Feeling My Age

I slept well on Friday night and was awake bright and early (5am) listening to Adoring Husband leave for work.

I had to prepare a couple of platters to take for The Motivator’s farewell morning, iron some clothes to wear to work, have a shower, load the car and be at the shop by 9am. I was late 😳

I set up a little area behind the counter with a table and chairs ...

... lay the platters, the champagne and the glasses in preparation for some guests.

We had quite a few people turn up. The usual crowd and a few extras. I even offered champagne to customers that we didn’t know and they accepted my offer willingly and then opened their wallets to spend! I offered them more champagne! They laughed.

It was quite loud at its peak so that I could barely hear the customers speak, but we had a very good morning of sales and there was lots of laughter ringing through the shop. I had to tell one of our visitors to stop talking because I’d had two glasses of champagne and she was annoying me.

She stopped and then apologised before she left ... so as far as I’m concerned, she knows she has a ‘talking problem’ and has probably been pulled up for it before! I’ll call her Mrs Potter. She’s a nice lady and wouldn’t harm a fly but she does have a propensity for talking long and hard.

Our guests had all left before closing time so we were able to shut up shop on time, clear the mess, finalise business talk and say our long emotional farewells (3 or 4 times) before heading home.

The Motivator took a few photos but I don’t have access to them. If she sends them to me, I’ll share them here.

I’d like to take this one moment to thank The Motivator for being my friend and business partner for the last three years and for helping us create such a beautiful space to work in. Her design skills were paramount in the beginning and her spread sheet skills were paramount in the end. All the bits in the middle were important too!

I hope that she finds all the motivation, positive energy, good vibes, self belief and imagination to create her own perfect niche of success in our little town and beyond.

May the force be with you! 😘

My ‘to do’ list is still quite extensive so I can’t rest yet, and I still haven’t decided on my logo layout, but the new shop name will be “Roz’s Happy Place”. These are my first two attempts at the logo but I’ll play around some more over the next couple of days til I hit on a winner.

AH and I will spend Sunday at the shop moving a few things around and changing the layout just a touch. It already has a great feel so I don’t want to change it too much.

I’m looking forward to NEXT Sunday when I can spend the majority of the day in bed to rest up. This has been a mentally challenging week and I am definitely feeling my age tonight!

Today is the first day of the rest of my life!

Wahoo!

Nite all.

Oh The Pain

I didn’t sit down for the entire day because I was clearing out drawers, sorting through catalogues, decluttering and culling, filing invoices, rearranging drawers and figuring out where to put everything  that came out of the furniture that was leaving the shop.

The good thing about my efforts was that The Motivator and her posse of removalists were able to complete their task in an hour! They were very efficient for non-removalists!

The Fisher King, Fairy Princess and Gentle Giant swept through like a team on a mission, loading the ute a couple of times and filling the back of the car. If it was an Olympic event, I’m certain they’d have won GOLD!

We were all home by 3.30pm.

Tomorrow is party day and there will be champagne and nibbles for anyone who cares to farewell the girl between 10am and 1pm.

I wonder if I can get tipsy?

When I got home this afternoon, I had to bath psychotic dog Ruby, clean her eye and administer the drops.

Then I had to take a call from the bank to finalise some details regarding the new business account.

Finally, I got to sit down and put my feet up.

That’s where I remained for three hours.

I stood up from my chair to go to bed and I could barely move!! Everything had seized up and my lower back was screaming at me. I shuffled my way across the floor like a 90 yr old woman requiring a walking frame!

My magic DoTerra Ice Blue muscle rub was massaged into my lower back just before bed (by me) and it gave me almost instant relief. I love that stuff.

I didn’t even make my sleepy tea to bring to bed. I can’t stop yawning so this is it for me.

Oh in case you were wondering, the answer to the puzzle that I posted the other night was 45. Sorry it took me so long to remember to put it here. 😳

Sleep time for me.

Nite all.

A Nice Surprise

3rd June - It was bloody difficult getting out of bed early this morning.

My alarm was set for 6am but that cool breeze floating through the window kept me under the covers for another twenty minutes!

I still managed to get to the shop with plenty of time to spare for meditation.

We had 8 people in attendance which is allowable under the social distancing rules - although we should be able to fit 12 if we do it right next week.

It was a great class and we learnt about the power of silence.

The Gypsy stayed for a chat afterwards and it was great to catch up with her.

Surprisingly, it was a good day for sales and I still had time to tick off a couple more things on my ‘to do’ list.

I left the shop feeling pretty pleased with myself.

Our FROG box arrived today. FROG have recently teamed up with Su Jus Bar and each week I order their green chicken curry sauce and a juice. Wednesday night is now green chicken curry night. It’s delicious! And easy!

It’s only 9.45pm and we are in bed. I’ve already slapped Adoring Husband twice to quieten his snoring.

I’m going to trade him in for a quieter version tomorrow.

I made myself some sleepy tea to bring to bed with me, but even that won’t override the husband noise!

4th June ...

Whoops! That sleepy tea worked a treat!

After about four kicks to the thigh, AH finally slept quietly and as the sleepy tea kicked in, I yawned about six times, put my iPad on the bedside table and fell asleep almost istantly!

Slept solidly from 10pm - 5am.

Amazeballs!

*I will add more tonight before I publish this*

I arrived at the shop at 11am and The Motivator and I did all the catching up we needed to do regarding the business change over and then we spent some time mucking around and talking nonsense, as we do.

Only two people through the doors all day - perhaps those gale force winds scared everyone off!

Adoring Husband arrived at 2pm to help us close the shop.

He is at SES training night right now and I am watching my team get annihilated by the Roosters in the NRL. It’s a sad and sorry state of affairs.

I think I shall make myself some sleepy tea ...

... and climb into bed.

It’s going to be a big Friday and then an even bigger Saturday!

Nite all.

Lunching

I can’t remember who it was that first recommended Naughty Coffee at Howard for a meal.

I’m here to tell you that four out of six of us had well below average lunches and the other two were ok.

The cafe has a nice feel and the service was friendly, but the food left a lot to be desired.

The best part of lunch was the group sitting at our table.

We got to shop at the famous Vancootens Drapery which is much more than a drapery.

Compared to other lunch dates, we were home very early.

However, we had already spent over an hour at The Happy Abode having a farewell coffee with The Motivator so we all had five hours together.

My biggest need for the day was to scan and email some important paperwork. Our work printer is not functioning as it should so I tried our home printer, but it too is not functioning as it should. I tried the local post office, but they don’t do that. I tried the library, but their computers were not operational today. We found an old scanner in the cupboard and we tried that but it was a no go.

In the end my only option was to photograph the pages with my phone and email them.

Fingers crossed they accept them as is.

I ticked two more things off my ‘to do’ list, for which I’m quite proud of myself. I’m not procrastinating and I’m working my way through that list steadily. So far, there has only been one hiccup which I’m fixing as quickly as policy will allow.

I have an early morning tomorrow with meditation back for the first time in about ten weeks, so I’d best get some sleep.

Nite all.

Vet Visit

Every visit to the vet seems to cost us more and more!

We now have psychotic dog, Colli, on heart medication permanently and psychotic dog, Ruby, on allergy injections permanently. They both came with us to the vet this morning while psychotic dog, Jack, enjoyed some quiet time at home for the first time ever!

Adoring Husband babysat the psychotic dogs in the car while I made a quick Office Works run, a quick Coles run and a quick Dan Murphy’s run.

Shopping list checked off, coffee drive thru complete, post office pick up (my Kmart trackies arrived) on the way home and we were parked in our garage by 12.30pm.

Jack seemed happy to see us because his little butt and tail were wiggling and wagging furiously when we walked through the door - that was after we woke him up because he’s too deaf to hear the car engine any more!

We had a quick bite for lunch and I came into my office bedroom to tick a couple more items off my to-do list.

Of course nothing is straight forward. There has to be a hiccup or two to keep me on my toes. Tick one wrong box against an ambiguous question and it starts a whole new ball rolling.

*sigh*

Slow and steady wins the race.

We had a very light dinner and have been in bed for an hour. AH is doing his usual trick snoring loud enough that I can’t hear any TV dialogue.

I wonder if the bed in the back bedroom is comfortable?

Nite all.

Starting Again

So much to do! So little time!

🎶 Makin’ a list. Checkin’ it twice.🎶

I spent the morning in bed (surprise!) making an extensive list of everything I need to do to establish my new business before The Motivator leaves on Saturday.

When we started the business 3 years ago, we combined my logo (the green circle with hearts emerging) with her business name - she had a website called The Happy Abode with colourful flowers as the logo.

We opted to do that agreeing that when we finished with the shop, we would each take our ‘bits’ back.

So I have selected a new name to put with my logo.

I made my list, which is slowly growing longer as I remember new things that I have to change, cancel, modify, transfer, establish, open and replace.

I jumped on the ASIC website and registered my new business name. That website has to be one of the worst government sites I’ve ever had to navigate!

This was my office space while I did that ...

After I finally got that sorted, I played around with my logo and the placement of the new name. Watch this space next weekend when I will reveal the new look!

Tomorrow, we head into The Bay, firstly to take psychotic dog Colli for a checkup now that she’s finished her heart medication and Ruby for her allergy injection.

Then to purchase some replacement equipment that The Motivator will be taking with her on Saturday.

Gotta get some alcohol for her farewell on Saturday too!

This week is going to be busy and hectic and exciting and challenging!

Wish me luck!

Nite all.