Getting Down to Business

Yesterday was the final day of this year's Renaissance Festival and we had a fabulous HOT day, an unusual way to end fest. We left early, something we usually never do on last day, but we (read I) didn't want to walk down the long pathway in the dark and then be in a long line of cars trying to exit the grounds and return to the cities. Se after catching up with friends at the Fest, we headed for the car. I had DH home in time to watch his football game and all was well. We were both so exhausted that we called it an early night.

I've always had a thing for amazing guitar players. Slash
has been a favorite since his Guns N Roses days. 

This morning I'm grooving to fabulous music while reading and catching up on my email and writing this blog. I've been reading the biography of Slash, the lead guitarist for Guns & Roses and was very curious about what he had done after that group broke up. Searching, I found the albums for Velvet Revolver, his next group, as well as his solo album and a variety of things he had done on his own fronting different singers and musicians. After reviewing, I finally decided to buy one because I've loved his work on the guitar for many years. So I've been rocking out to "Slash, Made in Stoke" this morning. He said something in his autobiography that resonated with me and helped make my choice. When he had a choice of what to listen to, a studio recording or a live one, he always chose the live recording because it was a much clearer truth to what the band actually sounded like. So true. Loving this album.

Slash toured with singer Myles Kennedy for a few years. It seems to have
been a good partnership. Kennedy has a lot of range that Axyl Rose had, but
a deeper resonance and less innocence coming through the vocals. Still, a good choice. 

The Bead Shops Hop starts Wednesday and I'm nowhere near ready. We got a huge shipment of new product on Thursday and have been busy trying to get as much processed and on the sales floor as possible, but a lot of that won't hit the floor until late this week or even next week. I'm spending as much time as possible sprucing up the store, and the door prize contributions by my various vendors have been totally OUTSTANDING, but I still have to wash the floor and the windows, clean all of the countertops, and put out more product and more product! I need a clone for 72 hours.

I need a clone. I'd even accept a semi-clone at this point. 

But it's Monday and I can't worry about the week ahead, I only have to worry about one day at a time. Today I need to fight with my laptop again (time to call Dale, I think, and have him take a look at it - I'm desperate), get an email out to my customers to tell them about the Hop and all of the new things we have for them. My laptop has been really messed up and I'm hoping Dale can bring it back to a much cleaner, swifter life.

My laptop isn't broken, but it's SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW! I need
my computer guru to see what he can do to get
me back up to speed. 

So there's my Monday. Too much to do, to little time in which to do it. Immersed in great guitar work and frenetic music. Yeah - the music is making everything so much better....