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
Saturday, 13 November 2010
Sunday, 17 October 2010
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
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
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
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
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
Monday, 27 September 2010
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
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
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Getting further behind
Hello everyone
Well a very productive day, spent the morning washing the car at first and then went over to the allotment where I was horrified at the state of the weeds, honestly, you go away for a week and it runs wild, anyway spent the rest of the morning digging and weeding some of it, it will take most of the week to dig it all but it will be good exercise for me, and I have to do as much as possible to get my wretched cholesterol down. Had some beans ready to be picked as well as the rest of the sweetcorn, the potatoes are ready to be dug up as well, its not been a very good year on the allotment for some reason this year, but on the plus side the lawn is starting to improve, very slowly
In the afternoon I went down to bids to watch Midsommer Murders as well as doing some work on my tapestry cushion, don't have a lot more to do on it now then I shall have to find something else to do
Read some of the comments about my story that was top of the Enterprise Nation web site yesterday, everyone said very positive things which was nice and I'm still really pleased and surprised that I've been on there, have to say if anyone had said I'd be on something like that a couple of months a go I'd have suggested they got help hee hee. Also emailed Giselle Graham asking for one of their trade brochures so I can see what sort of things they do as its not very clear from the web site, but at least I have an idea of which trade fairs to go to now thanks to their web site
Spent a very peaceful evening watching the Agatha Christie programmes on ITV3
Well that's about it, take care everyone
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Well a very productive day, spent the morning washing the car at first and then went over to the allotment where I was horrified at the state of the weeds, honestly, you go away for a week and it runs wild, anyway spent the rest of the morning digging and weeding some of it, it will take most of the week to dig it all but it will be good exercise for me, and I have to do as much as possible to get my wretched cholesterol down. Had some beans ready to be picked as well as the rest of the sweetcorn, the potatoes are ready to be dug up as well, its not been a very good year on the allotment for some reason this year, but on the plus side the lawn is starting to improve, very slowly
In the afternoon I went down to bids to watch Midsommer Murders as well as doing some work on my tapestry cushion, don't have a lot more to do on it now then I shall have to find something else to do
Read some of the comments about my story that was top of the Enterprise Nation web site yesterday, everyone said very positive things which was nice and I'm still really pleased and surprised that I've been on there, have to say if anyone had said I'd be on something like that a couple of months a go I'd have suggested they got help hee hee. Also emailed Giselle Graham asking for one of their trade brochures so I can see what sort of things they do as its not very clear from the web site, but at least I have an idea of which trade fairs to go to now thanks to their web site
Spent a very peaceful evening watching the Agatha Christie programmes on ITV3
Well that's about it, take care everyone
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Oh dear
Hello everyone
Oh dear not been keeping up with this lately, have been so busy this week that by the evening I've just felt really tired and not in the mood for sitting in front of the computer at all
Anyway have finally got the front door painted as well as the wall and ceiling where the plastering was done, also managed to do some work in the garden, although it has to be said not as much as I would have liked to, but I did manage to get the lawn mowed which was to main thing, although the grass will need to be sorted out at some stage
Had to go and have my cholesterol checked again this morning, should know the results either tomorrow or Monday with some luck, then spent this evening sorting out the paperwork for the Apple Day stall and some of the pictures for the three framed hanger that I got from the Garden Room in Cromer, a brilliant shop and well worth a visit if you're in the area, tomorrow I'm off to Cromer again with Bid and Liz to see the house again, have spent some time working out the rough costs and its not as bad as I thought, I think, so fingers crossed
Have been forced to put the heating on most of the time tonight as is gone quite chilly, and this house doest tend to feel cold, will be putting the AGA on soon at this rate
Well that's about it for the time being, will let you know how I get on tomorrow
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Oh dear not been keeping up with this lately, have been so busy this week that by the evening I've just felt really tired and not in the mood for sitting in front of the computer at all
Anyway have finally got the front door painted as well as the wall and ceiling where the plastering was done, also managed to do some work in the garden, although it has to be said not as much as I would have liked to, but I did manage to get the lawn mowed which was to main thing, although the grass will need to be sorted out at some stage
Had to go and have my cholesterol checked again this morning, should know the results either tomorrow or Monday with some luck, then spent this evening sorting out the paperwork for the Apple Day stall and some of the pictures for the three framed hanger that I got from the Garden Room in Cromer, a brilliant shop and well worth a visit if you're in the area, tomorrow I'm off to Cromer again with Bid and Liz to see the house again, have spent some time working out the rough costs and its not as bad as I thought, I think, so fingers crossed
Have been forced to put the heating on most of the time tonight as is gone quite chilly, and this house doest tend to feel cold, will be putting the AGA on soon at this rate
Well that's about it for the time being, will let you know how I get on tomorrow
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Back home again
Hello everyone
Well back home again after a lovely week in Norfolk, took loads of pictures, watch out for some of them here and on the web site, but also spent lots of money on lovely things, including a lovely lighthouse lamp that looks great in my dinning room
The advert for the web site is now in Coast magazine, it looks very good and hope it generates some business
Tomorrow am off to see a lovely house in Cromer with Bid, its got 7 bedrooms so we shall be able to divide it up between us so we have our own sections, hopefully it will be just what we need, its even got a sea view from the upstairs rooms and across to the lighthouse, and if it is OK I'll be able to open the gallery straight away as will have made plenty of money. Had a chat with plenty of gallery owners last week and they gave me loads of advise about opening something, met a very nice person who will hopefully be a good friend, she said I should open a gallery in Cromer which would mean I can walk to work and that would be lovely
Well not a lot to say tonight as have a few other things to do, will update more tomorrow after I've seen the house
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Well back home again after a lovely week in Norfolk, took loads of pictures, watch out for some of them here and on the web site, but also spent lots of money on lovely things, including a lovely lighthouse lamp that looks great in my dinning room
The advert for the web site is now in Coast magazine, it looks very good and hope it generates some business
Tomorrow am off to see a lovely house in Cromer with Bid, its got 7 bedrooms so we shall be able to divide it up between us so we have our own sections, hopefully it will be just what we need, its even got a sea view from the upstairs rooms and across to the lighthouse, and if it is OK I'll be able to open the gallery straight away as will have made plenty of money. Had a chat with plenty of gallery owners last week and they gave me loads of advise about opening something, met a very nice person who will hopefully be a good friend, she said I should open a gallery in Cromer which would mean I can walk to work and that would be lovely
Well not a lot to say tonight as have a few other things to do, will update more tomorrow after I've seen the house
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Friday, 3 September 2010
Yippee off on holiday at last
Hello everyone
Well after a long and very stressful day I'm finally on holiday and tomorrow I'm off to the North Norfolk coast for a week of well earned rest, thank goodness, sadly however my mobile broadband doesn't work up there so unless I can continue with this from my iPhone it might be some time before you hear from me again, although you can follow me on Twitter if you really want to
Sadly also this is going to be very short as I'm rather tired and still have a few things to do, so I'm off
Take care
Kathy
Well after a long and very stressful day I'm finally on holiday and tomorrow I'm off to the North Norfolk coast for a week of well earned rest, thank goodness, sadly however my mobile broadband doesn't work up there so unless I can continue with this from my iPhone it might be some time before you hear from me again, although you can follow me on Twitter if you really want to
Sadly also this is going to be very short as I'm rather tired and still have a few things to do, so I'm off
Take care
Kathy
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Almost in holiday mood
Hello everyone
The arrival of my last Sherlock Holmes DVD cheered me up no end after a not very good day, am still fighting them off with a water pistol and I don't think I'm winning somehow, anyway one more day and then I'm off on holiday.Thankfully Sherlock Holmes DVD was The Hound of the Baskervilles, which is my favourites so enjoyed that no end, a long with a glass of Baileys. As well as the DVD I had another Susan Hill book Shadows in the Street which is the current Simon Serrailler novel, they're well worth reading, as are all her books as I said last night, am looking forward to reading it and The Small Hand while on holiday
An evening of rushing around, mowed the lawn and washed the car as well as doing a load more washing and drying as well as some packing, so it was almost 8.30 before I managed to sit down, tomorrow I just have to do my ironing and finish the packing and then I can rest for two weeks
Well that's about it, too tired to write much tonight
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
The arrival of my last Sherlock Holmes DVD cheered me up no end after a not very good day, am still fighting them off with a water pistol and I don't think I'm winning somehow, anyway one more day and then I'm off on holiday.Thankfully Sherlock Holmes DVD was The Hound of the Baskervilles, which is my favourites so enjoyed that no end, a long with a glass of Baileys. As well as the DVD I had another Susan Hill book Shadows in the Street which is the current Simon Serrailler novel, they're well worth reading, as are all her books as I said last night, am looking forward to reading it and The Small Hand while on holiday
An evening of rushing around, mowed the lawn and washed the car as well as doing a load more washing and drying as well as some packing, so it was almost 8.30 before I managed to sit down, tomorrow I just have to do my ironing and finish the packing and then I can rest for two weeks
Well that's about it, too tired to write much tonight
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Cant think of a title tonight
Hello everyone
Sorry cant think of a title tonight so don't have one
Not too bad a day today, spent the afternoon walking a long the river with Katy from work putting the world to rights and generally enjoying the sunshine, have now stopped panicking as have finished one part of my work, tomorrow hopefully I will finish the rest of it
Depressing visit to local town tonight to get wrapping paper for Bids present, that was the depressing thing it was having to go to local town, why don't people watch where they're walking or show some sort of manners in anything, oh well never mind
When I got home my new Susan Hill book, A Small Hand, had arrived, I do love her ghost stories, I started with the Woman in Black, I've seen the stage show more times than I care to mention, and have never looked back, mind you the Magic Apple Tree is a great book as well, can heartily recommend them, mind you there are loads of books I can recommend but more of that another time. Along with book was The House of Fear DVD, which is a Sherlock Holmes film staring the very best Sherlock Holmes ever, Basil Rathbone, am also waiting for The Hound of the Baskervilles, which I taped years ago but the silly new TV wont play videos for some reason, so am now on the hunt for numerous M.R. James films as well as a fair few Daniel Craig ones, especially Hotel Splendide, which has to be one of the funniest films I have ever seen, so shall be spending a lovely evening with a glass of Baileys watching that
Well that's about it, better trot as the washing is about to finish and I need to eat, will recommend some more books tomorrow
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Sorry cant think of a title tonight so don't have one
Not too bad a day today, spent the afternoon walking a long the river with Katy from work putting the world to rights and generally enjoying the sunshine, have now stopped panicking as have finished one part of my work, tomorrow hopefully I will finish the rest of it
Depressing visit to local town tonight to get wrapping paper for Bids present, that was the depressing thing it was having to go to local town, why don't people watch where they're walking or show some sort of manners in anything, oh well never mind
When I got home my new Susan Hill book, A Small Hand, had arrived, I do love her ghost stories, I started with the Woman in Black, I've seen the stage show more times than I care to mention, and have never looked back, mind you the Magic Apple Tree is a great book as well, can heartily recommend them, mind you there are loads of books I can recommend but more of that another time. Along with book was The House of Fear DVD, which is a Sherlock Holmes film staring the very best Sherlock Holmes ever, Basil Rathbone, am also waiting for The Hound of the Baskervilles, which I taped years ago but the silly new TV wont play videos for some reason, so am now on the hunt for numerous M.R. James films as well as a fair few Daniel Craig ones, especially Hotel Splendide, which has to be one of the funniest films I have ever seen, so shall be spending a lovely evening with a glass of Baileys watching that
Well that's about it, better trot as the washing is about to finish and I need to eat, will recommend some more books tomorrow
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Almost on holiday
Hello everyone
Well not long till I go away, thank goodness, as it was not a good day at work, do people not realise there is only me and not a battalion, at the moment I'm beginning to feel like I'm defending a small hill with an even smaller water pistol, or possibly even a pop gun, or even a pea shooter, either way I have a nasty feeling I'm not going to win this battle but I shall continue to the bitter end, or 3pm on Friday at least
Scuttled home like a mad scuttling thing after work to mow Bids lawn then to sort out my camera equipment, I discovered I'd not cleared my memory card down since I went to Southwold in May for my birthday, so that took some time, then the battery needed recharging so that kept me busy for some of the evening
Still no sign of a house, am hopefully something will come up when we're away next week but I still think we'll be here at Christmas, although hopefully not next years as well
Well that's about it, off to bed now as am very tired but its my own fault for sitting up watching Marple last night and then faffing about before I went to bed
Take care
Kathy
www,coastallife.org.uk
Well not long till I go away, thank goodness, as it was not a good day at work, do people not realise there is only me and not a battalion, at the moment I'm beginning to feel like I'm defending a small hill with an even smaller water pistol, or possibly even a pop gun, or even a pea shooter, either way I have a nasty feeling I'm not going to win this battle but I shall continue to the bitter end, or 3pm on Friday at least
Scuttled home like a mad scuttling thing after work to mow Bids lawn then to sort out my camera equipment, I discovered I'd not cleared my memory card down since I went to Southwold in May for my birthday, so that took some time, then the battery needed recharging so that kept me busy for some of the evening
Still no sign of a house, am hopefully something will come up when we're away next week but I still think we'll be here at Christmas, although hopefully not next years as well
Well that's about it, off to bed now as am very tired but its my own fault for sitting up watching Marple last night and then faffing about before I went to bed
Take care
Kathy
www,coastallife.org.uk
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Another typical British bank holoiday
Hello everyone
Well as the title says it really has been, went outside this morning to empty the canopy of the swing, again, and it was blowing hard enough to remove the ears of donkeys and blow little old ladies inside out, spent the morning inside sorting out the ironing, digging out my suitcase for the holiday and checking Rightmove again, still nothing there either
In the afternoon I went up to Bids for cup of tea and a cake with Bid and my sister, spent most of the afternoon working on my cushion, which is coming along very nicely, i n the evening I cooked dinner, which Bid seemed to like
Was hoping to get over to the allotment tomorrow but I think that will have to wait till next week when the weather is supposed to get better, no doubt just in time for us to go back to work
Well that's about it, off to watched the TV
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Well as the title says it really has been, went outside this morning to empty the canopy of the swing, again, and it was blowing hard enough to remove the ears of donkeys and blow little old ladies inside out, spent the morning inside sorting out the ironing, digging out my suitcase for the holiday and checking Rightmove again, still nothing there either
In the afternoon I went up to Bids for cup of tea and a cake with Bid and my sister, spent most of the afternoon working on my cushion, which is coming along very nicely, i n the evening I cooked dinner, which Bid seemed to like
Was hoping to get over to the allotment tomorrow but I think that will have to wait till next week when the weather is supposed to get better, no doubt just in time for us to go back to work
Well that's about it, off to watched the TV
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Saturday, 28 August 2010
Coastal Life gets Paypal
Hello everyone
Coastal Life.org.uk now has Paypal so its easier than ever to buy something, why not log on and try. I'm assured that the credit card version is going to be added this weekend so will let you know when that happens
Its been a typical Bank Holiday weekend, sunshine and showers, mind you I managed to get the car washed which was good as I haven't been able to do so for a while, however two hours later it poured with rain, thankfully it looks OK still, was going to mow Bids (that's my mum by the way) lawn but it was too wet and now its even wetter
Anyway some good news yesterday, I've been accepted for my business bank account, its always worrying when they do credit searches on you but it was OK in the end, so I now have somewhere to pay in any money I make
I've now got 6 followers on Twitter, one of which is Visit Guernsey which is great, if you get the chance to visit Guernsey then you must, I've never known anyone go there and not love it at once, if I could move there then I would but I don't have enough money to do so sadly
A while back I told you that I'd read that wine could lower cholesterol, well after some research I've found that this is right, red wine is a lot more effective than white so am giving it a go, I'll let you know what happens as I have a check up in a couple of weeks time
Only one more week to my holiday now, cant wait, still nothing on Rightmove house wise but am confident something will come up, am also sure that not all estate agents use the website so will be doing the rounds next week to see what I can come up with
Have been on the track of more advertising today, have emailed another Norfolk website to see how much they charge, will be doing some more research over the next day or two
Well that's about it for now
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Coastal Life.org.uk now has Paypal so its easier than ever to buy something, why not log on and try. I'm assured that the credit card version is going to be added this weekend so will let you know when that happens
Its been a typical Bank Holiday weekend, sunshine and showers, mind you I managed to get the car washed which was good as I haven't been able to do so for a while, however two hours later it poured with rain, thankfully it looks OK still, was going to mow Bids (that's my mum by the way) lawn but it was too wet and now its even wetter
Anyway some good news yesterday, I've been accepted for my business bank account, its always worrying when they do credit searches on you but it was OK in the end, so I now have somewhere to pay in any money I make
I've now got 6 followers on Twitter, one of which is Visit Guernsey which is great, if you get the chance to visit Guernsey then you must, I've never known anyone go there and not love it at once, if I could move there then I would but I don't have enough money to do so sadly
A while back I told you that I'd read that wine could lower cholesterol, well after some research I've found that this is right, red wine is a lot more effective than white so am giving it a go, I'll let you know what happens as I have a check up in a couple of weeks time
Only one more week to my holiday now, cant wait, still nothing on Rightmove house wise but am confident something will come up, am also sure that not all estate agents use the website so will be doing the rounds next week to see what I can come up with
Have been on the track of more advertising today, have emailed another Norfolk website to see how much they charge, will be doing some more research over the next day or two
Well that's about it for now
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
More dark evenings
Hello everyone
Well its still pouring with rain and its cold as well, I had to put the heating on tonight, that's the trouble with Victorian houses they do seem to be chilly, mind you that's no bad thing when its 90 in the shade and on the whole its lovely and warm in here. The garden swing is full of water so that means the canopy support will start bowing, oh well never mind maybe when we move I can get a new one
Anyway on a more cheerful note I've got a meeting with my business advisor at the bank tomorrow to open my business account, I did tell them that I don't have much to pay in but they didn't seem to mind they just said it was great I'd started my own business. From there I squelched my merry way over to 02 to get a top up for Bids phone and change the Sim card in mine to a 3G one, also managed to sort out my mobile broadband for when I'm on holiday so I can keep an eye on the Rightmove website, don't want to miss anything that might come up. All that sorted I squelched back to the car and drove home, wondering it I should have the underwater car they used in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
I've now got three followers on Twitter, at this rate I wont have time to go to work I'll be too busy updating all my social stuff
I read a very interesting article in my French Women for All Seasons book last night, apparently wine can bring down cholesterol, so hopefully along with my little drink if I have a small glass a day it might help me, I'm not a great one for drinking but I don't expect a small amount will do my any harm, I shall have to check to see if its red or white wine that's best, I expect it will be red
Well that's about it for today
Take care
Kathy
Well its still pouring with rain and its cold as well, I had to put the heating on tonight, that's the trouble with Victorian houses they do seem to be chilly, mind you that's no bad thing when its 90 in the shade and on the whole its lovely and warm in here. The garden swing is full of water so that means the canopy support will start bowing, oh well never mind maybe when we move I can get a new one
Anyway on a more cheerful note I've got a meeting with my business advisor at the bank tomorrow to open my business account, I did tell them that I don't have much to pay in but they didn't seem to mind they just said it was great I'd started my own business. From there I squelched my merry way over to 02 to get a top up for Bids phone and change the Sim card in mine to a 3G one, also managed to sort out my mobile broadband for when I'm on holiday so I can keep an eye on the Rightmove website, don't want to miss anything that might come up. All that sorted I squelched back to the car and drove home, wondering it I should have the underwater car they used in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
I've now got three followers on Twitter, at this rate I wont have time to go to work I'll be too busy updating all my social stuff
I read a very interesting article in my French Women for All Seasons book last night, apparently wine can bring down cholesterol, so hopefully along with my little drink if I have a small glass a day it might help me, I'm not a great one for drinking but I don't expect a small amount will do my any harm, I shall have to check to see if its red or white wine that's best, I expect it will be red
Well that's about it for today
Take care
Kathy
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Ideas for dark evening
As the weather seems to be intent on acting like its autumn its making me think of things to do in the winter, have discovered this good blog called Patchfabrics, lots of lovely things on there that have made me think I really must get on with the quilt, when I'm holiday I shall have to go over to Heart of the Shires and get some more stuff from the shop over there, will also be checking out the collections on the website which you can get to via the blog, the address is http://patchfabrics.blogspot.com
Went for a nice walk with my friend Katy at lunch time, we hadn't been out for ages so it was nice to catch up, the trouble is once you get out you don't want to go back, but we made the effort and did, it was nice in the sun but not so in the wind
Am hoping to sort out the rest of the advertising on the Norfolk websites this weekend, its very time consuming but good fun doing all this and you never know something might come of it, I expect that as its a Bank Holiday it'll be pouring with rain with howling gales, I really hope its going to be better for the holiday
Well that's about it
Take care
Kathy
Went for a nice walk with my friend Katy at lunch time, we hadn't been out for ages so it was nice to catch up, the trouble is once you get out you don't want to go back, but we made the effort and did, it was nice in the sun but not so in the wind
Am hoping to sort out the rest of the advertising on the Norfolk websites this weekend, its very time consuming but good fun doing all this and you never know something might come of it, I expect that as its a Bank Holiday it'll be pouring with rain with howling gales, I really hope its going to be better for the holiday
Well that's about it
Take care
Kathy
Monday, 23 August 2010
A typical British Summer
Hello everyone
Well a typical British Summer day wet and windy, why we couldn't have had all that lovely warm and sunny weather we had at the beginning of the summer I don't know, it would have been a lot more use and my lawn would have looked a lot better as well, not to mention all the veg on the allotment would probably have been a lot better. Oh well never mind lets hope its nice and warm for when I go on holiday or I shall be more than a little miffed
Not too bad a day at work on the whole was not busy in the morning so spent some time looking at web sites I could link mine to, found quite a few on the whole that I can advertise on, and they're all to do with Norfolk as well, the pries were good as well, some of them were free which is even better, I do like something for nothing, well we all do don't we, so will be checking them out when I get a moment
I must make a start on the patchwork quilt soon, although I want to get some different material to the ones I got originally, I shall use them for the applique bits
Have sorted out the area I'm going to be using for the Bromham Mill Apple Day now, its inside and next to where the mill machinery is so there should be quite a few people in the area, below is one of the pictures I'm going have for sale, it was taken on Weybourne Beach in North Norfolk, everyone says this is their favourite picture
Well that's about it for now, off to watch Midsommer Murders
Take care
Kathy
Well a typical British Summer day wet and windy, why we couldn't have had all that lovely warm and sunny weather we had at the beginning of the summer I don't know, it would have been a lot more use and my lawn would have looked a lot better as well, not to mention all the veg on the allotment would probably have been a lot better. Oh well never mind lets hope its nice and warm for when I go on holiday or I shall be more than a little miffed
Not too bad a day at work on the whole was not busy in the morning so spent some time looking at web sites I could link mine to, found quite a few on the whole that I can advertise on, and they're all to do with Norfolk as well, the pries were good as well, some of them were free which is even better, I do like something for nothing, well we all do don't we, so will be checking them out when I get a moment
I must make a start on the patchwork quilt soon, although I want to get some different material to the ones I got originally, I shall use them for the applique bits
Have sorted out the area I'm going to be using for the Bromham Mill Apple Day now, its inside and next to where the mill machinery is so there should be quite a few people in the area, below is one of the pictures I'm going have for sale, it was taken on Weybourne Beach in North Norfolk, everyone says this is their favourite picture
Well that's about it for now, off to watch Midsommer Murders
Take care
Kathy
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Twittering away
Hello everyone
Well after spending most of my life saying I would never get involved with Twitter and tbe like I no w have a Twitter account. Now there is a reason for this and quite a good one as well, when Emma Jones said she#d mentioned my web site on Twitter I wanted to know what she had said so I logged on to look, that's when I discovered that I needed an account to see anything, so I opened one and there it was, her tweet with my web site address in it. Anyway last night I wondered what would happen if I sent a message as well so I did, I just said that if anyone liked the North Norfolk coast then they should look at my web site, and by this morning I'd got two followers, one of which has a great web site called Lilias beach hut, you should look at it, anyway I hope it generates More people to the web site I shall let you know
Went to collect the money for the last sale of my picture and to look at the space for my exhibition at the Apple Day, it seems fine so I was quite pleased. Am off to open a business account this week as have decided that I really should be keeping the money separate from my other money not that I'm likely to make a fortune I fear
Was up at 7.10am this morning watching 15 balloons floating over the village from the Northampton balloon festival, they looked lovely but I could never go up in one, I cant go up a ladder let alone hundreds of feet up in the air in the equivalent of a shopping basket
Back to work tomorrow sadly, cant wait till I find somewhere to live in Norfolk and get the gallery going
Well that's about it, off to empty the dish washing, watch a bit of TV and then off to bed
Take care
Kathy
Well after spending most of my life saying I would never get involved with Twitter and tbe like I no w have a Twitter account. Now there is a reason for this and quite a good one as well, when Emma Jones said she#d mentioned my web site on Twitter I wanted to know what she had said so I logged on to look, that's when I discovered that I needed an account to see anything, so I opened one and there it was, her tweet with my web site address in it. Anyway last night I wondered what would happen if I sent a message as well so I did, I just said that if anyone liked the North Norfolk coast then they should look at my web site, and by this morning I'd got two followers, one of which has a great web site called Lilias beach hut, you should look at it, anyway I hope it generates More people to the web site I shall let you know
Went to collect the money for the last sale of my picture and to look at the space for my exhibition at the Apple Day, it seems fine so I was quite pleased. Am off to open a business account this week as have decided that I really should be keeping the money separate from my other money not that I'm likely to make a fortune I fear
Was up at 7.10am this morning watching 15 balloons floating over the village from the Northampton balloon festival, they looked lovely but I could never go up in one, I cant go up a ladder let alone hundreds of feet up in the air in the equivalent of a shopping basket
Back to work tomorrow sadly, cant wait till I find somewhere to live in Norfolk and get the gallery going
Well that's about it, off to empty the dish washing, watch a bit of TV and then off to bed
Take care
Kathy
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Busy, busy, busy
Hello everyone
Very busy today, spent most of the morning on the allotment, it wasn't as bad as I thought, although there wasn't much to be picked, its not been a very good year for veg this year. Finished painting the front door, although the door step and side of the house might need another coat and I cant paint the inside until the paster has dried
Still no houses but am hopefully something will come up soon
Well that's about it, not much to say really so off for something to eat, and surprise, surprise its raining again
Take care
Kathy
http://www.coastallife.org.uk/
Very busy today, spent most of the morning on the allotment, it wasn't as bad as I thought, although there wasn't much to be picked, its not been a very good year for veg this year. Finished painting the front door, although the door step and side of the house might need another coat and I cant paint the inside until the paster has dried
Still no houses but am hopefully something will come up soon
Well that's about it, not much to say really so off for something to eat, and surprise, surprise its raining again
Take care
Kathy
http://www.coastallife.org.uk/
Friday, 20 August 2010
Things might be looking up
Hello everyone
Well I did hear from Emma from Enterprise Nation, and she wants to profile my story on her web site, she also said my pictures were stunning and asked me to keep in touch. She's got a new book coming out in November about selling overseas and she thought it would be useful to me as she felt that Americans and British expats would be interesting in buying my work. After all the hassles of the past few days it really cheered me up and made me all the more determined to carry on with this, especially as she also tweeted a link to my web site in the hope of getting me more visitors, yippee. Will let you know if I am profiled on the web site
Other than that it was the same old usual day at work, although lovely and quiet as there were only a few of us in, and two weeks today I shall be packing for my holiday
Well that's about it, off to check to see if there are any more houses
Take care
Kathy
http://www.coastallife.org.uk/
Well I did hear from Emma from Enterprise Nation, and she wants to profile my story on her web site, she also said my pictures were stunning and asked me to keep in touch. She's got a new book coming out in November about selling overseas and she thought it would be useful to me as she felt that Americans and British expats would be interesting in buying my work. After all the hassles of the past few days it really cheered me up and made me all the more determined to carry on with this, especially as she also tweeted a link to my web site in the hope of getting me more visitors, yippee. Will let you know if I am profiled on the web site
Other than that it was the same old usual day at work, although lovely and quiet as there were only a few of us in, and two weeks today I shall be packing for my holiday
Well that's about it, off to check to see if there are any more houses
Take care
Kathy
http://www.coastallife.org.uk/
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Irritations all round
Hello everyone
As the title says its been a couple of days full of them, yesterday was really annoying at work and I didn't get home till late so didn't get anything done, although the plasterer had been and finished off the area round the door, which looks very nice, now I just have to let it dry and then paint it, today I find that the SIM card in my iPhone is the wrong one and is causing it to do all sorts of odd things, this necessitated a trip to the 02 shop in the local town, which was packed full of screaming kids and people wandering aimlessly, thankfully the kind people in the shop sorted it all out for me and now I just have to back the phone up and register the new SIM, they also gave me some useful information about mobile broadband which will be really useful when I go away so I can keep an eye on the houses that come up for sale, as I shall be in the area I don't want to miss anything
Although I didn't get home until late I still managed to email Emma from Enterprise Nation with the story of Coastal Life, well she did say in the book email me with your stories so I did, will let you know if I get a reply or any feedback at all
Still no sign of a house but I'll keep looking, am still dead chuffed, and surprised by the value of mine, Bid keeps saying there'll be more houses on sale in September, lets hope she's right
Well off to have something to eat now
Take care
Kathy
http://www.coastallife.org.uk/
As the title says its been a couple of days full of them, yesterday was really annoying at work and I didn't get home till late so didn't get anything done, although the plasterer had been and finished off the area round the door, which looks very nice, now I just have to let it dry and then paint it, today I find that the SIM card in my iPhone is the wrong one and is causing it to do all sorts of odd things, this necessitated a trip to the 02 shop in the local town, which was packed full of screaming kids and people wandering aimlessly, thankfully the kind people in the shop sorted it all out for me and now I just have to back the phone up and register the new SIM, they also gave me some useful information about mobile broadband which will be really useful when I go away so I can keep an eye on the houses that come up for sale, as I shall be in the area I don't want to miss anything
Although I didn't get home until late I still managed to email Emma from Enterprise Nation with the story of Coastal Life, well she did say in the book email me with your stories so I did, will let you know if I get a reply or any feedback at all
Still no sign of a house but I'll keep looking, am still dead chuffed, and surprised by the value of mine, Bid keeps saying there'll be more houses on sale in September, lets hope she's right
Well off to have something to eat now
Take care
Kathy
http://www.coastallife.org.uk/
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Yippee
Hello everyone
Well a much better result from the estate agent tonight, he valued the house at 50k over what the last one did which is great so that means I shall have plenty left over, hopefully to start the gallery
Have discovered loads of ways to advertise the Coastal life site thanks to two great books, Working 5 to 9 and Spare Room Start Up, if you're thinking of starting a business I can recommend them, along with the Enterprise Nation web site, all very helpful
Sorry such a short posting tonight but am off for an early night, getting up every morning at 5.30am is starting to get to me
Take care
Kathy
Well a much better result from the estate agent tonight, he valued the house at 50k over what the last one did which is great so that means I shall have plenty left over, hopefully to start the gallery
Have discovered loads of ways to advertise the Coastal life site thanks to two great books, Working 5 to 9 and Spare Room Start Up, if you're thinking of starting a business I can recommend them, along with the Enterprise Nation web site, all very helpful
Sorry such a short posting tonight but am off for an early night, getting up every morning at 5.30am is starting to get to me
Take care
Kathy
Monday, 16 August 2010
More iritation
Oh dear, on further investigation in tiny little weeny letters at the bottom of the estate agents details it says the house is going for auction, nothing about it in the main write up thought, so am back to square one again which is a shame as it looked like a lovely little village and right on the coast as well
On a more cheery note Bids bedroom furniture has arrived and looks very nice and the next estate agent is coming over tomorrow, lets hope this one has more idea of how much houses are worth although judging from how things have been going I'll be lucky if he says its worth more than £2.50, hey ho, at least its only 3 weeks till I go to Norfolk on holiday, then I can start hassling the estate agents up there more
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
On a more cheery note Bids bedroom furniture has arrived and looks very nice and the next estate agent is coming over tomorrow, lets hope this one has more idea of how much houses are worth although judging from how things have been going I'll be lucky if he says its worth more than £2.50, hey ho, at least its only 3 weeks till I go to Norfolk on holiday, then I can start hassling the estate agents up there more
Take care
Kathy
www.coastallife.org.uk
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Bromham Mill Apple Day
Hello all
I know I mentioned the Bromham Mill Apple Day yesterday but I was talking to my friend Lorraine, who runs the Bromham Mill Art Gallery today, and thought I should tell you something about it. Well first its on the 17th October in the grounds of Bromham Mill in Bromham Bedfordshire, and celebrates all things to do with the apple.We'll be there somewhere selling the Coastal Life pictures and showing the web site, hopefully, along with a lot of other people selling all sorts of lovely things, some of the cupcakes were wonderful last year, and there was some really lovely cider, you can also get advice about your apples and it really is well worth a visit. You can get directions from the website below and see pictures from past Apple Days
www.friendsofbromhammill.org.uk
I told you yesterday that I'd found another house on Rightmove, well after some investigation I've discovered that its in an area of danger of flooding and falling into the sea, or whatever they call it. This is a bit of a blow as I don't want to be buying somewhere that might fall into the sea at a moments notice, there's really nothing worst than opening your kitchen door and finding its not there anymore, I remember listening to a programme on Radio 4 once about something like that, neither do I want to look out of the window and find that Bid is in her annexe up to her knees in sea water and her walker has rusted solid, I can see all sorts of problems arising from that, so I might have to rethink this, I wouldn't say I was paranoid but I am beginning to think someone doesn't want me to do this
Anyway that's about it off to watch Victorian Pharmacy which I taped, its all about photography and dentistry this week, sounds like fun
Take care
Kathy
I know I mentioned the Bromham Mill Apple Day yesterday but I was talking to my friend Lorraine, who runs the Bromham Mill Art Gallery today, and thought I should tell you something about it. Well first its on the 17th October in the grounds of Bromham Mill in Bromham Bedfordshire, and celebrates all things to do with the apple.We'll be there somewhere selling the Coastal Life pictures and showing the web site, hopefully, along with a lot of other people selling all sorts of lovely things, some of the cupcakes were wonderful last year, and there was some really lovely cider, you can also get advice about your apples and it really is well worth a visit. You can get directions from the website below and see pictures from past Apple Days
www.friendsofbromhammill.org.uk
I told you yesterday that I'd found another house on Rightmove, well after some investigation I've discovered that its in an area of danger of flooding and falling into the sea, or whatever they call it. This is a bit of a blow as I don't want to be buying somewhere that might fall into the sea at a moments notice, there's really nothing worst than opening your kitchen door and finding its not there anymore, I remember listening to a programme on Radio 4 once about something like that, neither do I want to look out of the window and find that Bid is in her annexe up to her knees in sea water and her walker has rusted solid, I can see all sorts of problems arising from that, so I might have to rethink this, I wouldn't say I was paranoid but I am beginning to think someone doesn't want me to do this
Anyway that's about it off to watch Victorian Pharmacy which I taped, its all about photography and dentistry this week, sounds like fun
Take care
Kathy
Saturday, 14 August 2010
A wet day but not all bad
Hi everyone
Well was hoping to get loads done today but in true English cricket season, rain stopped pay. However I did manage to get the new front door painted, well the first coat but on anyway, it looks so much better than the other grotty plastic one
Just logged onto Rightmove to check for houses and there was one straight away, lets hope this one is better, at least its in a coastal village so there will be tourists for the gallery
The small sister has gone off camping in Wales for the weekend, hope she remembered to take her inflatable floating mattress as I need her to come back and help me at the Bromham Mill Apple Day, will let you know the details about that closer to the day, but I can tell you that its on 17th October and is really well worth a visit, we'll be there selling the Coastal Life pictures, and if you still haven't looked at the web site its:
www.coastallife.org.uk
Have a look at see what you think, I'm always interested in what people say, good or bad, although thankfully there have only been good so far
Well that's about it for now
Take care
Kathy
Well was hoping to get loads done today but in true English cricket season, rain stopped pay. However I did manage to get the new front door painted, well the first coat but on anyway, it looks so much better than the other grotty plastic one
Just logged onto Rightmove to check for houses and there was one straight away, lets hope this one is better, at least its in a coastal village so there will be tourists for the gallery
The small sister has gone off camping in Wales for the weekend, hope she remembered to take her inflatable floating mattress as I need her to come back and help me at the Bromham Mill Apple Day, will let you know the details about that closer to the day, but I can tell you that its on 17th October and is really well worth a visit, we'll be there selling the Coastal Life pictures, and if you still haven't looked at the web site its:
www.coastallife.org.uk
Have a look at see what you think, I'm always interested in what people say, good or bad, although thankfully there have only been good so far
Well that's about it for now
Take care
Kathy
Friday, 13 August 2010
Coastal Life goes live
Hi everyone
Well the web site has gone live now, check it out at http://www.coastallife.org.uk/, and the advertising goes into Coast magazine next month, ooh scary, sadly the hunt for the house and gallery in Norfolk still goes on, was very disappointed that the house we went to see recently wasnt the right one but never mind, onwards and upwards as my line manager would say, bless her, I'll let you know how I get on
Kathy
Well the web site has gone live now, check it out at http://www.coastallife.org.uk/, and the advertising goes into Coast magazine next month, ooh scary, sadly the hunt for the house and gallery in Norfolk still goes on, was very disappointed that the house we went to see recently wasnt the right one but never mind, onwards and upwards as my line manager would say, bless her, I'll let you know how I get on
Kathy
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