It’s the weekend and it’s my Saturday to cover the
showroom. It’s a perfect time to catch
up on my blog. It’s been a busy week
this week, Andy returned from his charity work adventure in Rwanda, wood
burn season seems to be starting already with the phone ringing off the hook,
despite the glorious weather we’ve been having and we’ve been preparing for the
Ellingham and Ringwood show which is being held today. Rich and Chris drew the short straws to man
the stand and are currently tucking in to a bacon bap no doubt with a nice cup
of tea close by. We had Zara going off for a 10 day break but not before we
showered her with gifts and indulged in a good slab of Coffee and Walnut cake
to celebrate her (she’ll kill me for telling you) 40th birthday! Lou made the cake and what a dab hand she is
at it too…..it’s great being part of a company full of multitalented people!
The new showroom is coming along nicely, I’ll post a few
more photo’s next time, it’s amazing how quickly it is moving. We’ve ordered a new range of baskets that will
be with us shortly all ready for the season and we have been given leave to
start testing our new computer system which has been in the making for almost 9
months now. So you see, with all this
going on it’s been tricky to find the time for an update.
The system is very exciting, more so for the girls than the
boys. It will enable us to correlate all
of our client’s details in one place instead of jumping around from this screen
to that, looking up various information.
Sarah and I have been testing it this week and as with every new toy it
is taking a while to get to grips with.
Being the admin queens that we are we have the determination to master
it, we just need to get through all the teething problems that always comes with
these things. Our Zara & IT chap
have done a fantastic job though and we are looking forward to a much more
efficient working process, Yey!!
Andy’s trip to Rwanda was full of adventure, he
managed to survive the mosquitos and a bout of food poisoning which laid him
flat for a day or so. He met a whole
host of interesting people from MP’s to Business Owners and Leaders of Charity
organisations, truly hobnobbing with those in the know. He was very keen to tell us all his stories on
his return and although he was obviously quite tired after arriving home on
Sunday afternoon he still made it in to work on Monday morning. Andy’s teaching
skills came in handy whilst out there and he got to experience real African
living whilst staying with a family in a more remote region, a cold shower in a
mud hut was the height of luxury. It was
pleasing to see him back, we’ll await his next big adventure whatever that
turns out to be.
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| Display at New Forest Show |
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| Sarah lapping up the heat! |
Having just spoken to the boys at Ellingham, it sounds like
they are having a busy day. We attended
the New Forest Show two weeks ago, 'Hi' to anyone that saw us over there. Tuesday was unbearably hot…..Wow, it wasn’t
fun tucked up in our tent with the sun beaming down, we let the fires burn out
around 10am and most people were simply wandering with no particular place to
go just trying to stay cool. It was the
quietest day of the show for us, we were quite concerned that it may continue
that way but thankfully over the following two days the temperature dropped and
a cooling breeze materialised. By Thursday things were back on track with a
number of people seriously considering renewables for their heating
solutions. There were a larger number of
renewable enquiries this year which is interesting and as always the wood
burners generated a huge amount of interest.
Not only was it productive for the business but I was quite pleased with
myself, with such an array of local crafts and businesses I took the
opportunity to get a few Christmas presents under my belt…….Oh No…I hear you
moan. I feel quite smug now after all
it’s only 19 ½ weeks to go!!!
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