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!
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 …).
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!
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!
10 December – We visited the Crazy Cat Cafe in Surfers Paradise and went for a swim at the beach before reluctantly heading home.
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!
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 …
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!
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.
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!
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.
29 December – Family day out to Coochiemudlo Island where we played a very relaxed (ie we are all hopeless!) round of golf.
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!).
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?!
Kez @ Awesomely Unprepared says
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
LOL I think you might have your hands full for the foreseeable future Kez 😉
Denyse Whelan says
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
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.
Nola Passmore says
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
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 😉