I had so many lovely birthday cards, they are all hanging on the wire in the hallway. This is so useful, as there is nowhere else to display them properly, and with all the kitchen traffic in and out at the moment and doors opening and closing, the draughts would blow them all over the place if they were standing up.
Towards the right is a bright blue one, handmade - with
70 cut out of card, and each numeral covered in colourful tinfoil. It's from my old friends Elisabeth and Mark in Cambridge. She sent a lovely newsy letter with it, and posed this question
"have you got a list for the year?" It's apparently a thing for 'milestone birthdays'. Either you have a long list of Small[ish] Aims, or a shorter list of Big Ambitions. So she suggested 70
little things I might want to do before next April 10, or seven
major things, one for each decade.
Learning the Saxophone, Growing My Hair To My Waist, Writing a Crime Novel, Visiting The Kennedy Graves At Arlington, Seeing the Northern Lights, Owning a Lotus Elan [like Emma Peel's], and Running A Half Marathon. These seven were all previously considered at some point in my youth, but long since abandoned due to lack of finance, time, health and talent. So The Big Seven List is out...
This week I shall try and come up with 70 things which I could aim for. What's that phrase?
SMART GoalsMy dear Auntie Peggy used to have a plate like this in her china cabinet, my Mum gave it to her, because she was always saying
"One day I'll get around to it" So maybe this is the year for me to do all those things I have been intending to do...
Watch this space [please, NO suggestions, I am afraid that once I start writing it down, there will already be more than 70 on my own list, without additions from well meaning friends!]
ITEM NUMBER ONE - WRITE THE LIST!
I just spent 10 minutes on this project and came up with 20 items without much difficulty
