I finally got around to ordering the website and it was funny that a number of people are surprised that I didn't do it myself having built plenty of websites myself. Well I need the time. An expert will take two or three weeks to get it to work and so I'd expect to take double that time and I want the thing in and working so that I can really commence business. At the moment I need to concentrate on the sales and marketing of the business.
I am now doing some of the more difficult things with capturing video, cleaning it up and burning to DVD. It seems to be working OK as I am capturing video, scanning and burning DVDs simultaneously. It seems to be working OK. I am also onto the difficult negatives that have been folded up for years and have a nasty bow in them. It is taking some time to get them processed but I am trying a few different settings to see if I can get them done quicker.
I still find myself choking up a bit looking at the family videos. I suppose it was way back in happier days when the children were young. The one on at the moment was where I set up my own business and was able to take the children to Lapland for Christmas - it was truly magical and when I see how they reacted it was great. Thinking back I remember Mrs. F. wasn't impressed but then again, as I often say, it isn't about you all the time, for me it was about the kids having a magical time. It's a bit like whatever you think about Disneyland and I am no fan of it, the wonder and excitement seeing it through a child's eyes is magical indeed.
It is amazing to come across photographs (from my parent's collection) that I've never seen before. Hopefully we will all get some enjoyment out of these once I've finished. I've actually completed all the ordinary negatives today and I'm now onto the rolls and rolls of film in another bag having to carefully unwrap and cut it to fit into the scanner.
Healthwise - I feel good, I seem to be losing weight gradually, certainly an inch or two off my waist but of course a beer or two soon starts to put it back on again :-) My blood pressure is a little high but at least I know that and can monitor it. It was fine a few weeks ago and now seems to be above normal. Other than that all seems to be well still and I'm still happy and enjoying myself and whilst it has taken me a little longer to get into my business than I'd have liked it does at least give me the opportunity to really understand my business and my competition.
It seems a long and short time we've been in the house. It's 10 weeks already! Now that Spring is here and slightly lighter evenings it really is quite a pleasant place to be - I love the village itself and it feels "just right" as Goldilocks would say :-) Finally I'm happy but I wish these sad feelings would move on - it's just the videos of the children when they were younger and seeing how it used to be - happy, with all our friends and family around us. I don't think that anyone had a bad time - we all look happy and contended. I think it is a regret in my head that it isn't like that now.
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