Well, when I woke up this morning - I didn't think for a moment I'd be on the TV tonight! I was out delivering our yummy veg boxes as usual, when I got a call from the farm - would I mind if a reported and camera man came to see me delivering some veg boxes? But of course - why not? So, an hour later I found myself delivering a veg box to a customer - being filmed by a camera man and interviewed by a reporter. She was great - and it was a super experience (but a bit surreal for a veg box girl....)
The upshot is - I had my 30 seconds of fame tonight on Anglia TV news - and I really hope it helps show more and more people the benefits of eating organic - and getting it through a veg box like ours http://www.rivernene.co.uk. The best bit - seeing my van in all its glory on the TV screen - the worst - the great shot of my huge backside as I picked up the veg box to take it to the customer!!!!!
Life can be very surprising can't it - and I suppose that's what I like about it the most. Even delivering veg boxes can have it's surprises. I think I need to go and sit down now - it's fair taken it out of me this TV malarkey!
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Thursday, 10 April 2008
I can't wait!
I am sooo excited - I'm off on Saturday - with some of my fabulous friends to the big stamp and craft show at Alexander Palace. I have been saving my pennies so I have something to blow on lots of lovely stash. I have a few ideas about some things I'd like - but I am just looking forward to a day with friends and the inspiration that will come from seeing all that scrummy stash in one place.
I have even tried to be a bit organised - think about what I am going to be scrappin' in the near future and plan ahead a little (bit bizarre for me - but you never know - it might just work.....)
So what else? Well Lumpy Daisy is still stealing - last Sunday she stole a bag of organic jumbo oats, a bag of organic cous cous and a 500g bag of banana chips. We found the cous cous and oats in her basket - unopened - but the banana chips? Well, all we found was the wrapper. She was pretty fizzed up on them I can tell you!
Also, last Sunday was the regular Sunday crop at Olney. It was another great day - and I actually managed to finish a layout. It was a bit of a different one for me - but I enjoyed the challenge of something different. When I woke up there was a bit of snow - but nothing sticking and certainly not on the roads. But for a little while it did look pretty.
I am looking forward to seeing my niece tomorrow - she's paying a flying visit on her way to London to watch the London Marathon on Sunday - her boyfriends sister is a wonderful wheelchair athlete - check out her web site http://www.shellywoods.com/.
Need to go and sort some things out so I am all ready for an early start on Saturday!
I have even tried to be a bit organised - think about what I am going to be scrappin' in the near future and plan ahead a little (bit bizarre for me - but you never know - it might just work.....)
So what else? Well Lumpy Daisy is still stealing - last Sunday she stole a bag of organic jumbo oats, a bag of organic cous cous and a 500g bag of banana chips. We found the cous cous and oats in her basket - unopened - but the banana chips? Well, all we found was the wrapper. She was pretty fizzed up on them I can tell you!
Also, last Sunday was the regular Sunday crop at Olney. It was another great day - and I actually managed to finish a layout. It was a bit of a different one for me - but I enjoyed the challenge of something different. When I woke up there was a bit of snow - but nothing sticking and certainly not on the roads. But for a little while it did look pretty.
I am looking forward to seeing my niece tomorrow - she's paying a flying visit on her way to London to watch the London Marathon on Sunday - her boyfriends sister is a wonderful wheelchair athlete - check out her web site http://www.shellywoods.com/.
Need to go and sort some things out so I am all ready for an early start on Saturday!
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Oh, what a beautuful Day!
What a fabulous day today has been - woke up to the bluest sky, a light breeze, and bingo, off we go! We have been waiting to paint our deck. We have lifted taken out all screws (over 350 of them - many of which had to be drilled out), cleaned the decking boards, lifted the boards - cleaned them again (yuk, yuk, yuk - all cobwebby) and gave been waiting for a nice day to be able to give them their first coat of black paint. Keeping the doggies of them was a bit of a challenge - they sulked a bit because we were out in the sun (yes, sun) and they were indoors looking through the window. It was glorious - a few hours of sunshine to do a job that needed doing - and it looks fab - all silky and black. It needs another coat - but hey - that will make it look even better.
There's still a few more cobbles to lay - and a planter to plant up and position - but its going to look amazing - and what's more, when the sun gets on the patio - if you close your eyes - you could be in the med somewhere, it's such a suntrap
We have been thinking of getting a hammock - we have two trees to fix it to - but we aren't sure how big they need to be to support the weight of a body. They aren't small -but they aren't old oaks either (as a matter of fact they are beautiful silver birches)
The lawn poses a bit more of a problem - two dogs hurtling around it all winter have churned it up a bit - we need to get our thinking caps on to sort it out. Also - got to look for a couple of very large bamboos - a couple have died - and as we use them to screen the house from the garden - we need them badly!
Anyway - now the jobs are done - I have chance to get into the craft cupboard for a bit of scrapbooking whilst my husband it our on his mountain bike.
There's still a few more cobbles to lay - and a planter to plant up and position - but its going to look amazing - and what's more, when the sun gets on the patio - if you close your eyes - you could be in the med somewhere, it's such a suntrap
We have been thinking of getting a hammock - we have two trees to fix it to - but we aren't sure how big they need to be to support the weight of a body. They aren't small -but they aren't old oaks either (as a matter of fact they are beautiful silver birches)
The lawn poses a bit more of a problem - two dogs hurtling around it all winter have churned it up a bit - we need to get our thinking caps on to sort it out. Also - got to look for a couple of very large bamboos - a couple have died - and as we use them to screen the house from the garden - we need them badly!
Anyway - now the jobs are done - I have chance to get into the craft cupboard for a bit of scrapbooking whilst my husband it our on his mountain bike.
Monday, 24 March 2008
Then and Now
The picture "now " was taken by a fab lady - thanks Lyns - it was taken at our scrapbooking retreat last year - and it goes well with my christening picture. The common denominator - my mouth is open on both of them - I think I have always had something to say....
When We Were Small
This is is a lyaout I have wanted to do for ages - I found the picture at my mum's - and was taken in the local park.
Latest Layouts
These are recent layouts - I hope you like them - I had a lot of fun creating them! This is a wedding photo from many moons ago - but I wanted to so soemthing with it after all these years!
A Great Weekend
The weather has been just what it should have been for March - flippin cold! But it's been a lovely weekend; long walks with Daisy and Mollie, some scrapbooking, some good food and time spent with good friends.
Daisy and Moll love their walks in the woods - we could throw sticks until the cows came home - but they'd both want more. I can't believe the size of stick Daisy is prepared to fetch back (more like a medium sized branch - she has to drag some of them as she can't pick them up!) I also think that she thinks she's a springer spaniel rather than a lab - you should see her leap through those ferns and woods - I can't believe a dog of her size can get so far off the floor - and so beautifully elegantly.
Two of our very best friends came to supper on Saturday - with some amazing news - they'd gone off quietly to have a civil partnership ceremony. Though I would have loved to have been there with them - I am so very, very happy that they have done it. They are wonderful human beings and they deserve to be as happy as can be. It makes my heart very glad that they are able to show how much they love each other by doing this. Needless to say supper turned into a celebration with pink champagne all round!
My significant other has been busy sorting out our garden - specifically , our deck - which needs cleaning and re painting black. We also put a tonne of cobbles down - and thy look a whole heap better than the shingle that was there. By the time the summer comes the garden will look fab.
I have been doing a bit of scrapbooking - and have managed to complete three layouts this weekend - might not sound much to you -but to me - it's really going some - and I am pleased with the results. One day - I will post some here!
Anyway - better load the dishwasher and get everything ready for tomorrow's deliveries.
Daisy and Moll love their walks in the woods - we could throw sticks until the cows came home - but they'd both want more. I can't believe the size of stick Daisy is prepared to fetch back (more like a medium sized branch - she has to drag some of them as she can't pick them up!) I also think that she thinks she's a springer spaniel rather than a lab - you should see her leap through those ferns and woods - I can't believe a dog of her size can get so far off the floor - and so beautifully elegantly.
Two of our very best friends came to supper on Saturday - with some amazing news - they'd gone off quietly to have a civil partnership ceremony. Though I would have loved to have been there with them - I am so very, very happy that they have done it. They are wonderful human beings and they deserve to be as happy as can be. It makes my heart very glad that they are able to show how much they love each other by doing this. Needless to say supper turned into a celebration with pink champagne all round!
My significant other has been busy sorting out our garden - specifically , our deck - which needs cleaning and re painting black. We also put a tonne of cobbles down - and thy look a whole heap better than the shingle that was there. By the time the summer comes the garden will look fab.
I have been doing a bit of scrapbooking - and have managed to complete three layouts this weekend - might not sound much to you -but to me - it's really going some - and I am pleased with the results. One day - I will post some here!
Anyway - better load the dishwasher and get everything ready for tomorrow's deliveries.
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