Monday morning ...

How was your weekend? Ours was hectic - a triple birthday celebration for three of the pilots. We danced on grass (yes, real grass! almost as exciting out here as the party itself), under the stars with the sound of the sea crashing on the beach below. The party was beautiful - fountains filled with rose petals, the sweet scent of shisha filling the rooms. It was fun to have a grown-up child-free night for a change.

Now, I'm looking at the week's 'to do' list and rolling over all the things that didn't get done from last week. The nine-year old had a strop on me at the weekend - she threw up her hands in frustration: 'you are soooo boring! 'In a minute ...' why does everything always have to be 'in a minute'?' Nine year olds don't get that you are constantly doing twenty things at once, that the old 'to do' list normally gets two or three things added for every one knocked off. Children want your attention NOW. They want a new puppy NOW. They live in and for the moment. Do you think we can learn something from that?

Today's post on the blog tour is over at the lovely Caroline Smaile's site. Caroline is a novelist, and it was inspirational following her road to publication by The Friday Project. Not only is her blog great, but she's produced some of the most brilliant widgets linked to her stories - have fun exploring her site. Me, I'm going to fix that espresso and start in on the dreaded 'to do' list, NOW ...