Virginia Cheeseman Blog

Happy Christmas Everyone! Only five sleeps to go until the big day. Thanks so much for your custom in 2013, I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year (I'm sorry, you've guessed it, no time for the blog. I have been rushing around since first thing this morning, it is now time to start getting dinner and then I have a pile of presents to wrap this evening).

Almost Christmas! It's a good job that November was a busy month for me as I've received a very low number of orders in December. I hope some people will order and collect next week but I'm not holding my breath. Next Wednesday will be my last day to post orders before Christmas, I know it sounds early but it isn't only the weather that becomes a problem, postal deliveries tend to become more erratic and I worry that some orders may not arrive the next day. Having said that, I haven't had any orders not arrive the next day for ages, Special Delivery is generally a very good service but I don't want to push my luck! The weather is very mild for the time of year (here in Buckinghamshire) which is nice as I detest the cold. A new outer door was fitted in my bug room last Friday. I can't believe the difference it has made. The old wooden door was warped, difficult to open and very wet. The new door is thickly double glazed, simple to open and when a little ...

I'm writing this a day early or I just won't get a chance again this week! Tomorrow the new outer door is being fitted in my bug room. This is the coldest, frostiest morning that we have had this winter. I doubt if it will be any better tomorrow so we are going to have fun and games trying to cover the doorway and keep the heat in. Thankfully my hubby is off work tomorrow, so he will be here to help. We are hoping to rig up sheets of bubble wrap (must go out in the shed and check I have enough left). I will have to move everything away from the door so it will be chaotic in my bug room. I will have lots of feeding to do tomorrow as this week's cricket delivery will be arriving today. Probably this afternoon sometime, our postal deliveries are dire here. We seem to get mail later and later in the day and delivered by anyone who is available. We see our own postman about once a week these days (nothing to do with Christmas, it's permanent). I often get emails quite earl...