Well here we are in 2009. Life is racing on as usual, with Celtic Connections fast approaching, and all the surprises it brings! And David and I are going to move house too, soon. It's a good move, closer to pals "Head of the Path' and family and gives us a little more usable space to be ourselves in. Which we are sooooo happy about. But it's all going on around Celtic Connections and the Unusual Suspects Luxembourg date, so we will need all the wits we can muster! And I know we will manage just fine.

And finally I feel I can let the world know that I am pregnant! Indeed 7 months pregnant!! Due around the beginning of March. Woohoo who would have imagined? David and I being parents… it's something we had never ever considered. We're just about to celebrate our 18th anniversary together which is amazing in itself – and now to have a wee one on the way, well my head is mince! But we're both so happy. So so happy.

And I realise just how good our friends are, that we have supporting us and sharing in the madness that is life. And how amazing our families are and what they've gone through to get this far in life and still smiling broadly. Jeezo, I am excited and scared and tired a lot, and a blithering wreck quite a bit of the time, and loving David more and more each day. And loving Hobbes as he pads my bump for the umpteenth time today.

And here's to you all too! May this year be a very special one, full of hope, harmony and happiness, love and peace, parties and long chats with good friends, songs and music which inspire you and smiles from strangers which light up a wee moment.

All the best
Corrina