078. Attend an evening class of some sort

I applied to three different writing classes for this semester and got accepted to them all. I chose to attend one of them and it's technically not an "evening class" in the way I meant when deciding on this task, but...

It's an online class that I will have to take care of in the evenings. It's also more advanced and will give me university credits as opposed to the evening classes I had in mind. So, I'm counting this one.

"Lectures" will start next week! I have my books already.

036. Try out five new muffin recipes (5/5)

So the weekend before last I made muffins again. I haven't done any in a long time but suddenly felt an urge for muffins with chocolate in them.

I dug out an old recipe book from a book shelf and used the "basic recipe" and added pieces of two kinds of chocolate; one 70% with salt in it and one 85%. The muffins turned out delicious, even though all the chocolate ended up at the bottom...

061. Make 20 Christmas cards myself (30/20)

I made ten more Christmas cards myself for this past Christmas. So. altogether, I've 30 Christmas cards for two Christmases...

Thinking about sewing my cards for this year's Christmas...

031. No white bread for a week

I failed this task last year, but it worked better for me this past week. Actually, this past week and a half.

038. Eat at fifteen restaurants/cafés that are new to me (14/15)

Thursday evening alst week, a group of colleagues went out to celebrate a birthday. We went to a restaurant I didn't even know existed. I had problems finding parking and ended up coming late. My pasta with clams was worth the parking hassle though...

On Friday I was taken out for a work lunch. Our usual lunch restaurant (the few times we go out for lunch) only served Christmas buffet on Friday and we didn't feel like having that. So, we got in the car and drove for another three minutes to get to a restaurant I had had recommended to me. I got salmon with potatoes and it was excellent.

Now, I only have one more new restaurant or café to visit before this task is done!

056. Knit five things for others (5/5)

This task has, to be honest, been done for 11 months by now. I just wanted to hold off woth the official closing of it until I had pictures of the fifth item I knit for someone else. I still don't have pictures of the sweater I knit for my father; a Cobblestone.

In the last month I have also finished two pairs of fingerless mittens for others; one pair for my boyfriend and one for a colleague.

So, I'm officially declaring this task finished even though I can't prove it with pictures...

038. Eat at fifteen restaurants/cafés that are new to me (12/15)

A couple of weeks ago I tried out a café I've been passing on foot and by bike for a couple of years. I've been curious to go in and have a look, but somehow, before this visit, I've always managed to come after opening hours.

Anyways, they have great sandwiches (for example one with gorgonzola cheese and tomato jam) and I've actually been there three times now in the last month and a half.


Last week, I saw my mum for a fika and we ended up trying another café I've only biked by. It was very cozy and we sat in a great sofa for ages not wanting to leave. I had a sandwich with feta cheese and my mum chose a soup. I'll return!

027. Increase my CD collection with ten store bought CDs (10/10)

I decided on a whim yesterday to finish this task!

Boyfriend and I walked past a shopping centre and had a bit of time to pass until we met up with a friend of ours. I walked over to the record store and got myself two CDs.

East Side Stories by Peter Jöback and
Samling by Bo Kaspers Orkester

101. Post in my “proper” blog every day for a month

Done!!!

I didn't give any notice here on my progress while doing this. Guess why? I was tired of making blog posts... :)

But I succeeded in finishing the task by posting every day for 30 days from October 10th to November 8th.

(In case you want to go see: you find my blog here.)

026. For a week buy environmental friendly products every time the option is there (no matter price difference)

So the week is over. And I did good.

I went to a grocery store five times this week buying as little as 6 eggs up to 27 items for food this weekend. If I saw an environmentally friendly alternative on the shelf I got that instead of the usual. I also opted out of buying juice twice as they didn't have an alternative but should've had if the fridge was full. I did the same with the same with bread.

I guess I should've kept the reciepts and looked at how much more expensive this week turned out to be, but I didn't think of that...

057. Knit five things for myself (5/5)

Done!!!

Actually the knitting part was all done in March but I had some sewing and some button-attaching to do before calling the project done. And the project?

This is my Sylvi-coat:

Sylvi!

For more information about her, go see this post in my ordinary blog.

026. For a week buy environmental friendly products every time the option is there (no matter price difference)

I started this on Monday while grocery shopping. I bought thirteen different items and 8 of them were marked as organic and environmentally friendly. The shop didn't have options for the other five items.

I also brought my own fabric bag for the groceries so I wouldn't have to buy a plastic or paper one.

096. Stay away from checking emails for a week

I did this again.

We spent some time in Italy enjoying a vacation and I didn't check my emails, or anything on the Internet, or even sit by a computer from September 26th to October 5th. That's 10 whole days!

Eat at fifteen restaurants/cafés that are new to me (10/15)

Time to add number 10 to this list.

I met up with a friend and colleague on Wednesday night to have dinner and sit and chat for a while. We went to an Italian restaurant downtown. She had been there before and suggested us going. I had fish and risotto and a pannacotta for dessert. Lovely!

044. Do my yoga routine at home at least 20 times (1/20)

My back and my hips are still not alright. I do my exercises almost every day but I'm still sore and achy some days.

I'm swamped at work for a couple of weeks now and when I came home yesterday I was in such a bad mood. Not angry or irritated, but weepy and pitiful...

After feeling sorry for myself on the couch for an hour or two, I grabbed my yoga mat and did a couple of rounds of sun salutation followed by ten asanas. I couldn't do them all "like I used to" and I was real careful with the back bending.

Felt great!