A friend of mine supersinglemum has recently started a list, (and is making good progress at crossing things off it), 101 things that she would like to achieve in 1001 days. She, like me, is a member of British Mummy Bloggers and came across another mum who was doing the Day Zero Project. more info can be found at http://www.dayzeroproject.com/. After reading her list and a great deal of thinking I have finally managed to compile my own list, as it sounded like an interesting thing to do. I like lists, they seem to motivate me to actually do things that really I need and want to do and 2.75 yrs seems like plenty of time in order to achieve everything on the list. So here goes this is my list, I shall cross things off as I achieve them and of course will be writing about some things as I achieve them, so watch this space!
Get us back to AustraliaGet J into daycare- Get myself back to work
Find a house to rent- Find a home to buy
Write a letter to my Nan- Try to write something on my blog at least 3 times a week
- Have a family day out to celebrate our anniversary
- Take up a new sport
Have a clearout on facebookUpdate my address bookTake up a new craft hobbyBook our first family holidayHelp J to take up a sport- Lose at least 1 1/2 stone and keep the weight off
- Have a wombat experience at the zoo
- Arrange for hubby to go skydiving
- Go whale watching
Get J a yearly ticket to the zooSort out my wardrobeOpen a bank account for J- Start giving J pocket-money
Have a family day out at DreamworldBuy a new car for meBuy a new car for hubbyTake J for his 1st animal experience, (other than the usual free ones when you go to the zoo) at Australia Zoo- Have a family day out at Seaworld
Write a poem- Have a barbeque at Christmas
Find a coupon website and use the coupons I find- Extend the family
- Eat a sausage sizzler prepared by someone else! lol
- Go swimming in the ocean
Get J enrolled in school- Take J to the Sciencentre at Brisbane Museum
- Get my haircut every 3 months
- Convince J that he doesn’t need blankie anymore
- Sort out all of my photos
- Create a photo collage of J’s life so far
- Create a collage of all of my nieces and nephews and J’s best friends in UK
- Email, Write to or call my friends at least once a week
- Take J to the beach at least once a month
- Teach J how to swim
- Write a will
Spend more time in the garden- Take J to the park at least once a fortnight
- Let J have a friend round for tea
- Do something crafty with J every week
- Visit the Library at least once a month with J
- Go offroading with hubby
- Face my fear of snakes
- Face my fear of spiders
- Arrange for hubby to go bungee jumping
- Start writing a diary again and write something everyday
Read the Twilight saga booksWatch the Twilight saga films- Go camping!
- Go to Fraser Island
- Limit J’s tv time to 2 hrs a day
- Teach J how to do buttons
- Use the Barbie at least once a week
- Go to the local market at least once a month
- Have a night out with hubby…..alone!
- Sort J’s toys out every 6 months
- Become a member of the local sports club
Watch the news every day- Have a family portrait done
- Visit hubby’s family in NSW
- Get a laptop
Sort out my internet connection- Have a picnic in the park/garden
- Sort out Health insurance
Take J to Farm FantasticGo to Roma Street Parkland- Go to Brisbane’s Botanical Gardens
- Draw up a new “contract” with J, (will blog about this when we do it)
- Help J to write a letter to his friends in the UK at least once a month
- Dance in the rain
- Buy a bike
- Teach J how to ride his bike
- Go cycling at least once a fortnight
- Swim with sharks
- Go on a family day out to a waterpark
- Hire a boat for the day
- Start a new memory book for J
- Adopt an animal at the zoo
- Have friends round once a month for a barbie
Let J do an easter egg hunt- Spend an hr every day keeping on top of the housework
- Spend 1/2 hr everyday exercising in some way
- Spend 1 hr everyday doing whatever J wants to do, (providing it’s safe of course)
- Get J sleeping through the night for a whole week!
Buy new lunchboxes- Try to wear more colour
- Make some Aussie friends
Update my about me page when we have moved- Spend Christmas at the beach
- Send birthday cards to everyone so that they get them on time
- Walk barefoot on grass
- Sort and update the tunes on my mp3 player every 3 months
- Make my blog successful with regular hits and learn how to get it on google
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Good luck with your list! Walking barefoot on grass is nice – I do that all the time in my garden.
Thanks, walking barefoot on grass is a big deal for me, I have a serious phobia of bugs so it’s going to take some doing but I’m determained to do it!! lol
I find bugs don’t tend to hang out on grass – they tend to congregate under rocks in the soil. So you should be okay.
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Thanks I’ll try to keep that in mind!! LOL
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you are doing well…loved reading your list. Great ieads you have on board.
I am doing it too, came by from AusMUm bloggers
oops Ideas on board
Thanks, took a while to compile the list but now working through it quite well
You are gorgeous and UNSTOPPABLE too ! Every time I look at this list I am inspired.
Thankyou again, I’ve managed quite a few of the easier things now I’ve started working on some of the more “challenging” things on the list
Hey, I hope some of us online types count as Aussie Friends?
I’m working toward success with getting my blog on google. Even though the pies are an AFL team, googling “AFL magpie ASD” gets me in the top page of results! Even better if someone goes looking for me by either ImaWestie or Westie. It’s all in the tag cloud, well that and if you tag it make sure the word is in the writing.
Hey, my online Aussie friends definitely count as aussie friends and they’re all so fab!
Good look with your blog Westie, I check in on a regular basis 