Cherry Blossom Adventures

I am just over five months in meaning 187 days down ( 814 days left to go!)- For my complete list see here

20. Choose and buy a cake

Done! Shun & I went cake testing a couple of weeks ago and decided on a cake maker, design and everything else. We are very happy with our choice and Sarah-Jane from Cake That! was lovely. It will have a cherry blossom pink and silver theme!

32. Lose another five kilos (2/5)

I can take another kilo off here which takes the total up to 8 kilos since coming back to Australia. It could of been nine but I have had a bad month- I hope to get back on track this month.

48. Learn to sew (again!)

Done! Sort of! I can sew but I want to do a little sewing class I think. I am yet to make much of any interest but I scored lots and lots of cool vintage material from Jen and I plan on making some stuff today from Amy Karol`s Bend The Rules Sewing book. I am not sure what I am going to make yet- maybe a baby bib or little pocket bag…we will have to wait and see. I also have material cut out ready to make a singlet top but I might sit on that a little while until I manage to sew something a little smaller first.

55. Go to five suburbs I have never visited before. (3/5)

I have finished this now. I went to Highgate Hill for the first time last week  and stayed with a friend (I can`t beleive I had never been there before) and then yesterday I went to Underwood to see Jen & Jac (and I made it there without a refedex I might add- with a little help from Jen!) I know that Underwood yesterday is actually in October but I will forget about recording it next month so here it is.

57. Eat at at least 10 resteraunts I have never eaten at before (7/10)

It is now 8! We ate at Wilson`s at Portside for my brothers birthday and it was delicious. I had been to the one at Manly before but this one was equally as good if not better. I love seafood!!!

71. Buy A sewing machine (Or bring my sewing machine in Australia back to Japan)

While buy a sewing machine was on my list it turns out my old sewing machine is still good. I will probably just take that back to Japan with me. So I am crossing this one off the list even though I didn`t buy a new one.

76. Do Nablopomo

I choose September to do this and I was successful. I posted everyday for a month and I am happy that I have now completed it. Would I do it again? Maybe. But not at the moment.

81. Sponsor a child

This is something I have always wanted to do. My mum & dad have had sponser children forever and my little brother has one too. When I was in Japan I was living month to month and it wasn`t an appropriate time but now that I am back in Australia for a little while and have a bit of extra cash I knew I could do it….I hope to be able to continue doing so when I am back in Japan. My sponsor child is a seven year old little girl fro Bangladesh.

There are a couple other things in progress including buying a wedding dress and choosing bridesmaids dresses- I found a dress maker and she is great but we won`t be making the dresses til early in the new year. Also working on completing the Japanese text books I wanted to complete and working on reading 100 books in one year and the 888 challenge.

Overall I guess I am not going to badly…If I have counted right then I have completed 33/101 tasks which is about 30% completed and I still have 80% of the time left to complete the rest of the tasks. I am on track I think…. (especially since I have another 10 or so tasks in progress!. Hopefully I will be able to cross a couple more off the list this month…

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