Well - I'm still here and after some very difficult months of back pain and surgery feeling like I can want to take up this record of events in my life again. Why blog? Well for me it's just so I can look back and see what I've been up to and additionally if I write down my goals it provides additional incentive to achieving them.

For the time being hubs and I are doing a spot of granny and grandad duty - looking after our 18 month old number 3 grandson when his mum and dad are both at work. He certainly keeps us on our toes. It's interesting how our attitude has changed since our children were small. We are far more relaxed - less stressed - and I think we enjoy him more for that and can really celebrate every milestone reached.