A few decisions

Well acutally I need to make quite a few decisions next week, I must make some decisions about new website, I've got a couple of weeks as the designer is on holiday but I really must make a choice about it and I have no idea really what I want other than something that works which the last one doesn't, the only time someone wanted to buy something it let me down so badly, I still get angry when I think about it


Anyway moving on, I had an email from WEX Photography (they used to be known as Warehouse Express) talking about photo projects, why not take a photo a day they said, this appealed to me for some mad reason and I gave it some serious thought, for a while, but in the end I decided that I loved the idea of a photo project but at the moment I don't think I have the time to take a photo every day, maybe when I've finally moved I will but in the meantime I'll have a think about what sort of project I'll do for the moment, so another decision


Ferreting in the fridge the other day I found the crab apples I'd picked off my tree in the Autumn to make crab apple jelly, I really must get on with it or they'll go off, and I've promised one of my friends a small pot when its done. It's been ages since I made any but I've found a nice recipe in one of my Scandinavian cookery books for it which I think I'll try. At the moment though I'm trying out a new sausage casserole recipe, heaven knows how it'll come out, I'll let you know


I'm also considering joining flickr, my sister thinks this will be a good idea but do I have the time, or the enthusiasm, to do this, I'll have to have a look at the site and see what I think


The house sale is ongoing, I swing between of course someone will buy it to this place is never going to sell and then what will I do? Be stuck here thats what I'll do, and I don't want that, being positive all the time is very hard work


I also need to find out how to add photos from Aperture to the blog, I've tried but nothing seems to happen, so booking another one to one session with Apple is going to be my next job, that and go and make some lunch, then its off to mums for an afternoon of Poirot and tea, something I'm looking forward to I can tell you


Well thats about it I think 


Kathy 

Thinking of a title can be the hardest part

Hello everyone
Having sat for 5 minutes trying to think of a title I've given up for the time being, just one more reason to think I would never make it as an author, however much I would love to
After a very long and busy day at work its lovely to get home, couldn't believe how windy it was, it was howling round the building like a student who's just found out they'd missed the final deadline for their last Tutor Marked Assignment, the afternoon found myself and one of the other girls struggling through the wind and drizzle to the editing department to drop off the manuscripts for two books I'd been working on for the past heaven knows how long, I've never sailed in a howling gail but walking round the side of the catering hub and into the wind gave me a pretty idea of what it would be like, its now on my list of things not to do before I die
Anyway needless to say it was pouring down by the time I got home and its no fun getting the bin in with the rain dripping down your neck and the wind turning your hair into a distraught birds nest I can tell you,  thankfully no one was around to see me in such a state, one of the blessings of living on your own
A phone call from the estate agent didn't cheer me up either, they still cant get hold of the people who came to view the house two weekends ago and I don't think they will do now either, why bother to view a house at 9.15am on a Saturday morning if you're not really interested?
The rest of the time I've spent finishing the house work and checking email, neither of which ended in any excitement, however I am looking forward to the weekend when I'm off to the Deepdale Christmas Market with my friend Christine, a visit to Back to the Garden is also on the cards as they're having a Christmas tasting and there's always plenty to buy there, as well as Cley Deli, I can see my bank balance vanishing faster than water down a plug hole, hopefully I shall have some pictures to post when I get back
Anyway its time for dinner I note so I better trot and sort it out
I think I'm getting the hang of this blog thing, its good fun nattering on like this, hope I'm not boring anyone too much, please say if I am, in fact please say what you think anyway, I'd love to know
Tale care
Kathy

www.coastallife.org.uk

Well here I am again

Hello all
Well after a year of not having time to write this I've decided I really must make the effort and get on with it, of course its much easier now I have my lovely new shiny iMac, which I'm trying to make time to learn how to use, Apples one to one training is wonderful for this, am doing their Aperture one this week, will let you know how I get on, or not if it all goes horribly wrong. All this has rekindled my wish to take more photos, my last computer was so awful it put me off as I knew that to look at them it would be a mammoth event taking any thing up to an hour, or possibly more if the wind was in the wrong direction, and thats not very encouraging is it? However this machine is reversing that, and I'm sure everyone is very surprised that I'm doing all this training as I'm usually the first one to either come up with an excuse, and I have amassed many over the years I can tell you, or be heading for the door on an urgent mission every time training is mentioned at work.
Anyway I'm going to have to cut this one short as I must go and eat, however I shall endeavour to be back tomorrow, when I might have done more than discover the service centre at the local garage doesn't stock wiper blades, oh and the housework
Take care
Kathy

Back again

Hello everyone

Well  here I am back after suffering from viral gastroenteritis, which was awful, but I'm over it now thank goodness

Sadly as I've just spent most of my time asleep on the sofa not a lot to report, except I've finished my sisters leg warmers and started the little lavender bag I got from The Wool Sanctuary, there's been no movement on the house front, sadly, but as its coming up to Christmas I don't expect there to be much happening for a while

And talking of Christmas don't forget you can get a lovely picture from the web site for someone, and everyone loves pictures of the sea don't they

The weather seems to have turned a lot colder now as well, along with some very bad winds, which blew the cover off the swing annoyingly, so spent this morning struggling to get it back on, hopefully it'll stay there for the time being, but you never know

Well that's about it I think, sorry I don't have much to report but I don't seem to have done very much

Take care

Kathy

www.coastallife.org.uk

House moving and apple days

Hello everyone

Well have been so busy that I haven't had time to update you all with whats been going on but now have a free evening so here goes

Well the news on the house front is that we've had an offer accepted on a lovely Edwardian house in Sheringham, however we have to sell our houses to proceed which is not proving to be very easy, but I'm hopefully that it will all work out OK in the end

Have been coming up with loads of ideas for the shop, am, hopefully, off to a vintage fair with the small sister in November so am hoping to find some lovely things there, either for the shop or for me

Have spent the day at the Bromham Mill Apple Day, it was great fun and had lots of lovely comments about the photos, which is always lovely and shows that I must be doing the right thing, the small sister also seemed to enjoy herself, which was good, and we had some very nice spiced apple juice and some really nice lemon drizzle cake as well which help the day along

Day off tomorrow, partly to recover and partly to take bid to get a new TV and winter coat, if we get either it will be a miracle

Well that's about it for the time being, talk to you soon

Take care

Kathy

www.coastallife.org.uk

Oh dear

Hello everyone and oh dear indeed, sadly have been so busy have not had time to keep all this up to date, but tonight for the first time in ages I didn't have someone round either measuring the house or checking to make sure my heating actually heated the house or photographing my valuables for the estate agents to put on the Internet for every burglar from here to heave knows where to check out and pop round to relieve me of

Well the house is on the market, I came home to find a For Sale board strategically positioned to catch the heads of passersby, just in case they hadn't realised they could buy it, it almost had me but I managed to dodge it in time, am now waiting for everyone to start questioning me as to why I would want to move, where I'm going and just what on earth I'm going to do when I get there

The thought of packing everything up is a touch worrying but at least it gives me a good reason to get rid of stuff I'd been hanging on to for years, the local charity shops are probably going to do very well out of me over the next few months

Am off to Norfolk on Friday for a second viewing on a house, it was perfect, in fact it was almost like my house, hopefully they'll accept any offer we might put in

Well better trot, looking forward to watching the new Midsommer Murders, so take care everyone

Kathy

www.coastallife.org.uk

On the move at last

Hello everyone

Well after a hectic few days have finally put the houses on the market, its all very different from when I last sold a house, this evening was spent booking photographers, man to do the room planning and the guy to do the energy certificate, which we cant sell without, think its all sorted but we shall see. However the down side to all this is I shall have to spent tomorrow night sorting both houses out as the photographer is coming at 9.45 on Wednesday, oh joy

Saturday was spent in the garden sorting that out, it looks much better now, however the allotment has had to be forgotten for a while and now its raining I don't know when I'll get back over there, soon I hope

Have booked sister and I free tickets for the Spring Trade Fair at the NEC Birmingham in February, which should be a laugh, there are a couple of thousand stalls there so we wont be lost for things to look at, just hope we can find what we want

The weather has gone quite chilly just lately, have had to put the AGA on, which I was hoping I wouldn't have to do just yet, but it will look good when people come to look at the house

Well sorry its so short, but lots to do as always

Take care

Kathy

www.coastallife.org.uk