Retro

         

 

 

                                                                                       Edition 317 Tuesday 09/02/16

 

 

 

 

 

Hi,too often I think I must get around to doing something and never do!Well in the last week I did two things Ive been meaning to do and had a ball.The first was a much overdue visit to the Avondale Sunday Market!I love that place especially the car boot type section where others junk is often my treasure.This visit was no exception as we discovered a beautiful old ornate Kauri fire surround tucked away behind a typical Westie style SUV something or other and trailer.It stood out a little awkwardly in amonst the normal bric a brac and we were magnetised to it and mesmerised by it!!

Ten bucks (cash) later it was ours!!!We still cant believe it nor have we decided just where it will fit in our seaside bach however it was such a thrill to buy we don’t care really!!! Hahahaha such fun!

The second visit was a little more costly but just as exciting as we visited a new local ‘Industrial Vintage Antique’ shop.I have driven past twice a day for twelve months saying I must drop in so I decided now was the time and did!I fell in love with a vintage AWA sterogram circa 1970 and after checking with the boss decided we had to have it! Crikey what a blast from the past (see attached) as we spent the rest of the weekend spinning some of our favourite old vinyl LPs including some childrens nursery rhymes and stories for Fletcher who kept asking where to look for the pictures!!

Fletcher reckons;old stuff smells,what is AM radio?,who is Supertramp,Steeley Dan or Neil Young? No wonder his parents cant dance when you listen to the music they thought was cool in their day??

Speaking of blasts from the past we have been sending and receiving handwritten letters and cards to my Auntie in Melbourne for sometime.It is such a buzz to write,send,receive and read the handwritten word.I am determined not to let the side down and promise to do it regularly…try it!!!

Have a great short week ahead….make the most!!……..Cheers Jonesey!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon having to look for golf balls out walking sux but admit quietly to pretending to look while running riot!

 

 

“Correction does much but encouragement does more.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 

As a follow up to last weeks admission I am fully committed to a salvage job ( pride,reputation,peace of mind)after having followed all my own advice from last week in bringing things to a head.

I hate being on the back foot and having to admit I was wrong and both caused me to get a little down rather than being my ‘Upbeat’ self.

It reminded me that there is sometimes a thin line between being or seeming to be supremely confident and yet actually lacking all of the above!

So when I was too easily ready to concede defeat and go down in a screaming heap without a fight it was my wife with no industry or sales experience who said to me…..”there must be another way”?

She along with Doctor Google searched for answers to the issues I had and put together a rescue plan for me to follow if I was willing to fight.

Hmmm it’s a little difficult to give in if someone on your team is displaying the fight you yourself are not,yet quickly realise you should be!!

So I picked up my sorry bottom and poured my heart and soul into my wifes salvage plan and have managed to move it from longshot to shorter shot, it felt good to push back in rescue mode!

It might not work but  it has restored my faith in myself and my ability to see the difficulty I have created as an opportunity to solve something another way.

Above all else it has reminded me that I am surrounded and supported by some amazing people who are there for me unconditionally and that I don’t and cant take the world on my own all the time!

Worth remembering and appreciating more….hmm maybe a nice vinyl album(33) of love songs?? J

 

“Stop acting so small.You are the Universe in ecstatic motion.” Rumi