Sneaking In

Well good morning my friends! I am sneaking a quick post in while I am at work. I just finished writing the newsletter for the store so I decided to sneak over and write a little on my blog. We got hit with a bit of nasty weather so it is really slow. I will use this to my advantage!

There has been a lot going on here so far this year. I planned to write on here once a week, but we see how well that turned out! Things have been crazy between work (the new attached convenience store is now open, so I have two liquor sections and two beer caves to keep stocked as well as a few other responsibilities I seem to have picked up along the way) and home hasn’t been exactly quiet either. We now have the pitter patter of baby puppy paws! Her name is Agatha Lynn and she is a Pit/Lab mix. Very smart too. Archie is being an amazing big brother! He does things like help me get Aggie to go outside (he makes a beeline to the door when he hears me ask her if she has to go out and go potty because he knows that she will follow him outside). He will also distract her if she is being a little too busy. Stella tolerates her. If I can get my photos to upload I’ll try to share a bunch of pics of everyone. I still have a lot of pics to delete since I downgraded my site.

I finally have my passport so I can fly to Montreal instead of take the train (I love riding the train but the trip is 24 hours one way, so that takes two full days off my trip). Now I just need to start saving for the trip. Dad isn’t doing well but right now there is so much going on…Mom just had her birthday on the 6th of March. She at least is holding steady. Unfortunately is has been several months since we have gotten together.

It looks like that is all I have time for now. Thanks for reading and thank you to my new readers for signing up. Here’s to hoping I can start doing this on a regular basis. I also need time to read all of your blogs as well.

What the….

Ok, this hasn’t gone as planned. I’d hoped to do this once a week but with storms, ER visits and kidney stones all that seems to have gone out the window. I’m only 1/2 way through the first month of 2024 and it is complete chaos!😵‍💫

The good news (well for some) we are getting a new puppy exactly a month from today. She is a Pit/Lab mix and her name is Agatha Lynn. Aggie for short. I will share pics when I can. We are getting her so Archie has someone to play with besides Stella. Her arthritis makes it rough for her some days and Archie is still a puppy so he is still very busy.

The storms here left us about two feet (about 61cm) of snow. Temps are in the negative numbers with the wind chill. Even the snow dog Archie doesn’t stay out for very long.

Sorry this is so short. I’ll try to start this on a weekly basis. Off to work!

Thanks for reading and stay safe!

Trying Again

Hello my friends! After taking about a year off I have decided to try blogging again. I don’t know how many of my previous readers will see this. I hope everyone has been well. The past year has had its ups and downs. I am determined to focus on the good and move forward.

The past week has been hell though. Long shifts and lots of stress with trying to be shift manager and still inventory my departments backstock. But that’s over and I can relax for a bit. I have written and sent out the store newsletter and when I finish this I will be writing and sending out the Brew Crew Newsletter. The Brew Crew is something I came up with last summer. For a yearly membership fee you get a tee shirt, coozie, a bottle opener keychain and two magnets with your name on them. One to take home and one goes on the beer cave. There is a monthly newsletter as well as discounts and deals for members. It is going well but slow. I need to amp things up for the summer season. I also have been doing beer tasting which have gone over really well with my customers.

The family is doing well. We are a bit stir crazy from not going anywhere. I need to get Chris and I out as well as the two pups. Hopefully things are slowing down enough that I can manage that.

I guess that’s all for now. I’m not going to add any photos yet. I still need to clean out my cache from before. I have downsized my blog so I don’t have the storage I once did. Thanks for reading! Stay safe!

Goodbye

I am thinking about dropping this all together. There is so much going on right now. I keep cramming this in where I can. I am no longer happy with WordPress or my writing. I need to let this go I think.

I know I have made some amazing friends on here. If you would like to keep in touch please reach out. We can exchange information. But I think for now this will be good bye.

Thanks for reading and stay safe.

Broken

I woke up feeling even worse than when I went to bed. It is the first of May and I am not feeling very good about things. So much has hit the fan recently I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. I am trying not to look past today, there are still three more shifts after this one. I still don’t know what we are doing for the newsletter. Other than the one for our store, if we want to hand it out, is up to me and the store owner to do. I don’t have time to squeeze trying to get how many ever copies printed. To me a collaboration meant both stores were putting out one newsletter to be given out at both stores. So I don’t know.

I am upset and I’m pretty sure the dogs know it. Both are behind me on the love seat sleeping. I am going to try to put up as much as I can and ask them not to be bad (I also have two bones) and hope for the best. Another stress factor.

These past two weeks have had some really good times but right now the bad are smothering me. I cancelled Archie’s birthday party. His Nonna and Grandpa will probably come over anyway (and that is fine, I told her she and her husband were more than welcome). I just can’t. Or shouldn’t. I don’t know which. But the little person inside of me that is me hurts.

I am tired of having to hide everything from everyone but I don’t have time to take to breathe let alone try to heal myself. So pull out the masks and the armor because they are gonna get serious use.

Thanks for reading and stay safe!

Pushing

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I am over this week. And still another 5 shifts to go. Yep. You read right. 5. Today is not my “Friday”. I get to work straight through til Friday. Because someone has gone on vacation I get a 6 day stretch. I have talked to both my manager and the owner. I just can’t keep doing this. So we are supposed to sit down this week and figure out what we are doing going forward.

That and other things that seemed to all have hit this week I’m just over it. I am tired and drained and I just want to sleep.

Both pups are behind me on the love seat. Stella is gently snoring. I found one of my slippers in the middle of the floor when I got up this morning. I haven’t found the other yet. I don’t know which of them pulled my slippers out. They are going to be very angry with me this week. Hopefully they don’t act out again. We’ll see.

I need to head out the door. Thanks for reading and stay safe!

Whirlwind

I am not going to do a post today. Things have gotten a bit crazy here. I am opting for more sleep. I will try and do a post tomorrow morning.

Thanks for reading and stay safe.

A Day to Be Me

This will be a bit short. I’m sitting in my office with Stella literally at my feet. I went to turn my laptop on this morning and the battery died just as it logged on. So here we are. Stella wandered in a few minutes after I set up in here. It feels weird to be writing in here again. I have been out in the living room for so long because the pups would not all fit in here. Stella seems to have settled in though.

Inventory was a bit crazy. My truck did not arrive until close to noon while I was knee deep in counting my beer backstock. It was crazy and frustrating. I didn’t do much in the morning because I was hoping the delivery would arrive early. I finally gave up once the owner got there a bit after 10am. From then on I didn’t really stop. I arranged with everyone else to make sure that breaks got taken care of while I was going great guns in back. I tried not to get upset with interruptions but towards the end my annoyance was showing through. All in all it ended up being an 11 hour day. By the time I got home I was beat.

Today should be a beautiful day. Chris took the day off so we are going to spend time together with the pups. I am trying to just focus on today and not the next few days (I’m pretty sure next week’s schedule will be another mess because one on the three managers is on vacation and I seem to always get the shaft scheduling). That being said Archie is trying to follow a poor gardeners snake around. Stella too wants to be outside. And quite frankly so do I. It has been cold and dark lately.

I hope you have an amazing day! Thanks for reading and stay safe! (I pulled some old photos to share as well as new.)

Essie approves of my Pitbull sockes from Mom

This was lst night’s sunset

A ‘weed” in my yard

My butterfly bush is finally in bloom. The butterflies are grateful.

I Want Off This Ride

Reading through everyone’s posts this morning was made extra fun by WordPress randomly reshuffling everything. Posts disappeared only to reappear down my reading list later. I have no idea what is wrong with things this time.

I am so over adulting right now. Everything this week has wiped me out. I still have today to get through though. Today is my inventory. After I call to see where my liquor order went to. It was supposed to arrive yesterday but nothing. If it shows up after I get things counted it can’t go out and there are a lot of empty spots on my shelves.

After everything yesterday I get home to find our 3D dvd collection all but destroyed. I don’t know what set them off. They have never pulled things off the shelf like that before. I didn’t find any shards of anything in their mouths but I don’t know how many, if any, they possibly swallowed. Needless to say I put them outside while I cleaned up (they actually watched looking pitiful for about half of it) and they got the silent treatment for the rest of the night.

I just want today over and done with. I didn’t sleep much, if at all. I hope I can be coherent when I talk to the store owner. I am also concerned about what happened last night. On the way home I went by our liquor store and there were at least 6 State Trooper suvs parked and more arriving. I don’t know what happened but it must have been very serious. Especially if no local police were involved. Stay tuned!

I need to head out. Thanks for reading and stay safe!

Wrapping It Up

Today was payday but it didn’t last long. The paycheck that the car payment comes out of is always gone before it gets here. I’ll have enough for make sure the kids are fed. Both of them are out here with me this morning. I was surprised. I expected Stella to stay in bed.

Today and tomorrow are the last leg of the craziness for this week. I got all my writing done and articles sent out. I know the photos arrived via email but I’ve not heard anything about the articles. I did talk to the store owner and we will hopefully have a chance to chat tomorrow. I might try to get a few more things done for my Brew Crew. There’s really not much left for me to do. I can’t do any ordering. I can just point and tell him what I want then it’s in his hands.

I am trying to figure out when to do my inventory. I refuse to go in on my day off or come back later the night before. It will have to be during my shift. If I have to stay later I am ok with that but I am not coming back after I have gone home. I want to have things counted and done with so I can try to relax on Friday.

It is supposed to rain this weekend. We need it. It will get a little warmer for a day or two. Again. Sigh, I guess Spring will get here but I don’t want to try to do any gardening yet. It still gets too cold at night. There will be a lot going on in the yard once it warms up. Some training will have to be done as well. Archie hasn’t been shown where he can and can’t go since everything has been covered in snow. He is a smart boy. It shouldn’t be too difficult.

I should start figuring out Archie’s birthday. I need to have some sugar free stuff to everyone comes. A few people have recently been diagnosed with diabetes and I don’t want them to have issues. It is supposed to be a simple affair but I keep asking people to come. Sigh. I need to just keep my mouth shut, lol. I was thinking lemon cupcakes for everyone and vanilla ice cream. Simple.

I have been typing this in fits and starts. Archie keeps coming and asking for attention. It is to the point he stretches across my lap and stops midway thus blocking me from the laptop. I think he is trying to tell me something. So I will wrap this up. Sorry it is so blah today. Thanks for reading and stay safe!