Do Something New Every Month - January

This year I will try something new every month and as my one little word for the year suggests I will concentrate on me.  Twelve brand new & hopefully exciting things I have never done before, all benefiting me.  

This month I have started as I mean to go on and jumped straight in with a new adventure; one I never ever thought I would do.  And why?  Well I hate things moving round or touching my feet.  So what do I find myself being talked in to?  

A fish pedicure.

Even now it brings goosebumps and sends shivers down my spine.  Little fish swimming round my feet, oh the horror.  Sucking away with all their might at my feet.

Off I went with my lovely friend Sarah on Tuesday night after work where we dipped our feet in the tank and let those little blighters do their stuff.  And oh did they do their stuff!

It really was one of the most strangest sensations, like a little tickle yet the feeling was so relaxing and even now my feet feel so amazing.

Never did I think I could do this and I did.  Loved it so much we have booked in to have it all done again later this month!

Do Something New Every Month - January

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One Little Word For 2011

Going to sound a little selfish but to be honest I really feel I am at the point in my life when I need to be selfish and think of putting me before others.

I am going to concentrate on me this year.  

My health

My happiness 

My dreams

ME

2011, Are You Going To Be My Friend?

Yesterday I listed what I wanted to do this year.  Yes some are going to be large challenges that will eat away at lots and lots of money and take time to achieve.  However, there were a couple of ones that were daily or smaller challenges:

Kiss and cuddle my little babies at least once every day.  CHECK

Find something to smile about each day.  SORT OF

       

Have a minimum of 30 minutes every day of ME time, no children, no TV, no computer, no telephone, just ME.  As selfish as this may sound, it needs to be done for my own health, both physically & mentally.  BIG FAIL, NOT A SECOND TO MYSELF ALL DAY

Go for a walk every day, even if it is only for 5 minutes, I will go outside and walk to clear my head and think about life.  DIDN'T GET DRESSED UNTIL 5PM

Eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day. GLASS OF ORANGE JUICE

Use more scrap stash than I buy.  1 PAGE MINUS PHOTOS IN JYC BUT 4 STASH ORDERS TOTALLING £153.45  BUT I HAVE ALSO ORDERED PHOTOS WHICH WILL HELP AS I AM GETTING BORED WITH SCRAPPING THE ONES I HAVE

Bake lots and lots of yummy things.  DO SCRAMBLED EGGS COUNT?  THEY WERE YUMMY

Well I can report some success:

Attend a retreat. I BOOKED A PLACE ON THE NOVEMBER RETREAT RUN BY SARAH'S CARDS

Finish decorating my scrap space & bedroom.  FILLED A BLACK BIN BAG WITH CLUTTER

And we have one fail already:

Win the lottery BUT I WILL SETTLE FOR WEDNESDAY SO NOT A TRUE FAIL YET

Overall result:  

FAIL

So then 2011, please tell me; are you going to be my friend? Could do with a friend right now as your predecessors were not nice.

This Year I Will.....

1. Kiss and cuddle my little babies at least once every day.
2. Find something to smile about each day.
3. Have a minimum of 30 minutes every day of ME time, no children, no TV, no computer, no telephone, just ME.  As selfish as this may sound, it needs to be done for my own health, both physically & mentally.
4. Make Fridays (my day off) part housework/errand - frees the weekend to spend time with Liam & Freya - and part 'me' time.  Too much of the housework/errand stuff last year!
5. Go for a walk every day, even if it is only for 5 minutes, I will go outside and walk to clear my head and think about life.
6. Eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day.
7. Have a wonderful Summer holiday; a 3 1/2 week tour of Europe to include my Brother's Wedding in Lithuania.
8. Get organised; 2010 was really not a good year and this year I will get back to the place where I am in control of what is happening and not depending upon others, who quite frankly let me & my children down.
9. Choose carefully those people I let into our lives.
10. Start organising presents for Christmas - Its going to be a stress free one this year unlike the mayhem of 2010!
11. Have a professional family photo shoot.
12. Do something new every month.
13. Finish decorating my scrap space & bedroom.
14. Decorate Liam's room.
15. Decorate the lounge.
16. Decorate the hall stairs & landing.
17. Finish the roof on my garage, laundrette and downstairs toilet.
18. New laundrette cupboards.
19. Decorate down stairs toilet.
20. Sort out the plumbing.
21. New window in bathroom and landing.
22. Find a baby sitter so I can go to Bromsgrove Crop on a Saturday.
23. Attend a retreat.
24. Complete 12 LO's a month.
25. Complete 12 Granny Squares or stripes a month.
26. Catch up on unfinished scrapping projects from 2010; JYC 2010, Document 2010, LSNED 2010 & Liam & Freyas Year In The Life Of albums.
27. Complete a family scrapbook for 2011; something on the lines of Document 2011.
28. Complete Liam's and Freya's '2011 Year In The Life Of' mini albums.
29. Use more scrap stash than I buy.
30. Finish all the crochet projects I have started before I begin anything new.
31. Knit myself a pom pom scarf.
32. Take time to rediscover cross stitch.
33. Bake lots and lots of yummy things.
34. Win the lottery (got to have one thing that won't happen on the list).

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