Starting as you mean...

Well, we made it to the party on the 2nd and it was so lovely - friendly people all eating, drinking, talking, laughing and singing. Plus little boys wrestling and little girls dancing about in fancy dress. Most of all it was great just not to have to cancel due to illness! Having a party on 2nd January is such a good way to start the year...seems like a crazy idea on the 1st Jan when you're cooking most of the day (or your friend Andy is...and you're 'helping') but then come the 2nd it's just so nice to meet people and celebrate getting through the festive season and out the other side. We've lived in Angus five and a half years now and I'm pleased to have met so many good people in that time. I do have regrets in my life but moving up here is one thing I've never regretted - not for a minute.
Verona and I did a couple of songs which was fun...so strange to think that a year ago we hadn't started working on music together and now we have something daft like 15 songs written (and most of them performed somewhere). Friend/head cook Andy also brought recording stuff up from Leeds and has recorded some of the songs this week so our myspace and website will be updated with better, clearer versions of the songs. They were still done in the front room though so it's not foolproof...just now recording one last song Mum went to bed and the creaks from upstairs have added some extra effects to 'Love song without a tune'. What was she doing - playing hopscotch? Ah, the joys of extended family life...