Virginia Cheeseman Blog

My week in sunny Cyprus was bliss. I am actually writing this blog using my iPad, on the aeroplane because I know just how busy I am going to be when I get back home! Everything will need feeding and there will be a mountain of emails to reply to and phone calls to make and then there's the people in my life (who I love dearly, but...), must take mum in-law shopping/to collect new hearing aids and collect nephews kids from school tomorrow. Need to shop for birthday presents (missed 5 close family birthdays in the week I was away), big family barbecue on Saturday to catch up with everyone. I would love to show off my suntan but suspect it will be an indoor party, wearing jeans and jumper ( according to son's view of the weather). My wonderful (but pretty useless) daughter has been holding the fort, spraying the bugs, morning and night, feeding the Hissing cockroaches every day (I have way too many, must sell some), replacing bramble when necessary and topping up water jars. I ...

Thank heavens for the rain! The bank holiday weekend was a complete washout in our area and I assume elsewhere, it would have been nice to see some sunshine but I'm not complaining as I think it was the busiest weekend that I have ever had. It seemed every time I checked my emails there was another order or two, it was amazing. I ended up working all weekend to get everything ready for sending on Tuesday but that's fine as I really wanted to clear some stock before I go away next week. I haven't mentioned my holiday before and I am only sharing with my 'blog readers' now, I won't be putting any information on the website until Monday. I am off to Cyprus for a week of sunshine and relaxation with hubby (with plenty of bug and reptile hunting thrown in). I have deliberately kept it quiet because each time I mention going away my orders completely dry up and so our week's holiday costs us a fortune in lost orders! Time will tell if my ploy has worked but I fe...