30 Things update

If I thought May whooshed by, I have absolutely no idea where June went. Terribly aware I'm two thirds of the way through my project time frame ahhhhhhhhhhh

Here's a 30 Things update for June:

As I mentioned in last month's post, items 2 and 23 are complete - photography course (and tour of London) and ride on the London Eye.

Still "in progress":
The children's stories (15)
Storage (5)
New desk area (21)
Thames Trail (30)

My Tiger Moth flight (item 10) got postponed by two weeks so hopefully I'm doing it this Friday - that's if the weather can be kind - and I'm going back to my old school for a second visit next week to present about travel and writing to the Juniors (item 22).

Talking of the weather and how dismal it's been; if it ever cheers up, I'll be ticking off walking the beautiful Jurassic Coastline (item 7) and completing the parts of the Thames Trail I'm really looking forward to. Chomping at the bit to get these things in the diary!

Another unofficial "30 Thing" under my belt - haven't visited the Eden Project for a few years now, but went along there last week during my stay in Cornwall and climbed up to the Rainforest Lookout which gives you views over the complete Rainforest biome. Pretty awesome.

Finally, I've been working hard on my photos attempting to get 10 ready to submit to Shutterstock (item 17) and I'm about to book my weekend TEFL course (item 26) for September. Actually hoping to have a very productive July and get most of the remaining items in a state of progress, but won't set myself up for a big fall yet *chuckles*

1.   DONE - Fly First Class long haul from anywhere to anywhere
2.   DONE - Take a photography course
3.   DONE - Experience the Caledonian sleeper train to Scotland & ride around Edinburgh in a funky Billy Connolly style Trike
4.   DONE - Visit 1 of the countries in my Top 3 “before it changes forever” list - Cuba
5.   IN PROGRESS - Sort out proper storage for my favourite belongings
6.   DONE - Try 3 new variations of foods
7.   Walk the beautiful Jurassic Coastline
8.   DONE - Complete a family tree with at least 50 people on it
9.   DONE - Fun family photo shoot
10. BOOKED - Fly in a Tiger Moth
11. BOOKED - Tandem sky dive
12. DONE - Bake a marble cake just like my mum’s
13. DONE - Make a decent curry
14. Finish writing the Dalton Trilogy
15. IN PROGRESS - Self publish an informative eBook or a children's book on Amazon
16. Publish a paid article
17. IN PROGRESS - Feature photos on shutterstock.com
18. Catalogue my last 10 years of travels
19. Lose 14 lbs
20. Host a dinner party from scratch (3 courses)
21. IN PROGRESS - Build a new desk area for the office
22. BOOKED - Do 1 presentation to an audience
23. DONE - Ride the London Eye
24. Interview 3 Indie authors from Twitter
25. (Market and) sell 100 copies of Little Child
26. IN PROGRESS - Take a weekend TEFL course
27. DONE - Achieve 3000 unique visitor hits on my website in a month (Feb 2012 was 2816)
28. Make some serious progress on my Writers Bureau course
29. Local book signing
30. IN PROGRESS - Walk parts of the Thames Trail