A brief introduction before I start

A brief introduction before I start

Ok, so Tom has kindly given me the power to blog. Whether this is a good or bad thing we shall soon find out. So I’d better introduce myself for those of you who haven’t got a clue who I am or what I do here at the ST Office.

I’m Claire, I started working here a couple of years ago, just part time, but liked it so much I didn’t want to go to my other job anymore, so forced Mark and Chipps to let me come here on a full time basis. So since September here is where I’ve been. They call me the despatch fairy 🙂 My main job being that of keeping the on line shop ticking over, stock monitoring, processing your orders, ensuring your parcels arrive with you safely and quickly and every Friday running the vacuum around the office!  I’m currently in training to take over from Sarah when she takes some time out with her growing family. So from May I will also be dealing with any subscription queries you may have. That reminds me, if you are a subscriber and you haven’t changed over to our Premier Account, or you may be feeling a little left out by not having your own little ‘p’ symbol next to your username on the forum, then please can you do that as soon as possible ( while Sarah is still here)? – it will make my job a lot easier when I come to take over :-). Just follow the instructions on website by clicking on Premier Users tab and it will guide you through what to do 🙂

So work wise that’s me.

At home, I live in a little cottage in the countryside, currently trying to build a life where I can live off the land. I started off with three chickens in a converted bike shed in my back yard, but spent this weekend chopping back trees and putting fencing up for my new additions (6 baby chicks, currently living in a cardboard box on my dining table under a heat lamp and some ducks that will be arriving in March) to live. I’ve never kept animals, apart from a cat and hamster, nor have I ever grown my own veggies. In fact, I’ve some how managed to kill off any reasonable hardy garden plants I’ve had over the last few years, so the life I dream of is going to be rather a big challenge for me. So weekends are pretty busy for me at the mo, plus with my two 14 week old dogs that I got for Christmas, it’s like living at a petting zoo.

So that’s a little about me. I like a good rant now and then, but mainly I’m a happy, smiley soul, who’s feeling a lot better now I’ve lost my blogging virginity.

Wishing you all a lovely day,

C

PS. A pic of my puppies (as requested by chakaping)…

15 thoughts on “A brief introduction before I start

  1. I don’t get much riding done I’m afraid. My bike is currently in bits downstairs waiting for a very kind person to put it back together for me 🙂 It’s an old, rather girlie Specialized Hardrock, that was bought for me a good few years ago now, when I was much younger and slimmer (happy days)

  2. Good luck with the small holding. Hope that it works out. I’m somewhat envious of people with the facility to try to grow their own veg. I’ve promised myself that I will try to grow something in a couple of growbags in my yard this spring/summer.

  3. make sure you follow a good guide book regarding chicken runs and construction to stop mr fox popping in for dinner i miss my hens (moran bantams) could bring them over here to usa good luck oh i fed mine cut maize and layers mash laid loads of eggs

  4. I hope you’re not asking me to show you my puppies chakaping 😉
    I’ll post a pic shortly for you.

    Thanks for the hint handyman, think my chickens are better fed than me already, I spend every other night cooking them up something nice while I’m on beans on toast.

    I expect a piccy of your thriving grow bag veggies 1961Bikie later this year 🙂

  5. [quote]See, it only takes a mere mention of ‘puppies’ and Mark can make a innuendo out of anything! :-p[/quote]

    Well if you think only mark can do that… Means you haven’t spend enough time here ==========>

    Welcome to the mayhem…

  6. “I hope you’re not asking me to show you my puppies chakaping”

    I won’t lie, I did almost type that, but decency prevailed. And I actually wanted to see the dogs.

    They look like a nice pair though. Bet they must be a bit of a handful.

  7. They look like a nice pair though
    innuendo mode/ How can you see that through the Hi viz jacket 😉 innuendo mode/

  8. I don’t care much for the P in front of my name. Any other letter would have been fine, but no, some bright spark made it a P for Premier.
    Regards,
    (P)Rickos

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