Below is a list of things I would like to achieve/start/get done in the next year. I kind of missed out on the whole New Year's Resolution thing and since arriving in NZ certain things have been in limbo until we knew where we were living - so here goes (there's 37 of them by the way!).
In no particular order:
- start a compost heap
- produce great compost to spread liberally in our garden (see below)
- start work on our garden - ie plant some border trees/shrubs and flowers
- make a vege garden
- make a herb garden
- organise a worm farm
- learn something just for me
- take long walks on the beach
- ride a horse
- write good old fashioned letters
- make a knitting nancy for the girls (and maybe a little bit for me too!)
- investigate the viability/financial outlay of solar panels
- investigate the viability/financial outlay of domestic wind turbines
- source some used coffee sacks
- surround myself with pretty things
- wear something 'non-functional' every day
- have a hair cut - in fact have a major overhaul
- get some new glasses/contacts
- make curtains for the new house - especially bedrooms we went through the whole of the last UK winter with none!
- go to the cinema/theatre
- play sport regularly
- do some volunteer work
- keep in touch with friends
- make new friends in our new town
- share a bottle of wine with Craig
- go kayaking
- grow flowers to cut and put in the house
- find out the possibility of being a puppy walker for a Guide Dog
- make an item of clothing for me - and actually wear it
- find great things at op shops
- make a dent in the stash of material I've already found
- visit a lighthouse
- don't buy things new until I have exhausted all other options
- cut down my car use
- overhaul the bike and use it
- read, read and read some more
- drink great coffee in great places
I've taken a lot of inspiration from the blogs I have read over these past few months and the above is really a way of consolidating my thoughts and putting down on paper (well virtual paper) how I'd like to live my life. Phew - I've an exhausting year ahead! x
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Ahhh happy birthday to you! You can write some lovely long letters to me if you like! Hope you had a great day - I was 30 last week and it kinda sucks :( xxx
Happy Birthday!!!
Can I help you on the worm farm one?
http://www.wormzaway.co.nz/
We have one and its excellent plus its ready to go with worms. Much easier than having to get all the bits and then find someone who has worms you can steal.
Happy Birthday Abi, wow that is some list...good luck!!! Hey we are the same age, maybe I already knew that, my memory is sooooo bad at the moment. I actually thought that I was 38 until a conversation with a friend yesterday made me reaslise that no...I was actually 'only' 37. Obviously now that I am a whole year younger than I thought I am feeling all youthfull and refreshed. Hmmmm well perhaps I would be if my little darling daughter did not wake up 6 times a night!!!! Looking forward to seeing you tick things of your list! X
ps. I think that you forgot to put a trip to Christchurch on the list!
Thanks for that sweetp. This was actually the first thing I was going to organise and I found wormzaway.co.nz yesterday afternoon. Worms are on their way!
Julie - I certainly do want to come to ChCh, however if I put down everything and everywhere I would like to see/do in NZ the list would be even longer!
Sorry.....a late Happy Birthday, hope you had a great day and that you succeed in all those goals! xx
Belated Happy Birthday from me too. Hope you had a wonderful day, and that is a great list, I may borrow some of those ideas if you don't mind. I especially like the "wear something non-functional"!
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