I have a friend with a blog and I have found great solace in her posts. They may not have been regular but they have always been profound and I have always enjoyed reading them. Her most recent one touched me deeply and it got me thinking not only about my life but what I need in it right now. One tool many people use to help them get through the tough stuff is journaling and to be honest I suck at it. Trust me I have tried and they only end up as a pity party and therefore not helpful to me.
Anyway things percolated around in my mind and I thought maybe if I blogged it would be a useful way of helping me order my thoughts and a chance to rant a bit too. With it being in the public domain it will help me by having to think twice, reflect and hopefully help me be more real rather than being emotive and over reactive.
I sat trying to think of a name this blog; something witty, funny and catchy. Well that isn't me in the least and most of my ideas would most likely be taken. Then I thought of the pick and mix lollies (that's sweets or candy for those of you who live in a different part of the world to me), as I have many random varied opinions on so many different things and therefore posts will most likely be an eclectic bunch of what swirls around in my mind.
Growing up it was a treat to get a "lollie mixture" from the dairy, that is a small white paper bag with an unknown mixture of lollies in it. A fifty cent mixture was beyond your wildest dreams as the bag was full and generally beyond the contents of a child's purse. So rather than being my 20 cents worth it will be 50 cents of who knows what. Let the ramblings begin..
