Saturday, February 26, 2011

We're up and Running in the Unit.

Saturday 26th Feb.

Well we're now up and running and getting very busy...well John  is...And there are a lot more orders coming in daily....John's up there again today...getting a horse master mould made....
We've got a very busy week again next week and customers are starting to come and collect.

We've had a few deliveries to this week, rolls of grp mating and gelcoat pigment have all arived...So we can now have different coloured moulds, we have black,white,red,yellow,blue and green...And John is also busy designing me a fibreglass coldframe, which I hope to eventually sell on my website....and ebay...

Next week the new work benches are going to be ordered and shelving for storage too as we're going to need somewhere to put all our moulds....

And as I've just had a few bad days with my knees and right hip again...this damp weather is not helping...
I've had to have a couple of days of rest...I got really bad on thursday and wasn't much better yesterday...

Hopefully things will get better for me over the next week....If the weather improves....
Anyway John has got loads to do in the next few days, although he has said that he will not be working tomorrow, so we might go of out somewhere for the day...that would be nice...

John  has got me some paperwork to do for him next week...as I have offered to do all that sort of thing for him as he's not so good at it, and well I am as I have all the paperwork to do on the nursery...

John is quite excited about the prospect of what we can eventually achive with the new company and there is so much more we can make....

Lady Sarah.

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  1. Sunday 27th Feb.

    John has had to off to the unit this morning as he's so busy...I'm at home looking after Edward who is being very good again...

    John has gone to finish off the master mould for one of the horses, and he's doing a bit more towards sorting out my coldframe deign too....

    Lady Sarah.

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  2. Monday 28th feb.
    John's had abusy morning collecting a few product for the grp company and in the next week or so I'll be going up again as he's sorted me out a couple of desks for my office and we'll be taking delivery of our new shelving too...some for my shop which will be selling grp packs and items for making grp mixes...

    It's getting really good now down at the unit things are definately starting to take shape...
    and very shortly there will be an office for me to go and work in...as I'm stuck at home doing the paper work at the moment which is quite boring...but I know it has to be done.....
    John just does not have time... He's busy all week again this week, making master mould and finishing off one of his big orders...

    I'll be glad when I can go up there for the day with him....I want to get my office set up and soon....

    I think John would like me up there more often too...I know he misses me because I miss him terribly when he's not here.....

    Tomorrow he'll be packing one of the orders up ready for collection on Wednesday morning....

    And I will get to see how my cold frame design is getting on Wednesday...I know the sides are going to be green and the top panel will be opaque....

    So yes everything right now is going well again for us... Lady Sarah.

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  3. Tuesday 1st March.

    Well John has gone in early today so that he can get part of an order finished so it can be collected.....And he's also done some work on my new coldframe and says I will probably get my first one at the end of next week...as with all new designs they take there time to be made....
    Myself and Edward will be going up tomorrow when we take are friend Ed up to the unit....and I can have a measure up for the wood I need to make my office...Whe=ich we start next week..We had a long dicusion about it last night...I need to get up there so I can sort out all the paperwork and get my grp shop up and running too....John wont be home until later...So I've managed to get some paperwork done now...but need more space to get it all finished...
    Lady Sarah.

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  4. Friday 4th March.

    John had a bit of a late start this morning he didn't leave home until 9-30am we had a lie in as both tired after yesterday and Wednesday...
    He said he'll probably be home for 3pm-ish as he didn't have to much to do today...He was going to do some more prep work on the cold frame and check that the new horse mould was ready for use it needed cleaning and a few holes filling in.
    He'll be starting work on that mould on Monday....as he's got to make 12 2 seat horses...and has also got to make 52 medium size galloper horses....I'm going to make a start at building my office next Tuesday....I can't wait...
    John is going to help me as I will need him to do the sawing and drilling....I'm going to get out in the nursery later if it warms up today as is overcast and cold here today....Lady Sarah.

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  5. Sunday 6th March.

    We've had a full day at home together today which was really nice, we had a late breakfast. We didn't bother with any lunch and I got 3 hours out on the nursery.

    Tomorrow John will be back working in the unit he'll be making a two seater galloper horse and one dobby horses and he'll also be doing a bit more work on my coldframe...
    So he's going to be busy...he's having the day off on Tuesday but we;re both in on Wednesday which I know we'll have a good day together....
    Later this week he reacons I might just get my first coldframe...I do hope so...Lady Sarah.

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  6. Wednesday 9th March.

    John has gone in on his own again today as me and Edward aren't well enough to go up there and it is quite cold there....I was suposed to go and start building the office but, I struggling to get around with my foot again and my right knee is also playing up again...So i can't do any bending or much lifting...
    I bought him a new multi tool yesterday for the unit it will make preparing any of the moulds much easier for him, he was hoping to get 2 of the horse moulds gel coated today and possibly he may just get the 1st fibre glass layer on as well.
    And he's really getting on with my cold frame now as well he just needs a special glass clothe to finish the lid off....Lady Sarah.

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  7. Friday 18th March.

    Well everything is going very well with the nuw unit and we're very very busy...I've not seen much of John over the past week and not sure I'll see much of him next week either...

    We've got orders coming on from everywhere which is great and we have a new member of staff now a young man called Steven he's going to be taught by John how to do all aspects of GRP prodution and he'll be able to help John with all the work...We're busy making 52 horses and 15 reindeer over the next few weeks and the coldframes will be ready in 2 weeks time so I'm looking forward to getting mine full of cuttings and seedlings....
    Jihn has been putting in lots of hours most dyas from 7-30 am to 5 / 6pm....Lady Sarah.

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  8. Thursday 24th March.

    well we've had a really busy week so far...And we now have an apprentice who is doing really well to he's taken really quickly to the job and is learning fast...John has not had a day off so far in the last 2 weeks hopefully he will have this sunday off...But the orders are coming in thick and fast..and we are really really busy...
    Which is good...I spent tha day up there yesterday is was a good chance to see what was happening day to day...
    The reindeer mould is now ready for waxing and gelcoating tomorrow...So we should have one of those by Monday...We've sold 4 full sets of those so far 7 reindeer and a sleigh....I think there going to look really good...I'm going to start re-painting all our little dobby horses net week as I feel that it's now time to get on with them I have 10 to re-paint plus all the reindeer as they are ready....
    Lady Sarah.

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  9. Friday 1st April.

    We all off up to the unit today.
    One of our clients is coming to collect pqrt of his order...
    And I going in to sort out thie paper work for the last week....
    John and Steve have been very busy this week they have made 10 horses and numerous legnths of beading and some pots for me....
    And more orders are coming in daily now...
    We're having tomorrow off and some of Sunday off too as there is another client coming in on sunday morning to see his horses....
    So yes we are very very busy, I still haven't got my office but we have just discussed that and should be ready in about a month as I'm having one of John's new projects built in to an office...basically a grp shed...but it wont look like one whwn we've finished with it...Lady Sarah.

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