My Allotment Journey Begins

I have just required an allotment plot in Yorkshire UK. It was a surprise for Christmas from my daughter,(you can read about that here www.tssif.com/forumbut i wont be able to do much as I am only here for two weeks. I shall return before the end of the year and throw myself into it. It is full of weeds and the old greenhouse needs attention but I cannot wait to get started. I went today and mapped out the boundry with some string and wood posts and I took some pictures. Unfortunately I had my camera on the wrong setting so shall remedy that tomorrow when I return. I would dearly love to go fully organic but I don't think I know enough about it yet. I am hoping I get some really great advice from some seasoned organic gardeners!!
I am going to create a web site solely for the purpose of my allotment journey so look out for that. If anyone knows of any good resources for what I am about to embark on then please let me have them!!!!

My new Forum

So far so good for Godaddy, they seem to have really good customer support and there is nothing that I am unhappy with up to now.
I have been working on my new website for my new store and alongside that I have created a new forum for networking and my general interests.
It is in it's infancy but take a look and if you like the "flavour" then please join us and offer your advice and suggestions.
Apart from boards about online selling, we have other topics which include, history, crafts, seo and RSS feeds, picture framing, photography, gardening & allotments to name a few.
We are looking for moderators for the various boards so if something peaks your interest then let me know and we shall see what we can do!!!

This linkwill take you straight to the forum,
and this link will take you to the enter page

Finally moved over to Godaddy

After feeling a little frustrated with my old hosting company. I decided to take a leap and move to Godaddy.com!
I had heard good and bads reports about them but mostly good.
So far I am completely content.
What I do like is the fact that I am able to have some of my domains added to my main domain that appear as independent websites and show all the page urls. I know the disadvantage of that can be that I could run out of space. If that happens, then I must be doing well and should be able to afford to buy hosting for my other domains :).
I have been able to get through to godaddy's support on the phone every time I have called and everything they have done, or told me to do, has turned out to be the correct thing to do.
I love the fact that I have been able to install wordpress blog, zencart open source e-commerce solutions and simple machine forums, effortlessly and seamlessly through godaddy.
I have already been working on my forum so if you want to stop by and join then here is the url http://peggybob.com/forum

How I spend my day!

It is a good job that I don't have a 9 to 5 job with my health yoyoing as it is at the moment!
I actually work more than 8 hours each day but do it when my health allows me to, rather than within a certain time frame!
I am not going to bore people with my health issues at this time but would like to focus this post on my daily existance.
I run two businesses at the moment. We have a property rental business and a 'young' online store. I have sold some things since I began and I am getting better at marketing my online store every day. My knowledge base is growing in leaps and bounds and I see online selling as the key to my future. I am already making plans for a new store called Store Revolution to operate out of the UK, whereas LJ Stores is currently operating out of the US.
I am the process of changing over my hosting company and transferring some of my domains to another registrar that I hope will better serve my needs.
Another thing which has been uppermost in my mind just lately is importing things from the US to the UK or vice versa. I have done a lot of searching in google.com and google.co.uk and it is amazing what it can teach a person about the demand of certain products.
I do have some really cool products which are vintage and collectible in nature so if your are a collectable freak then be sure to bookmark my store www.ljstores.net and keep a look out for new and unique items.

Frustrations and the web!

I have spent the last 4 days trying to get my Blog situated in it's own little corner of the world.
I feel very let down by my web host and registrar. I have advocated the services of webmasters.com for almost 2 years and given them repeated business but I feel utterly let down by them.
I have been their advocate almost from the moment I joined, telling people they were the ultimate in customer service! I realise after all this time I have just been lucky.
I am not technically minded and I have loved the fact that any issues I have had in the past, have been sympathetically and comprehensively attended to.
Not so just recently.
I have found out that it is more about these folks wanting to "strut their stuff" rather than actually reading your emails and answering your specific questions directly.
I am fatally disillusioned and have moved on!
I really hate to criticise people/things but feel I no longer have a choice!
Lets look upon this as a review (I can handle that)
If you do decide on webmasters.com to register your domain or host your site then you cannot go wrong by asking for John De Santis.
He is Gem!
To all the guys that alerted me to the fact that my blog showed an "error" I thank you!
It's still "erroring" to the public right now but that does not stop me from venting!!
Happy Webmastering!

Here is a snippet into the history of the last 4 days............
http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-howdoi/browse_thread/thread/53a3e35e77cabf65

Web Design & Imaging

Web Design & Imaging
I absolutely love building web sites for myself and my family.

I am on to my 8th web site which I hand coded but unfortunately I am not that good at it.

I am acutely aware of my limitations and know that this is something I am desperate to rectify as soon as I can get myself in one place to start a course.

Here is my Totally Shameless Self Indulgent Blog post for my ramblings on web design & imaging and useful related resources.

Crafts

Crafts
I love crafts, just like a lot of people but yet again, I have not had the time to hardly do anything 'crafty'. I have lots of crafting materials and I collect interesting objects and textures all the time, just waiting for the day I get settled.

I love polymer clay and would love to make my own paper, candlemaking, pottery, crochet and knitting are all things I would love to have a go at amongst others.

Here is my Totally Shameless Self Indulgent Blog post for my ramblings on crafts and useful related resources