Well, I finally managed to achieve another of the Day Zero goals. I have been up and about by 06:30 5 days in a row, and it's been a really productive week! Not a lot to show for it, as it's mainly been the moving into a different house, but still. I may try to make 06:30 the standard time to be up at. Maybe.

About a week ago, I had a friend visiting and we managed to make a fort. And then we made another fort. Pretty good, really.

This is part of the Day Zero challenge. I have to make a piece of art out of household objects all of the same colour. This one is red.

There's also an explanation of what I was trying to portray and the materials used. I reckon it worked out OK. I particularly liked the oven gloves, they gave the impression of windows on a building.

Today, my friend Jez came over and we made fresh pasta. We could have done with adding some more salt and gluten, and maybe trying to get things all the same thickness, but it turned out pretty nice and rustic. Definitely would do this one again.

So today, I had a little time to myself in town, and I ended up going for a bra fitting at Marks and Spencer. I had to reserve a slot, and then we went to a fitting room where there's a main curtain and then a second curtain inside. This meant that I shuffled between bras without exposing myself to the lovely assistant. I ended up finding that I've had slightly the wrong size of bra for a couple of years now, so I bought a couple of replacements to keep me going for a bit. Moral of the story: getting the right size bra is really easy! Loads of places do bra fittings nowadays, just pop in when you have a moment. Simple!

I visited Stockport today. Visited the Hat Works hat museum, had lunch with a good friend at the Swan with Two Necks, took a long walk taking photos and then stopped off in Manchester for some shopping and browsing at Fan Boy Three and Afflecks before wandering home. A very enjoyable trip all round, although my feet are upset that I didn't have my regular walking boots on (I damaged one, so it's in the shop at the moment getting repaired.)

Well, one of the many things I set out to do was to climb a tree. It turns out that I don't have as much upper-body strength as I think I have, so it took me a few attempts, but I finally climbed a tree. What athleticism will I manage next?

I was compelled to go somewhere within the city walls that I'd never previously been. I ended up slipping down Chapter House Street and popping out at Ogleforth. Nothing major, just a neat little street. I might try and visit other places within the walls that I haven't yet been to.

One of my challenges was to make paper; I did this last weekend and wrote it all up this evening. I gave the resulting paper away as a gift to someone I care for; I only wish it had turned out as I'd imagined so that the gift would be slightly less lame. Still, it reflects a pretty large chunk of effort.

As part of my recent efforts towards self-improvement, I've created myself a Day Zero list. The list contains 101 things that I aim to achieve in 1001 days. One of those things was to get my website content/look/feel updated, and I've achieved that in spades. Here's to the other 100 things!