Goodbye old car. The car wreck that finished our car.

 

Our daughter was in a car accident this Wednesday morning.

Thankfully she is doing well.  The car though is totaled. I think the person who hit her car had to be speeding. 

So I guess we really do have to find her a new car now.

The speed limit where she was driving is 35 miles an hour.

The truck that hit her had to be driving faster than that.

All the glass in the back of the car was shattered, the car was turned in the wrong direction. The tires were popped. The trunk was smashed in. 

Thankfully my daughter is ok. It was a very stressful morning.

Drive safely my friends. 

Kimberly 

One of my jobs is selling balloons.

 I work in guest services for a grocery store. One of the things I am in charge of is selling balloons.  I have been studying balloon sales for the last 9 years.  Last year they changed the company that we buy balloons from.  This was one of my struggles.  Dealing with this change and no one listening to my opinion.  My store sells the most balloons in the company.

This year I am keeping a photo journal of the balloons we display and watching how they sell. This is the way the new balloon company wants us to display our balloons. They think customers will understand that they are supposed to group all the similar balloons together to make their own bouquet of balloons. 

What I find is happening is the customers buy just one balloon from the display. 

I took these photos last week.  We reset our balloon wall, so now we have all the new companies balloons out. And we sold in the first week of setting out balloons about 8 balloons from the display areas. The nice thing is that the bigger 12.99 balloons are the ones selling. Most of our balloon sales actually happen with customers coming to guests services and ordering large balloon bouquets. Saturday is usually our busiest day for balloon sales. 

There are lots of birthday celebrations on Saturdays. 

Kimberly 

Daily sip book quote..

 I’m reading these books called the daily sip.  This quote went with my word of the year “flow”.  I’m trying hard to not think or worry about the changes that could come.  To be greatful for the present moment.  To adjust to the changes and be positive.

Kimberly 

My new year goal’s to continue last year’s goals.

 Did you make any goals for this year?  Mine are to continue with the goals I started last year.  I’m doing weight training almost every day.  I can lift 10 lb weights so I am thinking of buying adjustable dumbbells. 

I’m biking everyday. I’m so proud of myself because I can actually keep up with the trainers with the fitness program that I use. 

I’m continuing to clean and declutter my house. 

I’m continuing to do my photography and family history.

I’m bringing lunch and healthy snacks to work.

I’m still saving money.

What are your goals?

Kimberly 

First book of the year read, The perfect marriage.

 So I finished reading “The Perfect Marriage”.  I didn’t really like this book.  It is about the murder of a man’s mistress and how his life falls apart.  His wife is a lawyer and is supposed to be his best chance to not be convicted of murder. I didn’t like who ended up being the killer.  At the end of the book I felt lied to.  If you like murder stories that have a big twist at the end, and it’s impossible to use clues to actually figure out who the killer is you might like this book.  I guess I like to have clues that lead to the killer and this book didn’t have that.

What are you reading?  If you read this book did you like it?

Kimberly 

Don’t let the one ruin your day

 

The other day, at the beginning of my shift I had that angry customer. The one who needed to tell how I could do my job better.  Because they spent thousands of dollars at the store I work for, and because they are a manager of a company they felt they needed to tell me what I did wrong and how I should do it better. 

Even though the problem was not made by me, I ended up on the angry end of this persons day.  After they left, all day I told people about this one bad experience.  The rest of my day was actually really good.  But I focused on the bad moment over and over. 

Finally I thought 💭 why do I do this?  Why do I not just move on?  So I am going to work on not letting the one ruin my day. 

So the bad experience is teaching me to move on and let go. 

Do you have ways to focus on the positive of your day instead of the negative? 

Kimberly 

My word of the year is “Flow”

 

Do you choose a word of the year?  Mine is “Flow”.  Last year I felt like I was always getting annoyed at things that were changing.

This year I want to try to flow with what is happening instead of fighting against it. 

I’m going to do meditations and read books about “flow”.

Let me know what your word is.

Kimberly