one hundred and one things: cupcakes

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Sunday, 4 July 2010

17. Make birthday cakes for each of the girl's birthdays

For Lydia's birthday I decided to make not one, but 24 cakes!

She wanted Hannah Montana cakes so I bought little plastic rings from ebay for the top of them. I had a little wobble midweek and decided to buy a plastic flavoured one from Morrisons. Then I had an unexpected morning off work on friday so I decided to give them a go. They turned out much better than I had expected them too. So good I've been asked to bake for the PTA's autumn fair!

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

March 15th 2010

16. Bake once a month

Last month I bought a new cupcake book, the Primrose Bakery cookbook. There are some gorgeous cakes in it, the peanut butter ones were lovely.

Today I made coffee cakes with coffee buttercream. Yum!

The List

1. ~~Set up a blog~~
2. ~~Eat faggots~~
3.Learn how to make 3 origami shapes
4. Update this blog 101 times (72/101)
5. Have my haircut every 6 months (2/5)

6.
7. ~~Make a Christmas cake~~
8. Lose 4 stones (24/56)
9. Read 10 books (2/10)
10. Send 10 cards, just because (1/10)

11. Go on 10 dates (1/10)
12. Put photographs in every frame I own (1/1000000)
13. Have 10 family photographs taken (1/10)
14.
15. Cook 10 things from a recipe (3/10)

16. Bake once a month (15/33)
17. Make birthday cakes for each of the girl's birthdays (3/6)
18. Have tea at Betty's
19. ~~Have a picnic in the park~~
20. ~~Go to the theatre~~

21. ~~Go to the cinema~~
22. Visit 5 different museums (3/5)
23. Visit a new city
24. ~~Paddle in the sea~~
25. Buy 10 bunches of flowers (2/10)

26. ~~Wear make up, just because~~
27. ~~Plant sunflowers with the children~~
28. ~~Give away all the books that won't be read~~
29. Carve a pumpkin
30. Fill in the children's baby books

31. ~~Get fitted for a bra~~
32. Have photos taken in a photo booth
33. Save £1 every time I cross something off the list (21/101)
34. ~~Go swimming with the children~~
35. ~~Throw away 10 things from each room~~ (5/5)

36. Learn how to sew properly
37. Have a make up counter make over
38. Visit a personal shopper
39. Ride on a steam train
40. Go to the seaside by train

41. Make bread by hand
42. Make pompom christmas decorations
43. Have a facial
44. Have a massage
45. Donate £1 to charity for every unfinished item on my list

46. Send a message in a bottle
47. ~~Release a balloon with a message on a label~~
48. Give up takeaways for one month
49.~~Build a snowman~~
50. Go ice skating

51. Have a pedicure
52. ~~Get curtains for the lounge~~
53. Replace the lounge carpet
54. Buy someone flowers, just because
55. Learn to crochet

56. ~~Make a daisy chain~~
57. Paint with the children
58.
59. Eat fish and chips on the beach
60. Paint eggs with the children

61. ~~Bet on the grand national~~
62. Do race for life or similar
63.
64.
65.

66. Get a tattoo
67. Jump in a puddle
68. Ride a rollercoaster
69. Give blood
70. Send 5 compliment letters for good customer service (0/5)

71. Make a will
72. Watch a sunrise
73. Watch a sunset
74. Get on a bus and see where we end up.
75. Grow and eat our own strawberries

76. Try a new fruit
77. Eat real sushi
78. Document Tyldesley in photographs
79.
80. ~~Build a sandcastle~~

81. Go to a pantomime
82. Go to a christmas market
83. Listen to 10 artists I've never heard of (5/10)
84. Have a pro photo taken of Charlotte
85. Learn 5 playground games and teach them to Lydia

86. ~~Get new glasses~~
87. ~~Get an iphone~~
88. Clear my overdraft
89. ~~Visit a farm~~
90. Enter a photograph into a competition

91. Wear pigtails in public
92. Visit a place with an amusing name
93. Have a birthday party
94. Watch all the upopened dvds I own (1/1000000)
95.

96. Be strict and delete all the rubbish photos
97. Get copies of all the old photos and make an album
98. ~~Visit a place I haven't been since childhood~~
99. Start a conversation with a stranger
100. ~~Go for breakfast in a greasy spoon cafe~~

101. Celebrate completing my list.

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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Start: January 1st 2010
Finish: September 28th 2012