Houston I got my period!!!!

Well I thought it was worth announcing to the world in general! Almost ironic how I complain loudly about the lack of it and then it arrives!!

I didn't get to write yesterday evening ... I was absolutely knackered!! It was a good day, but just not for financial reasons!! The East Preston market was crap, but to be honest I didn't really think that it would be anything more than that ... it's East Preston on a Wednesday morning FFS! LOL it didn't matter either because Tuesday was such a superb day and I was floating on cloud nine because of the result I'd had the day before!

Anyway, today has been a fairly good ... to brilliant ... to not so good ... to okay again kind of day!!

Clear as mud? It all started off really well - I got into work and sighed at the state of the stock room - it was such a pig sty in there and really needed sorting out. Terri was in and I knew she was just the girl I needed to get me organised!!! I completely re-organised the stock room so I can clearly see exactly what I have and what I need to make up for stock. It looks awesome in there now!! So that was the brilliant start ...

The not so good part was an email from my landlord at work demanding money ... but I am disputing part of the bill (charges for services I haven't used) and they haven't exactly been forthcoming with resolving the issues I had. I had a couple of hours this afternoon when I was getting all depressed because just as it all starts to run well again and I am making such headway into resolving my business problems ... I'm faced with yet another kick!!

So anyway, I spoke to my solicitor again today to double check where I stood on some other questions I had and with his help, I've decided on a plan of action ... again I can't go into detail in a public post - well, not at this stage anyway, but when your solicitor turns around to you and says "you are being conned" then you know you are fighting a battle for good reason!!

... therefore the day turned into an okay again kind of one!

I am REALLY REALLY looking forward to tomorrow! I'm going over to Lou's in the evening to take some pics of her daughter getting ready for her prom and then all dressed up in her finery! I can't wait to play with my camera, and her daughter is stunning so I already know the shots will turn out great!! If Lou gives me permission (and of course her daughter's consent too!), I'll post a couple of the shots here!

It's also been way toooooooo long since Lou and I had a proper girlie chat that wasn't squeezed into the 5 minutes we get when she pops in at work! I am so looking forward to it! A chance to relax and chat with my girlfriend and not have to worry about time or clock watching as I'm staying overnight. We'll have the world put to rights by Saturday morning! LOL

Willy Candle Clinic!

If we are being politically correct I'd call 'em male gender candles, but as we aren't ... they are just willy candles!!! Anyway, whatever we are calling them, I made 16 of them yesterday for an order and it can be quite amusing if the candles leak around the wick because where the wax leaks out of the hole ... LOL it looks like - well, err use your imagination!!! HAHA

Anyway, today was Willy Candle Clinic day ... where the willies get unmolded and hand finished ready to go out. It was SUCH a laugh I couldn't help taking pics! Excuse the quality as they were taken on my phone...

Here we can see Terri doing "the scraping procedure" part of willy candle clinic! *wicked grin* the candles have a seam line where they are made in 2 piece moulds and this needs to be smoothed down ... this involves using a knife to scrape along the length and over the head of the willy and carve out any irregularities.

Lou came in and joined in the fun for the next step which involves cutting off the wick at the base of the balls and making sure that they stand up right.

It does cause awful problems when the willys wont stay standing up!!!! Don't you agree girls?

BLUE DICK ALERT!!!!

Bwahahahaaa!!

Excuse the crappy photo quality - the light was really bright! This is the check for what has affectionately been termed as "blue dick!!" I use a blue coloured sealant around the wick hole and the residue is sometimes left on the surface of the candle. In this case, the head of the willy is closely inspected and any of the blue mould seal is removed to ensure it burns nicely (ouch!)

Sometimes we get what we refer to in the workshop as "waxy syphylis" where there are white markings on the surface of the candle. It's actually due to the wax not being HOT hot, but damn it looks like an STD! LOL!

Luckily wax syphylis can usually be fixed with a quick blast from the heatgun, but sometimes it means the lil fella is a gonner and he gets re-melted again!!

Yeah umm I'm not sure about this photo ... I don't think Terri was intending to actually SNORT the candle but my phone camera was out and snapped away!!!! LOL

It was a brilliant morning - we got all the willys boxed up and sent out, and had such a right laugh in the meantime!!

I love days when I have company in the workshop - especially when it is unpaid labour from good friends just popping in to say hi!

Ahhh a great day!!! I've had a grin on my face all day!