Seeing Othello the other night, meant that another one of those things on my " to do" list had been ticked off. " To do" lists are the everyday version of the more glamorous and definitely more emotive " bucket lists" .....you know...the ones where someone hurls themselves out of an airplane with a fixed smiling expression plastered all over their grey faces or get their snorkel blocked off by a dolphins nether regions in a therapeutic " swimming experience"
" To do" lists are a little more pragmatic
And for the most part, I am sure, a little cheaper.
Here are a few of mine for the next twelve months
-Find a ram to impregnate Sylvia and Irene this autumn ( he needs to be a small fellow)
Lamb chops in the freezer by spring
-Start a conversational Spanish course during the cold winter months so that I can at least attempt to conquer my embarrassingly British condition of being silently paralysed in social situations whilst on holiday
- reach my target weight ( or near enough) before Christmas so that I can bend over in public without letting out a pressure fart that sounds like the Queen Mary's Hooter going off.!
-wear a dinner jacket in public! ( we are going to New York again next year ...and so...in the big apple....I can revisit my Towering Inferno tuxedo fetish)
- learn how to .....milk a cow
And Spin my own wool
- not to get too embroiled in The WALKING DEAD series 4 ( yeah right!)
- win the BEST QUICHE class in the Trelawnyd Flower Show ( just the bleeding once!)
- get our grandfather clock working
- finish my Samaritan training.
" To do" lists are a little more pragmatic
And for the most part, I am sure, a little cheaper.
Here are a few of mine for the next twelve months
-Find a ram to impregnate Sylvia and Irene this autumn ( he needs to be a small fellow)
Lamb chops in the freezer by spring
-Start a conversational Spanish course during the cold winter months so that I can at least attempt to conquer my embarrassingly British condition of being silently paralysed in social situations whilst on holiday
- reach my target weight ( or near enough) before Christmas so that I can bend over in public without letting out a pressure fart that sounds like the Queen Mary's Hooter going off.!
-wear a dinner jacket in public! ( we are going to New York again next year ...and so...in the big apple....I can revisit my Towering Inferno tuxedo fetish)
- learn how to .....milk a cow
And Spin my own wool
- not to get too embroiled in The WALKING DEAD series 4 ( yeah right!)
- win the BEST QUICHE class in the Trelawnyd Flower Show ( just the bleeding once!)
- get our grandfather clock working
- finish my Samaritan training.
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| The general public clamouring to see john' s quiche in the 2014 flower show |
Re: your first on the list (with nod to Talbot Rothwell):-
ReplyDelete"But can't you get a farner to do it?"
"Oh no. It's got to be a ram!"
are you buying a cow? Have I missed it? Are you keeping Winnie? Did she pass muster?
ReplyDeleteall these questions.
Yes sol..... Winnie is staying!
DeleteHorray for Winnie. Now you need another on called Kevin and you have the couple from the wonder years! Awww
DeleteYour Chris is a sweet heart isn't he!
It all sounds do able...and you are doing really well on the WW front. If I were closer to NY I'd pop up to see you.....you will do well!
ReplyDeleteWe've been learning Spanish at Abergele college every Monday evening. It's £45 for the course. There is also Learn Spanish North Wales (https://www.facebook.com/LearnSpanishNorthWales) who do classes in Talacre and a few other places :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Hannah
ReplyDeleteAbergele sounds good to me
That is an imposing list....I can teach you how to milk a cow...nothing to it. Just remember to warm your hands before starting lol.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very do-able list John. Once you have learnt to spin your own wool you will have to add learn how to knit to your 'to do' list!
ReplyDeleteToo bad we don't live closer - my husband is a clockmaker
ReplyDeleteSorry, can't help you on any of those; but I have milked cows.
ReplyDeleteTo do lists are great but I keep losing mine.
ReplyDeleteWhen husband and I first lived in Spain we learnt the sentence, " Two Calezone pizzas and two house salads at the same time please " because the salad tended to be served first, like a starter if we didn't request different !
ReplyDeleteOf course the waiter then thought we were fluent Spanish speakers& started to gabble away...
Learn to make a Scotch Egg?
ReplyDeleteJane x
You might achieve all that list if you get going now John. I am a great to do list maker, I find it so satisfying to cross things off. I laughed at Bad Penny's reply - reminds me of learning how to say 'How mush' in French - always a waste of time as I could never understand the reply. Always better to put a question mark on a piece of paper and hand it to the stall holder.
ReplyDeleteYo estoy dispuesto a ayudarte con el espanol (got dragged to Spain by my dearly departed partner once, we ended up in a fabulously non developed little corner of Mallorca and was "shamed" into learning this beautiful language on my return - the realisation came when, in 40 degree heat, I ordered what I thought was a starter of cold asparagus and was served piping hot asparagus soup!) I look forward to your progress x
ReplyDeleteThat photo looks like someone trying to blag a ticket for Glastonbury.
ReplyDeleteYou must add Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones to your TV list. Must!
ReplyDeleteI'll second Cathy with the Breaking Bad Series, we are on series three at the moment, so good.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Queen Mary, I thought Mr.T was the only one who could replicate that sound.
Briony
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Your description of bucket-list snorkeling had me guffawing! Where do you come up with these? And the revelation of your planned trip to our shores made me seriously ponder arranging a visit to family in the region timed to your arrival...can you just see a motley allotment of Statesiders greeting you & Chris at JFK, with banners & Scotch eggs a'waving?
ReplyDeleteIt's good to make plans John. America sounds a great place to visit. I would love to see a Rodeo in Texas and the Amish and visit Gracelands.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'd like to lose twenty pounds by Christmas but every time I try and start an exercise program all hell breaks loose at my house. This is made worse since I work night shift, unfortunately sleep is not an option for me anymore like it was when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteHola! Como esta? Te amo. Nueva York es muy bueno.
ReplyDeleteJanie
My hubby always says farts are funny. You'd think I'd get used to him letting one rip. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou have a very sensible list. Good luck!
After reading this post, I got reminded of the fact that you have all sorts of animals but not cows. I am sure you will be great with milking them.
ReplyDeleteThe caption at the end of the Walking Dead pic is amazing. Best part of the post!
Kon-nichiwa... Your trying to learn Spanish I am trying to learn Japanese !
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip
You missed off entering a scotch egg eating competition!
ReplyDeletee.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMPFjMJViTg
You missed off entering a scotch egg eating competition!
ReplyDeletee.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMPFjMJViTg
A worryingly haphazard "To Do List". The "learn to milk a cow" item does not flow on seamlessly from "wear a dinner jacket in public" unless I'm missing something. Suggest "brain training" as the first item.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant list.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm fed up with lists, ours is just getting longer and bl**dy longer :-(
Head a little further west along the Great Lakes whilst in NY and I can give you a spinning and milking lesson! We are situated between the center of Lakes Michigan and Superior in "Gods Country" (apostrophe left out intentionally).
ReplyDeleteOh, you surprise me, John - with all your experience of animals I would have thought you knew exactly how to milk a cow. I tried it once many years ago and couldn't get the hang of it at all - a miserable trickle of milk was all I could manage. And as Sol says, are you buying a cow then?
ReplyDelete( we are going to New York again next year ...and so...in the big apple....I can revisit my Towering Inferno tuxedo fetish)
ReplyDeleteMake sure you give advance notice so I can buy you a beer.