Oh, So Busy

This week has been another manic one in the life of Ginger Sky. The closer we get to launching the website the busier things get, and still got so much to do. Having views like this from the bottom of my street every morning really helps.

In this past week I've contacted suppliers and storage facilities to keep in touch and arrange meetings. I've researched and decided on the logistics of how to ship items to customers and have sourced packaging and postage solutions. And that's just the Ginger Sky part of the week, I've also attended a hen party, a celebratory evening for Building Schools for the Future in Hull and a gala, as well as my regular zumba sessions. Needless to say I am a little worn out. One of the things that took longer than it should have was preparing the first recipe for the site, starting making it and my camera broke, urh! Managed to borrow one so I could finish the dish, hope you find it tasty if you try it.

Recipe: Ginger-Lime Crispy Chicken

A quick and easy recipe to add a bit of spice to your chicken

Ingredients:

A thumb size piece of fresh Ginger (well I had to on my first recipe)

The juice of 1 lime

2 Teaspoons of curry powder

4 Spring (or salad) onions

6 - 8 Chicken thighs (on the bone and with skin on)

Salt and pepper

Serves 3-4

 

The Story So Far...

As mentioned in my previous entry, Ginger Sky has been in my thoughts for almost a year so I thought I'd give a bit of a background as to what I've done so far. Think of it as a "Previously, on Ginger Sky" part of the blog.

After I had decided I wanted to run a fun and quirky kitchenware retailer my first hurdle was deciding how I was going to run it, did I want bricks and mortar or a virtual store? Originally my intention was to run a bricks and mortar store from Hessle. I'd even picked out the unit I wanted to rent and had designed the front of the store and everything, unfortunately due to funds falling through I had to abandon the idea. I now had to rely on my own funds and as such could no longer afford a rented unit, so it was decided for me, I was to become an online retailer.

Welcome to the Ginger Sky Blog

I wanted to start with a bit about who I am and what Ginger Sky is about, as well as what I'm going to be doing on this blog.

So, first of all a little bit about myself, well my name is Sarah and I'm originally from Newcastle but my various jobs have taken me around the country and at the moment I am living in East Yorks. My career background has mainly been in retail, project management and procurement in various different fields but that's the boring bits so I'll move on quickly.