Well, as my husband has reminded me, this blog thingee is becoming weekly instead of daily/biweekly, etc...Since the weather has turned out so nice I find myself playing outside more and just wearing myself out with only the energy to get in the hot tub and then to bed. So, tonight I will catch you all up with the happenings of South Carolina.
Lane and I headed to the mountains on Friday. We spent the whole day playing, walking, shopping, looking and just enjoying the day. We always seem to make it to this one shop where we find something to craft together. There is a really cute place called 'Express Yourself'. They have mosaics, pottery to paint, stuffed animals to put together and dress, beading and scrap booking. Lane and I are addicted to the mosaics. We have made one of each of our animals - 2 cats and a dog. This time we made a cat that looks like Lane's mom's cat so we'll give that to her for her Bday or Easter...We'll see. He came out really cute. We have decided that we are spoiled because we have a quiet neighborhood and a really soft bed. We could barely sleep in the hotel because of all of the cars/bikes going on all night and the REALLY firm bed just didn't bring out the 'ahhhh' in either of us...So we decided to check out a day early and head back home to enjoy our home, yard, bed, family, etc. We BBQ-d on Saturday and we were lazy all day on Sunday. It was a really nice weekend.
Work has been good. I'm getting into all of the things that I do best - I organize, clean, teach and try to help the other associates have fun while doing all of this. They learn to like to work for/with me so they stick around to help customers. I greet the customers with a warm smile and they seem to like it and tend to come back. All of this seems to make a business successful and brings me great rewards - bonus, promotions, etc. I guess it's easy for me, but alot of people don't see the 'retail' side of things. It's a true profession that you either like or HATE. I really don't think that there is an 'in-between' when it comes to retail. I just am on the side of the fence that likes it and likes the challenge. I see it kinda of like a game. It's my goal to make the highest score on audits, having the best associates, having the most/happiest customers, and just challenging volume potential...
Lane is really making a difference at his job - even though he would probably say differently. He's understanding the ease of retailing as well...And he would say differently to that as well. He has a lot of fun people that he works with, so that's a good thing as well.
I'm counting down the days until our trip to Texas. I'm ready to get a little family time/laughs/silliness in my blood. It'll be nice to be there in my Dad's new place just enjoying time.
I had this really weird encounter the other day. I had this elderly woman come into the store - very frail. She needed a few things and had a little list. I offered to help her with the list - I'm a true believer of the 'divide and conquer' rule in anything. I met her back at the front counter and her daughter had made it in. The woman was bragging about the service that she had received from me. Her daughter whispered that she was 92 years old and didn't get out much. I told the woman that she was a 'spry young chicken' and I'd be happy to help her anytime. She told me that her bday was in September. GUESS what DATE!! Go ahead - yup - the 19Th. So, of course I had to go into the family low down and she let me know that she had 4 other people in her family that had that same bday, too!!! She said that all of her other family members were born on Fridays. I guess that everyone has something that makes them special - and to think that I thought we were the only ones...Hmmm...Anyway, it did make me miss my mom tremendously.
I'm off tomorrow from work and plan to enjoy the day just piddling...
Enjoy your day tomorrow, too!
many leaves appear on it! Lane is the happy 'weeder' shown here with the new spreader. Our old hand held one gave out last year (after about 10 years!) We filled up the bird feeders, we hung the hummingbird feeder, we watered all of the plants - we just need really warm weather to see the newly planted tulips happy, too! We'll have to enjoy a little dinner outside in the backyard tonight to complete the whole 'outside' day theme! Hmmmm - ribs? steaks? Last year we found an umbrella with solar lights on the inside of it. We found it on sale at the end of the season so we will be pulling that out to enjoy tonight, too for a little mood lighting!!
