Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Wow - my first blog sentence. I never thought I'd get this far! The thought of starting a blog is one that I've entertained on and off for several years. I am, however, a procrastinator by nature and therefore it never happened. Then gradually, through the past year, I discovered some of the people I follow on Twitter had their own blogs. This encouraged me to revisit the idea of starting one of my own. So, naturally, I decided to delve into their blogs to see what I could learn.

The main thing I discovered is that their blogs are each unique, entertaining, informative and all brilliant in their own way. Oh dear - how could I ever live up to that standard? Procrastination set in again. Then the first penny dropped. I don't have to live up to any 'standard'. All I have to do is be myself. I think I can just about manage that!

I have to say, when I floated the idea of starting a blog among some of my Twitter friends I received nothing but encouragement. So take a bow, Tweeps - this blog is largely due to the fact that you didn't say "stop - don't do it"!!! 

So today, I pen my first blog post. As I started it, I was already trying to think how I might follow it up. What would I write about? How would I make it interesting enough for people to visit and read on an ongoing basis? Then the second penny dropped (I never could hold on to money!). I've recently decided to undertake a year-long project in 2012 and I am sure it will provide ample scope for future blog posts.

That's it for now. Just a short introductory post. I hope you will re-visit and please do leave comments. I look forward to hearing what you have to say.

Oh - I forgot to expand on my idea for future posts. Ah, not enough time for that now. All will be revealed in a future post. See - you'll just have to come back to find out what I have in mind!!