
Love
94. Spend more than £10 on a pair of
shoes
95. Have another baby and stay sane!
96. Have a meal out with Mark
somewhere posh
97. Make a will
98. Complete a 1000+ piece jigsaw
puzzle
99. Donate £1 to Tearfund for any
task I don’t complete
Any suggestions for my next '99 Things to do in 999 Days' list are welcomed!
