Nearly project 365

Rather than giving you a blow by blow account of each day since I last did a project 365, I thought I'd combine them into one picture. Let's just say they're all there. Ahem.


Since March activities have included:

library time, essay writing, bed, teeth brushing, reading, entertaining John, watching television, voting, Starbucks, computing, London, France, and various sports and recreation. (You might need to click on it to see them better.)


I hope to get back on course now.

No, I hadn't forgotten

I just thought I'd let them build up for a while.

Friday 5th March

At Soul Mates. Things to notice in this photo: Yes I have swollen ankles. I was on my feet from about 3.00pm right through til after midnight. Yes, my airbed is flat. I lost the little screw top thing that holds the air in. Crucial for an airbed you might say.

Saturday 6th March

My ear plug. I never travel without ear plugs. Well I do, but I never sleep away without them. I can go to the supermarket and work without them.

Sunday 7th March

Me and my pass, which had me down as 'worship'. I thought my big moment had come only to have it denied by a clerical error.

Monday 8th March

In class. This is the dullest of dull classes, taken by Dr. Dully Dullerson. Seriously, the man could make fireworks boring.

Tuesday 9th March

In the small staff room again.

Wednesday 10th March

In my jammies with hot chocolate. No, it was not 2.00pm. It was before bed.

Thursday 11th March

It's a wonder I was able to take this photo! No hands!

Friday 12th March

In bed. I might have forgotten to take the photo again.

Saturday 13th March

Just in from a run but catching up on the rugby I missed.

Sunday 14th March

Checking for split ends. I didn't find any.

Monday 15th March

Eating the last bit of baked blueberry cheesecake. It was a triumph.

Tuesday 16th March

Getting ready for a another run. I am so fit.

Wednesday 17th March

Even if this photo was in colour, you'd see no green. Worst St. Paddy's Day ever was spent all the live long day at my computer finishing off an essay due the next day. It wasn't even on St. Patrick.

Thursday 18th March

Happy Christmas Mum! We went to see The Sound of Music in the Opera House.

Friday 19th March

I took a bit of a lazy day. Here I am enveloped in my slanket on the sofa.

Saturday 20th March

Getting my stuff ready for the Sport Relief (three) mile(s).

Sunday 21st March

At the finish line. I look a sweaty mess while Lynsey and Caroline look like they're about to start. Also, the woman taking the photo made me hold up my fingers like that to show we'd done three miles, it's not some sort of Brownie Guide promise I'm making.

Monday 22nd March

My nails are all long again after being broken down to nothing in Colorado. These are long for me.

Tuesday 23rd March

There was a time when I couldn't change a lightbulb. Seriously. I wish I was joking. Now I have the knack. Which has led to a dramatic reduction in the answer to the question how many people does Tina need to help her change a lightbulb.

So that's another week or two in the life of Tina. Thanks very much if you sponsored me by the way. Well, actually if you did, you'll already know that I have thanked you already. But I better say it here too, or someone will think I was rude for not mentioning it. £45 in the end so I'm glad that I put it on here in the end.

But that's nothing compared to how the nine people who get malaria nets because of us feel.

Twelve days and two sorts of curling

Here's another selection of my life. Surprisingly, the Olympics do not feature more than the time I spent watching them.

Sunday 21st February

Out for a walk with Dad. I have no idea what we're laughing at.

Monday 22nd February

Brownie and Guides Thinking Day. I celebrated with mascara. I don't think there's a badge for that.

Tuesday 23th February

Snow again. I think I have seen snow every week now since before Christmas. That's quite the record. Sure, not if you live in Iceland. Shut up.

Wednesday 24th February

Late night Olympics watching. Actually this pretty much amounted to late night curling watching. Every four years I love it then forget how you play it then love it all over again. It's so clever and strategic. You have to be four moves ahead to even stand a chance. Sadly it turned out Team GB were not.

Thursday 25th February

Could I be in more of a grump? Actually I wasn't, but there's no point in denying it because all the evidence is to the contrary. Makes me wonder what my actual angry face looks like though.

Friday 26th February

Waiting for my next class. It was cold so I hadn't managed to take off my scarf.

Saturday 27th February

Getting ready to go out with my new curlers. That is to say, I was getting ready with my curlers, not going out with them. Just in case that wasn't clear.

Working. Let me know if you read this page and want to borrow the book, it's a cracker. Ok, I just lied.

Monday 1st March

Making my sandwiches before I go to bed. So clever.

Tuesday 2nd March

Late night working. Sadly not with the book about 19th Century convents. Oh no. I spent, no joke, about 8 hours that night working on Soul Mates stuff. I went to bed at 3.00am. I woke up at 7.47am. I was supposed to leave at 7.55am. I did not.

Wednesday 3rd March

Setting my alarm extra loud so I do not sleep in again.

Thursday 4th March

Working in the staff room. This time on Queen Victoria's visit to Ireland in 1849. Admit it, you didn't even know she came? Yeah, neither did I.

Whiplash hurts, pancakes make it better

Another load of photos of me, me, me. And a late night Saturday upload, just for variety. Makes a big difference eh?!

Monday 15th February

Coming out of a slide at Indianaland. I haven't been since I was little, and it seems in the intervening years someone has shrunk it. Not only was the playing area smaller, the Free Fall was definitely smaller. It used to be massive. Mind you, I still did the Free Fall in an attempt in conquer childhood fears and ended up whacking my head off it, damn force meant not only could I not lift my head, I hit my head. So sometimes fear is a good thing. It was painful at the time but worse on Tuesday and Wednesday when I had whiplash. Seriously, I couldn't even put my head back to get shampoo out of my hair. Nice one Tina.

Tuesday 16th February

Out for the night at Strictly Come Dancing the tour. It was brilliant! Such a good show! Our seats were really good, at the top end, close to the side and close to the judges. Seveeeeen!

Wednesday 17th February

A healthy late night dinner from the chippy. You know me and my healthy ways. I'm looking up to the TV, not the menu board. (They know what I want as soon as I walk in...that's a joke.)

Thursday 18th February

Going to Strictly on Tuesday meant that pancakes were postponed until Thursday. Sure, you might say that defeats the purpose, forty days and that, but I say everyone has the right to pancakes once a year. Here I am with a toasted pecan syrup one. Other great flavours included blueberry syrup, Cadbury's chocolate and cream and the traditional (at least in our house) Lyle's Golden Syrup and lemon juice. Tasty.

Friday 19th February

Watching some late night Olympics before bed. Seriously, this week I don't think I have been asleep before 1.00am because of the Olympics. Even now I am watching Curling on the red button. This is when Amy Williams won the Skeleton. Gold, just in case you didn't hear.

Saturday 20th February

With the man. Just by the way, that piece of hair is consistently behind my glasses. I need my hair cut. Dyanne!

Never been described as maniacal before

I didn't mean to do this on a Sunday again. I think it becomes a bit predictable or something if I do it on the same day, but here's this week's project 365. Another varied week I think you'll agree.

Monday 8th February

I was dancing in the kitchen to the radio and I noticed my silhouette which I thought would make a good picture for 365.

Tuesday 9th February

Uploading photos to Facebook of my trip. Oh yeah, I was in bed.

Wednesday 10th February

Looking for inspiration from the fridge but there was nothing tasty.

Thursday 11th February

Out for a walk with my Foakleys.

Friday 12th February

Even though the rest of my hair is dishevelled, I still like the front bit to be straight.

Saturday 13th February

I love Saturday's post because my Time magazine gets delivered.

Sunday 14th February

At the youth service tonight. Kirsty laughed when she saw this photo after I took it. She said I looked maniacal. This is not encouraging news as it's just my regular taking-a-photo-of-myself face.

The goodness comes when you upload the photos

I took the photos. I just didn't have the wherewithal or time to upload the photos.

Saturday 23rd January

Driving home from skiing eating an apple. I am so healthy. Love the winter wonderland outside.

Sunday 24th January

Eating out at a cool place that had firemen hats. Well, you've got to. Try them on that is. But 'look like an idiot as you get your photo taken in the gift store' also works in that sentence.

Monday 25th January

I didn't even know I was taking this photo, but I think it works.

Tuesday 26th January

Taking off my boots. No finer feeling in skiing.

Wednesday 27th January

Fuji Apple Chicken Salad. I don't know why Panera Bread even sell anything else.

Thursday 28th January

So I might have forgotten to take the photo that day. But I am technically in this photo. Barely. Ironically, it was a reject of the photo for the blog about the super sized SUV because I was in it. Now it saved Project 365.

Friday 29th January

I ran around the lake. It snowed. I got wet. Still, wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Saturday 30th January

Hanging out with the SC group. We played dominoes. It was just like old times.

Sunday 31st January

Playing chequers in Mast General Store with Will. He kicked my butt introducing some 'flying kings' rule that I had never heard of.

Monday 1st February

In the SC Botanical Gardens. The black and white of the photo has erased the blueness of the sky which is a shame. It was amazing.

Tueday 2nd February

My packed up skis. Sniff.

Wednesday 3rd February

Taking off my makeup. Well, you've already had the brushing teeth and in bed photos on other days I've forgotten.

Thursday 4th February

Buying a 2lb bag of Jelly Bellies could be the best and worst idea I have ever had. Here I am arranging my small handful into rainbow colours. I like to do that, along with saving one of each colour til the end.

Friday 5th February

At the rugby at Ravenhill. If you look carefully you can see evidence of Nicky.

Saturday 6th February

Happy birthday John Boy!

Sunday 7th February

Superbowl party for one. I even picked out a blue top hat to have in honour of the Colts and Peyton Manning, although you wouldn't know.