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Thought I would do an update on my progress. It is a month since I started this and some things have been started, some haven't, some are about to start as the new month is about to start. So, here is a rundown.

31. Make a photo journal for both photos I take and photos I like. Done. Click here!

Ok, it looks like this is the only one I have actually completed since starting. Well, this and no 17 which is fairly obvious :D

There are many that have been started ...

2. Get a job as a Newly Qualified Teacher. The job hunting has started. This is quite scary. I'm waiting to hear from the Sheffield Pool now. Eeeek!

4. Keep a record (photographic or photocopied work) of each lesson I taught that went well throughout my PGCE and NQT year to make into a portfolio. Have been doing this so shall continue with it.

65. Finish my crochet blanket that I started about 3 years ago. My blanket has been picked up again for the first time in months, if not years.

Tomorrow is the first of the month. There are a few targets that I want to start. These are:

33. Take and publish to the web at least one photo a day for 3 months.
37. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy.
50. Drink at least 4 pints of water a day for at least a month.

Any more than those will be a bonus :)

# 26 - Be able to say I have read at least 50 books from The BBCs Big Read

In April 2003 the BBC launched a search for the nation's best loved novel [bbc.co.uk]. Here are the results:

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

As part of my 101 things in 1001 days I have decided I want to read at least 50 of them. How many have you read? I think I have read 26 so that means I have another 24 to go. Which ones can you recommend?

Get my own webspace that I can dedicate to this :D

Well, these seems done to me :p

It's quite nice, I can score off one item :D

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

More info can be found at Triplux's Blog [triplux.com].

Here is my list:

1. Pass my PGCE.
2. Get a job as a Newly Qualified Teacher.
3. Pass my NQT year.
4. Keep a record (photographic or photocopied work) of each lesson I taught that went well throughout my PGCE and NQT year to make into a portfolio.

5. Take some form of adult education class.
   
6. Learn a new language to a level where I can hold a conversation - either Italian or Spanish.
   
7. Learn how to salsa dance.
   
8. Learn how to do 7 interesting styles with my long hair.
   
9. Learn enough HTML, CSS, etc. to make a good Web site all by myself.
   
10. Learn to play chess well enough to beat David.

11. Get all my filing and paperwork in order and keep it so for at least 6 months.
    
12. Catalogue all our books, cds and dvds and store them sensibly.
    
13. Organise the house - sort out our storage issues, throw out all the unnecessary crap. Make it so that if I need to find something I know where it is.
    
14. Sort out my passport.
    
15. Save £1 a day for the whole 1001 days.
    
16. Compile a recipe book of all my favourite tried and tested recipes.
    
17. Get my own webspace that I can dedicate to this :D
    
18. Do all the washing, iron and put it away before it mounts up into a huge pile for at least 2 months.
    
19. Organise all my sewing/creative stuff and ruthlessly throw away everything I know will be of no use.

20. Remove artex from spare bedroom and paint it.
    
21. Sort out our bedroom - remove artex, paint, sort floor boards etc.
    
22. Paint kitchen tiles and get new lino for floor.
    
23. Finish decorating the bathroom.

24. Read at least 3 decent sized books (ie 300+ pages) a month for 6 months.
    
25. Record and review all books and films that I read/watch for a period of one year.
    
26. Be able to say I have read at least 50 books from The BBCs Big Read [bbc.co.uk].
    
27. Buy one new book in a genre that I wouldn't normally buy and read it every six weeks for 6 months.
    
28. Read 10 autobiographies.

29. Watch at least the top 100 films from IMDBs Top TwoFifty [imdb.com]
    
30. Watch all 6 Star Wars films in one day in a Star Wars marathon.

31. Make a photo journal for both photos I take and photos I like.
    
32. Take part in Photo Friday at least 20 times [photofriday.com]
    
33. Take and publish to the web at least one photo a day for 3 months.

34. Write and illustrate a children's picture book.
    
35. Take part in NaNoWriMo [nanowrimo.org]. Although, not necessarily in November ...
    
36. Write a poem.
    
37. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy.

38. Cook something from scratch for dinner (without any help from Mr Schwartz Packet Man) once a week for 3 months.
    
39. Organise a dinner party for at least 3 friends.
    
40. Bake something at least once every 2 weeks for 6 months.
    
41. Make a Christmas Pudding.
    
42. Make jam - any flavour will do :)
    
43. Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day for at least 3 months.
    
44. Give up all fast food/takeaway food for at least a month.
    
45. Make bread once a week for at least 2 months.
    
46. Cook a 3 course meal for my parents.
    
47. Drink wine and eat cheese.
    
48. Cook marshmallows over a campfire.

49. Become at least a size 14.
    
50. Drink at least 4 pints of water a day for at least a month.
    
51. Take a walk 3 times a week for at least 3 months.
    
52. Run a mile without stopping.
    
53. Shave my legs every other day for a month.
    
54. Wash my hair every other day for a month.
    
55. Spend an hour every other Sunday for 3 months plucking my eyebrows and preening myself.
    
56. Spend an hour every other Sunday for 3 months having some me time in the bath and pampering myself.
    
57. Give blood at least 3 times.

58. Make at least one item of clothing that I am proud of and happy to wear on a regular basis.
    
59. Finish my Winnie The Pooh and The Pyramids cross stitch samples.
    
60. Make a quilt.
    
61. Sew a funky new bag.
    
62. Finish the blanket that I have been knitting for the past 4 years!
    
63. Make all my own Christmas cards one year.
    
64. Buy some expensive wool and make a gorgeous, soft scarf.
    
65. Finish my crochet blanket that I started about 3 years ago.

66. Go, with David, to at least one new place a month for 6 months.
    
67. See a performance of Swan Lake at the theatre.
    
68. Go abroad. Don't care where, just somewhere off British soil.
    
69. Visit Lego Land in Windsor.
    
70. Take David ice skating.
    
71. Randomly jump on a bus, get off it wherever you want and explore that area.
    
72. Take a trip on the Flying Scotsman.
    
73. Go to a concert/gig of a band/singer I like.
    
74. Go camping.
    
75. Go strawberry picking.
    
76. Attend a league football match.
    
77. Go on a fairly impulsive romantic weekend getaway with David.
    
78. Attend an opera.
    
79. Visit the National Space Centre in Leicester.

80. Buy a pair of totally inappropriate shoes and wear them out shopping at least 3 times.
    
81. Make a baby (towards the end of the 1001 days!)
    
82. Pass my driving test.
    
83. Fly a kite.
    
84. Ride a rollercoaster.
    
85. Take at least one day a month for one year to do something new and different with husband.
    
86. Have a picnic on the beach.
    
87. Dance naked in the garden whilst it's raining (I can wear shoes as I dread to think what I may stand on ...)
    
88. Wear contact lenses every day for a month.
    
89. Go pretend house hunting. ie pretend to be interested in someone’s house only to have a nosey around!
    
90. Watch the sun rise.
    
91. Watch the sun set.
    
92. Climb a tree.
    
93. Test drive a car I can’t afford.
    
94. Buy a first edition.
    
95. Buy some knee high, high heeled boots.
    
96. Grow some vegetables.
    
97. Sleep in a 5 star hotel.
    
98. Eat in a “black tie” restaurant.
    
99. Sleep under the stars.
    
100. Give David a massage at least once a month for a year.
     
101. Send a message in a bottle.
     

Start Date - Wednesday 1st February 2006
End Date - Wednesday 29th October 2008.