why so wordy?

In case you're wondering why I'm blogging so much at the moment. First there was Janathon. I was required to blog every day of January to be in with a chance of finishing in the medals. I found the time to put finger to keyboard each day for that. So, now I'm putting down as much as I can remember that AJ and no-name-yet-bump might one day want to read - before I get busy at work or run out of oomph. I tried to write in a journal, proper old school, when AJ was born...but I slacked off a bit. This is easier, because I dip in and out while at work. Apologies for picking off a lot of the low hanging fruit.

I'd love to know more about my folks and it's now too late. I'd like my kids to know as much about their grandparents as I can get down on paper - I'll be printing this blog in book format and leaving it on a shelf. So there will be stuff about mum and dad hidden amongst the mundane me-me-me. If I write down a load of stuff now it is an insurance policy against going senile, terminally forgetful or dead. Will they ever read it or be interested? Who knows. But there will be something for them. So, for a while there will be a change of style from the years of opinionated ravings to a gentler, diary of the past and present style. With moments of bile-spitting.

And now back to the main feature...