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.
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?
Today began with the realisation that it was the last chance to have a lie in for a while. Of course I was up nice and early to celebrate this news, and I'm quite pleased I did.
After a morning taking down the tree (boo) and generally tidying the house up, I had the option of doing some studying or finding something fun to do. I managed to spend my afternoon catching up on True Blood episodes that I had stored on the sky box (and we're now at 28% free...this is apparently great news, but not as good as it'll be when the movies we have on there are deleted) and being a bit crafty in the new year. I had a scrap of fabric and found this tutorial, dug out my sewing machine and I was away!! I did away with the zipper, as it did seem complicated for a novice like myself (and Anglian Fashion Fabrics was shut for the bank holiday, and I didn't really fancy venturing any further afield), but I am quite pleased with how it all came out. None of our doors are particularly susceptible to being blown about, but I figure it'll be a good stop to keep a door open for our new arrival, or maybe keep her out...although I will be surprised if a kilo of rice keeps her at bay.
Anyway, I just wante
d to share my creativity with you before heading to bed and the Buzzcocks, as I want to be fresh for a long and exciting day tomorrow - back to work, followed by collecting Pepper!!! All very exciting.
