Hello blog!

I would apologise for the long absence but I’m trying not to should all over myself about this blog.  It’s supposed to be a fun hobby at this stage, so I’m trying not to put too much pressure on myself to post x times per month and such.

I was absent for so long mostly because I was visiting my sister and meeting my new niece for 2 weeks.  That was the longest time I’ve spent with a baby but it was a great way to spend a couple of weeks.  (As an aside, I thought I would have plenty of time to work on my blog, catch up on reading etc but man was I wrong!)  While I didn’t do much worth reporting while I was there, apparently babies are quite time consuming!  I learned a few things I didn’t know about babies (like they can’t regulate their own body temperature, who knew), had many a baby cuddle and managed to avoid the worst of the nappy situations.  It was very relaxing and so so wonderful to meet my beautiful niece, our little ginger ninja.

Home now, and thoughts are back to blogging, writing, and other associated projects.  My little apartment is clean (except for the bomb site in the kitchen, but that’s Manfriend’s domain today) and now I sit, and attempt to focus.  Today I want to hammer out the first draft of at least one short story I’ve had floating in my mind this week; I want to explore other theme possibilities for my blog, and maybe start working on a little ebook I’ve been talking about with a friend.