ONE OF THOSE DAYS!

I've had one of THOSE days - you know the ones where you wished you could just start it over with all the right answers a head of time. Thats what today was for me.... repair persons, rodent control man, big direct vendor shipments and a surprise delivery of a new thread fixture to name a few. TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER!

Took a walk at the River with Scott and Miss Amelia; she was SO HAPPY! She sounded like a steam locomotive walking along. We got to see a red fox across the river and 5 vultures settling in for the night AND a baby cotton mouth snake and wouldn't you know it we were camera-less! Now for some deep sleep!

What does it mean to turn 45?

Well I'm officially 45 years old... where has the time gone. If I live to be 90 I'm half way there! My hair is nearly all silver, I get tired so much more easily and think naps should be a work requirement. I wish I could shed the 50 extra pounds I'm carrying to save my heart some stress. My Grandma was right - there really are NOT enough hours in a day to get everything I want accomplished. My desire to have things paid off completely is very strong and I want more now than ever to be on our 10 acres feeding chickens and rabbits and working the soil daily. I want to pass my hours sewing for my large extended family making things they can't find anywhere else but from my hands to be cherished and passed on to their children. I want to watch the sunrise every morning from a porch swing or rocker and to also find my self there every evening to watch the sun set. I want to read more fiction and less work related material. Living this high stress fast paced life isn't something I desire to do for more than another 2 to 5 years.... preferably only 2 or 3 years. I definitely don't want to be pushing this hard when I'm 50. I'm thankful to be alive and am looking forward to many more years ahead of me.

A STRIPPER for my birthday!

OH HONEY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE!
I told Scott I was posting this to our blog and he roared with laughter. GIGGLE!

My first birthday present!

Pictures from Greg! These are of him and then he sent some of Base life but I'm not sure I should post them here for Security reasons, so I won't.

WEEK ONE!

I've made it a week back as a Store Manager with Inventory under my belt as well and I'm going in early this morning to complete all plan-o-grams that are due this week as well as complete the ones that were not done last week. It's going to be another LONG day! And my body has me awake at 1:30 AM - I should still be asleep until at least 4:30.

PRESSURE

Well I'm definitely back in the pressure cooker - tomorrow is Inventory and I'm being held accountable for what was not done before I got there. Expectations of peers are that I need to live in the Store; not sure I can do that for health reasons. I think 5 to 6 days a week 9 to 12 hours a day should be enough of my soul. I give 110% when I'm there and change occurs slowly. I will do my best and hope that it is enough for them, I just will not give up my entire life for a job again. Perhaps I'm just exhausted after a 14 hour day yesterday and will feel more "into it" tomorrow - OH YEAH! THATS INVENTORY!

March 1rst and SNOW?

There is snow in our forecast for tonight and I have to be at the store at 8 AM tomorrow, I'm hoping that the snow is a mistake. There is a LOT to be accomplished at that store... what a MESS! Baby steps done quickly is what I need to get accomplished. LOTS of bad behaviors to change and lots of organization to get set in place so that the store will run smoothly from now on. OH and I need two more key holders - one being a receiving manager. AND our Inventory is in 4 days! What a way to start a new job.

It's raining now and I am hearing thunder in the distance. I'm enjoying a quiet morning with a cat on my lap... he got me up at 5 AM this morning. I guess he likes these early mornings and has decided that it is something that he is more than willing to go along with... even on my day off. I may need to catch my own cat nap later today.