Introducing A Self Made Somebody

The first thing we should establish is the word eccentric (or crazy if you prefer) is often applied to me, so if you are expecting sensible, serious or profound you’re probably following the wrong blog page.  I should also mention that I can talk – a lot – hind leg off a donkey and all that as they say; so you have been warned!

I’ve been with my OH for twenty years although we’ve only been married for a dozen or so. I live on the outskirts of Nottingham, close enough to the centre if I need to be but far enough away to be on the edge of the countryside which I escape to as often as possible. I have a wide range of interests, including a fondness for good food and red wine and a very eclectic taste in music. Any spare time I do have is usually spent doing running repairs to the house or trying to tame the wilderness in my back garden.

Initially my career was spent in administration for both private and public organisations, something I enjoyed doing but stopped being challenging after a while. Anyone who has worked in an office knows it’s not a good career choice if you get bored easily; it takes a real skill to get enthusiastic about photocopying the same page for twenty different people. I took a year out and went back to college to study horticulture for no other reason than I love gardening (and boy is there more to that than meets the eye) but ultimately that doesn’t pay the bills so it was back to work for me. Deciding I wanted something completely different I went to work for Tesco’s, working my way up from checkout operator, through customer services to merchandising and stock control. It was an incredible experience not just in terms of learning retail skill but life skills as well. I can guarantee with the mentioning of good old Tesco at least some people will think that it’s an easy job, I mean what’s hard about putting cans of beans on a shelf? Let me tell you at times it’s hell on wheels – imagine running a long distance race where you are working flat out to stay ahead to the competitor whose breathing down your neck and desperately wondering where the finishing line is – that is the reality of retail nothing stays the same for more than a few days!

I loved every minute of it.

Eventually though I decided what I really wanted to do was work for myself – so here we are running my small business from the spare bedroom and writing blogs to entertain the people who are kind enough to visit.
 

Some of these musings will be about the creative side of things; with the occasional jewellery book review thrown in as well, some will be about my home life. I hope you enjoy reading them – feel free to leave comments – good, bad or indifferent – I’m happy to see them all.

Oh and I better not forget to mention my four cats – the real rulers in our house!