Distracted

I was so distracted by everything yesterday that I completely forgot to post here!

I was very busy, between customers, setting up for the art workshop. 

The method that we were attempting this week required a few extra resources like 2 different sizes of paint brushes, a stencil for each person which I had to print out, cut out, laminate and then cut out again. It was the first time that I’d used my new laminator and on the first attempt I jammed the damned thing!

We needed lead pencils, pins, acrylic paint pens and then all the usual stuff like paints, Floetrol, cups, stirring sticks, gloves, paper towel, tubs of water, cloths, silicone mats, spray bottles, oil droppers and more.

It’s no easy feat and takes me 2 days to set up - because I choose to do it inside work hours and try to do it with the least amount of stress and pressure possible. Adoring Husband plays a big hand in it too.

Everybody enjoyed the class today and one of the ladies brought a bottle of wine - which we shared between 8 of us! It was delicious and I saved the bottle for future reference!

That same lady has booked me to run a class for adults at her house in December. While her daughter is enjoying her first birthday party, the female adults will be drinking wine and painting up a storm! Sounds like fun!

Thank goodness the girls all pitch in and clean up the mess after class so there is very little for me to do except fold up the tables and move the completed art works. 

It was a good sales day on Friday and even better on Saturday.

We arrived home around 4pm and even though my back was killing me and my body was complaining loudly, I went straight to the kitchen where I cooked chicken three ways - pork and chicken meatballs, chicken wings plus chicken thighs with tomato and onion.

THEN I put my feet up and watched the footy.

My back thanked me.

I’m looking forward to spending some self caring time in bed tomorrow. My journaling lesson is already prepared so I don’t have to do any work over the next two days.

Now its midnight.

Sleep time!

Nite all.

Over and Out

Another one of those days that passed so quickly it took my breath away!

Adoring Husband put the folding tables up this morning so that I could set up for the art workshop, but the day and the customers and the delivery and the visitors got the better of me and no setting up happened.

It was a good sales day 👍

The Welsh Wonder visited me with coffee and we looked online for floating pool chairs. It took a bit of searching, but we eventually found what we hope will be the perfect chairs for our Summer floating activities.

A delivery of stock finally arrived - they claimed they attempted delivery on Monday, but we all know that’s a fib because AH and I were there waiting!

It took a while to unpack, check off, price and display everything because I had to rearrange some display areas to fit the new stuff in! I’d better sell a lot of stuff in the next week because there’s more stock arriving next week.

We removed all of the art from the treatment room and put it in the training room but I’m not sure where it’s going next. It could be home or it could be some random corner of the shop somewhere. Pfft. I dunno.

There were late customers and we didn’t lock and leave the shop until 2.30pm. I usually close at 2pm.

I did a few chores before sitting down this afternoon and then prepared an early dinner for AH who was off to SES training. Luckily he had done most of the hard work by putting the meat in the slow cooker earlier in the day so I didn’t have to do much. He’s a champion.

Now it’s almost midnight so it’s sleep time for me.

Nite all.

Over The Hump

What a day!

Another emotional meditation morning. Only nine in attendance but a powerful session with amazing aha moments.

The Gypsy had to leave straight after the session because she had big plans and the usual ladies stayed behind for coffee and then extended their time with some crafty time together.

I didn’t get to join them because I had customers to serve and suppliers on the phone as well as one in the shop. The fabulous Daniel who was selling hats AND promoting his own t-shirt business which I absolutely loved, so that’s next on my radar and for which I’ll be saving some pennies to purchase.

Oh there was another lady from Brisbane who had asked me last year if I would look at her hand made jewellery but The Motivator was away at the time so I asked this lady to come back when TM returned. This lady had some family issues and had to return home to deal with everything and never got back to me ... until today.

She left her very large bag of goodies with me and I spent some time today choosing some pieces that I loved, the total of which was too much, so I culled half and was happy with my end result.

It was a good sales day - but I spent 6 times the amount I made! 😳

I feel that the universe is testing my financial resolve and I’m walking the tight rope ... to the right is a financial bonanza and to the left is financial ruin! 🤣🥴😄 Which way will I fall?

Just joking ... I’m rubbing my hands with glee and enjoying this challenge - the challenge is staying efficiently focused and managing my time balancing work, relationship and self care in a healthy way.

So far, so good.

Before we came home this afternoon, I had to send a parcel off to a customer who purchased from her home on the Sunny Coast via my Facebook page.

Sadly, the coffee machine at our local was under repair so there was no afternoon caffeine hit for me.

When I arrived home, I had just enough motivation to do a load of washing, but after that I was in shut down mode. It was even leftovers for dinner so not a lot of effort was required there.

Look at this fabulous photo of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn waiting in the wings at the Oscars in 1938 (I think).

Now I’m off to sleep so that I’m ready for a busy and profitable Thursday!

Nite all.

One Fine Day

Tuesday morning coffee with the girls sounded pretty good from where I was standing.

My attention was taken by non paying customers so, sadly, I had precious little time with my friends this morning.

After they departed, things really picked up and sales were above average for the day.

Luckily I had completed the lesson for today’s journaling group because I had no time in the day for the usual finishing touches.

Finally, one of the deliveries turned up, though it wasn’t the one I was expecting, and this meant a good part of my day was checking, pricing and displaying essential oils, room sprays, body lotions, mini diffusers and incense sticks.

I sold out of Himalayan salt pipes so I need to order more tomorrow!

The cleaner turned up at 2pm and spent the hour removing everything from the centre table, cleaning it and dusting each and every item before replacing it. I can’t remember the last time that table was completely cleaned like that!

The ladies also arrived at 2pm for the journaling class and we all shared our memories and laughed and focused on our writing. There were seven pages of questions to prompt and trigger and awaken our memory banks. We all agreed that our discussions over some of the questions really brought back some great memories.

Adoring Husband helped me fold up the tables so that I could set the room for meditation in the morning.

Some of the ladies from meditation have decided to form their own little craft group so my training room will be put to good use on Wednesdays.

Curried chicken for dinner tonight which included onion, mushroom, cauliflower, snow peas and spinach for extra nutritional value.

It’s almost 10:30pm and I’m all snuggled in bed wearing my new super soft pyjamas and ready for an early night.

Nite all.

Waiting Game

A friend posted this on FB today and I love it so I thought I’d share it here.

"If the mountain seems too big today,

Then climb a hill instead.

If the morning brings you sadness,

It's okay to stay in bed.

If the day ahead weighs heavy

And your plans feel like a curse,

There's no shame in re-arranging,

Don't make yourself feel worse.

If a shower stings like needles

And a bath feels like you'll drown,

If you haven't washed your hair for days,

Don't throw away your crown!

A day is not a lifetime,

A rest is not defeat.

Don't think of it as failure,

Just a quiet, kind retreat.

It's okay to take a moment

From an anxious, fractured mind.

The world will not stop turning

While you get realigned.

The mountain will still be there

When you want to try again,

So climb it in your own time

...and love yourself 'til then." 

By Laura Ding - Edwards — at Agent Dynamics

Adoring Husband and I spent 2 hours at the shop waiting for a delivery that never arrived. I think it might have been with the early courier.

We found some small jobs to do while we were there so it wasn’t a total lost cause.

At home, I got some washing done and tried on the four new swimsuits that I bought online. I like them all bar one.

I haven’t talked about my nutrition for a while. Today’s: lemon water, bacon, avocado, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, coffee, berry smoothie (blueberries, strawberries, banana, coconut water & a scoop of vegan ice cream), pork sausage and salsa (cucumber, capsicum, tomato, shallots, apple, avocado & sprouts), GF cookie, lots of water.

Now I’m going to sleep like a baby - because AH is sleeping silently after using the Himalayan Salt pipe again today.

Nite all.

Sunday of Productivity

It's 4:30pm on a Sunday and I'm still in bed as I write this ... surprise surprise!

It has been an incredibly productive day and I've designed and created lessons 3 and 4 of the journaling class which comprises of 19 pages worth of typing. 

Here is one page of one class ... 

Any of those questions that are significant for you will be turned into a story to add to the journal. The story should only take ten minutes to create. That's the beauty of this class. Small steps to create a meaningful story of your life.

I'm going to create it as an online course. Each lesson will include a 5 minute video of my fabulous self talking about what the lesson entails and then there will be a downloadable lesson for people to either edit on screen or print out to complete by hand. 

Sounds easy right? 🤪

I've also created the ad for the local newsletter and written up a community news item about what's happening in the training room of the shop. I paid the invoice for last month's advertisement.

It might be time for me to get out of bed, stretch my legs and get some blood circulating through my body! I have to collect all of my print outs from the printer anyway!

I am happy and looking forward to a great week ahead!

Nite all.

I’m Late! I’m Late!

It’s almost midnight and I just realised I forgot to do this!

It’s been crazy weather today and my big heavy “OPEN” sign that usually sits strong and sturdy at the front door of the shop was thrown against the glass front and then dragged along the path towards the rear car park, over the step into the driveway where it smashed onto its side!

Luckily the “Town Spokesperson” was there and was able to pull it upright for me and wheel it back to the shop where I made the decision to park it inside the front door. Thank goodness there was no car driving into or out of the car park at the time because that huge sign could have done some serious damage!

We’ve received some good rainfalls and I think there’s a bit more on the way yet.

Considering the dreadful weather, I was happy with today’s sales and I had time to clear some paperwork, create more files (seems to be a never ending job), print some invoices, pay a supplier and browse through some catalogues.

I made a lengthy “to do” list for my Sunday in bed and imagined my addition to the piece of art that I’m working on.

We were home by 1.30pm and I put a load of washing on before putting my feet up to watch the movie “About Time” which was supposed to be a comedy but had me in tears for a good portion of it. I enjoyed it though.

Super Saturday football was disappointing because my team lost a game that most predicted they would win.

Now I’m off to sleep.

Nite all.