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Updated account 25/01/24 as MrsSandshrew
Signed up 25/01/24 as ILikeDucks
Jan 2024 - Tamasha, Lindfield
January 2024 - Rome
Jan 2 - Jan 5, 2023
13/10/23 - England 1 - 0 Australia, a friendly at Wembley
March 2023 - Krakow
17/08/23 with mum, dad and Sean
Aug 2023: Safari Pizza with Alex (HH)
Sept 2023: The Waterfront, Anstruther, Fife and The Riverside, Dunblane, Stirling
Sept 2023: The Waterfront, Anstruther, Fife and The Riverside, Dunblane, Stirling
May 2023: Fatma’s Kitchen in HH with Alex
March 2023: Milkbar and Invito, Krakow, Poland.
March 2023: Krakow with G & K
28/03: Krakow with G & K 💕
Mar 2022: Raya and the Last Dragon
March 2022: Haywards Heath
Started Jan 2022. 2022 books reading casually, not one per week.
02/01/2022: Started using Duolingo to learn basic Spanish.
Hamish pup arrived 06/03/2021
Feb 2020: App downloaded with lessons and games, learning which pieces can move where.
Feb 8, 2020: Mallards, coots, moorhens, grebes, swans, Canada geese, cormorants (?), seagulls. No kingfisher. Must go back for the illuminations, but park in the town and walk.
Jan 2020: Purchased from The Works
Note added to goal Read all 100 books on the Modern Library's Greatest Books list
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/
See here: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?groups=top_250&sort=user_rating
Sunset Wolf
Note added to goal Send a secret to PostSecret & get involved with Postcrossing or similar
17/08/2019 - Signed up to Postcrossing
Note added to goal Send a secret to PostSecret & get involved with Postcrossing or similar
July 2019 - Postcard sent to Postsecret
I already own this (started in 2010) so I could use that, it's sequel or the mini one.
Booked for Dec 2018
Jennifer Boden made at work
Tempur Extra Firm Memory Foam mattress, bought from Bensons (£1500)
At Revolution Brighton on my hen do!
Visited Simon in Switzerland in 2015
Eaten at Bilash in Wolves
Firing range in Walsall with George
This needs restarting.
At our wedding!
We had our festive honeymoon in Prague from 04/12/17 - 07/12/17 and it was wonderful.
THREE: Sweden - Stockholm for Sean's 30th, Sept '17
TWO: Belgium - Bruges July '17, taking Dad on the Eurostar. Must return for the Christmas market.
Stockholm Ice Bar for Sean's 30th!
July 17-19, 2017: We went to Bruges on the Eurostar!
June 10, 2017 - The Crown, Wergs
Feb 14, 2017 - Shimla Balti
Feb 14, 2017 - Shimla Balti
ONE: Italy April 2017 😄
Engagement shoot booked with photographer for Mon 18/9/17
25/4 - Need to get into updating this properly!
Had Spam with pepper March 2017.
As we are getting married in a church, this won't be possible. To enquire about readings.
In progress of planning honeymoon in the Galapagos Islands
Met Emma Lenton in Brum 12/3/17
Booked with George July/Aug 2017, possibly with wedding photographer too
Flights booked for 4/12/17
Visited Simon on Mon 10/4/17
Booked: Italy April 2017, Sweden Sept 2017
St John's Church and Highley Manor booked for Dec 2, 2017
Bought for us for Christmas 2016, after this list was created, by Nick and Bertie.
7 Things x 2017
My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:
My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:
- Learn how to Knit
- Start Looking after my body properly
- Stop Wasting money
- Take a vacation to Amsterdam
- Find A direction in life
- Try Absinthe
- Be more Organised
Being recorded on my Goodreads account:
1. Dear Amy
2. Bridget Jones Baby: The Diaries
1. Dear Amy
2. Bridget Jones Baby: The Diaries
Edinburgh: 2013, 2007 and prior
Cardiff: 2014
London: Multiple times, 2016 August for Aladdin
Belfast: TBC
Edinburgh, Cardiff and London return visits TBC
Cardiff: 2014
London: Multiple times, 2016 August for Aladdin
Belfast: TBC
Edinburgh, Cardiff and London return visits TBC
Oh hey, I like this idea!
May 2015
Embraced Burlesque, Newhampton Arts Centre, with Kat
Original, long term goal weight of 10 stone achieved Nov 2014. Goal adapted to 9 stone. Weight, Jan 10, 2015: 9st 12lbs
Original, long term goal weight of 10 stone achieved Nov 2014. Goal adapted to 9 stone. Weight, Jan 10, 2015: 9st 12lbs
Pilates - Jan 9, 2015
Christmas Eve 2014 - The Duke's Head
Nov 2014 - Turtle Bay, Crawley
Nov 2014 - Turtle Bay, Crawley
On Blipfoto - username: missbirrell
Oct 2014 - Beginners Japanese
Sep 27, 2014 - Crawley Town v Yeovil
Oct 21, 2014 - Crawley Town v Walsall Town
Oct 21, 2014 - Crawley Town v Walsall Town
Oct 24, 2014 - Started short course Japanese at uni with Gemma
Oct 27, 2014 - 10st 3.5lbs
Oct 27, 2014 - 10st 3.5lbs
Sep/Oct 2014 - Rocco - Italian. Mediocre. Would revisit if someone else wanted but not out of choice.
May 2014: Homemade chilli (Old El Paso seasoning). Must have it again!
Apr 2014: Kiwi. Not for me!
May 2014: Chimichanga, Cardiff for Leanne's Hen Do. Sliders, 3x burgers. BBQ pork one was disappointing, too much red onion and didn't enjoy the chips seasoning, but definitely worth trying.
May 2014: Taj Mahal, Crawley. Good food for our 2 year anniversary, but not overly better than other Indians (except the cheese naan, that was awesome).
May 2014: The Giggling Squid, Crawley High Street. Great Thai food with Sarah and Paul, quite expensive but that's what happens if you order a main instead of a side by accident. Great evening!
May 2014: Handmade Burger Co, Bullring, Birmingham. Chicken and cheese burger, with chips. Huge portion, really good food!
Easter Saturday 2014 - Baggeridge Country Park, Wolves
Lent 2014: Completed 40 days without chocolate. Read up on faith.
May 2014: Hungry Bistro, Wolverhampton. 2/5. Slow service, surprise chilli in the veg pasta. Everyone else enjoyed it!
Mar 23, 2014 - Swimathon with Sean. 1.5km between us.
Mar 18, 2014: Crawley Town 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crufts 2014 - Sat 8 March.
March 2014: Crufts to see the doggy agility & wallaby experience!
December 2013: Playing with my new Furby Boom, Do Dah!
Feb 2014: Paper Duck, Noodle bar, Wolverhampton
Ticked as Done on 05.03.14: Been at Women of Wolverhampton since June/July 2013. Probably done 50 hours by now!
Lent 2014 - Start: 05.03.14 - Giving up chocolate.
Mar 3, 2014 - 11 stone 12lbs
- Jan 2014 - Cress. No thanks.
December 2013 - Hung mistletoe above the sofa in Number 11.
Tickets bought for Crawley v Wolves - 18.01.2014
09.01.2014 - Tickets bought for 08.03.2014
7 Things x 2014
My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:
My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:
- Learn how to use my DSLR properly on manual
- Start appreciating life more
- Stop making excuses and oversleeping
- Take a vacation to anywhere abroad with Sean
- Find a job
- Try 5 new restaurants and 5 previously unliked vegetables
- Be more into everything - make 2014 full of variety