Well. Finally I'm making it onto the blog. James has set me up (in a blogging sense, obviously) and I can start to contribute. I won't be trying to put in any articles about football though, being just a woman and all that. This post is a bit of background about me, but it won't always be. Promise.

My interests are quite diverse, though for any Anthea Turner fans out there, I'm afraid I'm not particularly wowed by housework. I like to adopt a relaxed, homely atmosphere in the house, which while keeping actual dirt and filth at bay, does allow for a bit of cat fluff, biscuit crumbs in the carpet, yuk in the bit between the cooker and the cupboard which I can't reach, and books and toys on the floor at times. I do hoover, I do clean, I do wash up and tidy things away. I just never get to that 'show-home' look. Frankly, I quite like my home to look homey - although it does mean that if anyone comes to stay with us, we have perfected a frantic 3-hour clean and tidy operation which works quite well. That's it for housework I'm afraid - the fact that Anthea made an entire series about it I find quite worrying!

I like music - I play the piano, and like listening to lots of different kinds of music except lift-music. I love reading and have just finished doing a 6-year degree in Earth Sciences with the OU (they were great). I like gardening and am doing a garden design course at the moment, which is fascinating (if surprisingly complicated). I also play tennis for our local tennis club, and love cats and my family - not necessarily in that order of course! I am chuffed to bits that Green Wing is back - the first series was utterly brilliant, and I loved Julian Rhind-Tutt even though he had ginger hair (this is rare). I drink whisky, and my favourites are Edradour, Famous Grouse, and Glenmorangie (neat or with the tiniest splash of water). Don't you feel better for knowing all that?

Don't get me started on politics, yob culture, the Labour party, George Bush, building on greenfield and flood sites, Tesco and other big supermarkets, the loss of farming and in fact every trade that doesn't involve a call-centre, and advertising to children. Obviously you can get me started if you wish, but I can get quite worked up you know.

Until next time, byee.

Hx.