what about a different origami animal each day

I bought a sewing machine in January and learned from YouTube and blogs how to work it. Last time I used a machine was 43 yrs ago. I'm loving learning something new and hope to make a quilt as you have done. There are so many different quilt design blocks I don't think you'd ever tire of them. I'd like to learn to dance now.

My new years resolution to help me declutter my cupboards and drawers was to recycle or throw away one superfluous item each day this year. I should be '365 Items Lighter' by the end of the year and I am sure I will not miss the peacock blue winter coat I last wore 3 years ago, the torch that did not work even with new batteries, or the Collins Gem Dictionary which was last used at school!
Now what to get rid of today ?

You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
I was asked at the age of 74 by my son if I would write down the experencies I have had through my life if he got me a computer and showed me what to do.
Writings that included my childhood days which took in being put in a Sisters of Mercy home for nearly 7 years because I was born during the Great Depression in 1930 through no fault of my parents I hasten to add.
It also took in being bombed out twice and being machine gunned in the hopfields and on the evacuee train.
From that came my WW2 website that went round the world and made me many cyber friends from many countries.
I am 84 now and a carer for my hubby who is 86 who has Dementia but I still have many folks coming to me about my website which helps to keep me going. Its been a fantastic time since I first had my computer and my lovely one and only granddaughter is SO proud of her grandma because TV have contacted me not only about my WW2 website but about my poetry too.
I also knit quite a lot for charity and for any little ones that live near me because it helps to keep my fingers going.
Just tell yourself that you ARE going to do whatever it is you set out to do and who knows what else will follow. Good Luck.

Maywalk, what a wonderfully inspiring post!

It sounds as though the computer has opened up a whole new lease of life for you! I think it is so important that in this fast changing word people appreciate that times were very different not so long ago, and making a record of how we used to live and what we experienced is so important. I was a child in '50s and '60s Britain and my children imagine I must have had a life of complete hardship because we had lino on the floor, one coal fire to keep the whole house warm and had to heat up hot water if we needed it! Automatic washing machines? My mother had a copper of hot water and a mangle and thought it a blessing! [laugh]

It's such a different word now, and I quietly worry about how it will be in the future as so many youngster seem glued to screens of one sort or another and seem so dependent on them for interaction. Mind you...I am looking at a screen now! We can't fight progress!

As for my resolutions...I feel I am drifting and have no resolve. I find it very easy now I have a little more time on my hands to tell myself "tomorrow" and I am letting jobs pile up. 2015 was going to be the year I lost my excess weight and became more active. I had my 60th birthday last year, and instead of gritting my teeth and getting on with what I have to do, I find myself putting things off. It's a bad habit and one I must break. I do so admire people who grab life by the horns and just get on with it.

I wish I were more driven. Is there a shop that sells 'resolve'?

When you find that shop let me know.

I find that I can't sit and 'watch' television without having something in my hands - usually cross stitch or crochet. Working on a sampler is really absorbing and the football matches just whizz by. If you can see to put the needle in the hole, it's a doddle. However if it's something like Foyle's War or Silent Witness I usually end up doing lots of unpicking as well.

Rather than make one resolution to be kept for a year, I am making a new one each month.
January..... no wine...... kept
February..... no computer games...... going well
March- December to be decided.

dance when you have energy, quilt when you need an excuse to sit down.

I remember my first twin tub!

Silent Witness is a killer! But I do agree that sports matches aid concentration. My little piece is growing fast now the Five Nations is on.