Friday, July 06, 2007
101 Things
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie represent some amount of work on your part).

Start Date: 5 July 2007
End Date: 1 April 2010 (My 27th birthday!)
  1. Finish Firefly Fairies and start Rose of Sharon
  2. Finish Toccata II DONE!!! 26/07/07
  3. Finish Japanese Octagon Box
  4. Finish Snowdrop Fairy DONE!!! 22/11/08
  5. Finish Tranquility Sampler
  6. Finish Mystery X
  7. Finish the first row of pages of Boreas
  8. Post my PIFs
  9. Get at least one thing professionally framed and hung on my wall
  10. Buy a sewing machine DONE! it cost me $15, and I don't know how to use it yet, but I did it! July '07
  11. Make a bourse
  12. Try at least 5 other finishing techniques
  13. Join the SBEBB
  14. Do at least one Charity Quilt square
  15. Buy the materials for and start Nova by Genny Morrow
  16. Start either Queene Besse's Chesse Board or Medieval Majesty by Leon Conrad (or another large piece of blackwork)
  17. Make a hardanger doily for my bedside table
  18. Design x-stitch covering for my stitching box
  19. Stitch something for Dad Started TW ship thingy
  20. Stitch something for Mum Started Sarah Elliott Sewing Box - Christmas 2009
  21. Organise my fabbies
  22. Make an online stash catalog
  23. Set up my 'stitching corner' in my bedroom
  24. Chuck out my desk and buy a stitching chair DONE! Got a chair for my birthday April '08
  25. Keep my webshots album updated monthly
  26. Keep my blog updated twice a week
  27. (Re)Start setting monthly and yearly goals for stitching
  28. Join a fabric/floss of the month club
  29. Switch to 100% Green Energy
  30. Take the train to the city instead of driving NO!!! I DROVE ALL THE TIME :(
  31. Make a conscious effort to reduce energy usage at home
  32. Continue my sponsor child program
  33. Do the 40 hour famine every year
  34. Find other ways to make the world a better place
  35. Encourage others to do the same
  36. Aim for at least 3.0 GPA at uni
  37. Finish my degree and become a registered nurse Not done. Dropped out.
  38. Join the union no
  39. Do a year of rotation no
  40. Sit the GAMSAT no
  41. Figure out what I want to do with my life
  42. Make concrete plans for moving to England
  43. Become a British citizen
  44. Improve my French
  45. Buy a proper guitar
  46. Get piano/violin/guitar lessons
  47. Play piano more often
  48. Drive to Melbourne
  49. See Phantom, Miss Saigon or Les Mis live DONE! Saw Miss Saigon in October '07 DONE AGAIN! Saw Phantom July '08
  50. Go to the Opera
  51. See a play
  52. Go to RHPS night UPDATE. It's cancelled!!! But, I did go to the Rocky Horror Show in April '08 so I'm ticking it off as DONE!
  53. Join a choir Done! Joined Macquarie Uni Choir in beginning of 2009, but only went for a few weeks
  54. Read 101 books
  55. At least 25 of these must be classics
  56. One of these must be the Bible DONE! I listened to the 1 year daily audio Bible podcast which finished December 31st '07
  57. Get over Harry Potter by the end of the 2007 DONE! I am over it.
  58. Expand my vocabulary, and improve my grammar
  59. Buy a book of quotes
  60. Write more (eg. 1 x 15 minute drabble a week)
  61. Take part in NaNoWriMo DONE! wrote an extraordinarly bad 12,000 word story in November '07 DONE AGAIN 2009, but didn't finish again.
  62. Draw more, just for fun Done! using DS Semester 1
  63. Resurrect my journal
  64. Keep up with science news (either magazine or podcast) In Progress - Listening to Science Friday, Scientific American, and Skeptic's Guide Podcasts
  65. Watch the news
  66. Do the 3 unit maths text books
  67. Eat less chocolate
  68. Eat more fruit and veg
  69. Lose wight (aim for 90 kg)
  70. Go to the gyno DONE! well, actually, it was the endocrinologist, but same thing! April '08
  71. Get my eyes checked DONE! got glasses in March '08
  72. Get private health insurance DONE! April '08
  73. Keep up the mortgage
  74. Have $5000 saved
  75. Do not get Foxtel
  76. Sell/donate all of my unwanted books, CDs, and DVDs
  77. Make an online catalog for all of my books, CDs and DVDs
  78. Clean my room!
  79. Learn to chuck stuff away, and not keep things just for emotional value
  80. Have a party at my place DONE! on Phantom Night July '08
  81. Be a better friend
  82. Be better at making friends
  83. Scan in all of my photos
  84. Write to my brothers regularly when they're away
  85. Walk Chess every day, take her to the park once a week
  86. Finish Kingdom Hearts
  87. Finish KH: Chain of Memories
  88. Finish Kingdom Hearts 2
  89. No more car accidents!
  90. Get a tattoo
  91. Get a brazilian wax DONE! July '08
  92. Learn to cook a few meals for Dad In progress - so far bangers and mash, stir fry, honey mustard chicken, spaghetti, shepherd's pie, chicken kievs,
  93. Buy 3 more decent bras
  94. Regularly backup everything on my computer to my megaHD
  95. Subscribe to Norton Antivirus
  96. Get absolutely soaking wet in the rain
  97. Try to do the right thing every day
  98. Stop wasting time!
  99. ***My very special secret one***
  100. Keep this list updated
  101. Set another 101 things to start on July 4, 2010, and finish on my 30th birthday!

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posted by Tash at 15:25 | 1 comments
Sunday, June 17, 2007
a meme.
Just a quick post today, as I should be studying. I had the paediatric nursing exam on Friday and I'm pretty sure I did okay *phew* but on Monday I have Pathophysiology: Neuroendocrine, and I'm sure you can imagine how much fun that is. Acutally, I do really enjoy Patho, and I always do well in it. Then I have my final exam on Tuesday. Hooray!

I'm very pleased to say that I've *finally* begun some of my Pay it Forward stitching. I think the 12 month deadline is coming closer, and I decided that I just had to make some decisions on what to stitch for each of my recipients. I've been working on someone's at work over the weekend, and I'm loving it so much that I've been trying to figure out an excuse for me to keep it for myself.. hmmm. I just hope the recipient likes it as much as I do :)

I should be sharing wip pictures. I do actually have a couple to share... I've been sitting on pics of Mystery X and Tranquility sampler for a while now, but I can't be bothered waiting for blogger to upload them at the moment. So instead, I'll give you this:


Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant.
Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle.
You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs.

For you, comfort and calm are very important.
You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection.
You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.

The World's Shortest Personality Test


Oh, bugger study. I worked night shift last night, and I'm too tired. I'll do it when I wake up this evening. Goodnight!

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posted by Tash at 10:42 | 0 comments
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I went to the post office this morning

And got a lovely surprise in the mail from Mel. Look at those gorgeous colours! I have no idea what I'm going to do with the fabbie yet, but I know that those threads will make some fantastic biscornus for me and my mum. Especially that purpley-red one. I'm just bursting with exciting possibilities :) Thank you SO much to the very talented and generous Mel! (by the way, the chocolate was fine, not melted, amazingly! But I couldn't take a photo of that because It's already opened and half gone!)
This also reminds me that I've got to get going on my own PIF packages. I've got them all planned... hehehehehe

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posted by Tash at 10:53 | 3 comments
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Remus/Luna Lovechild
I saw this on Nicki's blog:

You scored as Remus Lupin. You're a calm, cool, optimistic person who doesn't dwell on the bad but looks more deeply into the good. You're wise and know much about the world, and though you teach your lessons to others, react humbly when complimented on your intelligence. You've suffered a lot in your life but are extremely accepting and suffer inwardly. You're a great friend to have as you're gentle but strong-minded.

Remus Lupin

75%

Luna Lovegood

75%

Neville Longbottom

59%

Albus Dumbledore

56%

Severus Snape

53%

Hermione Granger

53%

Harry Potter

53%

Ron Weasley

50%

Bellatrix Lestrange

44%

Lord Voldemort

44%

Draco Malfoy

44%

Oliver Wood

41%

Sirius Black

41%

Percy Weasley

25%

Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test
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hehehe, imagine the love child of Luna and Lupin, and that's me! Hahahahahahahaha!

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posted by Tash at 10:41 | 0 comments
Thursday, November 30, 2006
SBQ and Pay-it-forward news
Firstly, Fudgey wanted to know about Cookie's fabric. He's 2 over 2 on 32 count white linen. I'm doing the writing 1 over 1.

For this week:
How do you secure your thread when you begin a new one? Specifically, do you or have you ever used a waste knot?
I usually do a loop start, because it's dead easy, and I'm laaaazy. I hate waste knots. If I'm only stitching with one strand, I sometimes do a waste knot, but more often, I just take the needle down leaving a tail about 7 or 8 stitches ahead of where I start, and then come up and stitch over the tail at the back. It's the same kind of thing as a waste knot, but you don't have to snip the knot and rethread the needle and weave it under yourself. Does that make any sense at all? This page kind of describes what I mean.

For all my pay it forward recipients, a couple of things:
I had to remove a couple of people from the list because it appears that they're already receiving from other people, so I'm very sorry to them :(
For the people who are still on the list (Nicki, Kyrie, Virpi, and Ann) I need each of you to email me (tashage@hotmail.com) with the following things:
-Postal address,
-date of birth,
-favourite colour(s),
-favourite styles of stitching,
-a link to your wishlist (if you have one),
-and anything else you want to tell me about yourself.

And lastly, I still have one more place left on the list. If you're interested please please please comment and email me :)

That's all for today, I'm off to stitch, but hopefully tomorrow I'll have a finish for you, and another one the next day! (yay)

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posted by Tash at 12:11 | 0 comments
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
8,621
I am 8,621 days old! That sounds like a lot... I can't really think what I've done with them all.

Just a couple of items of business:

for this week
How did you decide on the title of your stitching blog? Was it random,or does it have a special meaning to you or about you?
Uuuum... well, first of all I tried to think of something witty, then I tried to think of something funny, but not being born naturally witty or funny, I decided to go and eat chocolate for inspiration. (I do that a lot... eat chocolate... not always for inspiration, sometimes just for fun...) Anyway, as I walked past the living room, I went to see what my brother was watching, and it turned out to be Romeo + Juliet (the Baz Luhrmann version). I've always loved that bit in the prologue that says "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their lives." It's just so... dramatic! So, even though, I'm certainly don't consider myself literally star-crossed, it still sounds pretty :)

And: a note to all those naughty rascals who think they can leave comments for me without receiving goodies... you know who you are. Don't give me that rubbish "I don't want you spending your money on me" excuse... you're not fooling anyone. I've gotta pay it forward to someone, it might as well be you. Give me your addresses, at least so that I can send you Christmas presents! And also, it's really hard to stalk people if you don't know where they live!

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posted by Tash at 22:17 | 2 comments
Thursday, August 31, 2006
My first SBQ

for this week:

How do you share your finished pieces with others? Do you frame them, scan and/or photograph them, or do you have another method that you would like to share?


Well, I wish I could frame them, but I have no money because I keep buying stash. I take my finishes to work to show my stitching friends, and I always show them to my mum. Then I scan or photograph them and post them on my Webshots album, and I also share them with the girls over at the Livejournal cross stitch community, and get lots of lovely oohs and aahs. And of course now that I have a stitching blog, I will be posting them here, if I ever have another finish again!

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posted by Tash at 11:43 | 0 comments