"That sounds great Catherine. Good luck with it. When is it going to air and how often? I've just posted up our Olive Festival in the events section which is on 5th May which you could mention if you're up and running…"
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Laptop or Netbook - which would you recommend?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian SMITH Nov 30, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyoneI want a new computer of some sort for Christmas. I need something portable, so I can snuggle up next to the fire and write my book/blogs without freezing my socks off on the PC in the…Continue
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Fete des Oliviers at Kingdom Vegetal Garden Centre
May 5, 2012 from 10am to 6pm
We are holding a Festival in Celebration of Olive trees. Talks and Demonstrations (in French and English): 11am and 3pm Growing, pruning and Caring for your Olive Tree Attractions include - craft fair, Special promotions, Win and Olive Tree, Music, Hot snacks, Tea Rooms, Colouring Competition, Bouncy Castle Come and join the festivities!See More
Nikki McArthur replied to Patrick Hay's discussion New to this Group - and lost motivation to write! in the group Writers, Bloggers and Translators"Hi Patrick, thanks for sharing your experiences. I think it sounds like it's not so much a case of lost of motivation to write - it sounds like you're still doing lots of writing, just not on your book.
I don't know what…"
Nikki McArthur posted an event
Easter at Kingdom Vegetal Garden Centre at Kingdom Vegetal Garden Centre,
April 7, 2012 from 11am to 6pm
Join us to celebrate Easter and the opening of our new Tea Rooms: 11am Easter Egg Hunt - bring your little ones with baskets to hunt for eggs around the garden centre (Free Entry) 4pm Easter Bonnet Parade - use your creative imagination and make a hat for your little one ...and/or yourself. Free entry and prizes for the best child and adults hat. Available all day: Colouring Competitions, Bouncy Castle, Tea Rooms serving Hot Cross Buns, Cream Teas, Homemade Cakes, Selection of Teas, Coffee and…See More
Nikki McArthur posted an event
Seed Information Day at Kingdom Vegetal Garden Centre
March 10, 2012 all day
Join us for a day of talks, demonstrations and advice on sowing your own vegetable and flower seeds.Demonstrations:11am Growing Seeds Indoor3pm Growing Seeds OutdoorTea Rooms - selection of teas, coffee, homemade cakes & cream teas.Hot snacks provided by The Singing Frog FarmAll welcomeSee More
Nikki McArthur replied to Steve Bichard's discussion Publishing a Kindle e-book on Amazon in the group Writers, Bloggers and Translators"Hi Steve
That's great. I shall be visiting your blog and following your progress. What a great idea and so useful.
Thanks
Nikki"
Nikki McArthur replied to Steve Bichard's discussion Publishing a Kindle e-book on Amazon in the group Writers, Bloggers and Translators"Thanks for the tips Valerie. I'll keep that in mind.
Nikki"
Nikki McArthur replied to Steve Bichard's discussion Publishing a Kindle e-book on Amazon in the group Writers, Bloggers and Translators"Hi Steve, sorry I meant publicising, as in getting people to know your book's out there (slip of the finger).
I'm currently writing 2 books - the first is about living as a large family with varying ages of children in France and our…"
Nikki McArthur replied to Steve Bichard's discussion Publishing a Kindle e-book on Amazon in the group Writers, Bloggers and Translators"Good luck Steve. I'll definately be looking into doing this when my first book's finished. I think the hardest part now is publising your book, but you definately seem to be off to a good start, so well done you!"
Nikki McArthur liked Catharine Higginson's blog post This is brilliantly funny - thanks Stu for sharing the nativity fun!Nikki McArthur posted an eventChristmas Fayre Saturday 17th December Boulogne sur Gesse at Kingdom Vegetal Garden Centre, Boulogne sur Gesse
December 17, 2011 from 2pm to 6pm
Come and join in the festivities at our 3rd annual Traditional 'Victorian style' Christmas Fayre.We have a Christmas market with handmade gifts, food, christmas decorations, cards, organic produce, Christmas trees. Mulled wine, minced pies and home made cakes. Tombola with a great range of prizes.4.30pm - Carol…See More
Nikki McArthur added a discussion to the group For Gardening Lovers all over France!
Where to buy Christmas Trees
Hi everyone, just to let you know that if your in the Boulogne sur Gesse area (Dept 31) we have a large range of Christmas Trees now in stock starting from 14,95. www.kingdomvegetal.com. We have cut trees, potted and rootballed (for planting in the garden after Christmas). Our opening hours leading up to Christmas are:Sunday and Monday 10 - 12am 2pm - 4pm Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 12.30am 2pm - 6pm. We also have a large stock of fruit trees and…See More
Ian SMITH replied to Nikki McArthur's discussion Laptop or Netbook - which would you recommend?"My son has an Acer Aspire One with an extended battery. This gives it a theoretical 7 hour life. They don't all have that, so you need to do your research, and the Aspire One at the time was available with standard and…"
Nikki McArthur replied to Nikki McArthur's discussion Laptop or Netbook - which would you recommend?"Thanks Ian. I do a lot of typing, so probably a tablet wouldn't suffice as you suggest. From what you say I think a netbook will be better as I don't wath much video - and can always do that on the desktop if I want. I…"
Ian SMITH replied to Nikki McArthur's discussion Laptop or Netbook - which would you recommend?"You now have the option of a tablet too, such as the iPad or one of the Android alternatives like the Samsung Galaxytab. It's hard to say which would be better, but if you want to do a reasonable amount of typing then I suspect that a…"
Nikki McArthur posted a discussionLaptop or Netbook - which would you recommend?
Hi everyoneI want a new computer of some sort for Christmas. I need something portable, so I can snuggle up next to the fire and write my book/blogs without freezing my socks off on the PC in the drafty corner of our sittingroom.Our budget is - as little as possible. I just want to be able to write in word, use the internet and download and upload a few photos (nothing complicated). I'm wondering whether a netbook would suffice as they are cheaper. What do you think? Has anyone got a…See More
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7 Things I love about Living in France
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:20 4 Comments 0 Likes
We recently passed our 7th anniversary of living in France and it’s got me thinking about our lives here and how much they’ve changed – mostly for the better. However, looking back though the posts I’ve made on my blog over the last few months, I noticed that many of them could be interpreted as negative.…
Continue Losing weight in France
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 13:01 11 Comments 1 Like
Come on, admit it. How many of us spend much of our time either thinking of losing weight, talking about losing weight, dieting or thinking we should be dieting or saying “Oh I really shouldn’t”, but then eat it anyway. Well, I recently lost over 2 stone and as many people have been asking me how I did, I thought I'd share my secrets with you
I haven’t been slim since I had my first child over 21 years ago. I’ve sort of hovered around size 14 – 16. In England I felt about average…
And then there were 5
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 22:38 1 Comment 0 Likes
I always know when Summer's over - not because I have to dig out the jumpers or the days are getting shorter, but by the number of settings around the dinner table. The heady days of average table settings of 14 are becoming a distant memory. Our maximum this summer hit 50 catering for our Gardening Club barbecue, a one off yes, but we never had less than 9 for dinner.
Now family have gone back to England, the gites are empty, my eldest is back at Uni, 2nd eldest is back to weekly… Continue
Now family have gone back to England, the gites are empty, my eldest is back at Uni, 2nd eldest is back to weekly… Continue
16 hour road trip alone with 3 young children, Help!
Posted on July 28, 2011 at 22:24 27 Comments 0 Likes
I need help - I’m trying to plan a 16 hour car journey with my 3 youngest children (9, 6 and 3). In 3 weeks I’ll be setting off on the nearly 1200km journey from our home in South West France to visit family in South East England. My husband is staying here to hold the fort and so I’m journeying as the sole driver with… Continue Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 12:58 on October 1, 2011,
Dot King said…
- hi Nikki, I can't see the button to accept your friend request, so I'm telling you by this note "Yes" :)
- At 8:52 on September 28, 2011,
AdminCatharine Higginson said… - Nikki - I've been trying to give you and Simon admin status in the writing group and for some reason this facility has currently disappeared. grrrr. So for the moment I'll have to carry on managing the 'pages' like the blog roll but let me know if you want anything doing (eg sending a message to all members) Cxx
- At 19:11 on July 7, 2011,
AdminCatharine Higginson said… - Dear Nikki
Welcome to the network - we hope you find it useful!
If you haven't already done so, don't forget to upload a photograph of yourself so NOT your cat or your company logo (!), to your profile (use the setting button on the right hand side of your page) and you can pinpoint your location on the 'Members Map'.
Feel free to join any groups that look interesting or suggest your own the groups can all be found in the social tab at the top of the page. You can list items for sale in the Bring Buy and Sell group and add any events to the Events page. And come and say 'hi' in the chat window - we're all very friendly!
Best wishes
Catharine and James
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