52 Week Challenge - week by week through 2013

[veggiechicken]

Week 4 - 21st - 27th January

Well done to you all!!.
Since this is the last full week in January, here's an extra little challenge for you. When you complete this week's challenge, make a list of each of your weekly challenges so that we can see just how much we've achieved this month. If we do this at the end of each month we can watch our lists grow through the year

[Sheneval]

My challenge for week 4 was to take my friend to the Burns Centre in Kilmarnock and show him how to trace his family back to the early 1800s - we managed this successfully albeit not without some difficulty, thanks to his ggfather being born on the wrong side of the blanket

[Incidentally for those who saw a previous posting re Great or Grand Aunts] I found a Grand Aunt reporting a birth in the mid 1800's - this is the first time I have found such an occurrence in more than 40 years of research]


My Challenges over the 4 weeks have been:
Week 1 - Toasting my new Allotment on site on New Years Day
Week 2 - Lime 2 beds on my Allotment
Week 3 - Fit a tap to my Allotment water butt
Week 4 - Teach my friend to research his Family History

[bearded bloke]

Week 1 .. Being MoMmy to you lot
Week 2 .. Went to a christening
Week 3 .. Sorted seeds into order
Week 4 .. Made me in snow for Nicos

[Sheneval]

When I get a snotty nose I know where to come MoMmy

[Tripmeup]

My challenge for this week is to get the readings for my wedding ceremony sorted...

only 10 days to my stag... Now that will be an enjoyable challenge

[petal]

ok, assembly delivered to year 7/8 boys. they now know how to recycle. Now how do I educate arrogant? or apathetic? adults who seem incapable of following the simple system I have set up. ???

[Ananke]

Week 4 already, sheesh!!!

When we first got our plot the first thing we done was build the greenhouse, when we leveled the soil we were left with a mound of it and not having a clue what we were doing, we built a box around the mound to contain it and grew stuff in it. Well, every year since then I've wanted to take it down because it's in a bad location.

So my challenge this week was to get it started, saving the wood and each nail as we went along.

Week 1 - Canned Pineapple using the waterbath method
Week 2 - Made olive and coconut oil soap
Week 3 - Discussed plans for a cheese press..... lame, I know lol
Week 4 - Started dismantling a raised bed.

[binley100]

week 1 - Come out of Wilkos emptyhanded
week 2 - start using up things from freezer
week 3 - made mustard and sorted out jars
week 4 - drive my car in my lottie boots (so sick of changing shoes)
Big challenge- to fill in and send off application form then attend a meeting to join the Master Gardeners programme

[Tripmeup]

So Week 4 done at last, so summary here...

Week 1: Teach my daughter to be more independent (completed but ongoing)
Week 2: Select my suits for my wedding party
Week 3: Break 10000 posts.. ( completed twice )
Week 4: Select the church readings for my wedding.

All done..

[Nicos]

Mine is swimming today!

it's -7C outside...I must be MAD!!

[julesapple]

Have finally sorted out my paper patterns, downsized all of the skirts already cut out and order lining and zips.

Next challenge; Celeriac gratin for supper this evening.

[veggiechicken]

My challenge this week was to overcome my fear of celeriac and deal with the shrunken head that has been looking at me for weeks - With your help, I've done it. I'm even thinking of growing some it was so nice
Week 1 : Make a Grow Light box out of bits and pieces without spending any money
Week 2 : Plant a Tomcot Apricot tree and 12 Autumn Bliss raspberries
Week 3 : Clear the garage to make room for the car ahead of the snow (so glad I did that!)
Week 4 : Make friends with celeriac!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

I have a personal challenge that started the beginnng of the year and hopefully will be finished by the end of February. I can't say what it is yet but will let the secret out of the bag in due course (even if I am not successful).

[Moopmoop]

Week 1 - Made corndogs.
Week 2 - Applied for a new job.
Week 3 - Volunteered for samaritans.
Week 4 - Sowed chillies in January in my new heated prop.

Roll on week 5...

[PyreneesPlot]

Week 1 - Cooked 2 new curry recipes.
Week 2 - Used Excel and GIMP for a whole week without swearing
Week 3 - Aborted off-piste challenge (avalanche risk too high) instead published book on Smashwords
Week 4 - Aborted off-piste challenge (avalanche risk still too high 5 METERS of snow in 10 days) making Croissants instead. Pictures too follow.