Please do not abandon hope! I am not ignoring you, I have not given up totally on Beauregard The Blog…I’m just, well, away!

Yep, we are away for a week  in the Lake District for half-term. Lots of fresh air and sheep and so far, no rain! What more could we want?!

See you soon…..I shall leave you with the view from my bedroom.

Subscribe to BEAUREGARD…The Blog by Email

It has been a while since I wrote anything in Beauregard the Blog and for that I apologise! I seem to have dried up. I can’t really blame it on a hectic week as it’s been fairly quiet here….boring and pedestrian almost. Maybe that’s the problem….

Actually, one problem has been WordPress. I seem to have a bug which, when I go to save my post, deletes it. Very annoying the first time it happens, infuriating when it happens again and again…….

A few things of note have happened.

Plum has now officially finished work and is currently on a three week countdown on leaving for France. It must be very strange for her, she has worked within the same industry for 20 odd years….since she left school in fact. I don’t think the full impact has hit her yet….it will!

The house was surveyed a week ago and we are awaiting further news. This house selling is an odd phenomenon…it’s all go one minute and things happen at the speed of light, it then grinds to a halt and there’s nothing can be done! It’s quite frustrating as I am unable to plan much until I have the completion date. Seeing as contracts haven’t yet been exchanged, I have no idea when that may be.

Still, at least I am now able to start writing lists….even that eluded me for a while. I have lists for everything, even list ideas for more lists! Is list making a woman-thing? Or is it just me? I can’t deny, it does help. I have even tried MindMaps…..I’ll give most things a go, but I always come back to my scraps of paper in the end. There’s something very comforting and steadying about a list in the midst of turmoil and chaos! And you can’t beat the feeling when you get to cross something off….lovely!

Subscribe to BEAUREGARD…The Blog by Email

There are times when I worry about our future in France (quite a few times, as it happens!) Our adventure is not for the faint hearted.  Will I make a success of the gite business? Will I make enough money to live on? Will we starve? Will my children be walking barefoot to school in Winter?

Here though, is an article packed with relevant information on advertising and marketing that I may find useful in the future.

Mental note: Remember to keep hold of the cardboard packing boxes as valuable advertising space. Could be useful in the future…..

Subscribe to BEAUREGARD…The Blog by Email

Take a look at this chaps…..there’s progress for you!

Is that bright red and turquoise water specimen for real?

No wonder the Chinese River dolphin is now thought to be extinct…

Subscribe to BEAUREGARD…The Blog by Email

I had a bit of a panic on a few weeks ago. It involves the lovely view that you can see above and plans for a golf course.

Mum bumped into friends, who live in the commune, in Shopi and was asked if she had heard the news. ‘What news?’, she asked, ‘The plans to build a huge golf course at Beauregard’, came the reply.

Well, we hadn’t heard the news, as it happened! Could this be the best or the worst thing to happen to us?!

We knew that the farm opposite was for sale and of course, my imagination went into overdrive. I had images of electric golf carts, a hotel and country club on our doorstep, with car-parks left, right and center, flying golf balls and a 12 foot fence. This is after 4 years of  landscaping and general mayhem.

Not exactly the rural idyll that we are so fond of.

I know there are worse things that can be plonked on your doorstep, like a pig farm or abattoir, for instance, but I must admit to being a bit, well, concerned, to say the least.

However, after a quick chat in the local village bar with Mums friend, it would appear that there are plans for a golf course, only it’s closer to the leisure lake and the village and won’t impinge on our hill-top solitude.

Phew!

Subscribe to BEAUREGARD…The Blog by Email

One of the reasons for writing a blog, is to keep in touch with family and friends in the UK.

With this in mind I have downloaded Skype, which enables free ‘phone’ calls via the Internet…very handy! I have also registered with Meebo, which allows messaging.

However, I am unable to place the Skype button that I want onto my sidebar, due to WP not supporting java-script. I have managed to put a different button on , but I’m not sure if it even connects.

And as for Meebo…I have all but given up! After repeated attempts, going back a long time now, I am simply unable to log-on, which is vital to do any messaging. I have registered and have even managed to place the conversation box in the side-bar, but it really is useless. I shall leave it there in the hope that I can sort out the problem…but it is so frustrating!!

Plus, I seem to be having problems with WP too. If I forget to save a new post almost immediately, which is easy to do, when I do try to save it, it disappears….aargh!!

Subscribe to BEAUREGARD…The Blog by Email