A Good Day

Today was a lovely day, but uneventful.

I have nothing to tell you.

Find the funny one ...

I hope your Sunday is everything you hope it will be.

Nite all.

It was a WOW

I had a movie date with Lady Lynn and Maid Marian today.

We saw "A Star is Born" starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

Apparently there have been four versions of this movie.

The first was made in 1937 and starred Janet Gaynor. It was her only technicolor film.

The second was made in 1954 and starred Judy Garland and James Mason. Judy Garland was nominated for an Academy Award for that movie, but didn't win.

The third, which will always be my favourite, was made in 1976 and starred Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson (I had the biggest crush on that man!). Barbra Streisand won an Academy Award for the song Evergreen.

The fourth and most recent has just been released and stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper also directed it, wrote the screenplay and some the songs, as well as acted, sang and played musical instruments. What a talent!!

Even though my favourite will always be the 1976 version, I still absolutely loved this version. Lady Gaga was amazing in her role, as was Bradley Cooper and I will definitely watch it again.

While this version brought tears to my eyes and caused my throat to constrict as a I tried not to cry, the 1976 version leaves me sobbing every time.

Coincidentally, that version was on TV tonight and I watched it for the first time in quite a few years - once again it reduced me to a sobbing wreck!

After the movie today, we drove to Toogoom and enjoyed a leisurely lunch at The Salty Squid. While their main meal GF options were somewhat limited, there was a delicious looking selection of cakes and slices to choose from. I did not partake, but I will next time!

We arrived home with enough time to rest my incredibly sore sciatica, make myself gorgeous for the Bowls Club, stop at the supermarket for some pain killers because OMG the pain was almost making me ill and then appear at the club to see the long lost Rebel Mardi and The Life Saver.

How good was it to see them!! They looked so well and vibrant and happy. We love them and miss them so much and the energy level at our table was noticeably increased having them there. Their visits are never long enough though and the evening seemed to be over before it even began.

They are so loved by so many that they spread themselves very thin attempting to spend time with all the friends they left behind when they moved south.

Now it's time for bed because tomorrow is a work day for me.

Except for the horrible sciatic pain, I've enjoyed my days off. I would have liked to get some stuff from my 'to do' list done, but the pain prevented me from doing much at all. Finding a comfortable sitting position was about the best I could do!

Have a fabulous weekend everybody!

Nite all.

Ohhh The Pain

In the voice of Tattoo on Fantasy Island ... "The pain! The pain!"

I could feel it creeping in on Wednesday morning and just before bed I could feel it intensifying, but by the time I woke on Thursday morning, the sciatic pain was so intense and I struggled to even walk out of the bedroom!

I easily found the 'spot' in my butt cheek where the pain had hit the surface and I spent the day digging my knuckle into that spot trying to grind out the pain. In the process, I found lots of knots all around that area that needed some good strong pressure.

Unfortunately The Gypsy is away, so I can't get any help for a while.

I didn't let it stop me today and I did a lot of walking to stretch it out. Sometimes the pain was almost overwhelming, but sometimes I could feel it easing. It's still there now but I hope that I can sleep it off - if only I had a magnesium filtered pool to swim it out!

At least I got a good night's sleep - about seven solid hours of much needed sleep.

Adoring Husband and I spent the day in The Bay.

We selected and purchased the splash back tiles for the outdoor kitchen.

We picked up 200 paper carry bags for the shop and a red 'We are Open' sign to put on our outside stand (our other one disappeared on a windy day).

While AH did a Bunnings run (you know how I hate Bunnings), I did a Stocklands run and in a little temporary kiosk in the middle of the centre, I found myself a nice little cotton kaftan for wearing around the pool 😝

We drove to Springvale to buy the water feature that we'd decided upon a month ago. We were a few hours too late because he'd sold it that morning.

Ugh.

We drove all the way back to The Bay to 'Open House' where they also stock these water features, but the only one they had in stock had a smashed nose.

Now we are on two lists to be contacted when the new stock comes in.

Next was a visit to another nursery where we selected our pebbles for the landscaping.

We arrived home in time to feed the dogs and have a break before I cooked dinner while AH prepared for SES training night.

Dinner was a feed of fresh fish (a gift from The Motivator and The Fisher King) which I crumbed in almond meal mixed with salt, pepper and chilli powder and then fried in butter and olive oil. It was yummy.

After that, I plonked myself on the couch. I've had to get up a couple of times and the pain is still pretty intense, so I'll rub some of my essential oil into the affected area before I go to bed and hopefully the combination of sleep and healing oil, will fix the problem by morning.

I'm off to the movies tomorrow. I might have trouble walking up the stairs to the cinema but where there's a will, there's a way.

Nite all.

What's Going On?

Between the pool dramas, savage weather requiring SES time for Adoring Husband, lots of stuff happening at the shop, worrying over my upcoming trip to Melbourne and my lack of sleep, we are both feeling a touch exhausted.

Again, I woke up at 2.30am and could not get back to sleep for the remainder of the night.

I also had to be at the shop bright and early for meditation.

Because The Gypsy is away for a couple of weeks, it was my responsibility this week to run the class, but I was so lethargic and unmotivated, I simply played two guided meditations and at the end, when we were feeling totally zenned out, I played the Pharrell Williams song "Happy" really loudly and we all danced around the room.

It had an amazing affect. The Motivator and I both felt a lot more energised at the end of the dance and I was able to make it to 11.30am before the lethargy set in again.

Next week will be The Motivator's turn to lead the meditation. I suspect she will be a lot more professional and better equipped to fill the hour than I was.

I didn't make the same mistake as Tuesday, by not eating and thereby making myself feel even worse. I ate a banana for breakfast and for lunch, a big bowl of mango, avocado, red onion and lemon juice.

We were both so tired by the end of the day, we closed the shop a whole FOUR minutes early. The Motivator had to be somewhere and I just couldn't adult for another minute.

AH and I had planned to meet with long lost friends this evening, but as excited as we were to see them again, we just didn't have it in us to socialise. There were other friends involved so it wasn't like we left them high and dry, but we were disappointed to miss out on the fun.

AH spent most of the day digging and shovelling and levelling in the back yard around the pool. He overdid it and his body is struggling tonight.

We are both feeling older than our years tonight and we will be sleeping early for certain.

Before I sign off, I must congratulate The Motivator for riding her trike to work for the first time today. She bought Mum H's trike from me a year ago with every intention of riding it to work regularly, but we all know about good intentions!

I've got a couple of days off now, so I can rest and recuperate and get my mojo back.

Things to do. Places to go. People to see.

Nite all.

Oh the Feelings!

Tuesday began at 1.30am for me.

I don't know why, but for the last five or six Tuesdays, I've woken at around 1.30am and stayed awake for around two hours before finding my deep slumber. The same happened last night, but this time I was awake until 4.30am, which meant that I only slept for another ninety minutes before the alarm went off.

It was a struggle to climb out of bed and I needed my MSM to give me an energy boost to start the day.

Morning coffee with the girls was fun because I opened a box of new snap button jewellery that had arrived that morning. The girls dived in and got first pick before the jewellery even got to the display trays!

A few giggles and a couple of snorts later, everyone left to continue their day of fun and frivolity.

Unfortunately I was very naughty and didn't eat all day. I had a morning coffee and then worked through the day without giving my body any nourishment, so by the end of the day, I was not in a good place.

I was on my feet for most of the day unpacking stock, pricing, storing, displaying, getting rid of the packaging and what I didn't finish had to be hidden in the treatment room so that the training room was clear for meditation tomorrow.

It was bin day and there was lots of cardboard that had to be cut and folded and packed in the bin - my motivation levels were very low by this time.

The Motivator arrived right on closing time to instal the light in the new cabinet and attach the door to complete the assembly.

I was not capable of assisting her, so I took advantage of a break in the weather to pedal home without getting wet.

It's now 9pm and I am going to rest this weary body. It's telling me off big time.

Nite all.

I Do Like Mondays

Today felt very strange.

My first two non-customers came into the shop simply to introduce themselves, comment favourably about the shop and then leave.

Weird.

The weather was a bit topsy turvy with gusting strong winds, surprising heavy showers that gave me no warning that they were coming (hence the surprise).

Weird.

Five boxes of stock arrived at lunch time, so I spent the afternoon unpacking and pricing.

I was interrupted often by tyre kickers so I didn't finish that task and there is still much to do tomorrow - especially because more will arrive tomorrow and the day after and probably the day after that.

We will have our work cut out for us this week.

I've left the shop in a bit of a mess, so I'll need to get there early tomorrow to make it reasonably presentable.

Due to the inclement weather, Adoring Husband drove me to work this morning and then arrived ten minutes early to pick me up, so he closed the shop for me while I finished pricing some of the stock and packed my gear to go home. He also bought us a coffee to take home.

Dinner was a curry out of the freezer.

Easy.

AH is now watching Dr Who, so I'm signing off to head to bed.

I'm feeling a bit on edge, so some meditation might be in order.

Before I go ... some of the new stock ...

Nite all.

Lazy Sunday

Was it really?

I can't remember what order any of this happened, but in a round about kind of way, this is my day ...

My plan was to spend the entire day in bed.

I had lots of projects that I wanted to either do some more of, begin anew, or complete.

At 11am I began gathering all the paraphernalia that I needed, but part of that paraphernalia included my original drawing/plan of the pool area and do you think we could find it?

Not a chance.

I went through every bedroom, every drawer, every box and bag of goodies in the house (I have 4 boxes/bags of goodies that contain journals, study material, paperwork, books, notes, lists etc that come and go between the shop and home) but my precious piece of art was nowhere to be found.

Adoring Husband decided that he wanted hot chips for lunch, so I changed out of my pyjamas and went for a drive with him so that I could check my drawers and boxes at the shop for my drawing.

Still no luck.

We decided to go visit our pool guy to discuss the next stage of the pool and find out what we need to do next.  I also took the opportunity to check out their landscaping, ie the colour of their pool, their fencing, their paving and the plants in the garden area.

After we got home, I remembered that I had taken a photo of my pool plan and saved it in the 'pool build' file on my laptop (sometimes I amaze myself) so I found it and printed it out.

AH and I spent some time in the back yard doing some more measuring and working out the area that the pebblecrete guy needs to work on. He's coming tomorrow to measure and quote.

Of course, by now, I've been out of bed long enough that the appeal has worn off and AH suggested that we watch a movie together. I found one on Netflix and we began watching it - within 20 minutes he was on SES business and I was sitting alone in the lounge room.

Go figure.

He didn't miss THAT much of the movie.

We need to order our water feature now - because if they don't have any in stock, it's going to take 3-6 months to have one made to order.

Gosh, this is the slow part of the build.

Have a great week and welcome to Monday!

Anyway, back to work tomorrow, so I need to get some sleep.

Nite all.