Virginia Cheeseman Blog

Deceit and lies…… That’s the title this week but you will have to read on to find out why because first of all I want to say thanks to everyone for giving me such a good start to the year. I’m really hoping that2018 will be a great year and make up in part for the awful time my family have suffered over the last 18 months of doom, gloom, death, divorce and illness. I have been so busy this week that I have posted orders on every single day. Last year sales were so low that I thought I would have to pack up and get a ‘proper job’. It is generally a busy time as schools, exhibitions etc. are planning for the spring but this year seems exceptional. I never stop moaning about everything being online and social media (definitely getting older – but not old!) however I’m getting a rather big head as I keep hearing that people have come to me because they have read such good things about me online. One guy last week actually said he had been researching me and couldn’t find anything bad writt...

Love is in the air, that’s the way it seems this Valentine’s week. Spring is just around the corner (only 32 days away now but who’s counting? Me!). This week’s photo is of the gorgeous Tail-less Whip scorpion that recently gave birth in my bug room. Mum and babies are doing well and I don’t think it will be long until the babies leave their mother’s back. The Giant Black Asian scorpions that I mentioned last week are now all settled in together, I haven’t seen any squabbling so fingers crossed for them getting along ok and breeding. The cage is very large, with lots of hiding places. I checked them just now (as I have every morning) and they are all sitting in their own little territory. Sadly, I don’t think I will be getting any Imperial scorpions anytime soon, so these are definitely the next best thing. I hope they may get used to each other and form a unit but that might not happen, time will tell but if I see any aggression I will separate them again. I enjoyed doing some Valenti...

Too many hats! (Dictionary definition: To wear too many hats - To hold too many responsibilities or assume too many roles at the same time) That’s it, me to a tee but I’m getting there, I’m feeling calmer and more in control. I had a lovely birthday weekend, thanks for all your best wishes and thanks also for all your orders, it has been a great week. My bug room is full, full, full but I’m gradually getting everything organised and in the right place. The weather is freezing but me and the bugs are nice and snug. I have spent most of this week either in my office catching up on paperwork or in the bug room. Goodness knows what the electricity bill will be but I ‘need’ the heat, I just can’t stand getting cold or even remotely chilled (I bought a new electric blanket yesterday with my Amazon birthday gift card). Unbelievably I still haven’t managed to find time to put all the new animals that I got from the recent show onto my website. I have scribbled notes everywhere but it is almost...

The exhibition was great last weekend but “oops, I did it again”. My bug room is now heaving at the seams. I picked up some amazing creatures, tarantulas, true spiders, scorpions, Vinegaroons, Tail-less Whip scorpions, stick insects, cockroaches, millipedes and more. We also had a lovely weekend with the guys from the Invicta spider club who run the event. We went for a meal the night before, when we got back to the hotel I said I wanted a nice cup of tea but was persuaded to have another rum and coke (ok, I didn’t need a lot of persuading) but I really didn’t want to get up the next morning. I needed to get up nice and early to suss out what was there. I did stick to my now famous shopping list and for the first time ever, my scribbled notes of everything that I bought tallied with the money I had spent. Maths is not my strong point and I generally get side tracked and forget to write things down but this time I was spot on! There were many exhibitors from outside the UK, this is good...