January in Review (Part III)

CHALLENGE  ACCOMPLISHMENT # 16
THE RESOLUTION: Food from 13 countries

Wass Dining (January 16th)
http://thirteensquared13.blogspot.ca/2013/02/wass-dining.html

CHALLENGE  ACCOMPLISHMENT # 17
THE RESOLUTION: Something New

Sewing course (January 18/19th)

http://thirteensquared13.blogspot.ca/2013/03/cover-story.html

CHALLENGE  ACCOMPLISHMENT # 18
THE RESOLUTION: Make Something Artsy

Apron; a gift as well

My very first creation on the sewing machine! I seriously expected some wound up, unexplainable mess but I am indeed flabbergasted with my results. This apron looks pro! :) Of course I must give credit to the fact that I made this throughout my first course (See: http://thirteensquared13.blogspot.ca/2013/03/cover-story.html) so naturally I had a lot of help. But still, I am proud of myself and my first artsy creation accomplishment.

Oh and my mom is a big winner too. As a thank you for the machine, she is now the proud owner of beautiful and totally handy new apron!


CHALLENGE  ACCOMPLISHMENT # 19
THE RESOLUTION: Swim

I swam (January 27th)

The very reason for the creation of ThirteenSquared, swimming. There isn't much more to outline outside of the commitment I submitted in the original 13 Resolutions: challenge must be involve 20 minutes of actual exercise.

So what did I learn from my first swimming completion:
- Chlorine really stinks... like for a long time!
- Going for an hour with friends who like taking breaks between every lap definitely dissolves the work part of the 'workout' :)

CHALLENGE  ACCOMPLISHMENT # 20
THE RESOLUTION: Read

Many Lives, Many Masters (Completed January 30th)

The first of 13 books is the true story of psychotherapist Brian L. Weiss, M.D. and the client who turned him from a man of science to a believer. Using hypnotherapy, he opened the door to communication and treatment by exploring reincarnation and using 'past-life therapy' to improve and understand our current life struggles.

This book was suggested to me by a Taiwanese woman and Dao teacher. I spent several months visiting her in her tiny shop full of traditional Asian artifacts at a downtown Hamilton mall. I was interested in learning about alternative ways of living and thinking that could lessen the chaos in our lives. So each week we gathered, often with one of her children as an interpreter, to challenge to ways  we often react to our environment and redirect the energy into more positive pathways.





CHALLENGE  ACCOMPLISHMENT # 21
THE RESOLUTION: Random Kindnesses

 The Weight of the Issue

http://thirteensquared13.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-weight-of-issue.html


One woman. One year. 21 down. 148 to go.