First of all I would like to start off by apologising in advance for the incessant rambling that will follow in some of my posts and also the numerous references that will be made to the Lord of the Rings. That coupled with my tendency to go off on a tangent might seem a little unbearable, but this is just another blog, about another life, which happens to be mine. This blog has been a long time coming so I hope there is enough for me to say to make you laugh, cry (maybe a tear or two, or a bucketful), put you to sleep even? But simply, to have a glimpse albeit just for a moment of my life.