31 things to do before I'm 31

The cook books (4)

OurPolyFamily — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:17:04 +0000

These are the cook books on my bookshelf, linking to number 4 on my list. I’ll blog about what I cook, what it tastes like and how the whole process is going, and I’ll even have a go at food styling with some photography.

A little taste of Thailand
A taste for all seasons (Carolyn Humphries)
Afternoon tea (Susannah Blake)
Apples for Jam (Tessa Kiros)
Blissful brownies
Christmas gifts from the kitchen
Complete Christmas (Sarah Raven)
Cook Yourself Thin
Cool cocktails (Ben Read)
Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons (Diana Henry)
Cupcake magic (Kate Shirazi)
Curry
Fast pasta
Five of the best (Delicious, Valli Little)
Happy Days with the Naked Chef (JO)
How to be a domestic goddess (NL)
How to Cook: Book 3 (DS)
How to feed your friends with Relish (Joanna Weinberg)
Innocent smoothie recipe book
Jamie at Home (JO)
Jamie’s kitchen (JO)
Japanese Cooking for Two (Kurumi Hayter)
My favourite ingredients (Skye Gyngell)
Rice, spice & all things nice (Reza Mahammad)
River Cafe cookbook Easy (Rose Gray & Ruth Rogers)
Roast Figs Sugar Snow (Diana Henry)
Roasts (Sonia Stevenson)
Sausage & Mash (Fiona Beckett)
Something for the weekend (Ruth Watson)
Soup Kitchen (Hugh FW, Thomasina Myers)
Sushi (Kimoko Barber & Hiroki Tekemura)
The accidental foodie (Neale Whitaker)
The Delia Collection: Chocolate (DS)
The essential Christmas cookbook
The muffin book
The vegetarian student cookbook
Things on Toast (Tonia George)
Top 100 recipes for a health lunchbox (Nicola Graines)
Top 100 recipes for Happy Kids
Vegetables (Sophie Grigson)
Vino (Hamish Anderson)
Week in Week out (Simon Hopkinson)
YO Sushi – The Japanese Cookbook (Kimiko Barber)

My long before I die list

OurPolyFamily — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:13:35 +0000

These are all the things that I hope to achieve long before I die, after all, if I’m lying on my deathbed I’m hardly likely to be able to learn to surf now I am?

These are in no particular order, just as I think of them.

Moonwalk with mum
Visit the Hormiman Museum, reminds me of BodyWorlds, it features the Horniman, pickled animals and various others
Get fitted for a Rigby & Peller bra
Catch a gig at Ronnie Scott’s
Ice skate at Somerset House
Watch a movie at Somerset House during their Summer Screen
Learn to surf, especially after I heard how hot the instructors are

So here goes…

OurPolyFamily — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:41:41 +0000

Welcome to my blog.

This is where I hope to write about the trials and tribulations and things I want to achieve before I feel like an old woman of 31.

I’m a 29 1/2 year old single mum (my choice after I kicked the husband out) who is also training to be a mental health nurse.

The list of things I want to do is here, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment and I’ll see if I can add them. This is a list of things I about me, I was aiming for 31 but I got stuck so please consider it a work in progress.

Hope you find this an interesting read…