2011 List of things to achieve

Books on my reading list:

1. All's well that ends well - Shakespeare
2. Miss Garnet's Angel - Salley Vickers
3. The Invention of Hugo Cabaret - Selznick
4. The Tar Man and
5. The Time Quake - Linda Buckley-Archer
6. Little Women - L.M. Alcott  *
7. Northern Lights* and
8. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
9. The Children's Book -AS Byatt
10. Treasure Island* - R.L. Stevenson
11. Mortal Engines* - Philip Reeve
12. Inkspell and
13. Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
14. Apricots on the Nile - Colette Rossant
15. Voices in the Park* - A.Browne
16. Junk* - Melvin Burgess
17. The other side of truth *- Naidoo
18. Coram Boy* - Jamila Gavin
19. Swallows and Amazon* - Arthur Ransome (January)
20. Roll of thunder hear my cry* - Taylor
21. Peter Pan* - J.M Barrie

* Books that belong to my next (and last) O.U course starting in October

My creative creations:

Quilts

1. My bedroom throw (January)
2. My daughter's surprise birthday quilt (October)
3. A stripy quilt for camping in the summer
4. Place mats for the kitchen (January)
5. My god-child's quilt for her bed

Crochet

1. A granny square throw for the lounge
2. A ripple blanket for camping in the summer
3. Brooches  - which if they turn out well can be Christmas presents for the mums and grand mums in the family

Pictures

1. A quartet of seasons.
2. Tree of dreams
3. Quotations
4. Scrapbook albums up to date

Family life (children)

1. Give the children happy, summery camping memories
2. Be more firm with chores and their general helping around the house
3. Focus on the positives rather than dwelling on the negatives
4. Encourage their interests and feed their imaginations