Nearly four months has gone by without a peep from me. For that I'm sorry. Life has not been easy recently, what with my father suffering a fall resulting in a broken hip and two bouts of illness for me (flu followed almost immediately afterwards by the dreaded winter vomiting bug, which knocked me off my feet for nearly three weeks) I've not really had the inclination or the time to keep up with this thing... Perhaps a New Year resolution is appropriate?!