I grew up playing this game ….. I even remember the sound of the ‘Pop-O-Matic’ dice shaker !
All this has come to mind as a result of us trying to get things done in this fantastic age of technology …… it still boils down to getting someone to do something when you ask them to do it ….
Is it just me ????????
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Phew …… how many miles did we walk I wonder? The Spring Fair has been done for another year, Christmas decorations ordered and lashings of yummy new things sourced and ordered.
We still get sooooo excited when we find something that we know will look great in the shop. Good quality and design is out there ……. it reminds me of all the years spent travelling, days spent drifting and sifting through markets.
The pocket was alot tighter those days but maybe that was another of life’s lessons.
kids back to school today, shop opened yesterday and the mountain of paperwork that has grown over the last few weeks is looming over me……. head down and start is the first step, come up regularly for breaths is the second and picturing the snow covered French ones that are only a couple of weeks away is the one that will keep me going…… after all, we all need incentives.
Well I’m the first to admit I haven’t been using this recently, something to do with a new shop and a fast and very encouraging first two months trading from it ….. however!!! ….. lots of plans were made over the mince pies and mulled wine so maybe, just maybe, this year will afford us sufficient headspace to put into action a few of these.
Thank you all for your support, it is greatly appreciated.
Exciting times!
the new shop has been open for a week now, we are still unpacking boxes and putting the finishing touches to display but it’s beginning to feel like ‘we are there’.
after weeks of mayhem and madness, I took five minutes this morning to watch the sun rise, enjoyed every second and put my feet firmly back on the ground.
We’ve got a fab bunch who have worked for us and with us. Without whom this would not have been possible …. Thank you!
slightly tongue in cheek but who says it has to be all work and no play …… the back is flattened and gravelled. Tidy, as they say!
there is so much going on every day, the builders are in up to 16 hours a day and I’m beginning to believe them that this is ‘do able’.
I just have to keep telling myself ‘you can run, but you can’t hide’ !!
bite the bullet now and we will be as warm as toast in this place, we wont want to close at night!
this is a seriously big wall with 4 steels to go in here alone , but with 3 1/2 weeks to go, and teams of sparkies, plumbers and the building boys all started we’re cooking on gas!
I’ve decided to look upon the project like I’m watching the tide …..Every last drop has to go out before anything can come in again.
