2/11 - Learn to whistle

I was sure I had this item on the list, but apparently it got lots somewhere between my first (2005) draft of the 101 list and this 'final' one.

Couldn't tell you how I've managed it, but I have now learnt how to whistle. Not only have I learnt it, but I've somehow developed an addiction. I whistle instead of sighing, I whistle when I want to cool down my tea and I whistle when I have nothing better to do.

Now I have to learn to moderate my whistling so I don't develop wrinkles.

Nr 84 - Create the food blog with the flatties

We actually completed this item very long ago (I'm tempted to say several years ago, but at most it would be two years). Despite living in different countries, it is still updated now and then. Once I get the recipe for Roti (my nr 64) I will put it up on the blog, with photos!!

Click here for the link, and ENJOY!

Nr 26 - Go fishing at the cottage

When I got back to Sweden in the late summer 2008 I went fishing with my brother and one of his friends.

I didn't catch anything (fish are so uncooperative that way) but hopefully I will go fishing again next summer. If I do I'll take photos and hopefully have something to bring home for the Brai.

Nr 59 - Watch a foreign movie without subtitles

I'm lucky I didn't specify this item any more.
I watched the German movie 7 Zwerge with J. No subtitles and I tried to figure out as much as possible of what they said on my own, but when I couldn't J would translate for me.
Once I've learnt some more German I'll try to watch it again. I'm sure some of the jokes were lost on me.

Nr 25 - Cut my hair

In June 2008 a hairdresser (see below) cut approximately 30 cm of my dark locks. I'd been 'saving' them for about 4 years. I am not as dedicated as the hairdresser though, he had kept his beard for 11 years!!!

Here it is... and still I haven't sent it to locks of love (or the Swedish equivalent). Will get that sorted shortly.

Nr 9 - Go back to Waiheke island

Another token picture. Mum and I visited Waiheke for a day during our trip to both the South and the North Islands of NZ in April 2008. We visited friends of friends who have recently set up a life-style wineyard on the island.

Nr 12 - Go wine tastin

In an effort to increase my count of 'completed items' on the 101 list, here is another photo (I'm too lazy to write lengthy descriptions).
When T and I went to San Fran in 2008, H took us for a day of wine tasting in Sonoma County. Among the smoke from the thousands of wild fires in the surrounding area, we enjoyed good wine (from several different vineyards) and good food, such as olives, cheese and bread (all locally produced as well).
I discovered that it is possible to appreciate a 'good' red, but only in comparison to a bad one. My bias toward whites was not shaken what so ever, but at least now I know I'll not be lost if five glasses of red are placed in front of me! Suck it up (and just driiiiink!)


By the way: thanks T and H for an awesome day!