First Sentences

Here is the first sentence or two from the first entry of each month of this year.

Happy New Year to everyone!

January 2006:
“Happy New Year to everyone.
Fred and I had a glass of wine each and toasted the New Year at midnight.
I hope 2006 starts off well and continues better for us all…”

February 2006:
“So, you think you are forgetful?
I just put all the ingredients for a loaf of raisin bread in the machine, started it going, walked into the kitchen to put the ingredients away and saw the bread paddle lying on the board at the side of the sink!”

March 2006
“Ok, today I started out by going to the bank and ordering more checks. First thing on the list done.”

April 2006
“I didn’t go for a walk today but I got a lot of other stuff done. First, as usual, I did the dishes. Usually after this, I go for a walk, but it was bucketing down rain today so I stayed home.”

May: 2006
“Good morning! Today is the day!
This is the day I get my portfolio evaluated.”

June 2006
“Toby {my nephew} and I left the house earlier than we planned {the plan was to leave at 6 am} partly because I told him to stop on the way and I would buy him a tank of gas–err petrol–and partly because we are both I-am-already-up-so-let’s-go people!”

July 2006
“Today is Fred’s birthday and tomorrow Gretta {our present landlord’s child} is one year old!”

August 2006
“We are moved from the upstairs apartment to the downstairs apartment. Our computers are set up but we have no DSL until the 9th so this quick update is coming to you from the library computer.”

September 2006
“# I hate dial-up
# If we can believe Verizon, we should have DSL on Tuesday sometime. Ummm, yes, I think the fifth date they have given us.”

October 2006
“I am better, MUCH better today! Last night Fred and his daughter and their family went out to eat at a new place {for us.} I opted to stay home because, although I was feeling much better by then, I wasn’t totally sure if leaving the safety of my own bathroom would be a Good Thing.”

November 2006
“So, here I am at 4 in the morning having been up an hour already! Could this sleeplessness possibly have something to do with the fact that I slept for an hour and a half yesterday afternoon?  And I am sniffling, sneezing and blowing my nose a lot. But I am not ill. I feel fine. I am just sneezing!

December 2006

“I am taking a break from putting the new Christmas tree up. Actually, it went together pretty easily but I find the job of "fluffing" the branches incredibly irritating!”

Until later….