Letters From New England: It's finally here...

Wednesday

May 7, 2008

Hi,

After weeks of working evenings to plump up the inventory, I finally put my tools down and packed up my boxes. My sale takes place tomorrow from 9-4. Cross all crossable parts for us to have a good day! I wrote out my "abundance check" on Monday, so I'm sure we'll do great. We have had sale after sale after sale at work (and some of them were jewelry) for weeks now. I hope people have money left in their paychecks! :)

When I got home tonight, I spent about an hour packing everything up and getting into the car so I don't have to deal with that in the morning. I'm really looking forward to the sale...it's always a good time. We have a great volunteer and these sales give me the opportunity to see people I don't usually run into on the average day.

The woman who coordinates these sales for the Hospital Aid Association stopped down to remind me to pay close attention to my table when it gets busy. Once again, people have been stealing from the vendors, mostly the jewelry sales because it's easy to slip things into pockets. I called Deb to let her know and we will keep a watchful eye for each other when we're with customers. I've had a few pieces "go missing" from my table in the past, and Deb and I have also had price tags switched (the balls on these people never fail to amaze me). It's awful enough that some of them steal, but with us they are also stealing from a co-worker. That really sets my hair on fire!

I'm going to Maine this weekend to spend Mother's Day with Tammy. Not sure what we'll do, but I will be happy to spend time with her and the kids. The weather, like last weekend, is supposed to be rainy. It has been gorgeous all week so far, just like the week I was off with Emma. 2 rainy weekends in a row. Makes it difficult for people who work all week to get yard cleanups done.

Well, it's been a long day and I'm yawing away here. I think it's time to wash up and go to bed with a good book. Speaking of... have been reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Enjoying it so far. I've also been reading books on living green and have a great one from the library right now. It's called Easy Green Living by Renee Loux. I liked The Idiot's Guide to Green Living for it's easy reading ability, but love this one because it's filled with information, recipes (for cleaning products and stuff), and quick references on a variety of things. I might have to buy a copy (this one is from the library).

Here's a recipe for glass cleaner: yield 1 qt

1/4 cup distilled white vinegar

1/2 tsp of liquid soap (castile)

1 3/4 cups water

8 drops of essential oil of choice

Mix all in a spray bottle, spray on windows and wipe clean with your recycled newspapers. Wear gloves! No, not because of toxins, because of newsprint ink. ;)

On a sadder note, I've been so upset over the tragedy in Myanmar this past week. Today, I read that there may be over 100,000 people dead. I can't even imagine... My heart goes out to the people of Myanmar during this awful time.

Peace,

Kay