Saturday 1 March 2008 7 penguins

Friday 29 February 2008 7 ballet moves

  1. Arabesque
  2. Fouetté
  3. Cabriole
  4. Jeté
  5. Pirouette à la Seconde
  6. Brisé
  7. Entrechat

Thursday 28 February 2008 7 facts gleaned from the Ladybird book of chocolate and cocoa

  1. The Aztec word for chocolate is 'chocolatl'
  2. Hernando Cortez introduced chocolate to Spain in 1521 after conquering Mexico
  3. Cocoa pods grow on the sides of the cocoa tree branches, not the ends
  4. Eating chocolate (as opposed to drinking chocolate) was not introduced until the 1850s
  5. Removing the husk from a cocoa nib is known as 'Winnowing'
  6. Milk chocolate was invented in 1867 by Daniel Peter in Switzerland
  7. The machine for mixing the cocoa, cocoa butter and sugar is called a 'Mélangeur'

Wednesday 27 February 2008 7 unexpected items found in a box from the loft marked 'Clothes'

  1. Purple bucket and spade
  2. Orange gloves with sticky ball
  3. Boomerang
  4. Shuttle cocks
  5. 2 gas camping burners
  6. 3 balls of assorted sizes
  7. 5 bottles of butane

Tuesday 26 February 2008 7 titles to poems we've written over the years

  1. Braninanoe
  2. Yellow Ringed Flantoon
  3. The Noodle Oodle Woodle
  4. The Baboon and Balloon
  5. Zax and Zox
  6. Orange Bum Bee
  7. The Valley Near Dim Dum

Monday 25 February 2008 7 of my favourite doodle-a-day doodles (25th Jan - 24th Feb)

  1. Tree Skeleton
  2. Bidding will start at...
  3. Need a lift
  4. The Pup
  5. What?!?
  6. Fashion Week V
  7. Dear me Margo what are you wearing?

Sunday 24 February 2008 7 things you can check before taking your car for its MOT

  1. Check all the lights are working
  2. Test that all tyres are good, the correct pressure and within tread limit
  3. Make sure all doors can be opened from the inside and outside of the car
  4. Test all seatbelts lock and recoil
  5. Check the handbreak holds the car, and ideally takes no more than nine clicks on the ratchet
  6. Test the breaks: whilst the car is in motion, take your hands off the steering wheel and break. The car should not only stop, but should not veer left or right
  7. Check that nothing is loose or sticking out from the car's bodywork