8 ticks ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
for completed challenges and
6 ongoing/planning
Challenges Completed
Challenge No 1 – Learn how to skip – harder than I remember! I was allowed a tick when I managed 5 skips. 2 weeks after this I did 10 but by July I managed 19. Skipping is very good for you so I will try to continue this.
Challenge No 25 – Change your running route one day – a lovely run to the beach and beyond. I love running to the beach now. It does give a bit of purpose to the run. I realised by doing this that my usual run of running “round the block” of the estate I live in is like my security blanket. I knew that home wasn’t far away and that is why I stuck to it. Since I completed, I have changed my run a few times to include some hills in too!
Challenge No 27 – Buy yourself some flowers. A very pretty challenge and one I have continued and even managed to bribe my son into buying me some by picking him up so he didn’t have to pay out for a taxi! Even got him to wash the car so not bad at all.
Challenge No 37 – Buy a new lipstick – loved this challenge and even wearing it into work now.
Challenge No 40 – On a perfect summer’s day, make a picnic and eat it down the beach with your daughter. This was so enjoyable. I loved making the food and even made jaffa cakes – which I hadn’t realised were the Great British Bake Off’s challenge. That in turn has lead me to try some of the other challenges. Will share later.

Challenge No 46 – In Lanzarote, buy a “Lanzarote” frame and at home print and put picture of you, your son and your daughter in it – I can look at this and remember our lovely holiday.
Challenge No 47 – Buy and use a nail varnish colour you wouldn’t normally – bright orange it was!

Ongoing/Planning
Challenge No 5 – Read a book every month of a genre you don’t/don’t often read – I have read three different books so far. Looking forward to choosing 9 different reads.
Challenge No 6 – Read your daughter’s 10 favourite books – in paperback. Why don’t the young get down with it and get a kindle!! Nice to read my daughter’s favourite books though. One down, 9 more to read.
Challenge No 8 – Host a MacMillan Tea Party – always wanted to do this and it will be great to hold it for charity. Have signed up for the coffee morning – just got to arrange and bake.

Challenge No 10 – Sign up and run the Great South Run. Well, I am signed up but having a problem with the training especially when my alarm doesn’t go off! It is in just under 7 weeks away so hopefully going to buy myself some new trainers and lose some weight. I am not sure if I can run the 10 miles but the advert says you can walk if you want. Hopefully I can do it.
Challenge No 29 – Start and complete a new sewing project – I am sew enjoying this! I am hoping to have this finished long before my challenge comes to an end. I think that there are certain people who are doubtful I will – I will show them.

Challenge No 49 – Make blog – well this is something I am enjoying so much. I am hoping that as time goes on, I will get better at my blog posts but I am having fun learning!
So at the end of 3 months, I think I am on target. As the evenings get darker, I will hopefully start to do some of the language challenges and lots of the cooking challenges.
This is ace! Writing down what I’ve achieved makes me feel productive and what you’ve written down has shown how much you’ve done already. Hope these challenges aren’t ruining your year too much 😉
I am enjoying the challenges. Will hopefully complete them all x