Babies of all sorts!

I have become an auntie again this week for the second time. At 9.15am on Thursday 23rd April (St George's Day) my sister had a baby boy. She had a four hour labour ending with a beautiful 9lbs 7oz bundle of joy. His name is Kian Peter and he is very gorgeous. Mum, Dad and big sister and all doing well. It is strange but wonderful to have a baby in the family again as the last baby was my little lady who is now four and a half. My daughter thinks he is lovely and even my seven year old son was intrigued and enchanted by this little person (maybe because he doesn't have to live with him...he was less enchanted with his sister when she arrived!!!).

I don't know if this new life inspired me or not, but I sat down on Friday evening and wrote for nearly three hours on my new baby. My hubby bought me a 10.2" notebook for me to write on and I had to use it as soon as possible. It came with Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2007 preloaded so I just plugged it in and off I went. I was delighted with my progress and then went to bed happy having done a word count hat has gone up to just over 12,000 words. This is about a quarter of the way through the book, which feels like a milestone for me.

I have also been involved in setting up a new book club at our church, reading and reviewing Christian fiction and biographies. We have finished our first book and have begun on the second. I decided to set up a blog to post the reviews and discussions so if any of you are interested in what sort of books fall into this genre please feel free to visit. I did not know this whole genre existed so it has been a revelation for me! www.thefictionfellowship.blogspot.com

Easter Walk and Skellig

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. We have been manic as usual, doing family fun days and puppet shows at church and elsewhere. It has been a busy time, but FAB. We had a lovely walk on the Camel Trail (a former railway line that is now a cycle/horse/walk pathway running from Padstow to Wadebridge and then on to Bodmin). We have found a quieter part out on the moor where the kids can scooter and cycle on a flat surface. It runs alongside the River Camel and the banksides are awash with primroses and now some bluebells too. It was breathtaking as it was a beautiful spring evening last night.

I have cherry picked TV this weekend as I have not had the energy or time to watch much. I enjoyed Dr Who and Robin Hood on Saturday (despite the absence of Richard Armitage) and my son and I adored the Sky One adaptation of Skellig on Sunday, although I was a bit annoyed at how much they added that was not in the book. That aside, we were all hooked and now Connor wants me to read the book with him. Tim Roth was great, a really grumpy character and truthfullyI like most things with John Sim in it.

I have been unable to post because my ISP has been down inexplicably for over a week...joy...joy!! Any way it seems to be back for now so I have taken the opportunity to go visiting and to do this quick post. I have been so tired out after a hectic weekend that I cannot seem to contemplate anything in terms of my writing before the children go back on the 20th!! Lots of ideas brewing so I am itching to get on with it.