Decluttering Day

I spent this morning decluttering.

I now have 50 items (shirts/blouses/tops/jackets/jeans) hanging on a clothes rack - mostly labels that will be sold as 'pre-loved' in the shop.

I also have about 60 tops folded in a suitcase that I will offer for free to my friends before I take them to our local Op Shop.

Finally, I have about 30 items of clothing that need to be tossed because they've either been worn to death or they have unfixable stains on them.

My wardrobe still looks full!

I think I still have some work to do.

It's time to get the cards out to do the BIG declutter in the house.

Remember this?

I wrote on the cards

• decluttering clothes and shoes
• cleaning out the pantry
• washing windows
• washing the indoor blinds
• clearing the spare bedrooms
• washing the walls
• cleaning the ceiling fans
• cleaning the skirting boards
• cleaning the junk drawers
• cleaning under the kitchen sink etc etc

Whenever we had time, we would take a card and complete the task written on it. It should have taken about a month, but it only took about three weeks if I remember correctly.

That's what you have to do when you don't even know where to start!

After I finished my mini burst of decluttering - it was time to swim (but of course) so I slipped into my swimmers and slid into the lovely silky cold water.

Three hours later, I reluctantly climbed out to do some washing and get dinner started. I think I'm a little sunburnt so the Aloe Vera plant will be attacked before bed.

I love our pool ❤️

I think it's time for bed now.

Nite all.

All Done In

It's been a full day!

Although I didn't get out of bed til late, when I did, I had to act as Adoring Husband's trades assistant while he installed the gate in the pool fence ...

... then I had to prepare my food platter to take to the lady's gathering at Whinging Pom's house.

I packed my pitcher of Margarita mix and my platters and pedalled to her house at 1pm, where almost everybody else was already seated and and drinking and enjoying each other's company.

We ate.

We drank.

We talked.

We laughed.

We swam. (I dangled my feet in the water)

I don't think I've ever seen a more dreadful photo of us all - we look like we are all grimacing rather than smiling. We really were having a good time 😁

After a couple of hours I returned home with enough time to help Adoring Husband unpack and measure the outdoor furniture, jump in the pool to cool down, have a shower and wash my hair, prepare for my Friday night at the Club.

Blonde Bombshell and Maid Marian were the two winners at our table tonight and as an added bonus, we all got a late visit from The Motivator and Mama Mia! They arrived just twenty minutes before we were leaving so we didn't get to spend as much time with them as we'd have liked, but it was a great surprise to see them!

AH had cooked a corned silverside for dinner which was delicious and a perfect way to end the day.

I've had a headache building since about 5pm and I suddenly realised that I have not had a coffee today.

I need a coffee.

I'm going to sleep this headache off and hopefully wake up to a fresh coffee in the morning.

Nite all.

My Weekend is Here

Today did not go as I expected, but lots of friendly faces came through the door - that is my friends - which was just lovely. I received lots of hugs.

Two of our new tops and a new bag went to new homes today and one lady bought fifteen little owls!

We ended the day with a 'could have been nastier' storm so there was no swimming again this afternoon.

Adoring Husband drove into The Bay to pick up our car which was FINALLY repaired and THIS was delivered ...

It took four men (including Adoring Husband) to manoeuvre it between the pool and the shed and get it to it's final destination!

Apparently one of the men almost ended up in the pool, which would have been interesting because the Bali face would have closely followed!

I love it.

It's all slowly coming together!

I'm off work now until Monday. I have a lot to do and I wonder if motivation will be a factor - like it usually is - I hope my motivation level is high.

I do have a nice social outing planned for tomorrow - at somebody else's pool!

Should be fun 🤗

Nite all.

Humping Great Day

Today is Wednesday ... aka Hump Day.

What a great hump day it was!

Meditation was fantastic, as always, with more words of wisdom shared among us.

I got to spend the morning with The Motivator while Mama Mia had a treatment with The Gypsy. We unpacked the new clothing line that arrived very early and got to admire all the beautiful colours and feel the fabulous fabrics.

There were also some gorgeous bags in the delivery ...

These bags are so light to carry but with so much room inside! The Motivator has already snavelled one of them and I have my eye on one of the small ones.

My day was spent pricing and displaying the new stock, chatting with Mama Mia, The Motivator and The Gypsy, serving lots of tourists - Canadians in particular, dusting and adding up a great day of sales.

The last customer of the day didn't leave the shop until 3.15pm so I was a little late leaving work and then there was no swimming in the pool today because the concreter had returned to acid wash and seal the pebblecrete surrounds.

It has been more than two weeks since I returned from Melbourne and this afternoon I finally unpacked everything and put my suitcases away!

Dinner was oven baked crispy skinned chicken with a salsa made with tomato, capsicum, cucumber, pear, spring onion and coriander. Yum.

It's already approaching 10pm so I'm off to bed.

I'm expecting a big day tomorrow because I know of six women coming to check out the new clothes. The rack may be empty before we know it!

Nite all.

Bring on the Hats

We had a mixed group with some faces that are familiar in other surroundings but not usually Tuesday coffee morning!

The Old Speckled Hen arrived early, Work in Progress turned up unexpectedly, then The Motivator and Mama Mia stopped briefly before their movie date and they all joined The Brains Trust (once known as Tweedle Dee!), The Whingeing Pom, Beauty and I in the coffee corner for our morning session.

They all started the ball rolling with sales and it continued to be a good day with another steady flow of customers throughout the day - including one last customer who came through the door at four minutes to closing and spent enough money to reach my goal for the day!

A big box of hemp hats arrived in the mail and we're hoping that tomorrow will bring the colourful kaftans - the kaftans were ordered from Sydney on the same day as the hats, yet the hats arrived from Nepal (!!!) earlier than the kaftans from Sydney!

How does that work?

The snap jewellery was the most popular today.

I left the shop before 3.30pm and was in my pool swimming well before 4pm. I exercised. I floated. I swam. I kicked. I sat.

At 5pm when the creepy crawly timer went off and everything went silent, I chose to remove myself from the pool and get dinner started.

San Choy Bow was on the menu and it was quite delicious. Fresh blueberries and ice cream for dessert.

It's now 8.20pm and I need to be up early for meditation so this is short and sweet tonight.

Nite all.

Five Weeks til Christmas

It's sneaking up on us!

It was a steady day in the shop today and I still got to have a good chat with The Gypsy, so I thoroughly enjoyed the working part of my day.

I closed the shop right on time and when I arrived home, I discovered Adoring Husband erecting the pool fence. I assisted him with the first panel and then I quit because it was time for a swim.

I must have spent an hour or more in the water and only got out - for the usual reason - I had to pee!

I LOVE our pool.

Adoring Husband finished the second panel by himself, put away his tools and then he too came in for a short swim.

It was a late dinner for us because we were having a lamb roast and I didn't even get it in the oven until 6pm. Luckily it was a small leg, so we were eating at about 7.15pm, which is very late for us. We usually eat at 6pm or earlier.

A big platter of watermelon slices and cubed mango was dessert.

The other big event today was AH taking Psychotic dog Colli in for grooming. She is looking very trim and clean. Sorry no pic today.

Now I need to sleep.

Looking forward to coffee with the girls in the morning.

Nite all.

 

Day of Rest??

I wish!

There was no resting to be had today.

I was in bed and asleep by 10pm last night.

I was awake ... WIDE awake at 1.30am this morning.

At 5.30am I tried in vain to rack up some ZZZZs.

I gave up at 9am and we decided then to head into The Bay for our plant shopping adventure.

Nikenbah markets were held today but by the time we arrived, the weather had turned a bit nasty with gusty winds and some dark ominous clouds scudding around, so some of the stall owners were beginning to pack up.

Plants were being blown over in the wind, clothing was flying off coat hangers and solo ladies were scrambling to pack up their goods and escape before the weather really closed in.

However, we were able to purchase a good collection of plants such as yukkas, aloe vera, bromeliads,   pig face and some other spiky plants.

While Adoring Husband was lugging the plants to our car, I found a couple of nice tops and some delicious mangos and avocados.

From there, we drove to Possum Paradise, a plant nursery that once had very reasonably priced plants and pots and garden ornaments and furniture, but today they seemed a bit pricy and we chose to look elsewhere.

It was lunch time so we grabbed some quick sushi at Stocklands.

We did a Kmart run and left with TWO trolleys full of 'stuff'.

I raced round to Target and purchased some boardies for swimming (for me).

By now, AH was feeling pretty buggered so he went to the car while I did a quick shop in Coles - you know, stuff like TP, hand wash, a mop and .... YAY for lychee season!!

We did a Dr Dan stop and bought some Margarita mix and beer.

We stopped at the furniture clearance store to see if they had day beds, or garden swings or sun lounges. They had a fabulous three seater garden swing but it had a big fat 'SOLD' sign on it.

Our final stop was Harvey Normans.

It was meant to be.

Right inside the front door was this ...

... we both sat in it and moaned with delight at the comfort we felt.

There was no question. No doubt. No second guessing. We knew it was ours.

That was our last stop before home.

As soon as we got home, I began mixing up a batch of dog food and AH unpacked all the plants and placed them strategically behind the pool and then mopped out his new kitchen.

Then there was swimming to be done!!

I enjoyed about thirty minutes of exercising and floating, but the weather again was turning nasty with gusty winds and dark clouds and I didn't want to be in the pool while a storm developed.

There was washing to take off the line and some to put on the line and dinner to be cooked and collapsing to be done.

It's now approaching 9pm and AH is snoring in bed. I would like to be doing that too, so here is where I sign off.

Nite all.