I am feeling very proud of myself because I have written music to Twinkle Twinkle..

Ok, so you're not very impressed. It's kid's stuff I know but 4 weeks ago I didn't know a crochet from a semi breve.

I really want to put these bloody songs in my head down on paper so for xmas I asked for piano lessons - just six weeks to gain some basic knowledge. My husband, relieved for once at not having to actually think about what to buy me, found a local piano teacher and off I went.

The most nerve wracking thing I had to do was to tell her that I want to write a melody to my words. I was scared because saying I write lyrics, might mean I actually think they're really good. So good in fact that they deserve to have music added to them. I didn't want her to think I was some delusional aspiring songwriter. (I am but I didn't want her to think that). But what the hell? If you don't try you'll never know, right?

Anyway, she's really nice and after a couple of weeks of playing Twinkle Twinkle and Ode to Joy and Little Brown Jug, she gave me my homework which was to write the music to Twinkle, saying it didn't matter if I wasn't note perfect, the main thing I had to know was whether the notes went up or down. When I went back today, she was very impressed. I had the notes in the correct place. Gold star for me yay!

This week's homework is to write either the music for another well known song or the music to one of my own. I'm not sure whether my own songs are ready for a real live audience (you lot don't count and I mean that in a nice way) so I have chosen Bryan Adams Everything I Do, only because I get the feeling she is more into classical music than pop, but everybody knows this one. So wish me luck. I've made a start on my little boy's keyboard - which teacher disapproves of because it is not a piano - but I've told her it has 99 functions and everything!