I've now got less than a year to go on my Day Zero Project, it ends on January 14th 2020.

I have 25 completed, here are the ones I've completed since my last update:

005. Decorate the entrance hall
After lots of sanding, the removal of a door, turning brown walls green, and lots and lots of gloss work, the hall has been transformed. Just need a coat rack and new doormats and I can call it finished.

006. Decorate our bedroom in a gorgeous deep bluey green
I deliberated over the exact shade of bluey green for ages, and then when I revealed the final choice to Andy he was less than enthusiastic. So we went for pink. It took me a while but the decorating part of the process is done.


013. Sand and repaint the side entrance door
It looked lovely for a few weeks until it got scratched again, so when the weather improves I'll be sanding and painting it again...


027. Visit the Forbidden Forest at Warner Brothers studios
October 2018 saw me step foot into the Forbidden Forest for the first time. It was dark, misty and I swear the floor was moving beneath my feet. Thunder and lightening accompanied us as we met Buckbeak and Aragog. To see it all close up was fascinating.


034. Go on a boat
A day on the Norfolk broads on one of the hottest days of 2018.


038. Read a book every month with that month in the title
I really enjoyed this challenge. My favourite book was Sunflowers in February but I enjoyed most of these books. I wouldn't recommend March, or July's People, I found both really hard going, but the rest are definitely worth a read.


042. Make elderflower cordial and gin
I made gin one year and cordial the following year. Both were delicious. Neither lasted very long.

052. Get a tattoo
I got three, all on the same day. It's not as drastic as it sounds, they're all tiny.


059. Go camping
In July 2018 I camped at Cliff House in Dunwich with a group of friends. It's a superb campsite right on the cliffs with easy access to the beach. The weather was perfect for camping, allowing us to sit on the beach until the early hours, before being lulled to sleep by the sound of the waves.

060. Photograph the same landscape across 12 months (and make it into a calendar for the next year)
You can see all the photos here. I didn't make a calendar as I received two for Christmas, but I can always create one for 2020.


081. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
I wouldn't recommend Certain Women or Queen of the Desert, and it was hard to watch Jake being such a weirdo in Nightcrawler. I loved Fantastic Beasts, La La Land and Mr Right, Passengers and Sully. In fact I think Sully was the best of them all.


086. Read a book set in my hometown
A friend of mine used to live on Britannia Road, so I know the area well. It was really enjoyable to be able to picture the house and garden, and the town being described in the book.

With less than a year to go I know there will be things that I won't tick off, but that's fine. I'll have fun trying.