Yesterday morning DH arrived to remove a four-drawer filing cabinet and a large wooden bookshelf. These were going to be taken home and put into new locations in our house. It was a serious CHORE in every sense of the word. By the time Chickie arrived for work, she wasn't allowed to put anything into her little cubbyhole because the space was already occupied by two file cabinets, full and empty file cabinet drawers, and lots of boxes.
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| We have several four-drawer and a few stacked two-drawer file cabinets at the shop. We keep a lot of paperwork in them - sales records, artist biographies, and financial/tax records. We needed a new empty one for home, so consolidated so we could bring the best one from the shop to the house instead. |
We moved things from File Cabinet #1 to File Cabinet #2, shifted the location of #2 to where #1 had been, culled through the paperwork in the drawers to shred some, boxed financial stuff for the commercial shredding company we'll hire later this year, and boxed up a bunch for our own recycling bin at the shop (gets emptied late on Fridays, so I was able to grab some of the newly opened space late in the day). Generally, it was a mess - and it wrapped up DH and myself pretty tightly, so Chickie had the sales floor.
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| I've been in business since the late 1980's, and DH's business was originally his father's, so we have some records dating back into the 1950's. All of that has to be culled through and stacked into "throw out", "destroy on-site", or "pack for commercial shredding". It's a serious chore. |
In the early afternoon, DH and I loaded the chosen file cabinet into his truck bed along with the four file cabinet drawers, the bookcase and the shelves. After securing the load, he was on his way and my life settled down enough for me to eat my oranges for lunch. Then we got busy - a group of bead knitters needing beads for a project they were all doing, a long-time customer who was seeking beads to help her through a difficult pregnancy, a new beader wanting beads to start a new project and practice a stitch she had recently learned, and others. We were flooded with people for a while - no rest at all.
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| We have a large bin like this for garbage, shared by the four stores in our little strip. We also have a large recycling bin and several additional smaller recycling bins for our use. The garbage is picked up every two days or so. The recycling only is picked up once a week. We really need it more often. The bin is usually filled by two-three days after pick-up. |
But, at the end of the day, as I brought the last of the recycling out to the newly emptied bin, I was pretty happy. It had been a good day - busy, but everyone had been respectful and helpful, interacting and offering suggestions. Even though we were stretched to make sure everyone was helped and got exactly what they needed, there were no frayed tempers and people were happy. That's what I want in my store - happy people.
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| The four bead knitters we were helping were all going to knit this "Celestarium" pattern that they had purchased from Ravelry. I'm not sure they were changing the yarn colors, but the beads they each ended up with will be lovely in it. Each of the women had chosen very different colors of yarn, so each shawl will be distinctly different. Fun! Want the pattern for yourself? I've attached a link for you here. |
It's Saturday, and I have to get photos into the blog and head out to the gym. One more full week of exercise on the machines and then, finally, I can get back into the pool again. All of my fellow swimmers, male and female, have told me that they missed me in the water, and I absolutely miss it too. May 13th can't come soon enough - LOL. Enjoy your day and your weekend (Happy Cinco de Mayo!) and I'll be back on Monday!
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