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A Sentence A Day – December

Janet Camilleri · 12/01/2018 ·

I must confess: sometimes I wonder if these “Sentence a Day” posts are trivial, and of absolutely no interest to anybody but myself – but then I receive lovely comments like these:

  • I’ve really enjoyed reading your Sentence A Day posts – Sydney Shop Girl.
  • This is probably my favourite series that you’ve done here on the blog. So cute! I really must start doing this myself. Love all the mentions of me hehe xxx – from my own Miss 21 😉
  • I really enjoyed your sentence a day, I hope you keep it up – Lana D

Quite a few have also commented that they would struggle with writing a sentence a day – it IS hard to keep it brief; and it also sometimes feel like my life is a bit of a Groundhog Day. And yet the Sentence a Day challenge is a great way to find something noteworthy in each and every day, no matter how small. If you haven’t tried it, I encourage you to give it a go!

Enough faffing around, it’s time for my December roundup!

1 December – (off to a great start LOL – I didn’t write anything!)

2 December – Bit of excitement at the mall – Miss 21 and I were enjoying a coffee when a shoplifter hurtled down the mall with a full trolley of groceries, chased by security guards – before our eyes he shoved the trolley into a shopfront, shattering glass everywhere, creating a distraction so he could flee. (This was VERY hard to condense into just one sentence!)

3 December – Time for some Christmas decorating – hubster put some lights up on our front hedge, meanwhile I had to move our small Christmas tree up high as Miss Fleur decided to knock it over and play with it!

Christmas lights

4 December – It felt like Christmas as my latest online shopping splurge arrived – 2 dresses and a jumpsuit from Rivers (it seems Miss Fleur approves …).

Miss Fleur approves

5 December – Developed a bad headache, so my Bear made bacon and egg muffins for dinner 🙂 .

6 December – I found a feather on my morning walk – Fleur already has plenty so I’m going to give it to Miss 21 for the grandkitties!

feather

7 December – Met up with a potential new client for a coffee and came home with an ongoing gig, and several sandfly bites – ouch!

8 December – Hubster had an RDO and we drove down the Coast for a budget weekend getaway to celebrate 30 years since our first date.

9 December – Our apartment had a great view of Q1 at Surfers Paradise, and when a storm rolled in we saw the tip of the tower get hit by lightning eight times!

storm over Q1

10 December – We visited the Crazy Cat Cafe in Surfers Paradise and went for a swim at the beach before reluctantly heading home.

crazy cat man 3

11 December – Today I worked on a couple of press releases for a client.

12 December – I was booked for a biopsy for a possible skin cancer on my face, but wouldn’t you know it the car had a flat battery – luckily Uber came to the rescue and I arrived at my appointment just 3 minutes late!

biopsy

13 December – I sent a chocolate flower bouquet as a thank you to a client for sending me a referral – she was ecstatic!

14 December – Learned today that I will be a guest speaker at a couple of Women’s Network Australia events in 2018 🙂 .

15 December – Mr 23 said the wallpaper on my phone (a pic of me and Fleur) was lame, so he changed it to this photo instead …

new wallpaper on phone

16 December – Went op shopping with my Bear, Miss 21 and her man – I brought home 5 books for just $5.

17 December – With so much work to get through before the Christmas break, I spent the day at my desk, then watched a couple of great shows on SBS: Raising Pompeii, and a documentary on Barbie.

18 December – Excited to receive my copy of Working Women magazine with my article on SEO inside!

working women magazine

19 December – I skipped my morning walk today, it was too hot and I had too much work to do.

20 December – New air conditioner installed in the family/meals/kitchen area of our home – just in time for Christmas – YAY!

21 December – I worked until 10pm with only a brief stop to duck out to the shops at 5pm to get one last gift – hopefully that’s it for Christmas shopping this year!

22 December – Biopsy results are back and it’s a Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) “with legs” (as my doctor described it), so I have been referred to a plastic surgeon.

23 December – A day of Christmas cooking and wrapping pressies.

Christmas puddings

24 December – More cooking and wrapping – and a nanna nap.

25 December – Lovely to have Christmas at home with the family (including Miss 21 and her man) in air conditioned comfort as it was a real stinker outside!

Christmas presents galore

26 December – Visited the outlaws in Toowoomba for Christmas.

27 December – My busy month is catching up with me, I had not one but TWO naps today!

28 December – I visited Miss 21 (and the grandkitties), and enjoyed a swim in her rooftop pool.

swimming on the roof

29 December – Family day out to Coochiemudlo Island where we played a very relaxed (ie we are all hopeless!) round of golf.

golf at Coochie

30 December – Visited my parents for a late Christmas lunch, before heading up Mt Coot-tha for a coffee and to enjoy the great views over Brisbane (maybe I’m biased as a south-sider, but I think Mt Gravatt Lookout has better views!).

lunch at my parents - Copy

31 December – Visited one of my sisters on the other side of town for a girly catch-up, it’s been ages – but was home in the evening with a puzzle and a glass of bubbly to bring in the New Year.

How did your December shape up?!

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  1. Kez @ Awesomely Unprepared says

    12/01/2018 at 9:24 pm

    A sentence a day – love it! I don’t know if I could handle condensing everything but it’s a great way to round up a month! Might have to give it a try some time!

    • Janet Camilleri says

      17/01/2018 at 10:04 am

      LOL I think you might have your hands full for the foreseeable future Kez 😉

  2. Denyse Whelan says

    12/01/2018 at 10:05 pm

    I got inspired to do a sentence a day this year by reading Jo Tracey’s one. Now of course yours! I am doing mine in an on-line diary and adding a photo from that day as well. I shall decide by the end of January (assuming I have finished it) whether it becomes a Blog post! Feel for you re the BCC. Denyse x

    • Janet Camilleri says

      17/01/2018 at 10:04 am

      Hi Denyse, I shall keep an eye out for yours at the end of the month! I’m just so glad I trusted my instincts and sought a second opinion on the spot which turned out to be a BCC.

  3. Nola Passmore says

    16/01/2018 at 3:25 pm

    Entertaining as always, Janet. Sorry to hear about the skin cancer. Praying everything goes well. And the new pic on your phone wallpaper? Priceless 🙂 You’re certainly a woman of many talents and interests. Not many people would use Pompeii and Barbie in the same sentence. Looking forward to more of your adventures 🙂

    • Janet Camilleri says

      17/01/2018 at 10:05 am

      Haha he’ll kill me if he sees it but that’s what you get for messing with my phone! Tickled that you enjoy my daily summaries, and my many interests 😉

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