he works HARD for his money...

small business is tough... here is my BIL helping us assemble our catalogs last night for CHA... the idea of small business is exciting yet lots of work but we have come a long way baby! i can still remember our first CHA show (Dallas 2004 Feb). we had a tiny table in the new exhibitors section. we weren't sure what to expect. so when we planned and were talking about catalogs, we didn't know how many to print... so we printed 100 - yes that is right - one hundred. well thankfully, after about 2 hours of people crowding around our table, we were out. we are better planned this time...

it isn't easy but with each round, it gets a bit easier. we remember to put our booth number on our order forms (otherwise we have to put them on each one). we remember to print out our show specials to enclose with our catalogs. little other things like candy for the booth or aprons with Maya Road on them (including pockets for catalogs and business cards)... so many things to remember - many mistakes to learn from...

it is tough and it has been a fab show. i think that a couple of ppl felt we weren't providing them the needed attention and i want to apologize for that. this show has been so much better than we could have imagined and when there are only 4 or 5 of us, we have a hard time helping 10-20 people. we love that everyone loves our stuff and we are learning so be patient with us!!!

thanks for making maya road a great journey...