Where to begin - Welcome to My World

Many of you reading this will already know me quite well,but for those of you who don't know me let me briefly introduce myself.

My name is Melanie, I'm from Bolton in the North West of the UK. I'm very happily married and have a beautiful baby boy (who is 6 months old now). I'm a generally happy, outgoing, positive person who enjoys life and intends to make the most of it, life is far too short. I love to learn about new things, learning about the arts and different aspects of the music industry (more of my interests, etc. can be seen in my profile on here). And that's about it really... for now.

Well, here I am, blogging away on the 'net. I used to write blogs on my MySpace page but thesedays no-one seems to use MySpace like they used to, and so tend to stick with Facebook and the like. Even though I use facebook myself, I still don't particularly like it, I still prefer MySpace. All the apps. etc on facebook just get on my nerves in all honesty. Anyway, I won't whitter on about all that now.

I decided to try this blogging lark, well for me (and perhaps for most people who write blogs) it's a personal thing. It's a great way to connect with people through your own experiences of every day life. By starting a blog myself, I'm hoping to 'connect' with people by giving the opportunity for discussions and chatting in general about various issues/topics. I thought it would be a good place to go to get these things out of my system too so to speak.

I also wanted somewhere I could go where I could just write, and really be myself. Some of my blogs may well also include things concerning my illness (I was born with the rare genetic skin disorder Bullous Ichthyosis - aka EHK -). With these particular blogs I intend to be honest, frank and tell it how it is, the reality of it all. Some people may well think that by writing blogs like this about my condition or something involving my condition, I'm a right moaner and am whinging on about it, that is most certainly NOT my intention. Those of you who know me well will know that it takes a LOT before I'll even say that my condition is getting to me, I VERY rarely let on that it's getting me down which is can do and does from time to time. By writing such blogs it will give others the opportunity to learn and better understand just what having Ichthyosis means and what it involves. I certainly don't want any pity, I never have, but the only way to educate is to tell it how it is, and I may also include photos of the condition in these blogs.... so advanced warning to those of you who may be a bit squeemish (typo) hehe.

Some of this might not make any sense now, but I'm just getting started here so please bear with me. I'm sure it'll all make sense eventually.

Over and out for now
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~Twink~