Forty before 40! #Blogtober18

Throughout October I will be joining in with Big Family Organised Chaos and her linky for Blogtober18. Today's prompt is: Wishlist for the future!

Next year I am 40! When I turned 30 it didn't bother me and I don't think turning 40 will. I am OK with that. Age is just a number after all.

I have came up with 40 things that I want to do before I am 40. Some of them are simple things which I have never done before but others are going to be a little harder to complete.

1. Learn to drive.

2. Get a passport or some sort of official I.D.

3. Drink proper Champagne.

4. Buy something from Starbucks.

5. Have a proper hair cut and dye at a hairdressers.

6. Go to the cinema alone.

7. Have my nails done professionally.

8. Print out photos & put them into albums so they can be looked at and enjoyed.

9. Get a Tattoo.

10. Have an afternoon tea.

11. Go to a concert.

12. Feed a wild animal (at a Safari park/zoo).

13. Dye my hair a wild colour.

14. Ride a bike again.

15. Go 24 hours without technology.

16. Get a proper camera so I don't have to rely on my phone.

17. Get a new phone.

18. Go on a family holiday.

19. Trace my family tree.

20. Ride a horse again.

21. Go to a blogging conference.

22. Spend more time with my dad.

23. Have a real Christmas tree.

24. Stay out all night partying.

25. Ride the dodgems.

26. Try caviar.

27. Host a dinner party.

28. Go camping.

29. Wear high heel shoes again.

30. Move house.

31. Sing karaoke in public.

32. Get a brand new sofa.

33. Bake my own bread.

34. Plant something which will live longer than a month.

35. Go out for a meal and not worry about how much it costs.

36. Walk along a pier.

37. Read at least 10 books.

38. Have someone else cook my Christmas dinner.

39. Lose some weight.

40. Be spontaneous for a whole day.

What do you want to do over the next year or so?

Our weekly meal plan. 22nd - 28th of October! #MealPlanningMonday

Last weeks meal plan pretty much went to plan. I had a rubbish day on Wednesday and I ended up telling Stu to get some Greggs sausage rolls and we ended up having them with home made chips. It was just what I needed to cheer me up.

Last week I learned how to make poached eggs in the microwave thanks to Nomipalony's Insta Stories. It takes longer to boil the kettle than it does to make them. lol I have had them a couple of times for lunch and I'm planning on making them for the kids this week too.

On Thursday the kids break up for half term. Hooray! It doesn't actually seem that long since they went back to school but they are excited for 10 days off school! I am hoping for a couple of lie in's.

This week on the menu we have:

Monday - Roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings.

Tuesday - Bubble & Squeak with poached eggs.

Wednesday - A fry up. Sausages, bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, black pudding, beans and toast.

Thursday - Leftover bolognese out of the freezer over jacket potatoes.

Friday - Pizza.

Saturday - Scampi chips and peas.

Sunday - Pie, mash and veg. 

All she wants is a Unicorn! #MySundayPhoto

Throughout October I will be joining in with Big Family Organised Chaos and her linky for Blogtober18. Today's prompt is: Unusual Pets.

We don't have any pets but Ellie's dream pet would be a Unicorn! We know they are not real but everyone needs a little magic in their life. 

A photo every day for a year! Week 42 of #Project365

This week has been one of those weeks where I have been wrapped up dealing with little annoying things, nothing serious just phone issues, Ellie being sent home from sick from school (she's fine and was by the time she got home) and something with my dad which I won't go on about on here. This week seems to have flown by without me even realising. I did manage a photo every day but there seems an awful lot of food and not so good photos but I guess that's real life. Every week can't be fun exciting snaps. 

Now for a photo every day....

286/365 - 13th October
I changed what we I had planned for tea. I had planned on a home made KFC but ended up raiding the freezer for picky party food. I went a bit over the top but it went in the fridge to pick on for the next couple of days.

287/365 - 14th October
I took a photo of the treat cupboard hoping it would inspire me to sort it out. It still looks like that. Oops.

288/365 - 15th October
The best chicken curry I have ever cooked say the kids!

289/365 - 16th October
The kids all ready for school. Before Ellie started secondary school I really worried that she would struggle to get out the door on time but she's been fab. It's her usually waiting for her sister to finish getting ready.

290/365 - 17th October
I won a canvas from Stressed Rach's blog and it arrived on Wednesday! It looks fab up on the wall. 

291/365 - 18th October
It's that time of the year where I am struggling to get the washing done. We don't have a tumble dryer as we have nowhere to put one so we dry everything on airers which take forever to dry anything because I refuse to put the heating on just yet. 

292/365 - 19th October
One of the best thing about Christmas is all the different types of stuffing you can get. I obsess over it and bought some of these. We're having a roast dinner on Monday where I will try them out.