Mon 1 Dec
Start Christmas letters
and post the overseas cards.
Walk in the sun.
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Tues 2 Dec
Twenty Christmas cards
and then some inspiration.
I write for CC.
Wed 3 Dec
Brisk morning walk,
with care on icy pathways,
took me into town.
Thur 4 Dec
Respond to JM
Adverts. Find they were both scams
to promote a site.
Fri 5 Dec
Take a Social Spark
opportunity that will
pay five US bucks.
Sat 6 Dec
Using new pinking
scissors, to remove lining,
gives curtains new life.
Sun 7 Dec
Go to visit Sye
in Dorchester with his friends.
Very tiring day.
Mon 8 Dec
Wrap parcels and send
with letter to Germany.
Christmas under way.
Tues 9 Dec
Mechanical Turk
reject will do for CC.
I am rewriting.
Wed 10 Dec
Inspiration is
everywhere, but I must
write Christmas letters.
Thur 11 Dec
Present wrapping and
parcel sending. Casserole
prepared for party.
Fri 12 Dec
My three curries cooked,
and decorations are up.
Christmas is coming.
Sat 13 Dec
Party day is here.
Goes on till after midnight.
Curries bring success.
Sun 14 Dec
Up at 6.30
to clear party detritus.
Visit the new shop.
Mon 15 Dec
Shorn by hairdresser.
More Christmas cards and letters.
They go on and on.
Tues 16 Dec
Finish cards and letters.
Just hand-delivered to go.
Quite early for me.
Wed 17 Dec
Send off donations
to my fav'rite charities
for Christmas campaigns.
Thur 18 Dec
Drive up to Tolworth.
Bus to Kingston and the crowds.
Brave them to see Jay.
Fri 19 Dec
Shopping with Julie
then fix her computer
but not sound system.
Sat 20 Dec
Pizza Express lunch,
then we see Peter Pan at
the Epsom Playhouse.
Sun 21 Dec
Winter Wonderland
for an exciting day out
with children and friends.
Mon 22 Dec
Home again, I can
write of the charities I
support at Christmas.
Tues 23 Dec
Christmas food shopping,
last minute cards delivered,
and presents wrapped up.
Wed 24 Dec
Very merry night.
Drink cognac from a wine glass
in the Red Lion.
Thur 25 Dec
Have a drink next door
after family phone calls.
Then we dine à deux.
Fri 26 Dec
Summer’s leaf curtains
are drawn back to air the views
on our country drive.
Sat 27 Dec
Anticipating
exciting developments
with two grandchildren.
Sun 28t Dec
Chelsea dashes hopes
to introduce her to Ben.
Soon it will happen.
Mon 29 Dec
Submit child safety
article to CC and
post my blogger blog.
Tues 30 Dec
Brave intense cold to
eat with my son’s girlfriend in
Shaftesbury’s Mitre.
Wed 31 Dec
See in the New Year
at the Red Lion with George
and Rob and Arlene.