Well, it's the first of January & a new year is once again upon us.
Usually I'd have made a raft of resolutions that I'm destined to break/fail at by the end of the first week of January. So this year I decided to do something different.
Several blogs I've read in the past year have included a challenge to accomplish certain things before the writer's next birthday - 30 before 30 as an example. As the next birthday is a large number & I only have 6 months til it arrives I decided this was impractical. So I've come up with a list of things I want to do in the next year. in no particular order they are:
1. Try a new food each month. This can be an ingredient or a complete dish.
2. Read 1 non fiction book a month. I read exclusively fiction & think I should broaden my horizons.
3. Make 1 new garment to wear each month. This can be a sewing or knitting project but as I start lots of things but fail to finish them this will be a good exercise in discipline for me.
4. Write something each week. This may be a blog post, in fact it really should be, or a piece of poetry.
5. Visit the Ashmolean every month. There is so much to see there and I don't do it enough.
6. Revamp the blog. It needs some love & attention so I need to think about how I want it to look.
Seems a bit pants to only have 6 but that's all I could come up with. I'm open to suggestions though!
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Saturday, 30 November 2013
And so the end is here ...
BEDN Day 30 and it's all over bar the shouting.
Well, here it is, my final Blog Every Day in November post. It feels odd to think that tomorrow I'll only need to blog if I feel like it. I've loved the discipline of blogging each day. I've found the topics have helped to get me through the days when I'd have struggled to think of anything to blog about, even if some of them have resulted in less than stunning posts.
So my promise from here on is to be good to my blog, to try to write something at least once a week.
I'm toying with the idea of having a theme for the blog, writing about books, reading and writing, sharing what I think about the things I'm reading and my constant struggles to sort out my writing. I might have to re-name the blog too - that's if I can work out how to do it! I'm still not sure how people get the extra links to other pages on their blogs. I need a tech tutorial!
So farewell BEDN and hello to a renewed sense of blog love.
Well, here it is, my final Blog Every Day in November post. It feels odd to think that tomorrow I'll only need to blog if I feel like it. I've loved the discipline of blogging each day. I've found the topics have helped to get me through the days when I'd have struggled to think of anything to blog about, even if some of them have resulted in less than stunning posts.
So my promise from here on is to be good to my blog, to try to write something at least once a week.
I'm toying with the idea of having a theme for the blog, writing about books, reading and writing, sharing what I think about the things I'm reading and my constant struggles to sort out my writing. I might have to re-name the blog too - that's if I can work out how to do it! I'm still not sure how people get the extra links to other pages on their blogs. I need a tech tutorial!
So farewell BEDN and hello to a renewed sense of blog love.
Friday, 29 November 2013
Christmas List
BEDN Day 29 and we're coming over all festive!
So what do I want for Christmas? It's a long time since I wrote a letter to Father Christmas - no Santa for me, he'll always be Father Christmas. I seem to spend ages thinking about what to get for everyone else that I rarely think about what I'd like. So I'm going to throw caution to the wind and indulge myself for a few moments lusting after all sorts of stuff.
Top of the list are always books. You can't go wrong buying me books; I love to read and always have at least 1 on the go. I can't imagine going to bed and not reading - apart from Match Of The Day nights! I'm a huge fan of Scandi murder mysteries so any of those would be perfect.
Another bottle of Chanel No5 would be wonderful too. I usually get it when we go on holiday through the old duty free but this year I was seduced by Lady Gaga so I'm running low on Chanel!
If I'm going really fantasy then I'd love to go for afternoon tea at the Randolph! It always looks so elegant in there and I love the ritual of a proper afternoon tea. I think I might need a new outfit for that too (I can hear my husband saying 'no you don't' and my son saying 'not a new handbag you don't!')
I've just had a new programme for the Oxford Playhouse so tickets to some of the shows would make a great stocking filler, as would tickets to see Richard II with David Tennant or Henry V with Jude Law. Mind you, any serious play in London would be nice - not a musical, I don't do musicals!
And if none of that is available the I'm still waiting for a romantic date with Benedict Cumberbatch - assuming he's free and picking up the bill at the end of the evening!
So what do I want for Christmas? It's a long time since I wrote a letter to Father Christmas - no Santa for me, he'll always be Father Christmas. I seem to spend ages thinking about what to get for everyone else that I rarely think about what I'd like. So I'm going to throw caution to the wind and indulge myself for a few moments lusting after all sorts of stuff.
Top of the list are always books. You can't go wrong buying me books; I love to read and always have at least 1 on the go. I can't imagine going to bed and not reading - apart from Match Of The Day nights! I'm a huge fan of Scandi murder mysteries so any of those would be perfect.
Another bottle of Chanel No5 would be wonderful too. I usually get it when we go on holiday through the old duty free but this year I was seduced by Lady Gaga so I'm running low on Chanel!
If I'm going really fantasy then I'd love to go for afternoon tea at the Randolph! It always looks so elegant in there and I love the ritual of a proper afternoon tea. I think I might need a new outfit for that too (I can hear my husband saying 'no you don't' and my son saying 'not a new handbag you don't!')
I've just had a new programme for the Oxford Playhouse so tickets to some of the shows would make a great stocking filler, as would tickets to see Richard II with David Tennant or Henry V with Jude Law. Mind you, any serious play in London would be nice - not a musical, I don't do musicals!
And if none of that is available the I'm still waiting for a romantic date with Benedict Cumberbatch - assuming he's free and picking up the bill at the end of the evening!
Thursday, 28 November 2013
The Great Outdoors
BEDN Day 28 , the great outdoors so I should channel my inner Bear Grylls!
I'm not really an outdoorsy person so I've wondered what I should write about. I've decided to think about what the outdoors means to me and how I relate to it.
I'm lucky to live in a lovely part of the country and really should make the time to get out and about more often. There is a lovely walk down by the river which is beautiful whatever the time of day or year and whatever the weather. My husband and I used to cycle out to the surrounding villages on a Saturday but we haven't done that for a while either. I do enjoy being out and about - during the summer we went to Wayland's Smithy on the Ridgeway, a favourite walk of ours and we took a picnic. It was a lovely sunny day and for a while we had the Smithy to ourselves. There was a slight breeze, plenty of birdsong and a total absence of the usual noise that accompanies life. It was perfect. I took my shoes off, stretched out on a blanket and soaked up the peace and quiet. Absolute bliss.
So next year we must try to do that sort of thing more often, get out into the countryside and enjoy some quality time with nature - and each other of course.
I'm not really an outdoorsy person so I've wondered what I should write about. I've decided to think about what the outdoors means to me and how I relate to it.
I'm lucky to live in a lovely part of the country and really should make the time to get out and about more often. There is a lovely walk down by the river which is beautiful whatever the time of day or year and whatever the weather. My husband and I used to cycle out to the surrounding villages on a Saturday but we haven't done that for a while either. I do enjoy being out and about - during the summer we went to Wayland's Smithy on the Ridgeway, a favourite walk of ours and we took a picnic. It was a lovely sunny day and for a while we had the Smithy to ourselves. There was a slight breeze, plenty of birdsong and a total absence of the usual noise that accompanies life. It was perfect. I took my shoes off, stretched out on a blanket and soaked up the peace and quiet. Absolute bliss.
So next year we must try to do that sort of thing more often, get out into the countryside and enjoy some quality time with nature - and each other of course.
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