52 Week Challenge - week by week through 2013

[veggiechicken]

My Week 10 Challenge was to visit the castle at Raglan.

Haven't been there for about 20 years - and that was work, not pleasure
The only time that I've "flown" a light aircraft was over this castle so it has lots of memories for me

[Sheneval]

I've just cleaned my teeth for the last time in Week 9. This week I've retrained my tooth cleaning habits and stopped running the tap each time. I intend this to be a permanent change - from now and for ever more, until my teeth shall all fall out............

When this happens, I can confirm that the attached are excellent for cane protection.

In the meantime, I suggest you do what I do and borrow them from a user whilst you can still prove you have your own teeth.

That way by the time comes that you really need them people will be so well used to you using them for cane protection they won't know the difference.

[Nicos]

Just completing my ' First EVER Mother's Day' nosh

...looks like I may be on target for producing my 'First Ever Birthday Nosh' too on Tuesday!

* sigh

[PyreneesPlot]

Sigh. Done nothing remotely challenging or new this week. Sigh.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Sigh. Done nothing remotely challenging or new this week. Sigh.

Buck up, PP! Bet you did something that I would consider a Challenge at any rate!

I can come up with a few challenges for you if you are running short - it was amazing how VC thought of her own, when I suggested a few for her - she soon came up with the Castle thing when I gave her the alternative Challenge of 'clean the windows'

[bearded bloke]

Last week,success,new beds made & filled This week will be not to buy any seeds that have not been pre-ordered at EGS

[Feral007]

Last week I got rid of a job. Altho I'm still trying not to think of anything I might have left undone

This week selling a spotty horse is still ever on the agenda, but have a few who might be interested. I need to start sorting out my office (that will be a two weeker at least) and start turning my chooks into freerangers.

We'll see which ones come to completion and I'll call that this weeks challenge!

[Moopmoop]

Week 10 - Planted out Charlotte potatoes into potato bags. Mmm new potatoes...
Week 11 - Be nice to the new girl at work

[Hazel at the Hill]

Week 10 Challenge

Organise Fabric Stash

This is a fun challenge this week!

It's amazing how I have accumulated bits and pieces of fabric for my quilting considering that I have only been at it a relatively short time. It is all the more amazing when you chuck into the mix how loathe I am to part with money - there's a recession on donch'a know, and fripperies like wonderful pretty printed cottons for quilting are up there in the 'wants' rather than the 'needs' list.

One way to square the conscience is to start off with a good friend who sends you a big jiffy of 'offcuts' for you to play about with; and for gift tokens for the local quilt shop to be on your birthday and Christmas lists.

The other way to square the conscience is to buy cotton fabric from charity shops every now and again - you not only don't spend much per go, but the money is going to a good cause. We all win!

This is why you will find me rummaging through the racks of curtains in the local charity shop; and leafing through the racks of XXXXL size clothes, as a big girl's summer dress can yield a couple of yards of lovely cotton print for next to nothing.

All this is why I have two collapsible crates stuffed to the gunnels with all size of bits of cotton in all sorts of colours; prints and plains; large pieces for backing, small coordinating fragments for scrappy piecing. And every time I want to have a look for something, the whole damn lot gets pitched out on the floor, rifled through then put back in a completely random fashion.



Time for action - so this evening in the company of Radio4, I have sifted and sorted, piled up and refolding and now have a crate of big pieces for backing; a crate of browns & beiges, one of reds and yellows, one of greens and blues, and a sort of miscellaneous which has both extremely striking fabrics, the weediest of pastels and any black & whites.







I'm more than happy with the resulting orderliness - so week 10 Challenge: done!

[veggiechicken]

Week 11 Challenge 11th - 17th March

Week 11 already What does this week have in store for you? Don't worry if you've missed a week or two - just come back in and have another go

[wizzbang]

I didn't know we could have not garden challenges.... Lovely, that gives me loads of scope for challenges till I move to Cressage.

This weeks challenge... Get my car cleaned inside and out! Its a dustbin.

Usually, after holidays I get it cleaned at the car valet place but I have noticed that after a few days the shiny wears off the inside and there are signs of spray, as though from a spray like you would get your kitchen cleaner, window cleaner, bathroom cleaner etc in. I'm sure they have used bleach based spray or even neat bleach to clean the inside of the car. It also looks like its been used on the bits that divide the doors on the outside of the car too.
I'm a bit fed up about that but it was at least 5 months ago that I last had it done. I wont be taking it to them anymore so I guess I will have to do it myself.
Brrrrrr its too cold and I don't want to. I might take it to a different valet place and see if they do any better.
It gets so filthy because of Wizzy and his muddy walks and his muddier holidays that when we get back, if I don't get it cleaned straight away you could grow spuds in the back!

This time it needs a clean because when I moved from my house to my daughters I brought all my garden pots and tools and bits of buckets and garden ornaments in my car. It was about 5 trips. One of the pots fell over and the footwells in the back are covered in small pebbles and dirt from a clematis in a pot. I will be SO glad when the move is done and dusted.

That then is my challenge. Get the car cleaned or do it myself.
Lynne x

[PyreneesPlot]

Week 10

Buck up, PP! Bet you did something that I would consider a Challenge at any rate!

I can come up with a few challenges for you if you are running short

In terror of that, I did this last thing before going to bed last night. Its the mock up for my new book - finally the one about self building and slugs.



Feedback always appreciated

[Hazel at the Hill]

I didn't know we could have not garden challenges.... Lovely, that gives me loads of scope for challenges till I move to Cressage.

This weeks challenge... Get my car cleaned inside and out! Its a dustbin.

Yep - my definition of a Challenge is 'anything that you need a 'nudge' to get on and do' which covers nice and nasty!

I'm not a very spontaneous/adventurous person, so tend to have a vague thought of 'I'd like to.......', but then don't bother doing it. Equally, I'm a prevaricator, so there are lots of things which I have a vague thought of 'I really must....' and don't do them either.

NO MORE!

With the help of the Vine, I have already this year sorted out a drawer of photos (outstanding for about 8 years), chosen and bought new glasses (had the previous pair of nearly a decade), had a morning out at a Cathedral (haven't been there for 30-odd years! and all sorts of other stuff.

Of course I do have some gardening related things on the list - I've been very interested in the 'celeriac' thread as one of my Challenges is 'grow something you haven't grown before', and celeriac is the thing!

Have fun with your challenges - oddly enough 'clean the car inside and out' features on my list too!

[bramble]

Well, I didn't get this weeks challenge finished. The weather was too wet and this week its too cold.
My challenge for this week. Paint the walls and the woodwork in the little room that I cleared out a few weeks ago.

[mothhawk]

Well, the veg bed is re-edged neatly with decking planks, which contains the raised 4" of the bed and leaves me another couple of inches for it to rise further. When the weather is more clement I'll take pics if I can get the camera to work.

This week I need to source some decent trellising to put on top of my back fence so that the new occupants of the new houses built on what was the village allotment can't stare directly from their upstairs rooms through my patio window into the living room. (I can't see into theirs because the builders thoughtfully gave them 8ft back fences).