A dedication

........You make it easy to watch the world with love,You make it easy to let the past be done..........

Heatwave

Melbourne is experiencing a heatwave this week and it is causing people to do the strangest things. The public transport system is collapsing with over 200 train services cancelled yesterday and an equivalent amount expected today. Some guy allegedly threw a 5 yr girl off the Westgate Bridge. Blackouts abound. Tennis players are arguing. The media is touting fears of an Ash Wednesday repeat. The list could go on and on.....

I am safely tucked away in an air conditioned office, annoying my co-workers by giving frequent updates on the current temperature.

I am feeling somewhat motivated today. I have crossed 2 things off my list of 101 things and I am more than 3/4 of the way through ripping all my cds. Would like to be doing the bigger things on the list, but a start is a start.

To be honest the ideas of others have me more excited. GB's mum mentioned starting a business in France, which I think is the greatest idea she has had in years. My twin is talking about hopping in a camper and taking herself and her husband around Australia. My mum is going to New York in April to meet up with a friend she met on the internet. Makes me want to do something "big" and impulsive.....

#73 Plant more herbs in the tubs and use them in a dish I prepare

Wow - the second item to be crossed off my list. Feeling good about finally crossing stuff off
Not sure that lettuce qualifies as a herb - but we are going to count it Here are the pics. I picked some leaves of the lettuce to use in my Apple, Pear and Leek salad.
Chris also used some of these Chilli’s in his Manburgers the other day. Such a good feeling using stuff out of the garden. Has me thinking of perhaps putting a real vege garden in. But I also know that they are hard work…..not sure if I am up for that kind of responsibility just yet.

#35 See a therapist

I think I should have defined this “to do” a little more. I have attended two sessions with the same Psychotherapist. I am going to say that this counts as meeting the requirement for the action item and cross it off my list.
I found my therapist by googling anger management and tried to pick a therapist based on the website and location (probably not the best criteria for choosing someone to help with ones mental health). After my two sessions I have been given a handy tool to help disconnect from my emotions and offered Hypnotherapy as an addition to the current sessions. I am done……for now.

Mine.......all mine

I took possession of my bike the other day.  That is step one.  Step two is to get gear.  Step 3 get licence.  AND then I will be able to cross the first item off my list.  I took it for a burl up and down the driveway this morning.......even did a lap flintstone style :)

brmmm brmmmm

Friend 'o' Dave is selling his 250cc. I need a bike.......want one, so this week I am going to give it a looksee and a sit. If I like it - then I am just going to buy it. No hesitation. This year it is all about the list and all about action.
It could be mid-life crisis time for me hehe. A middle-aged woman getting herself a little red bike....sure sounds like it.

I have been talking about getting a bike / my licence for many years now. And I had not done anything about it for such a long time it was turning into one of those "things" that people talk about but never do. Christmas was when I had my epiphany and decided no more just talking about things. When my 50 yr sister stated that she always wanted to be able to ride a bike and I said why don't you go for it..........and it seemed to me that her desire had now turned into a "would have liked" - A dream that was resigned. That is what got me motivated.

So look out for a picture and lots of rambles of how happy I am :)

Get Ready, Get Set.....and GO!

Well I have finished my list finally.....and managed to come up wtih 101 things that I am very excited about doing.
And because I wanted to keep track of my progress visually I decided to create a seperate location for my 101 things in 1001 days.

So excited. Now I just have to get my butt into doing stuff!

WOW!

This is beauty.

I am starting 101 things in 1001 days.....this is my list

1. MotorCycle Licence
2. Make Gingerbread with Christopher
3. Visit Gaudi's hotel in Spain
4. Sky Dive
5. Go Snow Skiing
6. Host a cocktail party
7. Be able to do 100 consecurtive pushups
8. Jog 10kms in 1 hour
9. Complete song on expert level in GH World Tour
10. Learn (Practice) a martial art
11. Learn how to shoot a pistol
12. Learn Spanish 1
3. Visit Melia and Sope in Vanuatu
14. Make my own affirmation tape
15. Ride a motorbike in Vietnam
16. Tell a stranger they are beautiful
17. Visit the Grand Canyon
18. Go ten pin bowling
19. Visit Tasmania
20. Try rollerblading
21. Make my own sausages
22. Spend a weekend away own my own for contemplation
23. Go without alochol for 1 calendar month
24. Write a short story
25. Write a poem and post it on the intenet
26. Cook meat on a spit
27. Ride on a paddle boat
28. Send flowers to a friend for no reason
29. Have fish and chips by the ocean
30. Send my Aunty Syl a letter with photos
31. Send a postcard to postsecret
32. post an entry into my blog every day for 1 month
33. Go on every ride at Luna Park
34. Be in the audience for a live tapping of a tv show
35. See a therapist
36. Rip all my CDs into itunes
37 . Bury a time capsule
38. Hire a houseboat for the weekend
39. Find the emblem for the Raffaele family and have something made with it on it - eg pendant, bracelet etc
40. Ride a horse along a beach
41. See the Northern Lights
42. Experience Oktoberfest in Germany
43. Finish knitting the blanket
44. Make a piece of jewellry for myself
45. Finish High School
46. Watch Turtles hatch and run for the ocean
47. Fly a kite
48. Attend the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
49. Learn to play a song on my guitar
50. Make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving
51. Go to the Moonlight Cinema
52. go to the Opera
53. Host a family Christmas
54. Ride in a hot air balloon
55. Swim in an ocean besides the pacific
56. See a live band at leact once every 3 months for a year
57. Take a short course that does not relate to current job
58. Meditate for at least 30 mins once a week for 1 month
59. Become a dress seize 12 by November 2009
60. Go to the Dogs for an evening of night racing
61. Do the Splits
62. Write a little to each member of my immediate family
63. Send Christmas cards to everyone I know
64. Attend dance classes
65. Take a photo that I would like to have printed and framed (and hang it on the wall!)
66. Go for a walk on the beach at least once a week for 3 months
67. Read 10 "classics"
68. Attend La Tomatina Festival in Spain
69. Skip using a skipping rope for 10 mins straight
70. Do 200 consecutive situps
71. send a gift to each of my friends in the mail
72. Make the backyard look pretty by planting some drought hardy plants
73. Plant more herbs in the tubs and use them in a dish I prepare
74. Attend the dawn service at the Shrine for Remembrance Day
75. Bake a beer cake for Christopher
76. Sew myself a "wearable" piece of clothing
77. Visit the Lourve
78. Pack my own lunch 3 days a week for 1 month
79. Visit Melbourne ZOO
80. Make my own homemade lemonade
81. Participate in a fun run
82. Go on a "Dinner & Theatre" date with Christopher

83. Go to the Eureka Sky Deck

84. Write a restaurant review and post on a website

85. Make something out of Mosaic

86. Make my own badge

87. Watch all the Harry Potter movies

88. Participate in a Trivia night

89. Be able to complete at least 3 chin ups

90. Complete a first aid course

91. Buy a lottery ticket once a month for 6 months

92. Give my time to a volunteer organisation

93 Attend High Tea at the Windsor Hotel
94. Write a letter to Roman Dirge
95. Be Chocolate free for 1 calendar month
96. Buy a wing chair
97. Do the Photo session visit to Werribee Zoo
98. DO the 1000 steps at Ferntree Gully
99. Visit Helen in Sydney
100. Plant a tree at Hugry Head
101. Come up with another 101 things to start in 2012.