My first post! ...a little late in coming...

I realize that is not the most engaging title, but it may take me awhile to get the feel for this blogging thing...there's a knack to it I'm sure.

So I feel like I should explain a bit how I came to be writing this blog in the first place. I started it back in September 2009 when I began my degree in Midwifery thinking "This would be a great thing to chronicle whether or not anyone reads it!". So why have are there no posts from September until January? Easy, I got cold feet, and verrrrry busy!! Being a midwifery student is no picnic and happy as I am to be here, I'm the first to admit that when sleep is a luxury and I have to schedule in time to shower, blogging is not a priority. So this fresh attempt will hopefully stick, but I'll warn you now that you'll probably lose me for a couple of weeks around April. Meanwhile the cold feet issue was dealt with deftly over the Christmas holidays by my Little Sister #1, who we'll call J, when she revealed to me that SHE has had a blog for the past 9 or so months. Sneaky little thing! But she gave me confidence and encouragement so here I am, typing away.

As for the focus of the blog, we both shall have to wait and see. The trouble is that I have a lot of subjects about which I feel passionately, so I doubt I'll be able to limit it to just one, even one as broad as midwifery. I'll likely be posting about anything from cooking and food, to nutrition, pregnancy, gardening, books, music, wine, environmental issues and sustainable living. And that's just off the top of my head! This might get interesting...