A Year In Notes
Moving beyond
9 October 2022
Cigarettes
2L Milk
1 kilo of cheddar cheese
A dozen Eggs
Nutella
Peanut butter
2 Loafs of bread
Dog food
Cherry tomatoes
Flour
16 December 2022
Turkey
Spiral ham
10kg potatoes
2 dozen eggs
Cranberry sauce
Chocolate truffles
That cherry flavoured Bailey's her family likes
Dog food
Dino nuggets
KD
21 December 2022
Jack Daniels
26 December 2022
Assassin's Creed (physical edition from EB Games)
45mg edibles form the reserve
Train ticket home
15 January 2023
Cigarettes
Nutella
Beer
C**e (Eddie's plug still working?)
Crown Royal
16 January 2023
Ibuprofen
McDevlivery: Mcgriddle w hash browns
Kleenex
25 January 2023
1 February 2023
1 red note book
1 blue folder
New boots for Grace
Spiderman backpack for Ian
5 February 2023
Return the kid's new school things
Cigarettes
8 March 2023
Betterhelp
Cigarettes
Nutella
31 March 2023
Emotion Journal
Lawyer
Lawyer
Lawyer
30 April 2023
New outfit (Sandra's idea)
Haircut
Cigarettes
Dino nuggets for the visit fuck
Bourbon
Cigarettes
15 May 2023: Planner
10:00 courthouse
18:00 Royal Oak
02:00 uber
31 August 2023
New tent
Backpack to fit Grace
Hiking boots for Ian
New paddle
*rent the canoe
15 September 2023 text log
"It's the law. You have to."
Anna: "Eat shit"
"What did I do to deserve this?"
Her: "This number is not currently receiving text messages."
15 September 2023
Lawyer
To Do list 30 November 2023
1. Take kids to visit mom
2. Bake birthday cake for Ian (13 years old already)
3. Pick up Grace's teddy from Sandra: stitching is done
4. Emotion journal
5. Drinks with James
5.1 Only one
6. Collect kids and mom for surprise party
7. Pick up Dimitri and his dad so that everyone will be there!
Planner 15 January 2024
Confirm reservation for 17:00 at restaurant
14:30 15:00 16:00 16:30 drive to Sandra's
Play is at 21:00
Condoms?
16 January 2024
Collect edibles from post office
2L coke Pepsi
All dressed chips
Pizza from Gabriel's
Little trash can for bathroom
Haircut
Shaving soap
Condoms
1 December 2024
Chocolate advent calendars
1L Milk
1 kilo of cheddar cheese
A dozen Eggs
Nutella
Peanut butter
2 Loafs of bread
Dog food
Cherry tomatoes
Flour
Ring
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This is intended as part of the Grocery list contest by all around excellent human Mackenzie Davis. Time's almost up so please join the fun to make the choosing just that much more difficult for her 😈
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Alexander McEvoy
Writing has been a hobby of mine for years, so I'm just thrilled to be here! As for me, I love writing, dogs, and travel (only 1 continent left! Australia-.-)
"The man of many series" - Donna Fox
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Marvelous list!!! Loving it!!!❤️❤️💕
Wow, this is so well written!
I love this format of story. Perfect show-not-tell exercise! Good luck getting advent calendars on the 1st, though....
That was one hell of story told over a handful of notes...really well done. Great read!
Wow! Brilliantly executed. So much said with such subtlety. Congratulations on placing in this challenge. I bet Vocal themselves wish they’d come up with this one 😉😂
Loved the combination of different types lists. Definitely took the reader on a journey through the physical and mental journey. Well done!
Wonderful! What a journey! Loved this entry so much, Alexander!!! ✨💞
Very nice, what a journey!
That was fantastic. Well done.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. You completely understood the assignment, good sir. I adore the fact that you added in To Do lists, planner entries, and text logs; SO CLEVER. I suppose they might go against my own rules, but I don’t know, I feel like you did them in the right spirit, so I'm inclined to accept the rule bending. It's the little trash can for the bathroom that is sticking with me! What a good detail!! Oh, and also, I have a question for you. Did your usage of the strikethrough text change (first list, "cigarettes, nutella", etc)? It seemed to indicate the speaker changing his mind about certain items, but then I wondered if it meant that the items had been accomplished (new outfit, haircut, etc). It's the second usage that made me want to ask because it could give different context to that day. Not that it really matters or means that you did it wrong; I'm just curious! Fantastic job, Alex, seriously. Wowowow.
Wow Alex.... I'm blown away! I wasn't ready for this you to tell such a passionate story with a set of lists! This was brilliant and moving and honestly leaves me feeling speechless! I am in awe of your craftsmanship here!
You have a real talent for writing.
My heart sunk when I saw Betterhelp because people usually only ever get professional help when things are too much too handle alone. But I'm glad he got a happy ending. Also, at the risk of sounding dumb, what's KD?