Mission 101 update

I saw a dead dog on the road on the way home from work, it really upset me. It was on a 50mph dual carriageway with nowhere to stop. If it had been in town, I definitely would have stopped and tried out my new found first responder knowledge. If it was definitely dead, I could have at least looked to see if it had a collar with a disc. The poor creature’s owners are probably wondering where it is, it’s so sad :o(

I have a photo pass for The Jacksons next Tuesday. I have also won a competition for a pair of tickets to the British Guitar Show, which is handily only eight miles away from our house and is this Sunday when my dad is visiting, so I hope he’ll enjoy that! We can pop in just to have a look. Even if it’s boring and we leave again, we haven’t spent any money.

I thought I’d do a Mission 101 update as I haven’t done one for a while and I have exactly one year today to complete them all, or 365 days.

Newly completed tasks
I’ve now completed 20 tasks altogether. New ones recently are:
29) Keep trying to learn how to crochet, and crochet something.
I’ve crocheted a very wobbly baby blanket in granny stripe. The blanket itself was fine, but when I put the edging on it, it all puckered up. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong there (Angie??) but hey, it’s my first attempt. I don’t have a picture of the finished article, but this is what it looked like when I first started.

It’s in West Bromwich Albion colours as I was going to give it to Mike and Mini’s baby, who is a WBA fan by default. But I decided it was too wobbly to give as a gift, so it’s just going to stay in my big pile of ‘attempted and failed’ crafty hobbies!

75) Try five new restaurants
1- Mug House in Bewdley
2- Purnell’s in Birmingham (which is the only Michelin star restaurant I’ve been to!)
3 – Mrs. Murphy’s Kitchen in Santa Ponsa
4 – Restaurante Xaloc in Santa Ponsa
5- Annexe in Birmingham

Progress
6) Don’t spend any money for 200 separate days. (186/200) I know I’ve completed this one by loads, but I keep forgetting to record the days I don’t spend any money, so I’m only actually updating it when I remember which days I definitely haven’t money.

7) Donate 150,000 grains of rice on http://www.freerice.com. (56,560/150,000)

11) Visit the cinema 75 times. (21/75)
I’ve only been to the cinema 21 times in 637 days?? That is frankly shocking, it’s only an average of once a month.

14) Learn to do the splits.
I’m getting there; I’m only about four inches off the ground on one side. It’s great, if you do it every day, you can see improvement so quickly, about an inch a week, so I should be done in about a month! :o)

38) Give five handmade items as gifts (knitted, baked etc) (0/5)
I’m going to give away some soap when it’s cured. *excited*

45) Try five new foods. 1- Paella (PROPER paella, cooked by Spanish chefs in Spain), 2- Samphire
I’ve already tried lots of different food, I need some ideas please of unusual things :o)

46) Donate blood six more times (I had five on my last one and finished it way in advance!) (2/6)
I’m going for number 3 on 11th March, which I believe might even be my 20th donation overall! Each donation can save up to three lives, so I might have saved 60 lives, OR helped with disease research, OR training forensic scientists to solve murder crimes with blood spatter patterns, like Dexter! Either way, it’s all good :o)

61) Knit a blanket
I’m currently involved in a friendship blanket. Even though I will end up with 42 squares all knitted by different people, I will also have knitted 42 squares, each one with 42 different people. So this counts, yes?

65) Grow something edible and eat it
Last year I grew tomato plants. They got to the flowering stage, but absolutely no sign of fruit. I think I planted them too late and we had absolutely no summer whatsoever. So I’m going to plant them earlier this year and keep them in the veranda, which I didn’t have last year. It’s made of glass so I’m hoping it will act as a greenhouse.

There are all ongoing:

88) Make a proper go of my pet sitting business. Get my website sorted, get contacts, learn stuff, get registered as self employed, set up an office.
89) Complete C25K.- Day 5/24 done.
90) Watch every episode of Lost. 104/121
91) Shoot 100 gigs 45/100
92) Earn £600 worth of Amazon vouchers on Swagbucks. £210/£600
94) Watch every episode of Dexter (48/84)

Onwards and upwards, need to spend more time on my Missions!