National Blog Posting Month is over for another year, and I’m happy to have been a part of it. It’s been really nice to have a reason to connect with this little part of my life each day, and those of you who share in it!
(Would somebody be kind enough to start International Blog Posting Month so that we non-Americans don’t feel like gatecrashers? InBloPoMo doesn’t sound any sillier than NaBloPoMo, does it?)
I finished November with a bang today, crossing two items off my list!
#82 - Post a photo/day for one month (30/30
I posted the last in my Daily Photo series today. I very much hope that this newly-formed habit extends beyond November!
#60 - Get rid of 101 material items (170/101)
Today Justine & I had a garage sale and got rid of a serious amount of crap! My gear was mostly clothes that have been bagged up (for “ebay”) for over a year, plus a few bulkier items that were seriously getting on my nerves. All up I prepared 176 items for sale, and sold or donated all but 5 items. I was especially happy to be rid of our old microwave, my bulky old CRT monitor and computer chair.
And now it is time to take my tired bones, and badly sunburned face, to bed. Goodnight, and goodbye to NaBloPoMo for another year!
At Justine’s house, between customers at our garage sale.
With item #82 on my list of 101 Things to do in 1001 Days complete, this is the last of my Daily Photo posts! However, it really has inspired me to post my work here more often, so you will be seeing plenty more of my photography in this blog.
Thanks to everybody who left me a comment to let me know you were watching. I hope you’ve enjoyed this series as much as I have enjoyed putting it together!
Let’s not beat around the bush. We both know which of your lists has my name on it this year, and the many, many ways in which I earned my status. I think we’re also on the same page about how much fun I had getting there.
Look, you seem like a great guy. You’re always laughing at the hos, so I’m pretty sure you have a good sense of humour. Word on the street is that you also like to drink on the job, so already you sound like my kind of person. You wouldn’t begrudge me the little bit of fun I’ve had this year, would you?
I understand your strict naughty/nice policy, but aren’t you sick of those goody-two-shoes kids by now? Nobody has to know that you bent the rules for little old me! I’ve even gone to the trouble of developing a short-list from which to choose.
(Maybe address them to my dog Harry so that none of the elves catch on. It’s the perfect crime.)
Thanks in advance, big guy. Come through for me this year, and I’ll forget all about the childhood trauma you caused when that pony never came.
Cheers,
Elizabeth
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In many ways November has been a terrible month to commit to daily blogging.
My new workplace, until this month, has been remarkably kind to me as I have learned the ropes. I was given a month-long handover, a lengthy orientation in which I sat with colleagues from different departments, and a really supportive set of co-workers.
And while they continue to be supportive, they suddenly see me as somebody who has everything under control. I have become the go-to person for all sorts of issues that I hadn’t even considered a few weeks ago. Issues that are suddenly my responsibility to solve, develop or take ownership of.
I’m in a new, challenging phase of work where I really don’t know what will be waiting for me each morning when I walk through the door. So far I’m doing well to keep all the balls in the air, but it’s a hell of a way to learn to juggle!
So while I admit that my posts have been a little on the light side, content-wise, I’m pretty happy that I’ve stuck with NaBloPoMo. By the time this month ends I’ll have crossed one more item off my list (to post one photo every day), and that’s worth plenty on its own. The fact that I’ve posted a little extra each day was a bonus, and mostly good fun.
So I want to thank everybody who has been following me this month, especially if you’ve just discovered my blog. I hope you understand that the lack of inspirational posts has not been the result of a lack of interest on my part - just a lack of hours in the day! The nature of my workplace means that things will really slow down in a couple of weeks, and one of the luxuries I am looking forward to is the time to write here more regularly.
Well, in between interstate and international visitors!
I almost missed posting today! I’ve been asleep since about 5:30pm, trying to fend off an impending migraine. I guess my little bloggerometer woke me up just in time to make today’s post.
Enjoy this cute little video that I came across a few days ago - I did!
(I have the same complaint about movie popcorn sizes.)
A breathtaking story by Capucine. Starring baby monkeys lost in frightening trees, a witch, crocodiles, a tiger, a “popotamus” and a lion, and even a “tremendously very bad mammoth”. There are also magic powers and an orange ring, but sometimes, “something goes amiss”.
If you can watch this without your heart threatening to burst out of your chest with acute overcuteness, you should see a doctor. Maybe you don’t have one.
Having one of those weeks where I really do wish they bottled the stuff. Today especially - I’m beating the sun to bed tonight.
It will be nice to feel human again in a couple of days, but right now work completely owns me. I can’t wait for the new year when I get to shape my role and put some processes into place, but for the time being I’m really just keeping my head above water.
In a couple of days I’ll be free of the major project I’ve been working on for the past 6 weeks. It will be a novelty to eat my lunch away from my desk and catch a little vitamin D during the middle of the day. I heard lots of positive feedback about my work today, which was reassuring and made these past couple of weeks all worth it.
