Back in the writing groove

I'm feeling very psyched right now.

Can I say psyched? It sounds very american-football-esque. Maybe I should go with 'energised'. No, that sounds like I've just come out of a management team-building session... ok stick with psyched.

I'm psyched, for want of a better word, after my evening class last night.

Firstly, it's a blinkin' novelty for me to be able to get out of the house of an evening midweek. Without B's dad around any longer to take up the child-minding slack, I've come to accept that midweeks are for browsing the blogosphere or catching up on ER on Sky+ (I've only got 18 episodes to get through...).
 

(Note to self: 

may be watching too much ER. 

Had 'odd' dream about ginger-haired doctor Archie Morris

last night. Not Kovac or Carter. Archie Morris. Hm.)

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But B's dad and I managed to agree that when he comes up to our house to see B on a Wednesday, I can get out of the house for a couple of hours to do something for me. It's taken almost a year to find something I want to do which is on a Wednesday and doesn't finish too late (B's dad chose to move a bus and a train journey away and doesn't have a car and I can't be bothered with the "i'll miss the train" moaning every week...).

I've been really wanting to start writing again. I started about 3 years ago, did an intensive summer course to get the 'creative juices' flowing, and carried on for about 6 months. Then, all hell broke loose in my life... but that story's for another day (or lifetime).

Needless to say, I may have collected a load of great story ideas, but my head has not been in the right space to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) until recently. Starting the blog was the first step back on the writing path.

And so the 10 week writing course run by the university has come at just the right time. I may even have been a little too keen, as I turned up at the class a whole week earlier than I should have. D'oh!

Two weeks in, I'm amazed at how easy it has been to get back into the writing groove. Within the confines and guidance of the class, at least. I was so scared to start writing again, my confidence having scarpered long ago. But the class is just the kick up the wotsit that I need to get going again and I'm damned if I'm going to give up this time. We also have a bit of 'homework' to do each week. It's been a looong time since I had homework. I never thought I'd say that I'm looking forward to doing it!

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I might even have a stab at the odd Three Word Wednesday or another writing bloghop when I'm feeling bit more confident.

p.s. to self: I will return to this post every so often if I'm feeling a bit of writer's block, may be good therapy.

Silent Sunday

Listography - Top 5 Biscuits

Wow, good Listography by Kate Takes 5 this week, has me salivating at the mere thought.

Top 5 Biscuits.

My big weakness is biscuits. You can keep your crisps, cake, etc, I couldn't live without my biscuits.

My top 5 are (in no particular order, as that is putting way too much thought into this...):

1. Jaffa cakes
Love dark chocolate, love orange. Easily shoved in the mouth in one go. And used to be only 1 WeightWatchers point! (pre-Pro Points)
Bubbablue  beat me to the 'full moon, half moon' thing. Still cracks me up! There's even a Facebook page for it! (see image credit below)




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2. Ginger nuts
In my mind - maybe a bit controversial here - the best tea-dunking biscuit. 'Nuff said.

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3. Bourbons
It's chocolate, so that's a good start. Of course, you gotta take them apart and lick the chocolate creamy bit off first. And then they become dunkable too! Bonus!

4. Chocolate chip cookies
Even better when they're double choc chip, but delectable either way. Far too easy to polish off a whole packet of these.


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5. Thought I needed to include a proper chocolate biscuit in a wrapper type biscuit, so I'm going for a Breakaway. Loved these as a child, my ex used to hate them so never bothered buying them just for me. Now I can have them whenever I want, yippee! (No, not yippee, waistline does not agree...).



I'm in serious need of a cuppa and something dunkable now. I have two out the five above in the house right now. Let me at 'em!

Head on over the Kate Takes 5 to see more scrumptious favourites.

Wakin' up in style

I did something the other morning in bed that I hadn't done in a while.
(No, get your mind out the gutter... )

I did a bed-dance.
What is a bed-dance, you ask? It's simple. A dance. Whilst in bed.
And the reason? Simple too. A fantastically upbeat and catchy song on the radio.

Normally, when the alarm clock radio springs to life at 7.04am, I'm already dodging B's sharp little elbow or knee as he clambers back and forth over me, as he brings armfuls of trains or cars, or a good proportion of his cuddly toys (and there's LOTS) through to my room to "help wake me up"... No time for bed-dancing. But this tune came on, one i'd not heard before, and I found myself jiggling my shoulders and flapping my feet (those are official Bed-Dance moves, dontcha know...).

B wasn't so keen on my song choice sadly.

That's not to say he's not into his current pop music. He has recently gone through a Bruno Mars phase (why Bruno was putting 'his hand down his pants' in The Lazy Song was a toughy to explain...). He has also been obsessed with Adele for a while too. Currently, his favourites are 'Moves Like Jagger' and 'Run for your Life' (Matt Cardle version). I'm sure he'll be on X-Factor in 10 years... (there's a thought, that X-Factor will still be going in 10 years, god help us all!)

Back to the song. The singer sounded like Michael Jackson a bit, I thought maybe it was a song he'd recorded but never released or something. So I continued my shoulder-jigging, leg-bending bed-dance until the radio DJ said who it was.

Never heard of Lloyd before, am I showing my age??



You have to admit, it's VERY catchy!!

The Gallery - Eyes

The 'eyes' have it, in Sticky Fingers' The Gallery this week.



Found these photos from Hallowe'en time last year, B had great fun with his googly eyes!