Have a party - done!

Eat in a Michelen restaurant - Done!

Lovely...

Yummy......

More pork....more loveliness...

Could get use to this.

Learn to play the guitar - Done!

She holds it well.....

The proof of the pudding - NB: I do not claim to be in anyway an advanced guitar player.

Go to boot camp - Done!

After the event!  The first of 12 bootcamp sessions at Kirkstall Abbey.

Team Orange (beginners!)

Enter runs - Done!

Before......

After - with 4 minutes knocked off my previous time - wooohoooo!

Enter runs - Half Done!

Team nippy!

I'm the one waving! 

And done!

Try an extreme sport - Done!

Before I start, Extreme Running is officially an extreme sport (http://www.extremerunning.org).  Second, an extreme sport is defined as:


"......... activities that are associated with an adrenaline rush that is felt by the participant. These activities are often dangerous and any mistake could result in injury or even death." 


So, this evening I did my extreme sport!  I went rain-running (running in the rain) with Andy.


Doesnt sound so extreme?  Let me provide you with a few facts.....


1.  Everytime I have been running with Andy I have either a) cried  b)  vomited or  c)  both;


2. Whilst running with Andy I often feel an extreme adrenaline rush (see definition of extreme sport);


3. Whilst running with Andy I often have the urge to injure myself; and


4.  After running with Andy I often feel like I might die.


So, the extreme running in the rain consisted of visiting the local school sports ground and running laps (being chased by Andy).  It was raining very heavily, but that was good as the rain masked the tears.

NB:  I will be trying extreme mountain biking with Dan Whittaker soon, but haven't had time to do it before my birthday due to him marrying our Jen and being busy not breaking parts of his body.

Read Great Expectations - Done!

Great Expectations - what a fabulous read.  And i may have broken a personal record - reading 300 pages in one day (almost in one sitting!).  Thank you Queen for the extra Bank Holiday - without it, i my have failed at my mission. x

Volunteer - will be DONE!

Well, i have successfully volunteered to volunteer!

I have volunteered for the Shipley Glen Tramway who are absolutely desperate for people to help them.  I will be working in the sweet shop (yum).  However, i can't have my 'training' until the 23rd of June so, unfortunately i won't be able to volunteer before my birthday - BUT, i have volunteered my services so - DONE!

http://www.glentramway.co.uk/

Go Glamping/Go Camping - Done!

The Outbuildings on Anglesey.  A very lovely place to stay - they even have a campervan (called Huey) for hire!

Glamping at its best!

Ready for a night on the tiles (with hair issues - i forgot my hairdryer.  A hotel would have provided me with one....never glamping again) 

Our lovely Pink Hut in all its glory!

Small print - as glamping is glamorous camping - i have officially both glamped and camped.  No matter what anybody says.....

Go to Anglesey - Done!

Just back from Anglesey - what a fabulous place (especially in this weather).  If you've never been - go - it's amazing!

A nice woodland walk...

Followed by a bit of sand in the mouth at the beach...

Andy getting too close to the edge!

Where's Wally?

Fire a gun - Done!

Being trained by the master....

It's a hit!

Have a spray tan - Done!

Before -  Shocked by my hue...

After - Fake it until you make it!

It is very dark - honestly...

Go to Festival - Done!

Ok, so it's a food festival - however, officially, it's a festival - this is NOT a cop-out..... 

Mega busy

Todays purchases - yum.

Buy some shares - Done!

Come on Sirius Minerals Plc - start making me some money!

Go to a meditation class - Done!

The lovely Ilkley Friends Meeting House where weekly meditation classes are held...

Tonight I went to a meditation class in Ilkley.    Every week they teach how to meditate based on a different area or subject. The theme tonight was "Letting Go".  The gist is that if you can let go of all the beliefs you have of what can make you happy, then you can focus on your internal happiness - which is the only real way to be happy.  For example, if money made people happy then rich people would all be super happy (which we know they're not - see Gordon Ramsey), or if being beautiful made us happy then super models would be super happy super models (which they're not - see Naomi Campbell).  So, if one is happy inside, it doesn't really matter what we have around us, we will be happy with what we've got.  

All I could think during my meditation was how happy I'd be if I was a rich supermodel married to Gordon Ramsey...

Me, demonstrating meditation!

Ilkley Buddist  - Have a look at the website - it is an enlightening way to spend an evening.

Play Black Jack - Done!

Black Jack!

Card counting...

I don't trust that dealer...

The Hustlers!

Poker face

Go rollerbooting - Done!

Boots with wheels - you'd have thought it!

Amanda - skater extraordinaire!

Can you see the fear?

Slightly wobbly....

Not so wobbly.

Yesterday, myself and Amanda went to a fabulous rollerbooting exercise class in Morley.  It was much fun and very painful.  Rollerbooting isn't as easy as it was when you were 8......

Return to my former blonde self - done!

Well, i'm part way there - you can't rush such a great transformation....

The downstairs loo - where better to photograph oneself?