Sharing the Load

Before I got out of bed this morning, I set my intention for the day.

I stated in my book of intentions a monetary total of sales that I wanted for the day, the types of customers I wanted to serve (happy, light hearted, friendly and positive), the jobs I wanted to finish (pricing and displaying the new intrinsic stock), running a happy and successful art class etc.

I posted on the shop FB page that today was going to be a great day!

Knowing that I still had to finish setting up the training room, I selected the most comfortable clothing and footwear for the day and packed my casual gear to change into for the class.

I rode to work and Adoring Husband drove to help me open.

Afternoon tea is provided so I had to shop for fruit as well as milk for tea and coffee on the way to work.

First on the agenda was pricing and displaying the stock, which I was able to do quickly.

One of the art class participants arrived at 9.30am to offer her assistance to set up, which was a lovely gesture that I accepted with gratitude.

“Laughrocca” is one of our favourites because of her loud and happy laugh. She is very observant because I didn’t have to tell her what to do or show her where to find stuff. She very efficiently got stuck right in and we were finished in just over an hour.

This was especially helpful because it gave me time to have a quick practice run before the class started.

I had an excellent sales day but didn’t quite reach the very ambitious total that I’d set in my intention book! 

All of my customers were fabulous, the art class was so successful that every single person signed up for the next one, even the newbies!

Everyone pitched in to clean up the mess from art - and there was a LOT of mess with 11 of us creating 2 pieces each!

My day, in a nutshell, was fantastic. Exhausting! But I loved every minute of it.

AH closed the shop at 1pm and then returned at 3.30pm to help me finish up and take all my paraphernalia home so that I could ride home without a heavy load in the basket. He’s my champion.

I prepared a delicious dinner of poached chicken with chilli, white pepper, mixed mushroom, bok choy and rice.

I think I need to sleep now.

Nite all.

Slow Start

My first customer didn’t come through the door until 11.10am.

Despite that, it was a good day of sales!

Adoring Husband and I did a bit more to set up the training room for art, but there is still more to do. One of the participants is coming in at 9am to give me a hand so that will be nice.

Hopefully, my month will end with a flourish tomorrow. I’m not far from tripling sales from last November which is pretty exciting!

I received the second half of my Intrinsic order this afternoon which I still have to price and display. I love Intrinsic products. They are so beautiful, colourful, meaningful and therapeutic.

I’m still waiting for a large order of snap buttons and jewellery which I was expecting earlier in the week. I should know by now that COVID-19 makes deliveries and shipments very unpredictable. Some arrive super fast and others take a ridiculously long time to travel a very short distance.

After 6 months I finally changed the message on the shop phone! 

A couple of new suppliers phoned and I registered with them for wholesale access to their products.

My weekend will be full of art classes, adapting the commissioned art piece to suit the change in requirement, cleaning, helping repair the dishwasher, swimming and meetings with the accountant. 

Nite all.

Unproductively Social

Aggie arrived early at the shop with her hubby Jack (of all trades) who had offered to change the fluoro tubes in one of my ceiling lights. Done in a jiffy. What a champion. Thanks Jack!!

It was The Motivator’s day in the treatment room and we spent a good portion of the day catching up as well as talking shop. 

It was a good day but I didn’t get much done.

A touch above average for sales. What started out as a slow week is looking much better and I’ve already sold 8 of Macca’s (the 91yr old lady) beaded Christmas decorations! 

I received two phone calls about the workshops that I advertised in the local newsletter this month so I’m happy about that, especially because the newsletter has only been out for 3 days.

Adoring Husband had to go into The Bay today so I got him to run some errands for me.

We closed the shop 5 minutes early, did a mini grocery shop and I pedalled home to begin cooking a baked chicken, veg and gravy dinner. It was quite delicious.

It was perfect weather for a swim in the pool but the air was thick with smoke from the Fraser Island fires and after breathing it in during my trike road home, I couldn’t stand the thought of stepping outside for a second dose! Ugh!

Tomorrow is my big set up day for the art class on Saturday so I’d best get some sleep. I hope it will be busy with sales as well so I should be exhausted by the end of the day! 

Nite all.

Maybe The Weather?

I had a dreadful night.

I fell asleep around 10.30pm.

I woke up at 12.38am.

I was still awake at 2am so I went to the kitchen and made myself some sleepy tea.

I sat in the lounge room reading my new health book until 3.20am.

I was in bed asleep a little after 3.30am.

My alarm woke me at 6am.

I was at work by 6.40am.

Meditation.

Time with The Gypsy.

Morning tea with the meditation ladies.

An average day of sales.

Paid some bills.

Set the training room up for art on Saturday.

Cleared the treatment room ready for The Motivator tomorrow.

Purchased some hand made beaded Christmas baubles from a 91 year old lady.

Created a display for them with a sign.

Feeling quite weary, I left the shop at 2.30pm and pedalled home under the dark looming clouds that threatened to do much but actually did nothing.

Planted my butt on the lounge until I cooked salmon steaks with salad for dinner.

I climbed into bed to play BBC2 pop master and now, before 9pm, I’m ready to sleep.

Nite all.

Under Pressure

I started the day knowing that I had not yet prepared my journaling lesson!

Eep!

Coffee with the girls was lovely, even though I missed a lot of the conversations due to customers. Those pesky customers!

I received two parcels in the mail. Some lovely clothes that I’d ordered for myself online last week - black jeans, leopard skin tights that are so soft and delicious, two t-shirts and an ‘oversized’ top to wear with the tights.

The other parcel had Christmas gifts that I’d ordered for family.

It was an average day of sales which gave me time to create the journaling lesson. I printed out the last page 20 minutes before the participants arrived! 

I do my best work under pressure 😬

The lesson was a lot of fun and we were all a touch disappointed when the 90 minutes were up.

After the girls left, I had to fold up the tables and set the room up for meditation so it was almost 4.30pm when I pedalled into the carport.

I sat down for about 45 minutes, pulled my clothes off the line and hung out some more and then prepared a salad while Adoring Husband cooked our steaks and onion on the barbecue.

We watched some Spicks and Specks, I did the BBC2 pop masters quiz and now it’s going to be sleep time because I have to be up bright and early for meditation.

Nite all.

Lunch With Love

Bayaroma Cafe was the destination for lunch today, which was an early celebration for Lady Lynn’s birthday.

I ordered a Perky Pineapple juice and it was so delicious, I ordered a second! I also ordered Risotto with chicken, pumpkin, spinach and Parmesan cheese. It was edible and acceptable but not awesome.

The company, however, WAS awesome and the 5 hours that we spent together passed so quickly that we felt quite disappointed when it was time to go home!

We had a little shopping spree and I purchased a beautiful bright red and sparkling Czarina kaftan. It will be perfect for the Christmas festive season.

We finished up with coffee at Aquavue ...

Tonight I prepared duck breast with salad for dinner. I had half a breast and gave my other half to Adoring Husband.

I’ve just realised that I haven’t prepared my journaling lesson for tomorrow, so here I am at almost 9.30pm finishing my blog post and then working on my lesson!

What a doofus head 😳

Doesn’t matter. I do my best work under pressure!

Nite all.

Story Time

Here’s a great story that I read on Facebook today about value ...

A father said to his daughter “You have graduated from university, here is a car I bought many years ago. It is a bit older now. But before I give it to you, take it to a second hand car dealer and tell them I want to sell it and see how much they offer you for it. 

The daughter went to the second hand car dealer, returned to her father and said, “They offered me £1,000 because they said it looks pretty worn out.” 

The father said, now “Take it to the pawn shop.” The daughter went to the pawn shop, returned to her father and said,”The pawn shop offered only £100 because it is an old car.” 

The father asked his daughter to go to a car club now and show them the car. The daughter then took the car to the club, returned and told her father,” Some people in the club offered £100,000 for it because it’s a Nissan Skyline R34, it's an iconic car and sought by many collectors” 

Now the father said this to his daughter, “The right place values you the right way,” If you are not valued, do not be angry, it means you are in the wrong place. Those who know your value are those who appreciate you......Never stay in a place where no one sees your value.

So very true to know your value 🥰

I’ve had a lazy Sunday, although I did get up at 9am and cooked pancakes, bacon, banana and maple syrup for breakfast which I ate at the kitchen bench with Adoring Husband and then brought my cup of tea back to bed while I watched some YouTube videos.

At 11am I changed into my swimmers, put some easy listening music through the sound bar and slid into the pool. I did the usual routine swimming laps, stretching, dancing, floating and basking in the sun for ten minutes.

I sat under the Bali hut for a while and decided to peel the prawns to nibble on for lunch while we watched “Field of Dreams” in the lounge room.

My belly was still full of prawns by dinner time so I prepared AH a healthy salad with salmon steaks and we watched “Rocky Horror Picture Show”.

I did a load of washing today, but that’s about the extent of my productivity.

I’m looking forward to lunch with the girls tomorrow and it’s almost 9.30pm so I might attempt to sleep because I’m feeling a little weary.

Nite all.

Midnight Mania

It’s just turned midnight and I was about to go to sleep when I realised I haven’t done my blog!

So this will be short and sweet.

It was an average day of sales at the shop and the morning passed quickly.

The gentleman who commissioned me to do the art popped in to see my progress and has asked for an unexpected big change to one of the images on the canvas. My imagination is going crazy and I hope to play with the image over the weekend.

Adoring Husband helped me lock up and we shopped for groceries before he drove home and I pedalled.

I immediately got changed and went for a dip, float, swim and dance in the pool.

I sat under the Bali hut eating fresh prawns for a late lunch.

I cooked up a risotto with chicken, mushrooms, spinach, pumpkin and feta cheese for dinner and then whipped up a soft serve mango ice cream for dessert.

We watched a fluffy movie on Netflix (well I did while AH enjoyed an extended nap beside me).

I came to bed without him and he woke about an hour later and joined me.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.