Date: 2010-08-26 10:13 pm (UTC)
Various responses, I'll try to order these in the same order the goals appear! Just some thoughts:

Coming out to my family was very anticlimactic (I can tell the story another time, if you like!) but I'm glad I did it. If putting it on the list makes it more likely to happen, go for it! Same for work, although that's a harder concept for me - do you just drop it into conversation? Wear a badge? (Joking!)

A family lexicon sounds really interesting! What would it consist of?

Doing a first aid course was really educational and has actually come in useful a couple of times now. I highly recommend it.

A book of family stories sounds lovely, I wish my family would tell their stories more often.

Specific folk events that you might consider:
IVFDF, Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival. There's a strong Exeter presence there each year, and the people are very relaxed and friendly, a mixture of students and non-students and their families.

Sidmouth Folk Festival - Catmint has experience of this one, but I remember various people praising it.

Grade 5, as Freddie said, is a useful grade, as it allows you to take other high level exams and is roughly the equivalent of a GCSE in music if you combine it with a Grade 5 in singing/an instrument.

The Antony Nolan Trust (bone marrow people) actually sent me a flyer about signing other people up the other week. They can now do it by sending you a saliva test kit by post, you don't have to go get a blood test. Here's the website link: http://www.anthonynolan.org/What-you-can-do/Save-a-life/Online-application.aspx

Nice underwear can be expensive, but it's really worth it to have clothes that fit properly. I can't really afford it right now, but BHS/ M&S are good middle-of-the-range shops. However, sometimes their bras are really ugly. (Pink lace on a clashingly-coloured bra, urgh).

I really like the quilt idea - must they be surprise babies? What if they are planned? Or is it just that you're not expecting anyone to have children anytime soon? (Tongue firmly in cheek for these questions!)

Having a driving licence, even without a car, is a very liberating feeling. And after you're twenty-five you can hire cars much more easily!
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