The Motivator is away for the weekend, so I was alone at the shop today.
My plan was to work on the photography course and fill out a sheet from the Lucky Bee workbooks that I'm studying, but I was so busy that I only sat down for ten minutes all day!
I met some lovely people and some generous husbands, quite a few gift givers and a local who has been here for a long time but I've never laid eyes on her before. Another young woman who will return next week with some friends and without her baby. A couple of visiting daughters of acquaintances and some Australia Day weekend visitors as well.
I took a name for The Motivator's designer course in March.
There was a constant flow of people through the door and I sat down for the first time just before midday.
Adoring Husband was a great help, as usual, and assisted with opening and closing the shop.
We shut the doors at 2pm and I went for a ride along the river with my camera (to no avail) but the town is pretty busy with big groups of out of towners all having loud, musical and physical fun together. The sound of laughter was ringing in my ears during the ride, which was lovely.
AH had cooked up some lunch, so I was able to come home and sit down to watch a few episodes of 'Outlander' with him until I just couldn't stand the torturous graphic horror any longer. It left me grateful that I wasn't born into that era - although AH seems to think that I would have been the healer in the dungeon.
I left the room a couple of times and in the end, AH turned it off and we switched to watching something more demure - "Grease" - much easier on the heart and soul and a nice one for singing along. Although having listened to me for half of the movie, AH might disagree with the singing part!
I think I may have an early night tonight. It was 1am when I got to sleep this morning and 4.30am when I woke - that's not enough sleep to manage a full day effectively. I think it might have been that late cup of tea that I drank!
So I'm off to catch the last thirty minutes of Grease and then I'm outta here!
Nite all.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
Best Australia Day EVER
I don't even remember what time I woke up today, but I didn't leave my bed until after 3pm!
I spent the entire day in bed with Denise Duffield-Thomas.
She is a highly successful entrepreneur and I am following her and doing some of her online workshops and courses. You might remember me talking about her book "Get Rich Lucky Bitch" a few months back.
Denise is pretty special and I have a lot admiration for her and what she has achieved and continues to achieve.
A little while after 3pm I asked Adoring Husband to drive me to the shop so that I could pick up my trike. While I was there, I remembered a few other things that needed to come home, so I kept going back into the shop to bring them out for AH to put in the car.
After my fourth trip inside the shop, AH drove off and I rode home. I took the river path and wished I'd remembered to bring my camera ... for better quality photos than this ...
Not ten minutes after I arrived home, I received a phone call from AJ who works at the real estate office at the front our building. I didn't answer the call because I was about to get in the shower, but she left a message to tell me that she had walked past our shop and the front door was ajar.
OMG I had forgotten to lock the door!
So I asked AH to drive to the shop and lock the door for me.
Ten minutes later I received a phone call from The Motivator. She too had received a call from AJ and she had turned up at the shop not long after AH had been there to lock the doors.
What a debacle!
Thank goodness we live in such a small supportive community. I am very grateful for that.
It was another loser night at the bowls club - the usual suspects winning the big prizes. A friend won a LOT on the poker machines and the badge draw of $1200 went off tonight. Our group left at the usual time, but there was karaoke on tonight.
This is what was waiting for me when I returned home ...
What a champion Adoring Husband is!
I am sitting up in bed as I write this and it's now 11pm so it's time to sleep. I have work tomorrow.
Nite all.
I spent the entire day in bed with Denise Duffield-Thomas.
She is a highly successful entrepreneur and I am following her and doing some of her online workshops and courses. You might remember me talking about her book "Get Rich Lucky Bitch" a few months back.
Denise is pretty special and I have a lot admiration for her and what she has achieved and continues to achieve.
A little while after 3pm I asked Adoring Husband to drive me to the shop so that I could pick up my trike. While I was there, I remembered a few other things that needed to come home, so I kept going back into the shop to bring them out for AH to put in the car.
After my fourth trip inside the shop, AH drove off and I rode home. I took the river path and wished I'd remembered to bring my camera ... for better quality photos than this ...
Not ten minutes after I arrived home, I received a phone call from AJ who works at the real estate office at the front our building. I didn't answer the call because I was about to get in the shower, but she left a message to tell me that she had walked past our shop and the front door was ajar.
OMG I had forgotten to lock the door!
So I asked AH to drive to the shop and lock the door for me.
Ten minutes later I received a phone call from The Motivator. She too had received a call from AJ and she had turned up at the shop not long after AH had been there to lock the doors.
What a debacle!
Thank goodness we live in such a small supportive community. I am very grateful for that.
It was another loser night at the bowls club - the usual suspects winning the big prizes. A friend won a LOT on the poker machines and the badge draw of $1200 went off tonight. Our group left at the usual time, but there was karaoke on tonight.
This is what was waiting for me when I returned home ...
What a champion Adoring Husband is!
I am sitting up in bed as I write this and it's now 11pm so it's time to sleep. I have work tomorrow.
Nite all.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
On The Mend
What a dreadful night I experienced on Wednesday night.
Ugh!
I had to take pain killers twice during the night and I can't even remember the last time I took a pain killer. It must be three years or more.
It was about 7.30pm when I climbed into bed and I slept briefly until the pain woke me up. I took a painkiller and slept until about 1am at which time I took another and then slept until 6.30am.
I woke up feeling quite a lot better, though not completely well. At least I was well enough to go to work. There were a couple of times during the day that I wished that I was still in bed, but mostly I managed ok.
We had a lot of people come in for a look at the shop today including a few older men. It has certainly been a week for the men. None of them spent any money, but I'm guessing we've had about ten men enter the shop on their own this week, just for a look.
Our new chairs arrived today. Adoring Husband was kind enough to put them together for us.
The Motivator and I left work soon after 3pm and drove into The Bay where we did some organic grocery shopping and then sat overlooking the water at Enzos for an hour while we sipped on berry smoothies and shared a small bowl of chicken wings.
This was our view...
I returned home to an empty house because AH was on SES duty.
Now it's time for me to hit the hay. It's already after 10.30pm.
Nite all.
Ugh!
I had to take pain killers twice during the night and I can't even remember the last time I took a pain killer. It must be three years or more.
It was about 7.30pm when I climbed into bed and I slept briefly until the pain woke me up. I took a painkiller and slept until about 1am at which time I took another and then slept until 6.30am.
I woke up feeling quite a lot better, though not completely well. At least I was well enough to go to work. There were a couple of times during the day that I wished that I was still in bed, but mostly I managed ok.
We had a lot of people come in for a look at the shop today including a few older men. It has certainly been a week for the men. None of them spent any money, but I'm guessing we've had about ten men enter the shop on their own this week, just for a look.
Our new chairs arrived today. Adoring Husband was kind enough to put them together for us.
The Motivator and I left work soon after 3pm and drove into The Bay where we did some organic grocery shopping and then sat overlooking the water at Enzos for an hour while we sipped on berry smoothies and shared a small bowl of chicken wings.
This was our view...
I returned home to an empty house because AH was on SES duty.
Now it's time for me to hit the hay. It's already after 10.30pm.
Nite all.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
The Bus Got Me
Two days of eating prawns and my body decided that it was not at all happy!
I think it might be time to remove all shellfish from my diet. I've pushed the limits as far as I could and now my poor old body is giving me an ultimatum.
It feels like all the nerve endings in my body are exposed and my internal organs are really inflamed.
Feeling so disgusting and struggling to cope with the pain and discomfort, I booked in for a session of Zen Shiatsu with The Gypsy.
She told me, after my first experience with her, that I would feel like I'd been hit by a bus and that my emotions might feel a bit overwhelming while my body adjusted and responded to her treatmen.
I did not experience any ill effects and I felt totally amazing after that initial treatment.
Today, she found lots of pressure points to focus on and applied just enough pressure that I could feel pain, but it was bearable and I could feel it working.
It seems that my spleen and gall bladder are my main problem areas.
At the end of the treatment, she gave me advice on certain breathing techniques, drinking lots of room temperature filtered water and spending the afternoon resting to allow my body to heal and cleanse itself. She showed me how to massage my own problem areas and gave me some gentle stretching exercises to practice.
She offered the same warning as she did previously.
THIS TIME ... the bus got me!
I am aching all over!
After a warm shower, it will be an early night for me and I am going to sleep the discomfort away.
Sheesh. 7.30pm! Who'da thunk?
Nite all.
I think it might be time to remove all shellfish from my diet. I've pushed the limits as far as I could and now my poor old body is giving me an ultimatum.
It feels like all the nerve endings in my body are exposed and my internal organs are really inflamed.
Feeling so disgusting and struggling to cope with the pain and discomfort, I booked in for a session of Zen Shiatsu with The Gypsy.
She told me, after my first experience with her, that I would feel like I'd been hit by a bus and that my emotions might feel a bit overwhelming while my body adjusted and responded to her treatmen.
I did not experience any ill effects and I felt totally amazing after that initial treatment.
Today, she found lots of pressure points to focus on and applied just enough pressure that I could feel pain, but it was bearable and I could feel it working.
It seems that my spleen and gall bladder are my main problem areas.
At the end of the treatment, she gave me advice on certain breathing techniques, drinking lots of room temperature filtered water and spending the afternoon resting to allow my body to heal and cleanse itself. She showed me how to massage my own problem areas and gave me some gentle stretching exercises to practice.
She offered the same warning as she did previously.
THIS TIME ... the bus got me!
I am aching all over!
After a warm shower, it will be an early night for me and I am going to sleep the discomfort away.
Sheesh. 7.30pm! Who'da thunk?
Nite all.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Enough
It has just ticked on to 9.30pm as I begin to write this post and I am feeling incredibly tired.
I had a shocking start to the day when I woke up and looked at the clock to see that it was 7.02am and the very important webinar that I had signed up for was due to start at 7am!!
I rushed to the loo, then ran to the lounge room to grab my MacBook and sign into the webinar. By the time I logged in and found the link to take me to the where I needed to be, it was 7.08am. I don't think I missed much, but I was feeling decidedly stressed by the time I got there.
The webinar was supposed to go for one hour but at 8.20am, I realised that I had better begin preparing myself for work, or I wasn't going to make it!
Thank goodness for portable devices. I was able to carry my laptop with me through the house while I figured out what I was going to wear and while I jumped in for a really quick shower and while I applied my make up and while I packed my bags into the basket of my trike.
Finally, I had to log out, pack my laptop away and head off to work (even though the webinar was not finished - but the most important stuff was finished).
It was right on 9am when I pedalled up the driveway at work, feeling very hot and sweaty and stressed!
A couple of the girls arrived for coffee morning before I'd even turned on the lights and thankfully, they helped set out the signs and chairs as we followed the morning routine to open up.
At the same time the air conditioning guy poked his head through the front door to tell us he was here to clean the filters in the air con. We'd received no notice of his visit, so it was an added stress to the morning.
Thankfully, from there, the day progressed on a much more positive note.
We set up our training room for the smart phone and tablet classes (knowing that it was unlikely anyone would turn up due to late advertising and promotion).
A delivery arrived from a new wholesaler so our afternoon was filled with unpacking, checking off, pricing and displaying the new stock - which is always fun.
There was also a steady stream of new customers - mostly locals who had just discovered that we are here - and everyone was in a very happy frame of mind and obviously looking to spend the cash in their purses and wallets.
The day went by so quickly and when I looked at the clock thinking that it was 3.30pm, it was actually almost 4.30pm!
So I need to go to work early tomorrow morning to vacuum all the little crumbly bits of styrofoam that came out of the packaging and to tidy off my desk which just seems to be getting 'out of control messy'.
I'll take some photos of the new stock to post onto the Facebook page too.
Adoring Husband was kind enough to repair our front door A-frame sign which had snapped from being buffeted around in the strong winds every afternoon.
And now, it's 10pm and I'm off to bed.
Nite all.
I had a shocking start to the day when I woke up and looked at the clock to see that it was 7.02am and the very important webinar that I had signed up for was due to start at 7am!!
I rushed to the loo, then ran to the lounge room to grab my MacBook and sign into the webinar. By the time I logged in and found the link to take me to the where I needed to be, it was 7.08am. I don't think I missed much, but I was feeling decidedly stressed by the time I got there.
The webinar was supposed to go for one hour but at 8.20am, I realised that I had better begin preparing myself for work, or I wasn't going to make it!
Thank goodness for portable devices. I was able to carry my laptop with me through the house while I figured out what I was going to wear and while I jumped in for a really quick shower and while I applied my make up and while I packed my bags into the basket of my trike.
Finally, I had to log out, pack my laptop away and head off to work (even though the webinar was not finished - but the most important stuff was finished).
It was right on 9am when I pedalled up the driveway at work, feeling very hot and sweaty and stressed!
A couple of the girls arrived for coffee morning before I'd even turned on the lights and thankfully, they helped set out the signs and chairs as we followed the morning routine to open up.
At the same time the air conditioning guy poked his head through the front door to tell us he was here to clean the filters in the air con. We'd received no notice of his visit, so it was an added stress to the morning.
Thankfully, from there, the day progressed on a much more positive note.
We set up our training room for the smart phone and tablet classes (knowing that it was unlikely anyone would turn up due to late advertising and promotion).
A delivery arrived from a new wholesaler so our afternoon was filled with unpacking, checking off, pricing and displaying the new stock - which is always fun.
There was also a steady stream of new customers - mostly locals who had just discovered that we are here - and everyone was in a very happy frame of mind and obviously looking to spend the cash in their purses and wallets.
The day went by so quickly and when I looked at the clock thinking that it was 3.30pm, it was actually almost 4.30pm!
So I need to go to work early tomorrow morning to vacuum all the little crumbly bits of styrofoam that came out of the packaging and to tidy off my desk which just seems to be getting 'out of control messy'.
I'll take some photos of the new stock to post onto the Facebook page too.
Adoring Husband was kind enough to repair our front door A-frame sign which had snapped from being buffeted around in the strong winds every afternoon.
And now, it's 10pm and I'm off to bed.
Nite all.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Mondayitis
I was awake bright and early this morning.
I was in the middle of a dream where our Happy Abode was in a giant warehouse and had grown to the size of a huge department store, which even included a pet section AND a grassy knoll in the corner of the warehouse where pet owners and their pets congregated to socialise ... although the pets just sat obediently in a line staring at their owners.
In the dream, I was walking through the building showing Jennifer Aniston what her job was going to entail as we hired her as one of our workers (no idea where that came from!). Meanwhile, The Motivator was berating some sales reps who had delivered poor quality products to our store!
All very strange.
It was 5.20am when I opened my eyes, so I jumped out of bed and into the shower to wash my hair before Adoring Husband arrived home from work.
By the time he came home, I had done enough that I could climb back into bed with my coffee and read until I was ready for the next stage of my morning.
Meditation morning at work meant that I had to leave here by 7am to get to work early enough to help The Motivator set up shop ready for our clients to arrive. Unfortunately, even though I had such an early start, I still didn't leave until 7.15am and The Motivator had already prepared everything!
It was another excellent meditation class with The Gypsy and there were two new ladies in our group this morning. I learn something new about myself every Monday morning and I love the 'after effects' of our group sessions.
We had a reasonably quiet, but steady day with customers and The Motivator had to leave just after lunch for an appointment so I was alone in the shop and The Gypsy left a bit earlier than usual because there was no appointment for the last spot of the day.
I feel like I didn't stop all day, but I can't think of a single thing that I did! Oh I did spend quite a bit of time with customers who wanted to buy a gift for somebody special and they couldn't quite decide. In the end, they were happy with their purchases.
It was after 3pm when the last customer left and that was when Adoring Husband walked in the door with a coffee in hand. He helped close up the shop and took something to the Post Office for me and I was able to take my time riding home by visiting the beach and riding along the river path.
It's very quiet in town now, with all the tourists just about gone so it's peaceful around the water. Just a couple of weeks ago, the river bank was lined with people holding fishing rods, with groups of families picnicking or playing or swimming or boating or kayaking or paddle boarding or walking or any number of other activities. A couple of weeks ago, riding along the river path was slow going as I navigated my way through and around the hoards.
Today, the only person I passed on the path was a man on a mobility cart coming in the opposite direction.
As a resident, I love it when the holiday season is over. As a business owner, I am torn because the holiday makers are the icing on our cake.
Before I prepared dinner this afternoon, AH and I watched the second episode of the first season of 'Outlander' and we are really getting into it now.
Anyway, it's rapidly approaching 10pm and my early morning rises mean that I am getting tired earlier at night. I think I'm forming a new routine! It won't be long and I'll be awake early enough to catch the sunrise with my camera!
Enough of this frivolity.
Nite all.
I was in the middle of a dream where our Happy Abode was in a giant warehouse and had grown to the size of a huge department store, which even included a pet section AND a grassy knoll in the corner of the warehouse where pet owners and their pets congregated to socialise ... although the pets just sat obediently in a line staring at their owners.
In the dream, I was walking through the building showing Jennifer Aniston what her job was going to entail as we hired her as one of our workers (no idea where that came from!). Meanwhile, The Motivator was berating some sales reps who had delivered poor quality products to our store!
All very strange.
It was 5.20am when I opened my eyes, so I jumped out of bed and into the shower to wash my hair before Adoring Husband arrived home from work.
By the time he came home, I had done enough that I could climb back into bed with my coffee and read until I was ready for the next stage of my morning.
Meditation morning at work meant that I had to leave here by 7am to get to work early enough to help The Motivator set up shop ready for our clients to arrive. Unfortunately, even though I had such an early start, I still didn't leave until 7.15am and The Motivator had already prepared everything!
It was another excellent meditation class with The Gypsy and there were two new ladies in our group this morning. I learn something new about myself every Monday morning and I love the 'after effects' of our group sessions.
We had a reasonably quiet, but steady day with customers and The Motivator had to leave just after lunch for an appointment so I was alone in the shop and The Gypsy left a bit earlier than usual because there was no appointment for the last spot of the day.
I feel like I didn't stop all day, but I can't think of a single thing that I did! Oh I did spend quite a bit of time with customers who wanted to buy a gift for somebody special and they couldn't quite decide. In the end, they were happy with their purchases.
It was after 3pm when the last customer left and that was when Adoring Husband walked in the door with a coffee in hand. He helped close up the shop and took something to the Post Office for me and I was able to take my time riding home by visiting the beach and riding along the river path.
It's very quiet in town now, with all the tourists just about gone so it's peaceful around the water. Just a couple of weeks ago, the river bank was lined with people holding fishing rods, with groups of families picnicking or playing or swimming or boating or kayaking or paddle boarding or walking or any number of other activities. A couple of weeks ago, riding along the river path was slow going as I navigated my way through and around the hoards.
Today, the only person I passed on the path was a man on a mobility cart coming in the opposite direction.
As a resident, I love it when the holiday season is over. As a business owner, I am torn because the holiday makers are the icing on our cake.
Before I prepared dinner this afternoon, AH and I watched the second episode of the first season of 'Outlander' and we are really getting into it now.
Anyway, it's rapidly approaching 10pm and my early morning rises mean that I am getting tired earlier at night. I think I'm forming a new routine! It won't be long and I'll be awake early enough to catch the sunrise with my camera!
Enough of this frivolity.
Nite all.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Day of Rest?
That's funny.
Usually I take full advantage of Sunday as my day of rest, but today was different.
I was feeling somewhat motivated to get some 'stuff' done.
It was a slow start to the day and I stayed in bed reading until 9.30 am, but this is how my day went once I got out of bed:
Have a fabulous week!
Nite all.
Usually I take full advantage of Sunday as my day of rest, but today was different.
I was feeling somewhat motivated to get some 'stuff' done.
It was a slow start to the day and I stayed in bed reading until 9.30 am, but this is how my day went once I got out of bed:
- stripped our bed
- washed six loads of washing
- unpegged five loads of washing, folded it and put it away
- moved some of Adoring Husband's shirts from the back room to his wardrobe
- found and emptied a washing basket full of handbags so that I could use it to empty the linen cupboard
- emptied the linen cupboard
- filled half a sulo bin full of culled hand towels, bedding, table cloths, cushion covers, table runners, place mats etc etc
- rearranged everything else back into the linen cupboard
- remade the bed
- made lunch, including a berry smoothie (yum)
- made a kombucha
- sorted through and culled some of my old jewellery
- fed my sour dough starter
- cleared a few things out of the fridge
- ironed a few items of clothing
- made gravy for the roast dinner that Adoring Husband cooked in the barbecue on the rotisserie
- watched the first episode of the first series of 'Outlander' (thinking of you Rebel Mardi)
- now sitting in front of the television to watch Nick Kyrgios play his tennis match
- looking at my house, you wouldn't even know that I had been busy all day
Nite all.
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