My Baffling Brain

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop hosted by  Lexa Cain . The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week, no matter how small. Here's what I'm celebrating this week: - We're due thunderstorms today, which I really hope come! At the time of writing (Thursday evening) I can hear the distant rumbles of thunder, but no rain as of yet. It's been far too hot for far too long - here in England we're just not equipped to deal with extreme heat (or extreme any kind of weather, really). Roll on winter! I've been glad to go to work just for the air conditioning!  - I went to the gym on Monday and Wednesday this week, and will be going tonight as well - that's more in a week than I've gone all year. I will make it a habit!

Here's what I've been up to this week: Listening to: Music - I had my first listen through of Bullet for my Valentine's new album the other day - it sounded good. Audiobook - Angels and Demons by Dan Brown . I'm just over half way through, and enjoying it so far. Reading : Less by Andrew Sean Greer - this book caught my eye in Waterstones the other day, and I'm enjoying it so far. Writing : Besides this blog post? Not a whole lot at the moment, but I am looking at writing some short stories soon, and will definitely be making some headway on my WIP. Cooking : I made spaghetti bolognese the other day, which was lovely, and we've also been eating salmon traybake, hot dogs and steak. Baking : I'll be making rhubarb crumble today, one of my favourites. Loving : The torrential rain we had on Monday night - Jamie and I were hanging out of the bedroom window to feel it; it's the first rain we've seen in about a month, which is very unusual for the UK...

It's been a while since I've done a weekly rundown post, but I do enjoy documenting what I'm up to every week, so here goes: Listening to:  Music - Five Finger Death Punch have a new album out, which I'm enjoying a lot. It's nice to have something new to listen to. Audiobook -  Angels and Demons by Dan Brown . I've wanted to try out Dan Brown for a while, and I'm finding it alright so far. Reading :  Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman . I'm loving this book so far, Eleanor is such an intriguing character and I can't wait to discover what actually happened to her in her past. Watching : I'm still rewatching Lost with Jamie (we're on the last season now)and I've also been rewatching How I Met Your Mother (which I love except for the very last episode) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As for new shows, I watched the first season of 13 Reasons Why with my mum over the last couple of weeks - I really enjoyed it, so much...

The Insecure Writer's Support Group is a group of writer's who post once a month about their insecurities, and then visit each other to offer help and support. It's been a long time since I last posted, back in April. I really can't believe it's July already; this year so far seems like it's been both really short and really long. There are a few reasons why I've been absent for so long; I've had a few health issues, nothing serious but it's been one illness after another this year. Then I was in a car accident in May, thankfully Jamie and I came out unhurt, but the car spent a month getting repaired. We've also been house hunting this year, we found two houses we really wanted but unfortunately both fell through.  So, overall, it's been a bit of a rough year, and because of this I haven't got much writing done. However, I'm an optimistic person and I'm hopeful that the worst is over, so it's time to get back i...