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Well this blog has already stimulated the madness.

To be honest I haven't been able to stop thinking about it, I've been composing mad lists all day. I haven't figured out whether I am going to post them all up at once yet, or if I will work on them one by one and post about them as I start doing them.

I have been thinking that I probably need to clarify what sparks of madness constitute. I'm not talking about leaping out of planes or kayaking croc-infested rivers (not that I am saying no to those though either!) but random acts of little madness that cut through the mundane day to day of adult life. Something to look forward to at the end of the working day.

And boy, I've been looking forward to coming home and writing here!

I went to the library today and entered 'madness' into the search engine and in between the books on the correlation between madness and the monarchy I found this book, I'm up to page 145 already!

It's called "The Necklace - A true story of 13 women, 1 diamond necklace and a fabulous idea!" by Cheyl Jarvis... each chapter begins with a photo of one of the thirteen women, wearing the diamond necklace and gently tells the story of their journey with this rather lovely diamond necklace. You may have heard about these women as this charming idea has gathered quite a lot of publicity?!

What a wonderful spark of madness to buy a diamond necklace with a group of women, some who had never met! But all had quite unexpected, amazing and uplifting experiences...I will write more later - in other words I want to get back to reading! Hee hee!

Ichi

For my 30th I received a birthday card from my workmates and the quote on it really struck a chord with me.

you're only given a little spark of madness. you mustn't lose it...

It's by Robin Williams.

I guess it resonated with me because sometimes I feel like I'm losing the madness.

After the whirlwind of a party-filled twenties this newly acquired adult life of marriage, mortgages and maturity leaves me feeling ... is this it?

Is this what being a grown-up is all about?

Now, yes, we do have to grow-up. There has to be a point where the living for the now is tempered with the neccessity of setting up a life where you can pay for your retirement, when recklessness is replaced with responsibility, and the discovery that decisions may be permanent!

But at the price of mouthwatering madness? No thanks!

So to keep my madness sparking I've created this little experiment where I will embark on little excursions of madness and record them here... just to keep things interesting!