Saturday = Sunday

Today was Saturday but I called it my Sunday because we are opening The Happy Abode tomorrow, which is everybody else's Sunday.

Again, I have enjoyed my three days off, though I was not the slightest bit productive and have nothing to show for my time, except a very relaxed demeanour.

The pool has been curing nicely in the back yard so there are no updated photos to share.

This is what my bath mat looks like ...

... it's what happens when your entire back yard consists of fine black sand.

The Motivator had a very successful day in the shop today and I'm hoping that tomorrow will be equally successful for me.

It's been a warm day and we turned on the air conditioner for a while, commenting that it would be nice to go for a dip in the pool right about now!

Won't be long now.

Commiserations to Adoring Husband whose footy team lost the AFL grand final today by a lousy 5 points.

I hope that Melbourne Storm win the NRL grand final tomorrow - although it really doesn't matter that much to me. Both teams are worthy opponents.

I'm feeling a bit peckish, so I think I'll have some papaya before bed.

Nite all.

Moving Fast

Early this morning, our yard was full of workers waiting for the big yellow truck to bring the concrete.

Not a lot was happening for a couple of hours - just double checking the formwork and plenty of talk and laughter.

Once it all started, it was full on! It was loud and messy and busy ...

... the 'blind' guy arrived an hour after the concreting had begun so that he could take the measurements for the indoor/outdoor kitchen. We selected colours before he left and then Adoring Husband had a meeting at SES and I had a meeting at The Happy Abode.

The Motivator and I did some catching up and I checked out the new stock that arrived yesterday. I served a couple of customers when it got really busy and a little after 2.30pm I met up with AH who had come to buy coffee and we left to rendezvous at The Motivator's house to pick up some cardboard.

When I arrived home, we inspected the pool site and I took some photos before making myself presentable for the usual Friday night at the club.

It was an unlucky night for all of us and the club was very busy and full of tourists and very loud. Having said that, the bus was relatively empty for the first trip home so the drive was short.

Can you believe it's already after 11pm?

Time for bed.

Have a great weekend.

Nite all.

R & R

While I had intentions of at least visiting the shop today, those intentions faded to insignificance as the day wore on.

I spent half the day in bed and the remainder of the day searching for the missing parts of the editing screen that I sent No 1 Son last week. I found half of it. Perhaps the other half is at the shop. It's the last hope.

Here is Day 3 of the pool build ...

I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring!

That was my day.

The Motivator and The Fisher King got busy doing this ...

Wahoo for one new sign where it should be. One down, one to go!

Bed time for me now.

Nite all.

Messy Business

Did I mention the disaster area in our back yard?

It is unrecognisable as our garden.

The sole avocado was lost from the tree on day one, but I discovered a new one right at the top of the tree. It may be safe there. Time will tell.

I started today with Meditation.

The Motivator returned to work with a twinkle in her eye and a smile on her dial.

It was a quiet morning and a busy afternoon with lots of kids wanting their pick of the snap jewellery and their grandparents wanting to make them happy. Quite noisy at times.

I'm taking a couple of days off now and plan on getting out with my camera, walking on the beach and having at least one lazy morning in bed.

Time for bed.

Nite all.

It's Here!

Look what happened today ...

When I announced that this was going to happen, a friend of mine said to me that whatever mess I imagined would happen with a pool build, multiply it by 100 to get close to how messy it really is.

She was right.

Not just in the yard, but through the house and through the neighbour's houses! Luckily, one of our neighbours will be working for the pool guy, so at least he gains something from the experience!

So the day started with the heavy machinery arriving in our back yard at 6.30am and the psychotic dogs going 'OFF' with all the strange faces and machinery and noise.

The pool guy asked us where we wanted everything as far as landscaping went, so that he could figure out where to put the pool. He gave us a rough idea of the pool size by laying out his tape measure in the freeform shape that he suggested.

Before I'd left for work, they had levelled the raised garden beds and were able to show us properly where the pool would go.

After I'd left for work, there was a problem with a sewer pipe that had to be redirected and luckily (again) the local plumber was available to do the work immediately!

Next, we remembered the giant pool umbrella that needs to be concreted into the ground beside the pool, which we hadn't organised or ordered yet, so Adoring Husband contacted the umbrella guy who, luckily (again) was going to be in our area this afternoon, so he added us to his list of visits.

After he spoke to AH and our pool guy, he came to the shop so that I could choose colours. The umbrella should be ready in three weeks.

My last customer for the day came into the shop just before 3pm and didn't leave until 3.30pm and didn't even make a purchase (which makes her a non-customer!) so I had time to grab a coffee just before the umbrella guy arrived.

He stayed for about 30 minutes and then I made a quick trip to The Motivator's house to look at all the lovely work she has been doing in her house and to tell her about our pool.

Knowing that AH would be at home waiting impatiently for me to come see the progress in our back yard, I finally made it home at around 5pm.

By the time we looked at the hole and discussed everything that had happened and everything that is yet to happen, it was almost 6pm and I hadn't got anything out for dinner so we decided to go to the local cafe to get take away.

While we waited for the food to be prepared, we went for a quick walk along the beach. It was very windy and very cool and the water was cold, so we only lasted for about ten minutes - which was just right because by the time we returned to the cafe, our food was ready.

Best decision ever.

The food was good and I didn't have to do anything.

It's after 10pm and I'm exhausted. It was a busy day in the shop and a busy afternoon and I'm done.

Nite all.

"P" Day

As you read this, the hole for our pool is being dug!

It's "P" Day!! "P" = Pool

Our outdoor lounge and rug were delivered from AMart this afternoon and thankfully, it's all boxed so it can be stored in the new kitchen until we are ready to put it all together. Hopefully, it's sealed well enough that all that dirt and grime doesn't find it's way inside the box.

My new macrame hammock arrived from Venezuela and looks beautiful. I can't wait to hang it and relax in it with a good book.

The Gypsy was in house today. We had some good chats again. On Saturday morning she visited the shop briefly with her daughter and partner who were up for the weekend, so there was plenty to talk about.

I accidentally charged a lady almost double the price of an item this afternoon, so I'm hoping she realises my error and comes to the shop tomorrow to yell at me!

My final customer for the day came in just before 3pm, which meant I was late leaving the shop. Under normal circumstances, that wouldn't be a problem, but we needed to drive into The Bay so that I could pick up some photos from the framers.

I had all but one photo framed with mat board and one sunset photo professionally framed with a nice rustic white frame. I've still got five more photos to have done and I'll get one of them framed with a nice white frame too.

A customer came in to the shop to request a copy of the duck photos that I took last week, so I had them printed while I was in The Bay.

Adoring Husband and I pondered over the barbecues at Harvey Normans, for the third time in a matter of weeks, and still did not come to a decision. We will come across the perfect barbecue when the time is right.

There were a LOT of tyre kickers in the shop today, which made it busy but not profitable. Hopefully, all those ladies who came in with their husbands, will return later this week without them - as the ladies tend to do.

It's now 8.30pm and I'm off to bed. I'm going to read myself to sleep.

Nite all.

Productive Duo

Adoring Husband completed the kitchen cabinetry before I'd even got out of bed this morning.

He stopped to bring my morning coffee and then returned to work.

I got up and made some breakfast to eat with my coffee and I did a bit of reading and chatted with the multitude of engineers that I'm playing Words With Friends against at the moment.

Lots of males play WWF claiming to be engineers, mostly working in California, but a couple in Canada, one each in Greenland, Iceland, Romania and somewhere else in Europe.

They all tell me that they were born in one country, experienced some devastating loss eg parents killed tragically when they were a child OR their wife left them for their best friend OR their wife and children died in a car wreck OR ... well, you get the drift, and because of that tragedy, they move to another country to study and become an engineer.

After they chat for a while, they ask me to join some chat room (I can't remember the name of it right now) so that we can chat more easily - I always decline and they soon lose interest. I can only assume that they are attempting to con some lonely woman somewhere else in WWF.

It's now at the point when a male introduces himself, I say "Let me guess. You are an Engineer right?" and he is always surprised saying "How do you know that?"

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

At lunch time I decided to make my way into the day, got dressed and was immediately dragged (not literally) outside to have a look at the progress of the kitchen. It's looking amazing and I really like the colour that AH chose for the doors.

After that, I hung out some washing, brought some in from the line and put on another load. I cleared the lounge chair that I've been using as a storage unit for journals, notebooks, paperwork, catalogues, study folders, hats and other bits and pieces.

AH and I have also used our dining room table as a storage unit for laptops, cameras and camera gear, folders, paperwork, jewellery, re-usable grocery bags, handbags, pens, SES stuff, essential oils, letters and bills, books etc etc., so I cleared all of my stuff from the table.

I did a bit of decluttering and rearranging in the back bedroom, but then decided that it was all too hard, so I gave up and did some more washing. I did a little tidying up in our bedroom and then I planted my butt on the lounge, where I stayed until I made AH's dinner.

Yesterday evening, I caught the last twenty minutes of this show on SBS and after the credits rolled, it was announced that it could be viewed on SBS On Demand. I haven't had a chance to view it yet myself, but it's definitely on my 'to do' list.

Here is the link if you're interested ...

Sugar Crash on SBS

I think it's time to sleep now. I have three books on my bedside table that I want to read, so I'm going to start them tonight. Two of them were written by The Gypsy, so I'm keen to get onto them.

Welcome to Monday! Have a great week!

Nite all.

Man of Many Talents

It was such a quiet morning at the shop that I was able to completely rearrange one of the cube stands before the second customer even walked in the door.

At midday, I was wondering what had happened to all of those holiday makers and it looked like being our worst Saturday morning on record, but just as I began to wallow in my mini puddle of negativity, the shop filled with people and the last one didn't leave until 1.45pm. We usually close at 1pm!

So the first day of school holidays was a success - though not without difficulty - the square reader that acts as our cash register decided to freeze the scan option, so the only way I could complete any of the transactions, was to manually input all the numbers on all the visa and master cards.

That was annoying and I tried everything except shutting down the iPad, which I will try on Monday if it's still causing problems.

Adoring Husband drove into The Bay to pick up the kitchen cabinets which came flat packed. The progress so far ...

He's a talented man.

After I arrived home, I had just enough energy to get the washing off the line, put another load in the machine and check out Adoring Husband's effort in the kitchen before I collapsed on my lounge chair for a well earned rest.

I took a meal out of the freezer - spaghetti bolognese sauce to which I added zucchini noodles - for AH's dinner.

I'm watching the football and hoping that Souths win so that Adoring Husband has a chance at winning some cash in the footy tipping competition. If not, we'll have to try again next year!

It's not looking good at this point.

I'm not sure what Sunday will bring. I may open the shop for a few hours, but it depends on how I'm feeling. I may spend the entire day in bed! Or I may be motivated enough to do some housework. Who knows.

Wait and see.

Nite all.  

On the Up

After a very quiet week, and a very quiet morning today, the afternoon picked up considerably as the holiday-makers lobbed into town and the day was a success!

I was so busy in the last two hours of the day, I didn't know which end was up!

Adoring Husband helped me close shop and I was home in time to make myself beautiful for the usual Friday night at the club.

Our table was a little bit lucky and I was very lucky on the pokies.

Adoring Husband had dinner ready when I arrived home and sadly his footy team lost their semi-final tonight so they are out of the comp - however - his AFL team Collingwood won their semi-final so they ARE in the Grand Final next week.

Here are all the photos taken in stages before the pool installation and what we are up to at this point.

Look at the time! It's heading towards 1am! Time for bed.

Nite all.

Equally Calm

We made the same amount of money today, as yesterday, almost to the cent! Weird.

The Real Estate Agent gave us a list showing the number of holiday-makers arriving on the next three Saturday mornings and the first week should be our busiest of the next three.

A strange man came into the shop and told me to be on the lookout for a selenite tower because he had a vision of me receiving one (I already have three so I don't know why I would get another) and he told me that The Motivator might need a 'reading'.

Thank you strange man. Have a nice trip back to the Gold Coast.

It was another one of those days where nothing much got done. I even bought two coffees and both of them went cold before I drank half, so obviously, I was busy enough to let the coffee go cold.

We got news from the pool guy and "P" day is Tuesday!

I promised to post pics to show the progress so far and I've taken three lots of photos since we made the decision, but they are still on the camera, so I'll try to post them here before "P" day.

Adoring Husband has spent the day painting some more in the kitchen, but he'd best stop soon, because the dirt and dust from the digging might cause a bit of mess since there is no door to the kitchen for protection!

My thumb is almost healed. It's taken a week of colloidal silver gel baths and it looked even too horrifying to take more pics earlier in the week, but it's looking and feeling much better now.

Now it's after 11pm so I'm off to bed.

Nite all.

Calm Before The Storm

That's what it feels like in the shop.

The school holidays commence this Friday and the tourists will all be arriving thick and fast, but at the moment it's very quiet.

The caravan parks are about 1/3 full and there are only overnighters filling spaces leading up to the permanent bookings for holidays.

We are now seeing our first customers from when we opened last year, returning for their annual holiday, so it's nice to welcome them back as they walk through the door.

Those overnighters come into the shop for a browse or to fill in ten minutes and then leave empty handed.

Having said that, today went so fast and I don't feel like I accomplished anything!

We had three new faces, including our first male participant at meditation, which made for an interesting morning. The subject that The Gypsy chose to discuss today resonated very much with me so I especially enjoyed the session.

We have a new table in the centre of the shop, so we can display a few more items there PLUS a new glass cabinet which I have to put together some time over the coming days.

Our signage is still leaning against the wall in the training room too, so that needs action soon.

The tiler finished tiling the floor of our indoor/outdoor kitchen and the electricians finished the wiring, so we now have lights.

We are very close "P" day!!

"P" = "Pool"

The pool guy is coming in the next couple of days to make sure we have cleared enough in our yard for them to start.

I'm concerned about our avocado tree because it has just one avocado growing (still many more buds appearing - just not fruiting as yet), but the single avocado is on the pool side of the tree and it's highly likely that it will be knocked off by machinery. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

Ok, 10pm, must get some sleep.

Nite all.

Timed Out

My time off has timed out and I'm back to work tomorrow.

I've enjoyed my week off, but I'm very much looking forward to returning.

We had a long morning coffee with the girls this morning which lasted for more than two hours and there were lots of snorts and giggles.

I followed that with a twenty minute bare-foot walk along the beach before I met up with Adoring Husband to drive into The Bay to get some office supplies for The Happy Abode, to buy some more organic celery for my morning juicing, and to purchase some more crystals ...

... that is a very large rose quartz natural rock which I intend putting in the garden beside the pool ... I also plan on purchasing more of those!

AH and I also enjoyed a delicious lunch of Creamy Garlic Prawns at Aquavue on the waterfront.  It feels like forever since we lunched out together!

I stopped to browse some lovely tops in a clothing shop, but the only one I liked was the most expensive one there and I feel that I spent my self imposed limit for the month last week while we were there. Probably two month's worth actually. So I refrained.

Even my lotto winnings weren't enough to cover that expense, but $33 was a pleasant surprise and more than enough to buy a ticket in the $30million Powerball this week. Fingers crossed for a bigger prize that I can brag about and share to make a few lives more comfortable.

Meditation tomorrow, so I'm off to bed. I will listen to more of my book before I doze off.

Nite all.

Felt Like Sunday

I forgot that it was Monday and enjoyed it as if it was Sunday!

Not that it matters.

I had fresh celery juice for breakfast, which, I must say, tasted pretty disgusting! In past experience, celery juice was quite watery and a bit sweet, but this one was bitter and I struggled to finish it. I know it has amazing health benefits, especially for my struggling liver, so I can put up with it.

Adoring Husband brought me a coffee quite late in the morning and I enjoyed it as I listened to my Medical Medium book while I sat up in bed.

The tiler man came to tile the floor of the outdoor/indoor kitchen and the tiles look amazing. He will grout them tomorrow. Adoring Husband is feeling pretty pleased with himself for a great selection of tile.

I made a big nosh up of bacon, eggs, mushroom, onion, tomato and zucchini for AH's lunch. I pinched a couple of bacon rashers for myself and we drank the leftover slushy juice from yesterday - pineapple, watermelon, pawpaw and lemon.

An afternoon coffee was also enjoyable.

AH had a toasted sandwich for dinner followed by blueberries and ice cream for dessert.

Almost all of my day was filled with listening to and taking notes from my book.

I also realised halfway through the morning, that today marks 27 years since I began my working life as a Public Servant, so I posted on Facebook. While my original thought was just to announce the fact, I kind of got carried away and posted this instead ...

Due to a very early marriage and having children, I was a late starter, but today marks 27yrs since I began work as a public servant at CES in Griffith, where I made some great memories and great friends.

That was a huge step for me, from being a single Mum on a pension and living in a housing commission neighbourhood where Molotov cocktails and police sieges were the norm, to being a working girl in a secure job and soon owning a home. It took a year of full time study and some soul searching and confidence building to get there, that’s for sure!

The Roz then and the Roz now are two different people.

After some very questionable life choices, a bit of hard work, some much needed personal development, and a very generous and loving Universe which was completely open to my wishes, I feel blessed to have manifested a life that is filled with comfort, love and happiness and is much more than I ever dreamed (back in those days) would be possible.
I am a very lucky human 💖

(Who knew that a simple work memory could trigger so much gratitude?)

... I had a pretty big response from my FB friends and while that wasn't my intention for posting it, I was pleasantly surprised by some of the nice comments and who posted them - especially a couple of old workmates.

Now I'm going to listen to more of my book.

See you girls in the morning for coffee!

Nite all.

Visions

I did a meditation tonight - in my lounge room - with the TV going - beside Adoring Husband - with my head phones in - and was interrupted by AH when he said good night (ugh, but in his defence, he had no idea what I was doing) - but DURING that meditation, while my eyes were closed, I had a vision!

A young man in his mid 20s was walking up the driveway to The Happy Abode and beside him was a little girl around the age of 4 or 5 and she had her hands cupped and outstretched in front of herself. As she approached me, she partially opened her cupped hands and there inside was a tiny little dead bird.

I gasped and said "awwww" and looked at her sad little face.

With that, the vision vanished.

No idea how to analyse that one!

The other thing that happened was my vision was like a blank canvas that turned turquoise blue and I could feel water lapping at my feet.

That might relate to the pool???

Anyway, my day was spent at home.

I juiced some celery for breakfast and I reheated a coffee that I'd bought on Saturday afternoon and had put into the fridge so that I wouldn't have to leave the house today.

I listened to my Medical Medium book which told me a lot about Epstein Barr Virus (the virus that the naturopath told me I had when I was at the Canberra Health & Wellness Festival last year). It also offered some good advice to help clear it from my body.

I removed myself from the bed mid morning and prepared dinner for tonight - actually there are four meals of spaghetti bolognese sauce now in the freezer.

I made a slushy of pineapple, watermelon, papaya and lemon. Yum.

I removed the bedding and replaced it with fresh new bedding ...

... took washing off the line and folded it. Did a couple of loads of washing before deciding to make some prawn toast for lunch. It was delicious but I ate too much and had to have a nap afterwards!!

I watched a couple of rom/com movies while I waited for AH to return home from Fraser Island after a very successful SES training exercise.

Now my Sunday is over and I'm off to bed for even more sleep.

Nite all.  

Amazeballs!

Who'da thunk that both semi finals of football would be decided by just one point?!

Amazing football = Amazeballs!

Very exciting for we footy fans.

I've had a pretty great day all by myself.

My alarm went off at 4.15am - I was Adoring Husband's back up if he slept through his own alarm, but he was already up and about when mine sounded - so I went back to sleep, only to be woken again at about 4.45am when he kissed me goodbye (not complaining about the goodbye kiss).

THEN I was woken AGAIN when my permanent alarm went off at 6am *sigh*

At 7am, I dragged my sorry butt out of bed and made my hot lemon water and my broth, then I cooked up some bacon which I ate with some toast.

It looked like such a beautiful day, so I made myself presentable and rode to the river (without my camera) ...

... it was indeed beautiful!

I was listening to my music and couldn't help but sing and dance with my trike as I pedalled, winding all over the rode. Luckily I have rear view mirrors to see if anyone is coming behind me!

I pedalled to the beach and walked into the water, up to my knees, where I danced for a while and then did my Superhero pose and I told the Universe exactly what I want in my immediate future. The Universe twinkled and nodded in agreement with my wishes, so I know my future is looking pretty rosy!!

After I'd soaked up my share of Vitamin D and finished grounding with the salt water and the sand, I realised that it was well after noon, so I bought myself a coffee and did some grocery shopping before making a quick visit to The Motivator at the shop.

We talked business and had a quick catch up before I helped her close the shop and I scooted home.

I had big plans for housework today, but I chose instead to start a new diary, do some study, watch a new series on Netflix, ordered some new snap jewellery for the shop, created our ad for the newsletter  and then watched the football.

I'll work on that housework tomorrow!

Meanwhile ...

Now it's time for sleeping. Have a wonderful Sunday!

Oh! Here is that top that I ordered the other day! I showed the girls at morning tea, so they know what it really looks like ... NOTHING like this!!

Nite all.

Pushed It

I had made plans to go into The Bay with Adoring Husband today, but I really wanted to cancel and stay in bed all day.

BUT ...

I pushed myself to get moving and we had a lovely morning together in The Bay.

Our 'to do' list included stopping at Office Works, MBO Office Equipment, Gypsies Tramps and Thieves clothing store, Go Natural, Bunnings (ugh) and Beacon Lighting.

From Office Works, I bought some stationery for the shop.  AH ordered some office stuff for SES from MBO Office Equipment.  I bought two beautiful tops from Gypsies Tramps and Thieves. Go Natural supplied us with organic celery and ginger, organic macadamia nuts and almond meal. We selected some colours to paint the outdoor kitchen in Bunnings and we picked up our outdoor fan for the pool gazebo from Beacon Lighting.

We were home before 1pm, in time to make some lunch before AH had to be at the SES shed to prepare for their big weekend on Fraser Island.

I pedalled down to visit The Motivator at the shop and to buy a cucumber for dinner - which we didn't even use - then returned in time to make myself presentable for my usual Friday night at the club.

It was our unluckiest night so far! Nobody won a thing... except Lady Lynn who won $50 on the spin and win but wasn't even there to accept her prize! All of us who were in attendance left the club as LOSERS.

Very unusual.

Adoring Husband's footy team, Cronulla Sharks, won their semi final match against Penrith Panthers tonight by just one point. What a game!

My thumb has improved somewhat. It still looks disgusting, but the pain has eased considerably. Don't get me wrong, it still hurts, but nothing like the last couple of days. I wish I had the guts to stick a needle in it to ease the pressure, but I'm hoping my body will fix it over time.

This is me, ready for the club, wearing one of my new tops (which you can hardly see anyway) and showing off my new evening bag that The Motivator gifted me from Bali! Nice!!

Now it's time for bed.

Nite all.

Misery Guts

That's me.

Misery guts.

I have an infected thumb - caused by some torn skin ...

I know right?! Pretty gross hey?

My apologies if you are currently eating your breakfast or drinking your first cup of tea. That's not a pleasant sight so early in the morning.

I'm coating it in colloidal silver gel every couple of hours, drinking lots of filtered water and taking probiotics - I sat in the sun this morning to get some Vit D to help my immune system and did some 'grounding' along the beach for about thirty minutes.

It's tight and swollen and throbbing BUT it hasn't deteriorated during the day. Hopefully, that's a good sign.

It is, however, probably contributing to my feelings of lethargy and tiredness. I've spent the afternoon in bed reading and resting so hopefully, tomorrow will see some renewed vim and vigor!

I definitely feel a bit run down.

The beach was beautiful this morning with the tide rising and a few people soaking up the sun as they fished, walked, sat and metal detected! There was a woman around my age walking along the beach in a bikini and I smiled a good morning with admiration in my eyes and wondered if I would even be brave enough to do that in my own back yard.

After I'd grounded myself, I pedalled very slowly along the river and noticed how many boats were moored in the water. When my morning routine included sitting at the boat ramp, there were about 23-24 boats always moored, but I counted 29 boats this morning. I wonder if it's the weather bringing them in for safety?

I took a little video of the duck family on my way home, which I hope I can remember to share tomorrow night - my phone is flat and charging right now.

Adoring Husband spent more time painting in his outdoor kitchen and we had our main meal at lunch time because he is at SES training tonight. Lamb cutlets and salad was delicious.

It's just after 8.30pm and I'm hoping some solid sleep will help my body heal itself.

Have a fabulous Friday.

Nite all.

Oh the Pain!

Meditation was marvellous ... as usual.

I spent a couple of hours debriefing and bringing The Motivator up to speed on the last twelve days that she hasn't been at the shop.

She told me all about the retreat and some of the things that she learned, as well as a few things that she saw and experienced in Bali. It sounded fantastic and amazing.

I booked in with The Gypsy for her 12.15 appt, but went in about twenty minutes early.

Every nerve, every muscle, every joint was tender and tight and sore.

Apparently, my liver, kidneys and spleen are struggling at the moment (as they were previously), which is why I'm so sore everywhere, so I have a list of foods that I should eat to help ease the stress. I also have some stretching exercises to help release and cleanse the sludge from my adrenals and to loosen the tightness in my 'bits'. I will do more meditations at home, do some walking on the flat sand of the beach and when the pool is complete, she will give me some more gentle exercises to do with buoyancy.

I could have stayed on that table for another hour. It bloody hurt, but at the same time, I could feel it doing so much good as everything loosened up.

I pedalled straight home, made some lunch and then parked my butt on the couch.

At around 5pm I had to lie down because I couldn't keep my eyes open and I fell asleep immediately and didn't stir for about an hour!

Adoring Husband reheated last night's leftovers because I wasn't hungry for dinner and now, at 10.30pm, I am ready for some more sleep. I'm thinking that a warm bath with Epsom salts would have been helpful, but sleep is more of a draw card for me right now.

I'm looking forward to some time off to relax and take care of me.

It all starts right now.

Nite all.

 

Terrible Tuesday

Here are the reasons that Tuesday was terrible ...

I didn't fall asleep until 3am.

I was woken by an emergency that sent the adrenalin pumping at 5am.

I couldn't go back to sleep after that.

It was busy in the shop, but only two paying customers.

The white top that I ordered online arrived and it's the most disgusting item of clothing that I've ever laid eyes on!! My Tuesday morning girls can confirm that!

I had a huge mess to clean in the training room (self inflicted) in preparation for meditation on Wednesday.

I had to vacuum the shop because it hadn't been done for over a week.

I couldn't find a box big enough to finish packing the stand for the editing screen.

I spilled lots of little pieces of paper/plastic out of a binding machine AFTER I had vacuumed and packed everything away.

It's bin day and I had to empty all the bins in the shop and take the sulo out the front - groan - I was soooooo tired by this time.

While I was bringing in the flags at the end of the day, a huge gust of wind swept up the driveway and lifted my top almost over my head!!

I was so tired by the end of the day, my body was aching and I couldn't think straight.

Here are the reasons that Tuesday was great ...

Morning coffee with the girls.

I met Ivy - I don't know how old she was but she earned her first dollar in 1934!

I'm going to be in bed before 9pm.

Nite all.

Mondayitis

I had a bit of Mondayitis today.

I felt a bit discombobulated and my energy was a bit low.

I think it's the change of season.

It was good to see The Motivator appear after lunch. She had a big smile with sparkly eyes and was obviously feeling pretty amazing after her Journey retreat in Bali. She will come back to work on Wednesday.

Business in the shop was pretty normal for a Monday and there are a few new holiday makers here for a couple of weeks. There were also a couple of people come in for a final bit of retail therapy before jumping in their cars to head home - more often than not, South.

Lots of men - husbands, boyfriends, brothers and fathers in today so I'm feeling that the females who were with them will return later in the week on their own, as is the usual pattern. A female's biggest money block is almost always a man.

The Gypsy had a full day of bookings so we didn't get to chat as much as usual, but we did sit in the seats outside the shop in the warm sunshine for about twenty minutes in the morning before her first appointment which was nice.

Adoring Husband had SES duties this morning but then returned home to help Kiwi Bernie do some more work on the outdoor kitchen which is coming along nicely.

I stood in the back yard with AH trying to picture the image that I've created in my head - but it's easier to see it in my head than it is to visualise it in my back yard. It feels like the pool is still a long way off! Time goes so slowly when you want it NOW.

Most of my girls are away tomorrow, so I don't know who will be having coffee with me in the morning. I think it will be a small and intimate coffee date!

It's rapidly approaching midnight, so I'm off to bed.

Nite all.