Thursday, January 22, 2026

I'm Getting Pulled In So Many Ways Right Now

Yesterday was a VERY busy day. Between errands here and there, I took my Mom's couture gowns to the local thrift shop to see what they would accept. I wasn't happy with them, so I didn't leave any of them, and they're in my car trunk. I'll need to make a few calls and see if any of the more upscale 2nd-hand stores would like any of them. Otherwise I'll look into putting them onto Etsy or Ebay. 




In the 1950's, emphasis was on the shape 
of the body, and draping. The gowns don't 
look great on hangers, but they look amazing 
on a dress form. I don't have the time to deal 
properly with them while we're working on 
the store, and DH was bitching about the space
they were taking up in the spare closet. So, I 
need to sell them or toss them. 



I also got an extensive email from Travis, our business liquidator. It's a full schedule of everything that we need to accomplish, the dates that we need to have them done by, etc, etc. It's rather scary. DH is saying "I don't see how we can get this done in his timeframe" and I'm thinking "It's got to be done, I'll have to make it happen". The one thing I'm a bit worried about is the walk-through video that he needs me to make and send to him. It should be 5-7 minutes long, and I've never made anything of the sort. I'm horribly worried about whether my phone will accommodate that length of a recording. Any of you who have done similar things - can you advise me? 




I've taken a lot of photos with my phone over the years, 
but I've never done much with video. Any advise you can 
offer would be appreciated. He needs a 5-7 minute 
full walkthrough of the shop as well as a serious look 
at the exterior (snowbanks and all, I guess - LOL). 



Along with everything else, DH and I were at the attorney's office yesterday signing the final legal agreements for what will happen to our funds when/if one of us dies. (With the stress of the next few months, that's not out of the question - LOL). But, we're all legal now for the estate and how things will be handled. We each had to make some compromises, but that's how life operates. Because it was snowing and we had the meeting with Corey at 8:00 am across town, I gave up on swimming yesterday - it would have been crowding too much into a short window of time. I'm swimming today, though. I actually was at the YMCA, waiting for the doors to be unlocked, before I decided my schedule would be too tight, told another friend who was also in the parking lot that I was skipping the day's swim, and headed to the gas station to top off before the long day ahead of me. It was a good decision. 



 
We're on a strict time schedule for closing the store and it's 
stressing both of us out. DH can't push things out anymore, 
and I have to really focus on what is needed and get Travis 
the information he'll need to make this successful. 



So, any information any of you can offer on the video that I need to make would be very appreciated. I've never done much with video, and I'm super concerned about whether my old phone will have enough memory left to accommodate a video of that length. So ... please message me back and let me know if you're more up on that particular technology than I am. I use a Google phone, so no Apple, if that's helpful. Have a great Thursday, Slava Ukraini! 




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