Triumphant Return

I’m baaaa-aaack!

At the beginning of each work day I put the date and a Title at the top of my sales page.

The titles are always something related to attracting abundance eg “Friday of Fortune” or “Wealthy Wednesday”.

Today’s title was “Triumphant Tuesday”.

It was indeed Triumphant!

I was so busy, I hardly had any time with my morning coffee girls, no time for lunch and certainly no time to price the stock that arrived yesterday!

At 1.20pm Adoring Husband phoned to ask if I’d looked at the BOM because there was a big storm coming and he wanted to see what it was doing before coming to get me.

I didn’t think it would hit, but after the last two storms, and to be on the safe side, I canceled the journaling class and we closed the shop, did a really quickly stop for groceries and arrived home just as the rain began falling.

There was plenty of rumbling thunder, not much rain and it was all over very quickly.

It wasn’t long until another line of storms formed …

We could hear it coming and decided to cook dinner early in case of a possible power failure.

This storm was another fizzer, which split in two and went around us.

We should be grateful because the last storm did this …

Of course we need rain but not the damage.

I had a great art class on Saturday and even though we didn’t quite finish, I was pleased with the progress.

Well, it’s rapidly approaching midnight so I should get some sleep. No meditation tomorrow so I get to sleep in a bit.

Nite all.

I'm Done

This is my last post for a while.

Too many things to mention but I hope to be back in a few days.

Meanwhile I have two links to share.

One is from a solicitor's website regarding the mandatory anthrax vaccine that all military personnel were required to take back in 2004 and the subsequent adverse reactions, immediate, short term and long term. 

The compensation that was offered afterwards and the withdrawal of the vaccine.

https://ptsdlawyers.com/anthrax-vaccine-presents-long-term-effects/

This next link is for the AFLA solicitors website. They are the group currently in the Supreme Court fighting for our right to choose. There is an interesting video interview on their home page that has great information.

https://aflsolicitors.com.au

I am currently in my shop, still with an hour to kill until closing time. It has been a steady day and I'm looking forward to going home and floating around in my pool for an hour.

Received some new stock yesterday afternoon. Gorgeous Serenade wallets and bags.

Enjoy the next few days and stay safe.

Nite all.

Long Day

Something in the air or a change of energy brought only five people to meditation this morning.

It was late yesterday that I found out The Gypsy couldn’t take the class, I had no contact details for the regulars and I knew it was too late to post it on the FB page so I was prepared to lead a discussion group and provide tea and coffee to fill the void.

Before I even offered, the first group of four decided to go for coffee so I received some warm hugs and off they went. 

The fifth person arrived soon after they’d left and we sat in the training room chatting for a little while before she received a phone call from those four people inviting her to join them, so off she went and I was given two extra hours in my work day!

I spent my first hour creating new files and filing.

As I was making a cup of tea at 8.30am, my first customer walked through the door. She browsed for about twenty minutes before complimenting the shop and making a good purchase.

I had a few customers just like that today.

I finalised a couple of orders.

I photographed all the lovely new jewellery that came in on Monday. These are a few of my favourite pieces …

I have to say that the extra two hours certainly wore me out and I was looking forward to heading home at 2pm.

Thankfully my good sales made the hours worth it.

At home I put my feet up for two hours - edited some photos of the jewellery and posted them to FB.

I cooked duck with vegetables for dinner, watched Gogglebox and Love it or List it then came to bed. 

It’s already 10.30pm and I’m buggered.

Nite all.

The Psychology of Conformity

This is a ten minute video about conformity vs nonconformity. I found it quite interesting. I’m not sure that you will but thought I’d share it anyway.

I had a great day at the shop. It was a slow start but I finished with a flourish and sales were impressive.

More stock arrived - essential oils, room sprays and reed diffusers - which I processed easily.

I started to photograph the new jewellery but didn’t get very far. I still need to photograph, price and display it and I have some new ideas because it’s too beautiful for basic displays.

I cancelled journaling because we had an art workshop tonight and I knew I couldn’t manage work, journaling and the art class.

This is the outcome …

It was far more challenging than I expected but I enjoyed the class and having six of my art girls join me made it pretty great.

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There were thirty in attendance including one male and I didn’t get photos of everybody’s work but everyone seemed to have a good time.

We were there for three hours and it’s the first time in nineteen months that I’ve been to the club! 

Anyway, it’s almost 11.30pm and I have meditation in the morning - which will be interesting because there’ll be no Gypsy to run the class. Eep I’ll be winging it!

Sleep time for me.

Nite all.

Financial Luck

There were unexpected savings aplenty for us today.

We drove into The Bay at around 9am and our first stop was Truckloads to purchase a Mont Marte Creative Art Station …

I phoned them on Friday to confirm that they had them in stock and to verify the price, which they quoted at $249. We could get it online for that price, but in addition would have to pay $65 shipping.

We quickly found the box on the floor and took it to the checkout where they charged us $200!

Unexpected that was!

A young man found a trolley and wheeled it to the car for us. The station has a metal frame and is quite heavy, so we were grateful for his assistance.

We decided to stop at Su Jus Cafe for a coffee and a green juice.

Nana’s Pantry was next on our nonexistent list to find tapioca flour and Roogenic’s tea. I got myself some more Anti-inflammitea because I drink it every day. I expected that they would hike the price up but it was the same as online - less the shipping.

Next we stopped at the framers to pick up my customer’s framed artwork. The original quote was for $245 but when I took the cash out of my purse he dropped it to $200!

Stocklands is where we had to take Adoring Husband’s hearing aids. Surprisingly and thankfully they are still under warranty (we thought the warranty had run out) so the broken one will be replaced and we sent the other one with it to be serviced. What luck!

I went for a walk to some clothes shops where I walked in without checking in - my little experiment to see if I got pulled up. No-one pulled me up or checked with me. 

I tried two white tops on in Just Jeans and almost bought them at $60 each, but at the last minute I decided that they weren’t exactly what I was after so I put them back on the rack.

I walked next door to Suzanne Grae’s where I found two white tops. A simple white t-shirt and a sleeveless white tunic style top. They were exactly what I was after and they were priced at $20 each so I took them to the counter where I was charged $27 in total!

That adds up to approximately $4,117 of unexpected savings for the day 🤗

There were fresh sunflowers in Coles so I grabbed two bunches and then found some beautiful big KP mangoes in the kiosk out the front, as well as some locally grown tomatoes - Roma and Beefsteak.

On the way home we stopped at Craignish and I bought some cooked sand crabs and tiger prawns.

We dropped the framed painting in at the shop and I checked the mail. My Natopia leggings finally arrived, as did my bottles of Vit 3D drops and a nice box of delicious silver and gemstone jewellery.

It was 2pm by the time we’d finished unpacking everything and sat down with our lunch.

We were both feeling a bit weary and at 4pm AH said he was going to lie down for a bit - that was three hours ago.

I got some washing off the line, tidied the mess I’d made in my bedroom this morning when I was trying to get ready and now I’m lying in bed ready to make a ‘to do’ list for tomorrow. There is much to do!

One thing that I discovered today is that my jeans are uncomfortably tight so it’s time to be more discerning about what goes into my mouth. The pool has warmed up at just the right time so I can get some movement and activity happening with this old body.

Tomorrow is going to be a big day with the shop, morning coffee with the girls, journaling and then an art class at the club in the evening!

I’ll try to remember to take pics!

Nite all.

Disturbing

I was so distracted reminiscing over old blog posts that I forgot to do Saturday’s post!

Oops.

I had a very slow Saturday at the shop, but luckily had a couple of visitors which helped the time pass quickly.

My first priority upon arriving home was to change into my swimmers and jump in the pool.

The water was perfect and I was having a fine relaxing and peaceful time soaking up the sun and listening to good music when suddenly Adoring Husband appeared and did his usual “let’s disturb the peaceful ambience and without any warning take an almighty leap into the middle of the pool” trick.

He thought he was hilarious until I asked “can I assume that you thought to take your hearing aids out?”

The smile disappeared, colour drained from his face as he reached up to feel for the aids and he rushed out of the pool to check if he’d taken them off inside the house.

Meanwhile, I spotted them on the bottom of the pool about 12” apart with Wally the mechanical pool cleaner rapidly approaching.

I dived under the water and was able to grab one of them but lost sight of the other so I was grappling underwater with Wally - like Steve Irwin wrestling with a crocodile - I had to drag Wally across to the other side of the pool because it was as if he was being drawn to the hearing aid like a bloody magnet!

Eventually I rescued the second hearing aid but it was too late.

I dried them and lay them in the sun hoping that the breeze and the sunshine would dry them completely and that they would still be in good working order, but alas one of them is dead.

*sigh*

That was the end of all tranquility.

Adoring Husband had a paleo pizza for dinner and I had a fresh fruit salad with blackberries, strawberries, watermelon, mango and raspberries.

For some strange reason I woke up at 3.30am Sunday morning and couldn’t get back to sleep so I played on my iPad until 5.45am then made myself some breakfast and a cup of tea. By 6.30am I was sound asleep again and didn’t wake up til 10.30am!

At 11.30am I was back in the pool where I stayed for about an hour. To dry off, I sat in my swinging egg chair with my iPad for another hour.

No frolicking husband this time!

I came inside to find AH watching the old movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

My plan was to clean my art room, but this is one of my all time favourite movies so of course I had to sit down and watch it.

After the movie I crumbed some chicken and cooked it up for our early-ish dinner, making one chicken Parma for AH.

We watched the Hey Hey It’s Saturday 50 Year Special and now here I am in bed.

Normally this would be my Covid post and while I do have some fresh information to share, I’ll save it for tomorrow.

AH and I have to head into The Bay tomorrow to pick up a framed painting for a customer, purchase an art station for my Art Studio and grab a few other things while we’re there. Well either do breakfast or lunch as well.

Let’s hope I get to sleep through the night without interruption.

Nite all.

Distraction Day

I lay in bed this morning thinking “Something is happening today … but what?”

I racked my brain but couldn’t, for the life of me, remember what it was.

So I pushed it from my brain and went to work.

There were a few sales in the morning up until 10.30am. Sales that did not reach my happy minimum and then came to an abrupt halt.

Adoring Husband had made comment about my almost 14,000 emails so I decided to start clearing them and got through almost 4000 (yes - four THOUSAND) before I was distracted.

I began to clear that disaster of a desk but was immediately distracted just clearing the first item.

I found some excess stock of jewellery in a draw so I decided to put it on display … but where?

The glass cabinets needed rearranging so I cleared space, dusted the shelves and polished the silver jewellery making room for the stock that I found and leaving room for the crazy amount of jewellery arriving next week.

We will need to assemble the two glass cabinets that have been stored in the bathroom because there is so much jewellery on it’s way … you know … ‘she who has limited self control’ requires more display area.

Just after midday, in walks my sales rep “LL” … THAT’s what I’d forgotten was happening today!

We sat in the back room going through the stock and I gave her a delayed order to be processed in November. Our meeting lasted about 30 minutes. I showed impressive self control.

I spent ten minutes in the kitchen scrubbing the paint off my sink and then washing the dishes.

What a lovely distraction happened next!

Rebel Mardi returned to make up for yesterday’s missed opportunity. We got to spend a good 45 minutes together catching up on so much news. I was truly delighted to have her all to myself for that time and she always takes me on a roller coaster of emotions.

Love ya Mardi 😘

As she departed, a customer walked in just before my closing time of 2pm. She wandered around for 15 minutes before deciding on her purchase and in the meantime her husband joined us. He and AH got chatting and it was 2.20pm when they left, but as they walked out, another young lady walked in!

She came in to purchase three “secret Santa” gifts and made her selections quite quickly.

Two pieces of jewellery that I had just moved to a new spot that day - one piece had been in the shop for four years and another for three! Just goes to show the value of rearranging stock!

So in the thirty minutes after I would normally be closed, I reached almost double my happy minimum in takings for the day.

I was very happy about that.

Since our new oven hasn’t been installed yet, it was up to me to cook our chicken wings for dinner. The electrician will be here next Thursday.

Here it is at 8pm and I’m ready for bed.

The football season is over so I can enjoy some early to bed Friday nights.

Tomorrow, I’m hoping for a fruitful Saturday morning followed by a swim in the pool.

Sorry, not sorry …

Nite all.

Reminiscing

One of the expert witnesses in the Supreme Court case that I’ve been live streaming stated yesterday that if you are fully vaccinated you are 13 times ‘more likely’ to catch and spread the virus.

When asked if vaccines were dangerous to pregnant women or women hoping to fall pregnant, she replied “yes”.

When asked “is it true that the vaccines have never been studied for effectiveness and safety?” she replied “Yes, they have never been fully studied.”

Just putting it out there 😋

I had a great day today!

Sales were crazy for the first half of the day which added to the nice ‘kitty’ that I’d set aside for this afternoons face time appointment with a jewellery supplier.

After lunch, I did some more work to the art that I started yesterday …

It’s going to be fun, easy and therapeutic in the next class.

I got distracted reading my blog from the very beginning when I was in New Zealand for Chicklet’s birth. It was a very emotional read and much more interesting back then, compared to some of the drivel that you’ve endured in recent years!

I’m amazed that I’ve kept this going for ten and a half years!

At 1.30pm Adoring Husband arrived.

At 1.50pm the supplier phoned me to set up for our appointment.

At 2pm my lovely friend Rebel Mardi unexpectedly walked through the door and Adoring Husband got to spend quality time with her because I was committed to my appointment 😩 It was so frustrating to be so close and yet so far and it was difficult to focus on the job at hand because I wanted it to be with Mardi 😢

Sadly, it wasn’t meant to be and I spent a veritable fortune on some prize jewellery pieces that should arrive by Tuesday next week. Some that I selected for my own personal collection 😬

It was well after 3pm when my call was finally terminated and we could pack up and go home. The supplier was supposed to call back 30 minutes later and also email me the invoices but I waited for over an hour before she finally came through. That was a bit annoying.

I was a bit shocked by how much I’d spent 😳 but she designs lovely pieces and I’m sure they will move well leading up to Christmas.

Tonight’s dinner was barramundi and salad.

I’m very tired now.

Nite all.

Another Hump Day

A great morning of meditation with lots of honest discussion and interesting questions.

Afterwards, The Gypsy stayed for an hour and we chatted behind my screen, while four of the ladies sat in the meditation room catching up. I joined them for their final twenty minutes after TG left.

It was a very quiet day for sales and I didn’t get close to my happy minimum.

I watched some of day 5 of the Supreme Court case regarding mandated vaccinations.

I did some art! In the next class, we will be embellishing some of the work that we did in the last class and I decided to practice it today on an old canvas. We’ll be painting birch trees over a paint pour. I’ll take a photo tomorrow and share it here.

I did NOT clear my desk 😳

Again.

I paid some invoices and have all my bills paid up to date.

I found some old stock and put it on display and thought about ordering more but found some self control.

Two lucky ‘finds’!

My precious little Hazie is 6 months old today …

I made my version of spring rolls for dinner tonight using turkey mince, carrot and zucchini wrapped in rice paper rolls and fried in coconut oil. They were a hit with Adoring Husband.

I can’t believe it’s already past 11pm. 

I’m so tired.

Nite all.

A Little Visit

What a fabulous surprise it was this morning to see Rebel Mardi and The Lifesaver walk into the shop!

I knew they were coming to town today and I hoped that they would be here early enough for RM to attend our coffee morning but I didn’t think that would really happen.

Unfortunately, between the five other ladies in attendance and those pesky customers, I didn’t get much conversation with my friend but I have to say that the energy in the room was reminiscent of the good old days before our girls all started dispersing throughout the state.

It was a good energy.

There were also times when the seven of us sounded like hens cackling in the henhouse!

Now that the school holidays are over, I was expecting a quieter day in the shop, so just passing my minimum happy number was no surprise.

I received a box of stock which I processed quickly and I received a phone call from a rep who was in The Bay and who offered to deliver the stock that I’d ordered at the end of last week. She brought cases full of jewellery which I sorted through and from which I ordered a ridiculous number of items.

The day passed so quickly and journaling was canceled so Adoring Husband and I vacuumed the shop and set up for tomorrow’s meditation.

When I arrived home I hung out some washing, folded some washing, got changed, made myself a pot of tea and put my feet up to watch Tipping Point.

I’m not even going to tell you my sad tale of dinner disappointment.

It’s now after midnight! I need to be up early for meditation so I’m signing off!

Nite all.

A Little Fact

I was unaware, until recently, that in 1955 the first polio vaccine actually infected over 40,000 children WITH polio. 

The vaccine was withdrawn and it took another five years to develop a safe and effective polio vaccine.

Did you know that?

Just putting it out there.

I had a very pleasant Monday.

It was both relaxing and productive.

I had my first swim in the pool for this season and it was amazing.

It was super windy but the water was perfect. I swam ten laps which I thought was enough for my first time … my arm muscles might complain about that tomorrow! I did some stretching and dancing in the water and of course my favourite thing ... l floating in the sunshine ☀️

I admired the outline of my turtle on the wall which is still waiting to be painted 😳

Of course I did lots more covid/vac research and dropped a few people from my Facebook friends list - the angry ones who have been brainwashed and hate people like me for looking past mainstream media and discovering truths.

Even though they have nothing to support their beliefs except the mainstream narrative, they make derogatory posts insulting the people who think differently to them and I am one of those people. If they want to insult me, I don’t need them on my newsfeed or in my life.

I try to keep FB clear of negativity. I’m not always successful but I continue to try.

Adoring Husband and I drove to the shop to clear the art room ready for coffee morning tomorrow. It didn’t take long because most of the cleaning up was done by the girls on Saturday after art, but the kitchen is still pretty messy.

I’ll worry about that tomorrow.

After we got home, I phoned The Motivator who has been in Sydney lockdown for three months and seems to be coping quite well. We talked for well over an hour, sharing lots of covid information and catching up on life events.

It doesn’t matter if we’re on the phone or face to face, we talk a LOT! I guess that happens with like-minded people/friends.

In the end we had to hang up to cook dinner, but by then I couldn’t be bothered so I made cheese and tomato toasties for AH and I ate my prawns. I also fed him a big bowl of blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and cream sprinkled with grated premium dark chocolate (the raw chunks from Nanas Pantry). 

He was pretty happy with that.

We’ve had a couple of big storms scoot by us this evening. One of them was heading right for us but it split in two and half went south and the other half went north!

It’s almost 11.30pm and I’m feeling quite weary. Sleep time for me.

Nite all.

Trying Hard

This is blog post one of two - the covid version. Your choice.

The truth is trying really hard to reach the masses.

I watched a one hour video this morning where they were interviewing maybe 50 people in Israel who were themselves vaccine injured OR they had lost a child, parent or sibling to a vaccine death. At the end, the producer said that there were thousands of people in that situation and many of them were afraid to be on camera because of possible ramifications from the government.

When anybody tries to post this information on Twitter, it is either censored OR people attack the person for posting it because it will stop others from choosing to vaccinate 😳

Is there anybody out there making informed decisions anymore? Is everybody listening to just one side of the story and making decisions based on that one sided information? Do they believe that anything that goes against what they are told by media and govt is a lie?

I have watched at least 100 short 2 or 3 minute videos made by people who have been vaccine injured. Bells Palsy, stroke, blood clots, myocarditis, pericarditis, bleeding skin rashes, arthritis of all descriptions, miscarriages, gynaecological problems, paralysis, fluid on the brain, severe tinnitus, shingles, muscle weakness, haemorrhaging and the list goes on.

These conditions happened anywhere from ‘instantly’ to 2 months after the jab and at best some of them have 50% recovered after 6 months.

I am just one person spending one day a week searching for answers. 

I am limited to the few platforms that I know about and I’m sure there are many more available that I haven’t discovered yet.

I attempted to watch some old videos (12 of them) that I’d saved from YouTube last year of Doctors or Scientists providing covid facts and every one of them have been removed with a message telling me that they didn’t meet with YouTube rules and standards.

Facebook either block or remove any video that goes against the mainstream agenda.

There have been Facebook groups formed - people who have been vaccine injured, people who are ‘pro-choice’, people whose employers are forcing them to vaccinate or lose their job, people from the medical industry who don’t want to be jabbed, teachers who don’t want to be jabbed, police who don’t want to be jabbed, truckies who don’t want to be jabbed … the list is endless and these people are from all over the world and the groups have thousands of members.

Slowly, one by one, they are being shut down by Facebook.

Why?

Because there is strength in numbers and if everybody who knows the truth find each other, the government is going to be in a lot of strife. 

With both international AND interstate travel bans still in force, we have nowhere to go and we can’t rely on help from anywhere else. Each state has to fight for their own rights. Each profession has to fight for their own rights. 

Surely when you see doctors, nurses, paramedics and police standing down and joining protest rallies, it has to mean something? 

Oh that’s right … the media aren’t telling you about them are they?

The media tell you that a ‘few hundred’ trouble makers wanting a fight were protesting when in actual fact there were 15,000 protesters. They edit their footage and show you the worst bit from their own angle. 

They don’t show you the footage where they sneak up behind unarmed Australians who are simply standing there and slam their bodies (and heads) into the ground. Males and females of all ages including a woman in her 70s.

They don’t show you the footage where they aim rubber bullets at peaceful protestors and they don’t show you the damage that those bullets do.

They don’t show you the footage of police pepper spraying random people, including children or innocent cyclists none of whom are even a part of the protests.

They don’t show you footage of 20 police personnel dressed in black all attacking two young men standing outside a shopping centre chatting. Even though the young men see them coming, they don’t even attempt to run because they have no idea what’s happening and they are thrown to the ground with knees in their backs and handcuffed.

There is no warning, no explanation, no reading of rights, just police screaming obscenities and keeping them on the ground.

All of these police have their faces covered by helmets so they can do anything they please to whomever they please. It reminds me of the worst cases in USA where I always said “only in America” but now Australia is the focus of the world and commentators are shocked at the violence - not by the protestors, but by our law enforcement.

The media are training Australians to believe that it’s necessary and it’s interesting how in one part of Sydney - the poorest areas - they are sending the police out in force, while in Bondi, Manly and the northern beaches, they are allowed to do this …

How does that even make sense?

The latest from the TGA website …

Pretty amazing how 535 reports of death after vaccination (remembering that only 10% at best are reported) have been whittled down to 9 confirmed. This means that 526 deaths were just ‘coincidence’?

Really?

Anyway, that’s my weekly vent. Take from it what you will. Ignore it if you wish.

I’m sad and afraid for what is happening to this country and to the people. It’s not about covid anymore. Surely you can see there is another agenda, because nothing makes sense. Surely you are feeling just a little bit suspicious? 

Nite all.

Surprise!

This is number two of two blog posts - the covid-free one 🤗

There was no Sunday in bed for me.

It was a stunningly beautiful day. The temperature was mild. The breeze was just right. The sun was shining. The sky was blue.

We drove into The Bay.

We bought an oven!

It is a pyrolytic self cleaning oven that has an inbuilt air fryer! I’ve never used an air fryer before but I’ve heard good things. This oven has very good reviews and will hopefully last longer than the last two.

It’s being delivered on Tuesday.

After we organised the oven, which took about 15 minutes, we went to Officeworks where I intended to spend $20 but ended up spending $140! You know how it is.

Bunnings was next where we hoped to find a particular lawn mower. No luck there, but my god, there were people everywhere!! It took us ten minutes to find a park and the queues at the checkout were almost out to the garden section! 

Note to self: Don’t go to Bunnings on a Sunday.

Off to Stocklands to do some grocery shopping, but first we found Su Jus Cafe where I ordered my fave J6 juice, AH got a coffee and we each selected a peanut butter slice which was ‘to die for’!

I was lucky enough to score six beautiful sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 from Coles, we got our groceries, stopped at Craignish on the way home for some fresh seafood and lucky for us, the car battery did not go flat.

By the time we arrived home, AH was not feeling great so while he rested, I unpacked the groceries, made him some lunch, fed the dog, shelled my crab and made my lunch and we watched a Netflix movie together.

I crumbed some chicken for dinner.

We watched the NRL Grand Final and were both disappointed in the outcome. Not a fan of Penrith. Big fan of Souths and Wayne Bennett.

Now it’s well after 11pm so I’m off to sleep.

Nite all.