Things to do in the next 5 years (76-100)

76. Create a signature salad
77. Own a neon sign
78. Write a poem
79. Make a book of my nieces & nephews
80. Own a new piece of Aboriginal art
81. Hold a garage sale
82. Make something with silver clay
83. Track down Noelene Thurston
84. Buy a dressy hat
85. Pay for someone’s parking anonymously
86. Ride a bicycle
87. Try to have a baby with Craig
88. Leave a book on a bus/ coffee shop seat with a note saying ‘for you’
89. Help on a ‘clean-up’ day
90. Leave $50 anonymously in someone’s letterbox who desperately needs it
91. Leave ‘hello, have a nice day’ cards in the letterbox of 30 local old people
92. Be a vegetarian for 30 days
93. Cook all my meals for 30 days
94. Live in a house with Craig with no television
95. Go to a show in Sydney Festival
96. Have my own ‘letter box’ including my own collection of greeting cards (made on moo or somewhere) – Thank You, Happy Birthday, New Home, Merry Christmas, Sympathy, New Job, program cards etc etc), but have other things like ribbons, stickers, quotes for ideas for cards.
97. Own a sewing machine – and know how to use it
98. Make a terrarium
99. Participate in http://www.nanowrimo.org/ - a 50,000 word novel in November
100. Participate in http://sundayscribblings.blogspot.com
101. Have a dirty weekend with Craig

Things I love (50-75)

51. Bourskin cheese spread – reminds me of my time in Paris and the beautiful breakfasts I had 52. Every day I discover something new about myself, Craig or our relationship – the good and the bad are both as amazing to uncover
53. That my life is full of generous people – generous with their time, their money, their wishes. Lately I have been reminded that by Jodie, Mum, Sarah, Tree, Craig, Jean, Ron, Chrissy, Dawn, Sarah
54. My Design Notebook – it’s full of ideas for my perfect house
55. My leather jacket
56. Saturday’s with Craig – lunch in town
57. On-line Tesco – eliminates all the arguments Craig & I had about grocery shop
58. Blue winter skies
59. Facebook contact with people back home - status updates make me feel like I am part of their life
60. Silly Yorkshire sayings
61. My bare feet touching Craig’s bare feet in bed
62. My African mask, bought with money from my family for my 40th birthday. I think I might have been misled, that it isn’t authentic, but it is still beautiful and reminds me of my time in Paris with Craig.
63. My beautiful new underwear
64. My handmade books from Anne
65. Flexibility with work – I can do whatever I like while I am away from my ‘career’
66. Our campervan
67. That I get to be of service a little bit in program – in order for me to receive it, I need to give it away
68. My nieces & nephews – watching them embark on life
69. My Jonathan Adler love jar – which is filled with wedding wishes from my wedding
70. My quilt made by my sister Anne, it’s beautiful and it reminds me of her love for me. Who else would go to so much trouble for me. It also shows me I can have both pink & red in my colour scheme.

Trexi's on display in our home

71. Craig’s trexi collection – it reminds me each day life is for fun
72. The beautiful buildings of Leeds – I never tire of photographing them
73. The little canvasses of Craig dressed as Tarzan – they remind me of the adventurous little boy inside my love
74. Baths

75. My wedding photos – the ones Asha took and the ones everyone else took

Things to do in 2009 (76-100)

76. Send a thank you note anonymously
77. Watch the sun rise & set in the one day
78. Send flowers to someone for no good reason
79. Complete 5 random acts of kindness in one day
80. Make a tote bag or handbag
81. Celebrate our marriage outside our anniversary
82. Get a new hairstyle

Friday (left), Saturday (right)

83. Make Craig brekky in bed
84. Write before bed one night a week for 3 months
85. Invite someone new for coffee
86. Use what I have as much as possible
87. Do a Wainwright walk
88. Train trip to somewhere I’ve never been
89. Meditate regularly
90. Send Craig a love letter (in the mail)
91. Take a photo every day for 90 days
92. Make a list of all the things I am grateful to/for Craig for
93. Find a way to celebrate the miracles

Photo taken by Asha Munn at http://www.ashamunnphotography.com/ - I wanted Leeds to feature in our wedding shots, which I think it does!

94. Get some large photos of our wedding (they've finally arrived yeah!)
95. Make a plan with Craig for the next 5 years
96. Make some artwork with my photos
97. Submit something to http://www.welivenow.org/
98. Make something to celebrate Craig’s non-belly button birthday
99. Listen to the podcasts I have in by rss burner
100. Use all my things here in the UK, really take advantage of all we have

Things to do in 2009 (51-75)

51. Keep a step-10 diary and write in it every night
52. Swim in the ocean
53. Make some program cards
54. Burn through our candles - we have burnt some beautiful candles.

55. Start a new tradition of date night with Craig
56. Buy something special with our wedding money- we are the proud owners of beautiful glass.

57. Do a job I’ve never done before
58. Apply for a visa for Craig - it was lodged first week of May - so fingers crossed.


59. Send Cath A a card about why I think she’s so fab - 30-Mar-2009 while writing my letter to Julia Cameron (see 1-25 series) I knew I wanted to send my fan letter to Cath.
60. Make my own Blue List on Lonely Planet - 29-Mar-2009 I started doing what I call Megslists on my adventures blog, my start of bluelists.
61. Find a coffee friend
62. Do a series on Yorkshire images – pork pies, Yorkshire puddings,
63. See the movie Australia - We cheated and did this 24-Dec-08 at a preview session. Craig slept through it, as I cried thinking of home
64. Send a photo into the Guardian
65. Make a gratitude book - photos
66. See a football (soccer) match in Leeds
67. See a Shakespearean play at the RSC in Stratford
68. Learn a poem off by heart
69. Knit a scarf
70. Read the unread books on my bookshelf - a few camping trips,a tighter budget, the impending move and determination have seen all but a few books read.  The last couple will be happy holiday reading for our Langkawi trip.
71. Send myself a letter for my 50 year old self

72. Write a fan letter

73. Do a deal with someone – I’ll do something for free, if they’ll do something in return
74. Celebrate our first wedding anniversary in style
75. Learn a joke

Things to do in 2009 (26-50)

26. Make a photography portfolio of letters (a,b,c) - I've started one, but there are letters missing and lots of letters in similar fonts. It's the beginning of a long journey. 27. Learn 5 new recipes
28. Join an organised walk – say through a walking club
29. Make a paper sculpture
30. Visit Yorkshire Sculpture Park - visited 7 August 2009 for a photography exhibition organised by Asha Munn.

Sculpture on the roof of the YSP Visitors Centre

31. Visit Blackpool - visited weekend 24-26 July 32. Write a long letter to a long lost friend
33. Volunteer
34. Delete all my bad photos
35. Take photographs that don’t come easily to me
36. Take a still life that includes a coffee 37. Take a self-portrait
38. Have a bubble bath with Craig
39. Do something from Operation Nice
40. Do a yoga class
41. Make an advent calendar for Christmas 2009
42. Get myself on the Campervan insurance
43. Make yorkshire puddings for Craig
44. Sponsor someone
45. Re-do Artist Way
46. Send my mum a thank you letter for just being my Mum
47. Write up my adventures in 2008
48. Get in touch with Christine S
49. De-clutter
50. Explore a maze

Things to do in 2009 (1-25)

1. Make a 100 things book
2. Stay in bed a whole day
3. Make myself a piece of jewellery
4. Start a blog - never content to just do 1 thing, I've started 3 new blogs so far including this one.
5. Start a novel - I'v started one but lost my connection to it, and my characters.
6. Make a daisy chain
7. Have an artist date with my husband
8. Make savoury scones
9. Take photos using my miniature camera people
10. Use up film of medium format camera
11. Make a necklace
12. Call Jodie at least once a month
13. Take a weekend international train trip
14. Learn something new
15. Organise a surprise weekend for Craig
16. Make a book with burb
17. Make 5 amends
18. Hand make a book – I still love my online books, but I want to play with paper and beautiful things
19. Send a letter to Julia Cameron - 30-Mar-2009 I sentJulia my card (below), telling her that her book Artists Way sent me on my jounery back home to me..


20. Cook a new soup each month
21. Send a letter to a newspaper
22. Make Craig a pastry
23. Upcycle something bought from a vintage store
24. Write a page a day for 7 days – then do it again

25. Do a Silvey ‘arty’ word picture - Did for Valentines day 14-Feb-09

100 things I love about my life right now (76 - 100)

Even the new buildings in Leeds reflect all the old beauty around them

My shelf with some of my city memorabilia

A viaduct somewhere in Scotland - note to self, better records of where I take photos

76. My city memorabilia – muji city scapes, ny tea light, paris tea light
77. Calling home – I can be 1000 miles away but I always feel better after calling someone from home
78. Mail addressed to Mrs Silvey – I want to keep my old name but the odd letter to Mrs Silvey is sweet
79. That my mum spent the little money she had on being here with me for my wedding
80. Living so close to Leeds city – I can walk to work, nothing is ever really too far
81. Viaducts – I love them not just for their ingenuity, but for their stature and beauty
82. Mondays & Tuesdays to explore
83. For small miracles – the first that I met Craig, the man I need not just the man I want, in Australia.
84. Elle decorating magazine – it’s replaced my Australian Inside Out
85. Postcards
86. That for the first time I feel safe with my partner, even when we fight
87. Learning new Yorkshire and English sayings
88. My commitment to my life – even if that is just learning to love the life I have
89. RSS feeds – waking to an inbox of ideas each day is inspiring
90. My Moleskin books – need to update them more
91. My desire to change, to keep moving forward
92. That there are so many creative minds in the world – what people can do and achieve never ceases to amaze me
93. Victorian architecture in Yorkshire
94. Tiled Room in Leeds Art Gallery
95. Opportunities for all the little adventures I have
96. Seeing different animals than in Australia – deer, possums
97. Reading in bed
98. Craig & I learning each day how to be husband and wife
99. The hope of parenthood
100. Feeling well