TAMAHERE MARKET FOR FEBRUARY

 

5.45 am.  Eeeegads, it's too damn early to be up.

But, it's off to market we go.  I'm really looking forward to today.  A chance to get out of the house and take my mind off the waiting.

It is looking to be a lovely summer's day today, no bad weather is predicted.  Hopfully the wind doesn't get up like it did at last months market.

Wind and rain ... I can't decide what's worse to be honest.

When we get home around 2 pm, we will have about an hour and a half to unpack and get the house ready for the Open Home.  

Will today be our SECOND TO LAST Open Home?  

GOSH I HOPE SO.

Right, let's be off ... and have a lovely day catching up with everyone we missed last month.

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ABOVE: Our first dark start. Sun should be rising soon. 

ABOVE: And here we are. 7.15 am and all ready for the day. Apparently there's a big event on up the road at Mystery Creek called 'Meat Stock'. So if you are into eating meat... it's the place to go today. Hopefully it doesn't impact our visitor numbers.

11.28 am. Numbers are definitely down for this time of year, but we have made some good sales this morning.  1.5 hours to go. 

ABOVE: We just bought our first Yellow Watermelon.  I can't wait to cut it and see inside.  That will have to wait until this evening. 

2.15 pm:  Home. Unloaded.  Opened windows.

I spent part of today's money on...

ABOVE: Some gazebo weights.  We are going to start doing the Morrinsville market once a month, so as it's held on asphalt, we will need weights to hold the gazebo down.

A bloke at the markets, a fellow stall holder, makes them for a very fair price.  So I ordered and paid for a set of four.

We can get them off him in two weeks, at the next Morrinsville market.

I now need to get off here and get the house ready.

4.40 pm and the Open Home is done and dusted.  All going well... ONE TO GO.

Stew and I are now going to RELAX for the remainder of the day... it's been a BUSY DAY.

I'm so damn tired I can't think straight.  And I've told Stew I ain't cooking a damn thing for dinner... we are getting takeaways!

OMG I ate far too much for dinner!!!

Totally stuffed my face.

There is NO ROOM for watermelon, that will have to wait until tomorrow now.

I just went to our storage unit to get our old 'bowl cosy' shelving unit back.

More on that tomorrow.

Today is done, it's been a good day because I hardly thought about the 'countdown' at all.

And I'm going to sleep damn well tonight because I'm freakin' knackered.

Catch ya tomorrow.