Listening to Ipod songs

Found this was much easier to do if I was swimming along at the same time. Dooing one helped the other so to speak. of course not only was i swimming mostly I was singing along too.

Was happily singing to myself when a Turkish workman came to see what all the noise was about but gave me a smile and a thumbs up so hopefully he didn't think it was too bad.
Was on B when I arrived- breaking uo is hard to do then went through Christmas ia all around- bit strange to listen to that in 30 degrees in Turkey.
on to Crazy Love with Van Morrison then do you love me.
heard on a song with the word- discombobulated in it - wish I could remember which one it was now.
Went through E with El Divo and have stopped on Fernando with Abba.

When I had family staying with me they were not keen on listening A to Z so had to have a few breaks but still managed to get up to 900 songs listened to from 347 when I arrived in Turkey.

Can't count the singing as karoake but can say it is a bit of practice for it.

Am back from Turkey - Swimming targets

Hi All
I have been back from Turkey for about a week now but was unable to post as have been a bit poorly but I have updated my list to show more of the ones I have completed. I had a lovely time in Turkey and made full use of the pool to help complete some of my targets.

So i was able to swim every other day and in fact probably swam most days as when the pool is just there outside your door and it is so hot , we,, it is just so inviting.

I got into a bit of a muddle about swimming the channel in a pool as I had made my target in yards them measured the pool in metres and then someone convinced me that the channel must be 380,000 yards.

Well this seemend very daunting so I set myself smaller targets starting with 1000 metres then 2 then 4, 5 and so-on.
In the end I managed to swim 15,000 metres over the six weeks.
I was really happy when I came home to find that the channel at its smallest point is 21 miles or 34,000 metres so hope that I will be able to achieve this within the two year period. Yippee.

I also went a little better than riding a tandem as i was feeling fairly well so bought a bike and was able to go round the block on it wowee

POTTING PLANTS

At the weekend I finally managed to plant my herbs altogether in a large pot. I have some mint, chives, rosemary and ..... I had planted my potatoes some weeks ago and as you can see (in the far back) they are doing really well , also at the front are some broad beans whcih my brother gave me and I ahve repotted in a larger pot, just need to get some sticks for them now. Unfortunately my tomatoes came to nothing . Not in this my picture my beetroots are also doing really well.

I also planted some geraniums and verbena in my flower beds this weekend.

Catch up

I shall try hard to check in and add some posts while Linda is away just in case anyone else is out there.
Haven't had much time for things on my list recently but half term is coming up and maybe I can reassess my list and see where I am at and then do a few posts. I am hoping to pot/plant some of the things I have brought for my garden this weekend weather permitting.

Going to Turkey

I am going on holiday to Turkey on Friday for six weeks so although I will be able to work on some of my challenges it is unlikely that I will be able to make any further posts until I get back. I will keep a diary of things I am working on and if I can get to log on will post them.

i will be working on swimming each day in the pool, dying my hair purple for the day, riding on a banana sofa in the sea, swimming the channel in the pool, holidaying in Turkey with kids and anything else I can fit in while I am there.

Am really looking forward to this trip will be having different visitors and also some time on my own-I am hoping to learn Turkish in that week. I feel like it is like having a lot of different holidays but in the one place and without loads of flights involved so great on all levels.

So hope others will keep on with their own lists and let me know how they get on.

My Hardest Task - the DLA Form

What can I say - ITS DONE WOOHOO its going in the post tomorrow and is now in the lap of the Gods Am sooo Happy

What Are YOU Working on

Hi Loves
Have failed miserably at beating David on the Wii but am demanding a rematch.
Not managing to lose any weight but have had extenuating circumstances so am excusing myself on this one.
Have found that drinking water and eating fruit definately makes me feel better so will carry on with this as long as can really.

Received new talking book and put it onto to itunes but still needed little bit of help from Pierce- still trying to do it alone

Have been using pain machine regularily and also giving myself Reiki.

Think I am getting a lot of benefit out of using pain machine not so sure about Reiki mostly because I have badly needed pain relief.

Added new target to my list as am swapping become a reiki master for throw out 50 things as J pointed out that if I become a Reiki master I would have to teach it and cannot see myself doing this.
So how are you all doing? Let me know its lonesome here