Month completed: March 2010

I seem to be in card playing mode at the moment, so in this current frame of mind, I was taught how to build canasta by Andrew and Phillip, two of the guys I met at the bridge course I did recently.

I know what you are thinking. Canasta – that’s for old people, right?

Well, if that is right, then the old people have a good thing going. Canasta was great fun, and quite easy to pick up. We ended up playing for over six hours, and although I came dead last, I did get a few dirty canastas (not as dodgy as it sounds).

The game is sort of a combination of gin rummy, go fish and a game called Up to Ten, which no one outside of my family seems to have heard of. You play with two decks, including the jokers, with the aim to get canastas (eight of the same number) and then get rid of your cards. If you haven’t played it before, I would definitely recommend it.

A to-do list is a neat way of keeping track of what you need to get done.

I like to-do lists (as you might have guessed!) and was really impressed when I stumbled across Teux Deux recently.

It is a recently launched free to-do tool and what I like about it is that is so simple (or as they describe it, minimalist).

My favourite bit is the logically-named ‘Someday’ section, where you can jump throw stuff in that you want to do ’someday’.

I have been using it for a while now, and think that if you are looking for a easy-to-use to-do list tool, give it a try.

Head to the website to sign up.

And good luck with your teux-deux lists!

Month completed: March 2010

Nat and I just got back from a 5 day adventure to Morocco (which we both highly recommend if you get the chance).

Among the fun of the holiday was the chance to venture through Djemma El Fna, which is the main square of the old part of Marrakech, and which contains (among other things) snake charmers.

So here I am, with a snake around my neck, and a cobra in the face (Nat wasn’t too keen on getting one close to her though).

To be completely honest, the snakes weren’t the scary bit. It was the five snake charmers who gathered around me about thirty seconds after the photos were taken, all demanding money.

Actually, the cobra was kind of scary too.

I turn 27 next Wednesday, which will mark 3 years until the big ‘three-o’, and the end of Project 183.

There are still 119 goals to achieve. Splitting this over 3 years, that means about 40 goals a year, or about 3-4 goals a month.

It is going to be a big three years! Thanks to everyone who has been along for the ride so far.