Something new

About a year ago I realised that there were lots of things I wanted to do to become the accomplished woman I knew I could be.  I wrote out a little list on facebook in which I wanted to learn how to use my 35mm SLR camera, sew, learn Spanish and start growing in-house tomatoes like they were going out of fashion.  I chucked in a bit of 'computer language' on the list too (not quite sure what was meant by that, but it sounds pretty smart) and also thought that losing a couple of pounds wouldn't go amiss.

Well, how times have changed.  Today you'll find me photographing with my fancy digital SLR, knitting up a storm and kicking Gav out of the house to spend time on the allotment with Pepper dog.  And of course my computer geekiness has been verified with the slow start of this blog... but that doesn't stop me from wanting to do more.  I thought a nice little 'What I Could Do' list would be a great thing to talk about because I am finding (is it my age?  Is it the economic times?) that people seem to be a little bit more back to basics now and I'd love to know what it is that you're doing to keep yourself entertained, challenged or generally out of trouble.  Or, if you're doing none of the above and spending a good portion of your time sitting watching Kirstie's Homemade Home and thinking 'I could do that' then maybe you could come up with some bits for me to add to my own 'What I Could Do' list.  Cause your ideas might be better than mine..


So far I have got:


1 - Now that I have the Digital SLR camera and have finally realised how to actually focus it manually (don't ask) I hope to take some beautiful pictures this summer.  Of Norwich, of friends, of Pepper, of the seaside, of family, of little bugs sitting amongst the bluebells on my walk to work.  You may all get photos for Christmas presents.


2 - Knitting, ah yes, my newest phase.  I have learned the basic knit and purl and am getting fairly accomplished at using the 8mm, 7.5mm and 4mm needles, sometimes even as a mix of the three.  At once, I'm that good.  I have Googled 'how to knit' and seen a pretty neat cable knit scarf pattern that I might actually understand.  You may all get scarfs for Christmas presents.


3 - Sewing, my mama's provided me with the most BEAUTIFUL Singer sewing machine.  I've never seen anything more wonderful and will leave it at that for now, I will do a whole post dedicated to its beauty.  I am hoping though that I will be able to create more practical delights along the lines of the doorstop I made earlier this year and learn how to put zippers in stuff.  You may all get a doorstop (or eyemask, cause I can do those too) for Christmas this year.


4 - Languages.  Well, I am getting pretty nifty at using the 'link' button on the blogger website.  Does that count as programming?  No language books for y'all for Christmas.


5 - Green fingers aplenty, I will be attempting to grow tomatoes, shallots, potatoes and many more vegetable delights with Gav on our allotment.  It's exciting.  You'll probably get veg all summer long, you lucky devils you.


6 - Read a book a month.  Cause I have more than enough to last me a lifetime, and I've not even considered a Kindle.  


So, Spring's given me the energy to create this list......what do  you want to do?