It's Cold, ICE Kills Again, and We're Continuing Onward

Today is Monday, it's -12F outside (so just a BIT chilly!), and ICE is still in Minnesota creating havoc. The last person that ICE killed was a Veteran who worked at the VA Hospital and yes, he had a weapon on him, he had a concealed weapon permit and always carried. He didn't raise his weapon towards anyone, he was attempting to assist people who had been tossed to the ground. That's three unjustified deaths that I lay directly at Trump's doorstep. To say I'm angry is an understatement. I'm angry, I'm filled with sorrow, and I'm seriously upset. My state has become a battleground in a battle it never asked for. 

It's slightly warmer, but still sub-zero - so VERY cold. Anyone 
who's homeless hopefully found shelter, but the shelters will 
have to empty for the daylight hours and people will, quite 
literally, freeze to death under culverts and on park benches. 

In other news, however, I need to get my next payment out to Travis for our business liquidation. Last time Chickie was at the shop to help me over the bumps in the road. Today it's her day off, so she's not at the shop, but I had her write me out step-by-step directions so that I could get this accomplished. Next week I need to upload a five-minute video walk-through of what a customer would see if they came to my shop. I'm learning a lot of new things that I never anticipated learning - LOL. 

Travis is sharp, and hopefully will do well with 
our very eclectic shop. No guarantees, of course, 
but I have confidence that he'll give us our 
greatest chance of success. 

DH has been busy working on the shop. He's moved and repurposed sales displays, set up a new art stand for prints (we have a LOT of prints for sale), and things are starting to look really good. We've always been a store divided - Native American art on the one hand, the supplies used by our Native American (and other) customers such as beads and jewelry making materials on the other. There's overlap, but not a huge amount. Still, that's the store that we developed over the decades, and it's the one we'll have to sell off within a very short time. I'm pinning a lot of hope on Travis and his methodology. He's costing us a lot of money, but if he comes through and we're successful in liquidating the store, he'll be worth every penny. 

Travis' book is our bible, so to speak. Everything 
is detailed in it, and sure, we could have just used 
the book to progress, but we really needed someone 
to guide us a bit more, so we hired him. I'm really 
hoping for the best. 

So, I'm going to bundle up and brace for the cold. That cold is also part of living in Minnesota. We had an unusually warm and mild winter last year, and it's not quite that nice this year - LOL. Have an excellent and safe Monday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.