Dreams - The secret ingredient.

Ages ago I wrote a list of a 100 things I wanted to do.  Then I had Harriet and I totally forgot about my list, that is until a few weeks back when I came across it again.  When I re-read it I was surprised at how many things on my list I had actually completed.  My list got me thinking.  Sometimes life can just take over, especially when you have little ones.  But I think it is good to dream and have aspirations of where you want to go.  Writing it down can give you a real sense of direction it doesn't matter how wild those dreams are they are your dreams and dreams are what takes you places.  Over the last couple of weeks since finding and re-reading my original list I have been putting together a new list of a 100 things I would like to do (quite obviously as I write this I realise there are a few items on my list I may never achieve but I have decided to leave them on the list because they mean something to me and are important to me).

1. Make Harriet a quilt for her big bed
2. Go back to Australia
3. Visit Rome
4. Go on a girls only weekend away
5. Go back to New York
6. Monetize my blog
7. Knit myself a jumper
8. Move to a bigger house
9. Go back to Atituki
10. Reach my target weight of 9.5 stone
11. Rennovate our house
12. Make a bag to hold my knitting needles
13. Make Harriet a smocked dress
14. Make some bunting for Harriets bedroom
15. Make some bunting for the girls playhouse
16. Take the girls on a plane by myself
17. Go camping with the girls
18. Get an award for my blog
19. Create a quaterly magazine
20. Run 10K
21. Visit my cousin in France
22. Upgrade my mobile phone
23. Visit Santorini
24. Create a monthly newsletter for my blog
25. Send happy mail to someone
26. Create a vegetable garden
27. Go to bed at 10pm every night for 2 weeks
28. Get up at 5am every day for 2 weeks
29. Visit my Uncle and cousins in the Cayman Islands
30. Actually read a book club book
31. Do a house tour on my blog
32. Re-decorate our kitchen
33. Finish the girls under stairs playhouse
34. Make a granny square crochet blanket
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36. Run the London Marathon
37. Make a photo wall
38. Enrol Harriet at pre-school
39. Knit the girls matching jumpers
40. Make some Christmas presents
41. Go to a boot fair
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43. Make a morse code bracelet
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47. Make Amelie an outfit 
48. Make Harriet an outfit
49. Rennovate our bedroom
50. Make some crochet edged pillows
51. Make my friend Kate a present
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53. Make a crochet bath mat
54. Make a vintage inspired head scarf
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57. Take my Mum to the Ritz for afternoon tea
58. Wear a bikini on holiday
59. Take the girls to Lapland
60. Attend a yoga retreat
61. Visit the Ice Roads in Northern America and Canada
62. Rennovate our lounge and get a wood burner
63. Improve blog SEO
64. Go on a photography course
65. Buy a decent camera and learn how to use it
66. Walk 10,000 steps everyday for 2 weeks
67. Live in Australia
68. Build my own house
69. Visit Barcelona
70. Create an inspiring work area
71. Wallpaper a room or at least a wall.
72. See the Northern Lights
73. Take the girls to Disney
74. Take the girls skiing
75. Dye my hair blonde
76. Throw an amazing party
77. Write a CV
78. Visit Purl Soho (this is my all time favourite shop - I am a little obsessed with it but living on the other side of the pond it's not somewhere I can visit easily).
79. Make the girls drawstring bags for their laundry
80. Take Harriet to the cinema
81. Take the girls to London overnight
82. Cook something new once a week for a month
83. Exercise 3 times a week for a month
84. Take the girls for afternoon tea on the beach
85. Make a Christmas Pudding
86. Attend a blogging conference
87. Attend an international blogging event
88. Get a sponsor for my blog
89. Build the girls an outdoor playhouse
90. Fill in the gaps and reach 100
91. Work in collaboration with another designer / blogger
92. Buy a crazy vintage dress
93. Throw a theme inspired birthday party for Amelie
94. Get some portrait photos taken
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As you can tell by the missing gaps this list is a work in progress - so over the course of time I will add to it. The gaps are where I had listed something then decided that perhaps it wasn't something I really wanted to do.  Believe in yourself and anything is possible.  My original list had a completion date of July 2016 - so with this in mind I'm going to continue working towards that date.