#5 & #6 Who said I had to post these in order?

I didn't mention in my post yesterday that Dad went to hospital on Saturday night.  Hence, I lost the ability to count.  

On Sunday, I met HIS mother and step-father and HIS grandparents.  They loved me!  Apparently, "I'm a very nice girl!"  HE tells me that, this is the highest possible praise. =D 

On Tuesday, I sat at Dad's bedside - like I have many times before - and thought about the sentence a day.  I must have begun almost 100 sentences in those few hours.  Dad slept while I shifted in my seat and tried to describe my surroundings.  I couldn't finish a sentence to my satisfaction.  

The idea of writing only one sentence a day is more of a challenge than I thought.  Not because I can't write something everyday - although clearly that has been difficult this week - but, because one sentence is a bit limiting at times.  I know it shouldn't be hard and it doesn't really matter if I write more than a sentence.  But wouldn't I be clever if I could communicate in single sentences:   one idea at a time.  I would be succinct.   

Cest la vie

#7 The first week of the year

So far this year:

1. I met HIS kids and HIS mother. B-]

2. I went on a road trip with HIM. :-S

3. HE moved in with my sister and bro-in-law and their 8 kids. :/

4. Nanny went home. :(

5. My nephew- in -law (that probably isn't the right definition, but it works) proposed to his girlfriend and she said yes. :)

6. Kid #3 turned 10. :-D

7. I bought two bras with wire in them! You might not think that is significant, but I haven't done that in at least 5 years! :-O


That was only the first week of 2015.  This year is going to be BIG!

More about the Bucket List

Today's sentence isn't technically a sentence.  It's a list. I'm going to count it as a sentence, even though it will break all the rules that I teach my students about writing good sentences.  

After yesterday's sentence, I decided I should have a bucket list which meant writing one. Unfortunately, this means that yesterday's sentence will become obsolete as a result of today's list. That has to be a metaphor for something.  

My Bucket List

1. Go to Disneyland - with my mother.

2. Travel and tour libraries, arts galleries and museums where I go.  

3. Improve Teacher Education - somehow.  

4. Raise money for improving education facilities in the developing world.  

5. Get Lost and Found in a Hedge Maze (like the one in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but without all the scary magical obstacles). 

6. Learn Auslan - Australian Sign Language. 

7. Learn greetings in at least 20 different languages.

8. Attend the BFF's Wedding - unfortunately, I have no control over this one. 

9. Learn how to make 10 different balloon animals  

10. Visit (spend at least two nights in) the capital cities of Australia. 

11. Have one room in my house dedicated to books, where the walls are lined with bookshelves and there are big comfortable chairs in the center of the room for reading and contemplation.  

12. Build a Snowman.

13. Tell Grandma that I'm Happy! 

14. De-clutter. 

15. Marry Him.  

That's that then.  

Sentence #3 Kicking It

Today, I'm responding to the prompt for 3 January in the Daily Prompt Ebook (available here FREE).  If Blogger had such a thing, I would use it.  Maybe it does, but I can't find it.  
That was three sentences, surely that means I'm done.  LOL 

The Prompt: What is the 11th item on your bucket list? 

The Sentence: 

I don't have a bucket list.  

Recently I used the term "Bucket List" in conversation and the person I was speaking with looked at me quizzically and said, "what's that?"  I was shocked.  How could there be an intelligent person walking around out there who didn't know what a Bucket List was?  It was INCONCEIVABLE! I don't have a bucket list - so I can understand not having a bucket list -but at least I know what it is.  

Just in case you don't know, check out Miriam-Webster's definition. 

Wiki-how has instructions for creating your own bucket list.

I'm so helpful.  :D

A Sentence a Day: GO!

I only missed out on entering my one sentence into the blogosphere yesterday because it was one of those crazy days that went longer than a day is supposed to and I was really sleepy.  Also, I left my glasses at my sister's house and everything looks fuzzy.

My sentence from yesterday...

Children will not sit still while you tickle them with a brush covered in coloured goo; therefore face painting is a task for those few people who still believe in magic.

My sentence for today...

Reading glasses, toilet paper, pillows and chocolate are all things one can live without, but life is certainly much more comfortable when you have them.

Your's in Fuzziness