Blinder

As far as business goes, I’m very pleased to say it’s been a blinder of a week.

As far as I go, I drank a whole bottle of Chardonnay after art this afternoon, got blind drunk and made myself very ill.

I won’t go into detail.

I have no photos of our art to share. I’ll take pics on Monday.

Since I’m still in recovery mode, I shall end here.

Nite all.

Thank you Universe

The majority of my day was steady.

Two more recently returned locals touched base with me. It seems strange that seven of my regular customers all left town around the same time to travel and all returned after a few months at around the same time!

They mustn’t have spent enough money while they were away because they spent freely in my shop.

Thirty minutes before closing I added up my takings and was feeling quite pleased with how the day had ended … but in fact, it had NOT ended … with 20 minutes remaining til close, a bare footed woman with fly away hair and wearing black bike shorts and singlet top came bursting through the doors and like someone on a mission made a beeline towards the clothes.

I could hear her rummaging and the wooden coat hangers were clapping together as she checked each item individually and within ten minutes, she walked to the counter with three of my high ticket items. She made comment how two of them would look fabulous together and then asked how much they totalled. 

She then rushed out the door declaring that she would return with money.

I trusted that she would return, packed the items and waited …

It felt like an eternity but five minutes later, she returned with a handful of cash, announced that I should continue posting photos on my Facebook page because that’s the second time she’s been drawn to the shop to spend a fortune.

Then off she flew with her bag of goodies.

Thank you universe for providing another magic day!

I had a practice run for art class on Saturday and figured out what I needed to change.

The Brains Trust visited with her 8 foot tall grandie (maybe I exaggerate a little) and a while after she left, Aggie popped in, still walking a little gingerly from her recent surgery.

Adoring Husband arrived to close the shop.

I arrived home, got changed, ate a late lunch, drank my anti-inflammatory tea and then had to bathe not so psychotic dog Colli.

She’s very old, has very few teeth so she drools onto her facial fur and it coagulates into black disgusting muck. The same thing happens around her weepy eyes so I sat her in the laundry tub full of water and worked her clean. I gave her facial hair a trim too.

It’s now almost 11pm and I have a big day tomorrow with art in the afternoon.

Nite all.

That’s Tricky!

I did actually write a post for yesterday’s “Howzat” heading but somehow the post got deleted and all you got was the title! 

Howzat indeed 😳

In a nutshell, Wednesday was a great sales day. Meditation class was low on numbers but we learnt about and discussed ‘ego’ and finding the sweet spot between inferiority and superiority where we feel no pain. 

Adoring Husband started to set up the training room for art.

I received more stock and had to rearrange displays to fit it in!

We tried GF soft shell tacos for the first time and loved them.

Thursday was a bit quieter. 

Average sales.

A visit from Mrs Bucket, The Artful Dodger and two locals who have just returned from extended trips around the state. It was nice of them to pop in and let me know they were back.

I received a box of Intrinsic stock which took an hour to process. 

I paid for other orders that have now been despatched and will arrive next week. Some giftware and some quality colourful leather wallets.

Gale force conditions sent my big heavy OPEN sign rolling up the path, into the car park and over onto its side! It’s a heavy monster for little ol’ me to be lifting back up. I managed it, though I almost busted my fufoo valve!

AH finished setting up the tables for art.

I decided to make myself a pot of Roogenic’s Anti-inflammitea when I got home this afternoon and I can’t tell you how calming that was - my body went into total ‘relax’ mode. I’m gunna get me some more of that magic tea! 

We had leftovers with hard taco shells for an early dinner so that AH could go to SES training.

We watched the acceptable outcome of The Bachelor followed by an acceptable outcome for the football.

It’s almost 11pm and time for me to sleep.

Nite all.

Howzat?

Friday Yet?

First day in for the week and I’m already exhausted!

Coffee with the girls was great and it was so nice to have Aggie back in the fold. She’s looking good although obviously not yet fully recovered.

Because of those pesky customers, I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with the girls and I’m not even sure what time The Brains Trust left.

I had two boxes of new stock to unpack, check, price and display. That meant rearranging other displays to make room for the new stock. There will be more stock tomorrow and Thursday.

It was incredibly busy in the afternoon and sales were great!

Thirty minutes before closing, it finally got quiet so I had time to clear the training room enough to make space for the journaling class, which in the end got cancelled!

Adoring Husband and I set up the  room for meditation and I vacuumed the training room and the shop floors before we left.

I enjoyed a couple of hours with my feet up and cooked dinner early. Barramundi with salad.

There was no reality TV To watch tonight so I came to bed at 7.30pm.

It’s now 9pm and it’s sleep time for me.

Nite all.

My Right to Rant

This is your warning … stop reading now if you don’t want to hear what I have to say.

Dr Christina Parks Testimony House Bill 4471 in Michigan.

I know that there are some of you who are already vaccinated and don’t want to hear anything other than the media and your friends telling you “Good job!” and “Well done” and “Thanks to you, the world will be a safer place for our sick, elderly and our children”

However, we need to be properly aware of the realities that are being expressed by qualified doctors, scientists and medical professionals from all around the world. The realities that the media, your government and pharmaceutical companies are not telling you.

I have a library of videos, links to research, excerpts from the websites of  CDC (Centre for Disease Control and Prevention), FDA (Food and Drug Administration), TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration - part of the Australian Government Department of Health), the Lancet and other respected medical journals, interviews with scientists, medical professionals, specialists in the fields of disease and virology, professionals with decades of experience, some of whom are Nobel prize recipients just to mention a few.

I think I figured out after about 3 or 4 months into the Covid story, to not share much information because for a lot of my friends, sadly, ignorance is bliss and they believe that the world leaders, governments, the wealthy and powerful, pharmaceutical companies, the media and their doctors have their best interests at heart and will always lead them in the safest direction.

The people with the most to gain - pharmaceutical corporations and the wealthy/powerful (who incidentally have more than tripled their wealth and power since this all began) are the only ones feeding the media, governments and your doctor the information that you receive.

That information is manipulated, leaving out vital details, embellishing misinformation and adding vocabulary to instil drama and fear.

I avoid all news stories/programs/papers/magazines/TV as much as possible but every so often I’ll step into the world of news to experience the drama and study the patterns of vocabulary, dramatic music, manipulating rhetoric and divisive, anger provoking language.

It infuriates me for many reasons, but mostly because it helps me understand the strange conversations I have with the highly ‘conditioned’ people of this country. The people whose only education comes from the news and who totally believe that any information that comes from elsewhere is a lie.

They negatively judge anyone who chooses to educate themselves with facts and evidence from outside the mainstream media and blame those people for all that is wrong with our current situation.

I know that the majority of my friends, including Adoring Husband, stopped reading this post way before this paragraph.

I feel a bit sad because nobody gives a rat’s pizzle about what I believe, what I’ve discovered or how I feel. Mostly I am laughed at or made fun of like I am a joke.

I feel confused that with all of the information available at our fingertips, so few people are inclined to search for truth.

I feel angry that so many have been emotionally manipulated into doing something that in the end will have no affect on anyone except themselves and probably not in a good way.

I feel frustrated that the information NOT being shared by the media holds so much more weight and value and makes so much more sense than what is being handed to us day to day.

I feel grateful to anybody who has read this post to the end. 

Thank you.

Nite all.

TBTBday

A couple of weeks late because when five people are involved, sometimes life gets in the way, but today we lunched for The Brains Trust’s birthday.

Minus our girl Aggie ☹️ and still missing Lady Lynn.

TBT is celebrating the final year of her 60s!

She selected Arkarra Gardens Cafe at Dundowran for lunch which is a lovely outdoor cafe nestled in partly landscaped, partly natural bush land on the edge of a large lagoon. There are Bali huts scattered throughout and the food and service is very good.

After lunch we strolled through the walking tracks taking in the lush bush land, listening to the bird life and making fun of each other.

We were only out for a couple of hours but it was quality time and not nearly as exhausting as our usual shopping lunches!

The icing on the cake (we actually had no cake) was the beautiful heavy rain that was drenching the town as we drove home. A couple of hours later we got a second storm with heavy rain and hail. No damage but the residual PTSD was evident in Adoring Husband.

I cooked up some vegetables and homemade gravy to have with leftover roast chicken for dinner.

We watched The Voice.

We are in bed. 

It’s been a good day and I’m looking forward to some time in bed tomorrow.

Nite all.

Make Up Sales

Today was a blinder!

Not quite record breaking but it certainly made up for Friday’s low sales … and then some!

There were a couple of times when I had a queue of people waiting to be served!

My only quiet time was the last hour when I chose to plant my butt and take a breath and shut down my brain.

Adoring Husband helped me shut up shop, we did a little grocery shopping and came home to watch some Netflix.

I did my washing and we watched the football - I got all 3 of today’s games wrong on my tipping card. Not that it matters because I’m coming 2nd last in our family group.

It’s almost 11pm so it’s time to sleep.

Tomorrow is lunch with the Babes minus Aggie who is still recovering from surgery. It’s a later start than usual so I still get to sleep in a little.

The weather will be perfect. The food will be delicious. We will be surrounded by nature. The company will be the best.

Watch this space for photos.

Nite all.

Life Choices

 For my friends and family who have recently received their CV shot or who know they will get one soon, awesome for you. I can see how relieved you are and I’m so glad that this option is available for you!

For my friends who aren’t sure they will get one just yet, or already know that they never will, I want to throw some love and respect your way too. I am happy that you have that choice. Medical freedom is important. 

The wonderful thing about informed consent is that two people with the same information, can make two completely different choices and neither of them is right or wrong. That is what medical freedom is and should be. 

There are benefits and risks to every medical procedure. Doing the “right thing” means you’ve weighed the risks and benefits for yourself, and are making an informed decision! The only wrong decision IMO is made purely out of fear, social pressure or emotional reactivity. If you have researched your decision and are comfortable with it....great! 

What’s right for one person, may be wrong for the other, both on an intuitive and biological level. We’re all doing the best we can with the information we hopefully have spent time digging into. 

Let this be a gentle reminder *for all* to please respect each other and be mindful of the message we put out there. 

Not everyone is “wrong” because they believe differently than you. They very likely have just as strong a reason for their choice as you.

Remember this information is also part of ones personal health information act and you have the right to not answer when asked whether you choose to get the shot or not. 

So whether you choose; 

✅CV shot 

✅No shot 

✅Tequila shot 🤪 

You’re okay in my books and I respect YOUR DECISION 

You’re NOT ok in my books when you start being rude to others because they made a decision that was BEST for them. 

😎 “Copied + pasted”

I was very busy today but sales were low.

I must have spent close to two hours on the phone with four different sales reps. I was given a big bag of hand made jewellery to sift through, by a lady who visits town annually. I purchased her jewellery last year and sold all but two items, so it took me about 45 minutes to select my favourites from her collection today.

My macrame lady also popped in with two of her pieces that I requested shells be attached. She’s done a good job.

Because my sleep was very restless last night, I was feeling tired and lethargic by 1pm and the last hour of the day was a struggle for me.

This afternoon Adoring Husband was not feeling the best, so he lay down for a couple of hours. Instead of his usual Friday night fare, I heated up last night’s leftover green chicken curry for his dinner and I enjoyed a chicken, avocado and lettuce sandwich.

We’ve been watching the football but it’s almost 9pm and I’m ready for 😴 🛌 

Nite all.

Thirsty Thursday

I started my day with a big fat green juice.

Baby spinach, apple, cucumber, celery, mint, coconut water and a scoop of powder which contains prebiotics, probiotics, digestive enzymes and other vitamins and minerals. 

I was hoping it would give me an energy boost big enough to help me clean my desk, unpack new stock, steam the clothes, serve the customers, order more tissue paper and wrapping paper and answer my emails.

It didn’t.

By midday, I’d lost my mojo and parked my butt for the remainder of the day only moving it to serve customers.

Sales were good!

I had a brief visit from Mrs Bucket. She blew in and blew out like a little whirlwind.

Adoring Husband and I visited the butcher for a bulk buy just in case the truckies blockade next week.

As soon as we arrived home, I was straight into the kitchen putting a whole chook in the oven and also preparing a green curry chicken for dinner.

AH had SES training tonight so it was an early dinner for us both because he had to leave at 5.30pm.

On that note, I am off to bed. The Bachelor is over and I’ll watch the rest of the footy in bed.

Nite all.

Prepped

After hearing warnings that next week, Australian truck drivers will be blocking all the highways into every state, Adoring Husband and I decided to do a little prepping.

We drove into The Bay and filled our trolley with enough supplies to sustain us until mid September.

Even if the blockade doesn’t happen, we won’t have to visit The Bay for a while, which is always a good thing!

There didn’t seem to be too many in the supermarket with the same idea as us but I’m thinking that as the time draws nearer and the media start spruking, people will start panic buying.

We have sufficient toilet paper 😬

There were only two empty seats at meditation this morning and we discussed vices, virtues and powers.

It was a good class and afterwards, some of the girls remained behind for a chat while The Gypsy used the treatment room with a client.

The shop was quiet in the morning so I got some more quality time with The Gypsy.

Sales were average.

I received all the goodies that I ordered for the jewellery/trinket class that I’ll be running next month.

I attempted to purchase some Floetrol from Bunnings. They were out of stock so I went online and ordered 2 x 4L bottles.

I was hoping to receive some Cenzoni leather phone wallets today - specifically for a customer who is leaving town for a couple months but unfortunately they didn’t arrive so she’ll have to wait until she returns.

It has indeed been a long day so I’m ready to sleep.

Nite all.

Back in Style

It was the perfect start to the day with The Brains Trust, Maid Marian and Beauty having coffee with me at the shop. We talked a LOT and it was after 11am when they left to enjoy the remainder of their day.

My cleaner came early and I had her steaming her little heart out for an hour. There is still a lot more to do but she reduced my load considerably and I should finish that chore tomorrow.

I had more stock delivered today in the form of essential oils, incense and candles so I also have some pricing to do tomorrow.

That desk is still waiting!

Sales were very good.

I have some phone wallets arriving tomorrow and I need to order some Intrinsic coffee mugs and magnetic lists.

The early part of tomorrow is going to be nice and cold and I have an early start for meditation.

After work, Adoring Husband and I will be driving into The Bay for supplies so it’s going to be a long day.

Best get some sleep.

Nite all.

Lift Off!

And we had lift off!!

I finally got my trip to Childers!

We left a little bit earlier than necessary and surprisingly (or not), I suggested to Adoring Husband that because we had some time to spare, we should pop into the shoe shop!

😬

The results of that trip …

After my retail therapy, I met with The Gypsy and we drank a large ginger, mango and passion fruit juice over a two hour period while we shared feelings, thoughts, experiences, beliefs and ideas. 

The time passed incredibly fast but it was quality time and I left feeling energised and rejuvenated and inspired.

The traffic was pretty crazy on the highway both on the way to Childers and again on the return trip. The drive is not pleasant when everyone is in such a hurry to get to their destination, with lots of tailgating and risky overtaking. 

We were home well before 1.30pm and I prepared lunch while AH rested up after the stressful drive.

At 4pm we headed down to the shop to clear the training room ready for Tuesday coffee and journaling.

I cooked creamy chicken and mushrooms with broccoli and cauliflower for dinner.

We watched The Voice.

Now we’re in bed.

Feeling weary.

Nite all.