The continuing voyages of 99 Days: bits and bobs

It would seem that onions are truly British or in the very least love the british summer. They were not looking too good in the green house so moved them outside and they're loving it!

However as you can see there was an issue... my BIG TIP for any gardening... think first and take your time with the seeds. Otherwise you'll spend hours thinning the crop and replanting.

On a brighter note I got to do my first window display at a library, a true sign I am in the right place 

Basic I know but with only a printer to work with its a start. Hands up who knows where Aylestone Library is? I hear it was used as a morgue in the war....

Now I'm off to try completing a level or two of Dungeon Defenders solo style... just to see if I can

The continuing voyages of 99 Days: Onions

Agh! Spiders!!!! 

No. Wait, they're outside its ok. Phew! 

So why am I outside? well you can definately say my onions have appeared 

And one even turned into a cactus :P 

I think the next upgrade would be a waist high bench... lots easier. I also heard that spring onions can grow in water so I thinned the crop a little 

Yup this once held laundry tablets...

Will see just how big these can get.

Also if you spotted  the onion in the handy sidepocket of my rucksack looking very sprouty (thanks nin :) ) all is explained!

Turns out if your onion sprouts, it doesn't make mini onions like potatoes instead you get a flower then seeds. Oddly the shoot goes up then down into the soil. Maybe thats not odd to more gardeny people but to me its amazing.

Also totally chuffed that my little sister is so skilled in the kitchen, learnt a new recipe I've so got to try out! 

Another amazing thing happened yesterday. I was stopped and congratulated on what looks to be an awesome festival :D

 Thats right! This event organiser who's first event 'gunge a teacher' was at 13 yrs old is now coordinating a national scifi festival. When you say it like that it doesn't sound half bad. I wonder if the fact I'm doing it for free, that its not my job, makes a difference? nah.

Days score: uuummmm a good day 8/10

The continuing voyages of 99 Days seeking out new adventures, skills and projects

Well its been a fair few months since the 99 day count down  and if I'm honest there have been a few times I've thought "ooh this could go on my blog" but never got around to it and of course forgot what they were. If only I had one of those internety phones....

So now what? Well I definately caught the bug for doing new stuff and this time its growing spring onions :D

I also got my PTTLS level 4 certificate today, which means I can teach adults but to get a more proper qualification (CTTLS then DTTLS) I have to have a teaching position whih I'm working on. 

I wonder if a geekgirl blog would be interesting. 

I'm also going to try my hand at DMing (aka being a dungeon master) which should be interesting and a first. 

I've also sent for a provisional driving license so lots changing. More random ramblings to come soon

1: Saturday the 31st December 2011

And that is it. 99 days. Not as action packed, or varied as I had hoped for but it seems to have done it's job and made me realise what time we waste! Seriously it's like no matter the grand plans we have being human gets in the way. 

• Reused a cereal box
• harvested tomatoes but never ate them
• become a library assistant
• Discovered and dared try dry salt and vinegar
• entered magic tournaments for the first time and didn't do too badly
• learnt a few little facts like how to tell the difference between sharks and dolphins
• saw my little sister start uni
• been to a wedding
• made a draft excluder
• run many many SBL events 
• Tried and made a habbit of drinking green tea
• had a tooth removed
• wasted many hours on games but half realised its not a total waste
• Joined the gym and gone a few times but not made a habbit of it yet
• watched some new movies
• started getting my vitamins in check
• started my PTTLS call
• made baby hats
• made an awesome costume for Tom yet I am yet to get a photo! 
• made soup
• brought a wii - a big spend and thats one thing I hate doing
• helped clear out a garage and realised I'm not so scared of spiders
• had a hair cut, hated it, got used to it, wear hats too much
• visited warhammer world
• made pizzas from scratch
• recognised the value of friendship
• made a lego tree
• went for two job interviews and failed but came close 
• had a personal training session
• made a potato rostie with bacon
• made pacman and pokeball cupcakes 
• hatched a dino egg
• Became an aunt

I'm not sure if thats a good list or not but I'll learn from this past and make 2012 even better. I may even post again here so keep an eye out.

2: Friday the 30th December 2011

A day of painting! not the picture kind but the small model kind, today was the Swooping Hawkes of Eldar.  Sounds kind of epic don't they? But they take time to paint well and I still don't do a fantastic job but its very theraputic. 

Good to have a day off at last and finally shut off the to do list.

Score: 7.5/10

3: Thursday the 29th December 2011

A visit from family, presents from a far away aunt and an amazingly long day staying up to see Cloudane home at 1am!!!!

I am especially glad I didn't get a job at the cinema so long ago.

only the rest of today and two more days before the start of 2012. I was recently asked what my plans were for the year and I instantly thought of next year. But then realised they meant this year. These last few days and a celebration. But I have no plans. 

Question... is the celebration for starting the new year or finishing the last?

Score: 6.5/10

4: Wednesday the 28th December 2011

First ponder of the day: I think by accident I am actually completing the a-z of jobs... a strange concept from the year I graduated. 

• Customer service/call centre 

• Library assistant

• Retail grunt 

I know its only three and I intend tobecome a fully fledged librarian if not first aid trainer. 

Second ponder: I wonder if I could design and make a trouser/dress/suit thing in the old style like merlin era or oriental.

Third ponder... I still don't like the first Trek movie but watching it with others isn't so bad

Score: 7... this in between time is a nightmare of inaction and confusion

5: Tuesday the 27th December 2011

Shopping and buying nothing is a novelty. Well in that the sales seem to not exist. I have no idea what the crowds out there are buying. Or maybe there is just nothing that I am needing. It's a nice thought really. 

Here's hoping everyone had a great time with friends or family or a combination for it these that are celebrated in this more secular world and they are honestly invaluable.

Score: 6.5/10... too many thoughts of the new year in my head. It's like the room full of directionally confused stairs in there.  This inbetweenie bit is clearly the time for contemplation, change and path finding.Good luck to all.

6: Monday the 26th December 2011

A big family meal and much busyness. litterally dropped asleep as soon as I returned.

Score: 7/10 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Edit: This is what we built yesterday :D it even glows in the dark!

7: Sunday the 25th December 2011

I'm officially a grown up as I did not wake to past 8! but still it was great fun seeing the presents opened and relaxing for the day. Got lots of new wii games and while some I'm not repaired enough for yet I can definately play the others! 

Here's some pictures of the dino egg. The simpist present but one of great amusement. Thank you to the giver.

 

Score: 8/10 dinner cooked for me with gravy and sprouts. Awesome!!!

12 -8 : Tuesday 20th all the way to Saturday the 24th December 2011

Wow would you believe it. Even having all of Christmas sorted a week or two ago I've still been busy all week with visiting my only auntie (and having a very nice dinner), cleaning, tidying, going to my first 'social cinema' event at the phoenix. regrettably it did not finish until gone midnight which meant a taxi home when I was asked if I was going to 'trust' Christmas... very odd.

But somehow it still seems a little empty like something is missing... besides the vitamin D ofcourse. Sorry that had to be said. I've read one cracker joke and my sense of humour has de-evolved. 

I am now begining to wonder what to do next year. Push really hard on the library front or learn to drive to get a First Aid teaching job. 

Score: 3 - how dull is this post! 

13: Monday 19th December 2011

It truely is the festive season. Dinner at mum's and christmas movies. But that means there is not much more to write. Though I have realised how few days there are left until the end of the year. I also realised how this nation seems to come to a stand still at this time of year. I mean if you want to do something new and exciting there are not many options, are there.

Maybe we should take a leaf out the candadians books and get more into winter sports, and sort the transport system out so it can cope with snow. [random rant of the day I reckon]

On a random note I am hatching the dino egg I got yesterday. Just a toy  of course but its kind of fun seeing the chemical reaction and waiting to see the final thing. 

Right time to try and think of some random things to try in these last few days. That's scary... sounds a bit empty. What can you do in the last days of December? 12 hole days and the rest of today...

Score: 8/10 what next?

14: Sunday 18th December 2011

A happy day, a happy gathering. What more can be said. Food, friends games and a bit of music. 

Thank you to everyone that made it. I'm no going to stop tidying and go sleep I think... though I may hatch the dino egg hehe

Score: 8.4/ 10. (would have been higher if no one was missing)

15: Saturday 17th December 2011

I never knew how awesome the southfields library was. Basement, theatre... very cool. besides that nothing much today besides setting up for a gathering.

For the first time the festive season is making me notice friends and how valuable they are. Maybe one day trek worthy friendships will be plausable...

Score: 6/ 10 - did nothing new but did make a discovery so not a total loss.

16: Friday 16th December 2011

What a busy day! Or rather, a long evening, dressed in my baseball outfit I headed to the Phoenix for SBL's and section 31's Christmas meal. Was a fun night yet as predicted I wasn't there to enjoy but host, and that is what I enjoy yet I fear I have lost the skill. But thats another days thoughts.. For now I'm getting ready for annother shift at Pork Pie Library. Have you ever been? I'm not sure it looks like a pork pie and it's actually southfields library but very few people call it that.

Anyone know where it got its name from?

I've decided it being christmas isn't an excuse for doing nothing new or interesting.

Score: 7/10 Bonus! I got a present delivered by a robot! (When I eventually realised the name tag was for me) Thank you Mark, 

And a massive thank you to Paul, nat and jamie for all their help and Richard from Retroactive for making it an awesome night.

(oh if anyone got a picture of my costume could you email me?

17: Thursday 15th December 2011

I really should write my blogs when I get home in the evening but to be honest I am usually asleep by then. So instead I find myself struggling to remember what I have done. 

I know this day, Thursday I went for feedback on an interview and discovered I got down to the final four which was good. I also saw mum, went to my course and ticked too many of the dyslexia symptoms in a lesson on communication. Also went to a friends then home. Haven't watched the final apprentice yet ... 

The annoying thing is a remember there was something I really wanted to write here but can I remember what it was? Nope.  Though I have noticed that an aweful lot of people seem to be really ill or tired. Actually more so than when swineflu hit...

Will ponder the missing thought.

Score: 6.5, no actually 7. Got a good deal and found the last present of the season.

18: Wednesday 14th December 2011

So what have I done today? Brought the last part of my costume... some blue football socks to go over my wonderful anti-bloodclot stockings as I call them. The particular brand I have been given can be found here but their website explains an aweful lot about them that the doctors never really went into.

For instance they help with preventing/decreasing varicose veins, inflammation of the veins, thrombosis (blood clots), and venous ulcers... all by compressing your legs to improve blood flow back up them. I wonder why all socks are not designed to do this?

Any way thats all gloomy since I have to wear the very difficult to put on stockings until april 2013! 

No matter. I also brought 4 colours of icing for cupcakes. one set requires just the yellow and midget gems, the other red, white and black. Can you guess what they are?

Score: 6/10 it would have been a 7 but the cold got in the way too much.

19: Tuesday 13th December 2011

Two new things today :D 

I made a potato rostie with bacon. ok the potato and onion came in a pre-packed/diced pack but I still chopped the bacon and fried it. Nice but I need practice and to figure out what to put with it.

The second new experience was going to the gym... for a personal training session! It was odd. I was expecting to get there and the assistant not know anything of arthritis and hip operations but he had a vague clue so we went from there and his specialty is matching machines/exercises to what you want to improve. Mimicking. I found machines I'd never even seen before. Ones to help with strengthening hip muscles, and one for my arms that mimics using crutches in a way. Definitely worth the hour and I didn't feel stupid or embarrassed at all (even wearing my marvel heroes t-shirt lol) 

Score: 7.5/10

20: Monday 12th December 2011

Plans are coming together slowly no matter how many 'bumps' the 'verse throws at me. So HA! things will work.

On a more random note, I found some of my old character creations/avatars...

 It makes me want to get out the sketch book again.

Score: 6/10. determination gets you a long way.

21: Sunday 11th December 2011

Oops,  meant to go to the gym today... instead finished decorating then became very dissapointed, then neutral again.

we had a gathering planned, and the SBL one planned with an awesome costume for Cloudane (AKA tom). But the wonderful world of work means he can come to neither and this really annoyed me. We were both looking forward to the events and now they will not be the same at all. 

But I'll have to get a photo of the costume on here... it's worth getting feedback on to make the next even better!

And if anything we can adapt. It's a good use of the logic "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one" know to me from Star Trek. I mean the party must go on right? so Friday will be party time for SBL.

 A philosophy of mine is alo from star trek, a show that really got me through secondary school and formed quite a bit of my personality or psych.... "I.D.I.C." Infinate Diversity in Infinate Combinations. Basically the more of a mix a nation/planet/ team/ group is the better, and we should strive for diversity. To be everyone fits somewhere and has a skill they just have to find it.

In a different train of thought I was amused today when my online shopping site sent me a useful email. It introduced me to http://www.blinkbox.com a site with free and rentable tv and films that can be used with any online device. worth checking out in my books. Also started work on a present for a baker who has everything. Fingers crossed it comes out ok. 

Ever so sleepy, and I just realised that the sleepier I am when I write this or the more coffee I've had the more random and abstract the blog becomes...

Score: 6.5/ 10, off to read comments now :) and add a picture of the lego tree