My rambling blog posts!

This blog post you are currently reading has taken me ages to type out; not because I'm really bad at typing or spelling, but the editing and deleting of certain sections to make this remotely interesting and not depressing has proven to be quite the struggle. Added into the mix we also have the fact this has now been written and edited over a number of days and therefore, due to my fluctuating mood, the tone has shifted dramatically throughout. Am I happy with this, the end product? It seems ok now but if I were to read it tomorrow? Maybe not. Let me explain... This year has been brutal. I realise most people have had worse years than I - and I am in no way saying my sadness is more important or devastating as others; we all have sad happenings and tragedies in our lives and it's silly to compare them. If you are hurting for whatever reason - you have my greatest sympathies, it's a hard world out there and it seems at times to be unfair. As stated above, (before my incessa...

  Some of you may know that for many, many years now I have traditionally made a LOT of handmade Christmas cards for my friends and co-workers. I usually start the process in September, (as I make around 120-130 individual cards with about 60 different designs), as it takes a lot of time and effort, (even if they don't look like it at times).  I realise this may all sound narcissistic, it isn't, at no point have I ever thought anybody is particularly bothered about my Christmas card arriving or not, but I do hope those of you who have received a card have enjoyed them as much as I've enjoyed making them at least. I've had some kind comments over the years and that'salways nice to hear, but I'm definitely not big-headed about them...however, with that in mind, this years events have taken a toll on my mind clearly as I have hit a complete writers block, the ideas well has run dry for the first time in my life! I haven't been able to make a start and it's ...