Weekend is Here

The fourth season of Grace and Frankie is here!

I REALLY wanted to binge watch it last night, but I knew that I had to work this morning, so I did the sensible and practical thing and went to bed with the intention of binge watching it this afternoon.

Firstly, as soon as I arrived home, Adoring Husband and I watched the movie "Ten Things I Hate About You" with Heath Ledger - Foxtel is having a marathon of Heath Ledger movies at the moment.  THEN we switched to Netflix and have been watching Grace and Frankie ever since. We are up to episode seven.

So there is not much other news to share about today.

We had a steady day at the shop. There are still a few holiday makers around - thank goodness.

The Motivator and I had a good time between customers and we actually left the shop and headed home before 1.30pm.

AH cooked up some chicken wings for lunch and I did a corned beef and cabbage dinner.

I'm not sure whether I am capable of staying awake to finish watching all the episodes, but they'll still be there tomorrow!

We have a big cleaning day planned for tomorrow, so I need all the energy I can get.

I'm pretty sure it will be an early night for me.

Happy Sunday everybody!

Nite all.

Busy and Important

Today was much busier in the shop.

There was a constant flow of customers through the door while we had to unpack, check off, price and display the new stock that arrived yesterday.

We had a visitor in the from of an elderly lady who I'll call Pocket Rocket. She isn't well and where she lives is a little isolated so she is quite lonely. This is her third visit to the shop and we hope that she feels comfortable enough to come back as often as she wants.

Adoring Husband picked up the new car today and stopped at the shop to show me. It's the latest edition of the car that we had (Outlander) and it has lots of new features that the old car didn't have, so AH is having fun reading the manual and checking out each feature as he finds it.

After he and Pocket Rocket left the shop, we cleaned up the mess from unpacking the stock and vacuumed the floors. The Motivator watered our garden and then we closed for the day.

It was busy enough that the day flew by and I left the shop not long after 3pm.

The group at the club tonight was a bit light on with a couple of people away and Lady Lynn at home sick. Get well soon lovely lady and if you need anything, let me know xo

I was a winner tonight, winning a leg of lamb in the raffle.

Now it's almost 11.30pm and having watched Nick Kyrgios win his tennis match against Tsonga, I can go to bed feeling pleased with the day.

Nite all.

Up and Down

A very quiet day in the shop.

It was a blessing in disguise because we both had so much to do behind the scenes, and we were able to do it uninterrupted and without pressure.

I left work at 1pm so that Adoring Husband and I could drive into The Bay and run some errands.

Just before I left, three boxes of stock were delivered to the shop (there should have been four, so we hope that it will arrive tomorrow), and I was disappointed not to get a chance to open the boxes to remind myself of what we'd purchased, but I couldn't ruin the plan.

AH and I originally thought that we'd have take our old car to the car yard so that they could do whatever has to be done before passing the new car to us, but as it turned out, that will happen on Friday, so today we were able to get a lot done in a short amount of time.

I printed a customer's photo (from the private photo shoot last week) ready for him to pick up tomorrow morning. I ordered 200 prints of our Happy Abode postcards which will be ready for Adoring Husband to pick up tomorrow.

I spent too much money at Office Works. I've always thought that Office Works had bargain prices, but after I'd bought some necessities there today, I discovered the same products somewhere else for less than half the price that I'd paid for them, so I was not very impressed.

It's a good lesson for me to shop around and do some research in future.

Thankfully, I did shop around for some clear cellophane. It's amazing the wide variety of prices for the different sized packages of clear cellophane! I found the best bargain at Heaps Discounts in Stocklands, which was the fifth place that I'd looked.

Before we left Stocklands, we sat down to enjoy a coffee at The Coffee Club. That was a very pleasant end to our day.

We drove home, but stopped at the shop on the way to drop off some of our purchases. The Motivator was still at work and it was after 5pm. I was happy to see the delivered boxes still unopened in the back, so we'll have fun tomorrow opening them together.

We had to rush home because AH had SES duties and had to leave almost immediately.

I've made a big salsa salad for his dinner and some salmon steaks to accompany it. I ate some fresh tiger prawns with my salad.

I'm hoping to get an early night tonight, because I had broken sleep last night and I awoke feeling tired. Tomorrow, I want to wake feeling energised!

Nite all.

Full On

Yes, today was full on.

Lots of customers. Bookings for treatments with The Gypsy. With the roof in the process of being replaced, SO MUCH NOISE! Rearranging the jewellery displays. Visiting a prospective supplier and selecting some items for the shop. Ordering online from a new supplier. Repackaging some jewellery items for display on the table. It was a big day.

The Gypsy gifted me a scobie for making kombucha and a 'starter mix' to make real sour dough bread, which, because of the natural fermentation process, is supposed to remove the gluten and make it safe for celiacs and gluten intolerance.

I'm excited to get started on both of those, but they have to wait until tomorrow when I can get the remaining ingredients while I'm in The Bay. I need some unbleached flour for the sour dough and some organic raw sugar for the kombucha.

The Gypsy also gave us some dried celery leaf in a ziplock bag and has offered us a number of herbs that she grows in her garden - all organic of course. I'm feeling healthier already!

It was 5.30pm by the time I arrived home this afternoon and luckily for me, Adoring Husband had roasted some chicken wings and all I had to do was make up a salsa salad with mango, watermelon, cucumber, onion, baby spinach, rocket, mint, coriander, the last little bit of feta cheese crumbled over the top and then dressed with ACV. It was delicious.

This evening I've done two loads of washing and brought in the load that I hung out this morning, folded it all and put it away - such a boring, time consuming chore.

I watched a 30 minute video on manifesting in business and life, cleared some emails (so many to get through) and I almost created my vision board, but the tennis won out in the end.

It's now after 11.30pm and I'm feeling exhausted - again - so I'm off to bed. It will be another early start tomorrow.

Nite all.

Thanks for Nothing

The world of business is competitive.

It seems that we have inspired people to compete with us in our field. One local business owner has changed her line of stock, which puts her in direct competition with us and has completely changed the original focus of her business which has been in existence for years.

Another has just started a new business that directly competes with our most popular range of stock. This one hurts the most because we have supported her and held her art work in our shop, promoting her and selling her wares.

Competition is always a good thing, and it will make us work harder to get it right and keep it real for our loyal customers. It will also make us a little more wary of the people with whom we do business in the future.

You live and you learn and hopefully the lessons along the way don't hurt too much!

I will RELEASE the initial negativity that has swamped me this evening.

I will wish her well and send love and acceptance her way.

Everything happens for a reason.

I will move on and only focus on my own destiny.

I will fill my world with love and light.

Meanwhile, we had a quiet sales day in The Happy Abode, but a productive day with business appointments, business planning and rearranging stock.

Now that we get to spend some quality time together, The Motivator and I can focus on the business and make some solid plans about how we are going to grow and improve and get our name 'out there'.

We have some exciting times ahead if we get this right.

But first, I have to clear my desk!

I spent the day dumping onto my desk, anything that I wasn't sure what to do with, and now it looks like a disaster area.

An early start tomorrow should get it cleared and ready for hard work for the remainder of the day.

I arrived home so late and so tired today, that Adoring Husband suggested take away! I had a GF steak sandwich which was delicious and very light. Then he made me a cup of tea, which was lovely.

I think it's time for bed!

Nite all.

Remembering

First of all ... Happy Birthday to Number One Son!

I took a video of myself singing happy birthday to him and sent it - which I won't share with you because it's quite embarrassing.

I had the day off work today and drove into The Bay with Adoring Husband to pick up some supplies for our Vision Board Workshop, which was a lot of fun because it meant visiting my favourite shop 'Office Works'!

We did an Aldi shop. They had a lot of school supplies on sale there too, so I was able to stock up on some folders and felt tip pens and other such fun stuff.

Go Natural took some of our money for some healthful items of my choosing. After watching a seminar on gut health, it was recommended that Slippery Elm, Aloe Vera, probiotics and fermented foods should be included in a diet full of whole colourful natural foods to help heal any gut issues.

It doesn't take much these days to flare up my gut issues. Every so often I have a slip up and feed on sugar - very bad move - or on carbs like potato, rice & bread (which the body converts to sugar) - also a very bad move. These are the foods that cause inflammation in my gut and digestive tract. These are the foods that cause discomfort and pain. It takes a couple of weeks for my insides to settle and then it takes extra help to heal the damage.

Of late, and over Christmas/New Year, I have been particularly bad with these foods. The pain has been 'almost' unbearable causing disturbed sleep and difficulty in focussing even on conversations. Sometimes it's difficult to even find a comfortable sitting position.

So I've decided to get serious and take better care of my health. I don't know why I felt the need to punish myself that way, but it stops today. I have all the healing tools in my kitchen and I'm going to hit the peak of health again soon!

We stopped in at Tinkerbells, on the Esplanade across the road from Enzos, to check out their selenite lamps which they have on sale ...

I fell in love and bought it. Selenite is good for cleansing and clearing the negative emissions that come from technology and in a business should be kept near the cash register to clear the way for incoming prosperity.

While I was there, I found the most amazing and beautiful large circular pendant of turquoise. For the entire time that I was in the shop, my eye kept being drawn to the pendant until eventually I had to ask how much it was and if I could get a closer look. Once it was in my hands, I couldn't bear to part with it. I put it on lay-by. It's going to take a while to pay off, but it will be worth it. It almost looks like our Happy Abode logo!

Just as we were about to return home, I decided to stop in at Stocklands so that I could get a pedicure. It's been more than three months since I had my last pedicure - I got sparkly red nail polish for Adoring Husband's big bash birthday party back then. My feet have been looking pretty terrible the last few weeks.

Now they look fresh and clean. I chose to have clear polish this time - I prefer shiny clear nails to colours.

We stopped at The Happy Abode on the way home to drop off the new white board for the training room. The Motivator was still there working hard and we caught up with each other's news, of which, surprisingly, there was a lot!

It's been a pretty big day and I STILL didn't get my chores at home done!  

Does anyone remember Val? The very elderly lady who played piano at Zabe coffee shop in Tewantin? The first time I saw her play, I went next door to the florist and bought a Gerbera to present to her with thanks for her beautiful music. This may trigger your memory ...

There was a notice on the Zabe Facebook page today that Val had passed away. She lived a full and honourable life with music at the very heart of it. She will be missed.

Rest in Peace Val.

Nite all.

Sleepy Brain

I stayed in bed until after 2pm today!

Not sleeping.

Even though I woke at 6.30am, I spent all of my time in bed watching business development videos as well as some motivational videos of Oprah (she's pretty amazing). I also caught up on some Denise Duffield Thomas manifesting exercises.

I decided that I should probably make an entrance into the living room and join Adoring Husband for part of the day.

I prepared dinner nice and early and set it aside for later while Adoring Husband and I watched a DVD from our collection. "A Knight's Tale' with Heath Ledger. It was a good movie.

Surprisingly, it's just 8.30pm and I'm feeling incredibly tired!

I think I over used my brain this morning and it just can't take in any more information or give OUT any for that matter.

All the things on yesterday's 'to do' list didn't get touched today, so I may have to fill tomorrow with those errands and chores. Nothing like a good dose/case of procrastination to make things not happen lol.

I'll be going in to work early for our Monday morning meditation class before taking the remainder of the day off to GSD.

So for now, I'm off for an early night. My pillow is calling me.

Nite all.