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#91 Make a list of 25 things I like about myself

#91 Make a list of 25 things I like about myself

Posted on October 3, 2015March 22, 2018 by Alison
I was going to write this in my journal on the grounds that it might come across as bragging but then I thought sod it! We all deserve to love ourselves once in a while!Totally self-indulgent, but at ... Read More
Thing #27 Completed ...make all my own Christmas cards

Thing #27 Completed …make all my own Christmas cards

Posted on December 27, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
If you’re on my Christmas card list you’ll have received one of my wonderful (!) home-made cards this year. Last year I made half a dozen and this year I managed over thirty cards. I spent... Read More
Thing #47, part one: Lebanese Cuisine

Thing #47, part one: Lebanese Cuisine

Posted on September 23, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
We were in Oxford at the weekend and decided to go to Al Shami in Jericho for a late Sunday afternoon lunch – and our first experience of Lebanese cuisine. Having never eaten Lebanese before we ... Read More
Thing #68 completed: Get another tattoo!

Thing #68 completed: Get another tattoo!

Posted on September 10, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
So in May last year I got a tattoo, after many years of thinking about it. (You can read the story of why I wanted a tattoo here, and see the first one here.) It was a simple black outline of a phoeni... Read More
Great TED videos

Great TED videos

Posted on September 1, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
I've been watching TED Videos to cross one of the things off my list. I particularly like this one from Amy Cuddy … I'll be doing Wonderwoman poses in the toilet from now on!   Here... Read More
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

Posted on August 26, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
Thing number 2 on my list is to visit five new (to me) seaside resorts. We've just come back from a week in Cromer (my most favouritest place on earth!) and while Cromer is most definitely not new... Read More
#89 Completed: Grow and eat some fruit

#89 Completed: Grow and eat some fruit

Posted on August 13, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
When I did my first 101 things in 1001 days list one of the things was to grow and eat five different vegetables or fruit and I managed that – growing tomatoes, beans, chilis, peppers, tomatoes ... Read More
Two more things crossed off the list

Two more things crossed off the list

Posted on July 14, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
Yesterday evening my good friend Clare came round for a barbecue and we had a lovely time sitting out in the garden drinking and chatting. The conversation somehow turned to my list and some of the th... Read More
Thing #98 completed - take an online course

Thing #98 completed – take an online course

Posted on June 6, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
When I added this thing to the list I wasn't really sure what I was planning on doing – perhaps a creative writing course, or learning to play the guitar. But then I heard via a Facebook gro... Read More
Thing #70 completed: Get a Fish Pedicure

Thing #70 completed: Get a Fish Pedicure

Posted on May 12, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
So I've been intrigued by the idea of a fish pedicure since I first heard about it a couple of years ago, hence why it was on the list. I came across an offer from All Your Life spa in Cheltenham ... Read More
#31 Visit Buscot House and photograph the gardens

#31 Visit Buscot House and photograph the gardens

Posted on April 20, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
I’ve been talking about going to Buscot House for a few years now but never actually managed it , despite it being only a few minutes’ drive away. I put it on the list to make sure it got ... Read More
Other things in progress

Other things in progress

Posted on April 18, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
There are a few other things in progress on my list of 101 things in 1001 days: #70 Have a fish pedicure I’ve booked a pamper afternoon for Katie and me at All Your Life in Cheltenham, as a bir4... Read More
Thing #69 completed: Get my colours analysed / House of Colour review

Thing #69 completed: Get my colours analysed / House of Colour review

Posted on April 18, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
Last week I went over to Cheltenham to spend the morning with Sian Davis of House of Colour Gloucestershire. My lovely family bought me a voucher for a colour analysis for my birthday and I was quite ... Read More
Thing #15 completed - Write and publish a book

Thing #15 completed – Write and publish a book

Posted on April 18, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
So on March 23rd My book The Boy from Hell: Life with a Child with ADHD went live on Amazon. It’s been a really exciting journey which you can read all about here. So far the book is selling slo... Read More
Updates on my 101 things list

Updates on my 101 things list

Posted on February 22, 2013March 22, 2018 by Alison
Well I haven't crossed anything else off the list yet but I have made headway in a couple of things. #56 Cook a soufflé, a fondant and beef Wellington. Two out of three can be crossed off, just t... Read More
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The Rose Petal Beach
5 of 5 stars
The Rose Petal Beach
by Dorothy Koomson
Dorothy Koomson is fast becoming one of my favourite authors, and this is definitely the best of the four books I've read by her (though the others were marvellous too!). I think the thing about her books is that on the surface they look...
tagged: read-in-2012 and highly-recommended
The Guy Selling Rubbish
1 of 5 stars
The Guy Selling Rubbish
by Jack Williams
A freebie Kindle book and a quick read (well under a hour) that gave me a snigger or two. After attempting to seel so,e rubbish on ebay for a laugh, the guy in the book is challenged by a friend to sell more and make some money. Over the...
tagged: read-in-2013
A Cromer Corpse
3 of 5 stars
A Cromer Corpse
by Kelvin I Jones
I was attracted to this because it had Cromer - my favourite place - in the title. When a body is pulled from the sea off Cromer with an unusual mark carved on it, an ex detective recently relocated from Cornwall to Norfolk for a quiet ...
tagged: read-in-2013 and thriller-crime

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