The Master Plan has hit the shelves!! After a sensational holiday in Bali we are back and we are running. The boat with the Master Plan arrived while we were sipping Lime Crushes, they were sent to the warehouse while we were sipping lime crushes and they were unloaded while we were still sipping lime crushes. OK, perhaps we did overdose on Lime Crushes. The past week has been very busy with sending out stock and ensuring our stores continue to have stock. We have had stores sell out within a week which is very exciting. Northside News in Brisbane, Brisbane News and My Child Magazine have featured The Master Plan in the past few weeks, it is always a thrill to see media loving our diary as much as we do.I am looking forward to the 6th October when the diaries start. Between swimming lessons, kinder, doctors, birthdays, dinners my berry is just not cutting it. Next year with school starting for Emily I am sure it will just get worse. I am looking forward to not missing birthdays again!!
The last couple of weeks have been particularly crazy for Annabel and I.
Take Annabel for example, 2 weeks ago she spent 5 days in Hong Kong (with Zoe of course) then flew straight to Melbourne for 5 days at Life inStyle where we were exhibiting. Then back to Brisbane for a few days before a well deserved family holiday in Bali (I’ll be there too….!) Annabel is particularly lucky to have such a supportive family who stepped up and helped out with Georgia and Emily, but it is still a draining experience.
My own experience is limited to Melbourne, but involves talking to customers while driving my daughter to kinder (its OK I have handsfree), or while on tuckshop duty. Its when you are madly typing invoices into the computer before the courier arrives for collection, that the two year old is trying to madly type on the computer too.
Annabel and I started Milestone Press because we wanted to work from home, so we could do much of the stuff that mothers want to do for their kids. In trying to combine the best of both worlds, it is still very complicated. When I worked two days for a bank, at least I could switch off five days a week. Now I have constant pressure to make sure things are going well. Shipments are delayed, stock is damaged and there is no one else to fix it, except Annabel and myself. Now that is a lot like motherhood!
We are off for a family holiday for 10 days, and are desperately looking forward to a break. Milestone Press will keep ticking over though, and of course we are never too far from our blackberries 