here is a typical day in my life at MR...

so you want to start your own scrapbooking biz? are you ready for the hours?

let me just quickly run through my day with you...

8:00 - 9:00 am get up, spend some quality time with noah, check the 40 emails i got overnight

9:00 - 10:00 am get ready and do some quick laundry, get noah ready to go to my friend's house (diapers? check. milk? check. change of clothes? check. pacifier? check. blanket? check), start responding to emails, check in with J about things to follow up on today.

10:00 am - 12 noon emails, invoices, work on items for next show, talk to the w/h, check voicemail messages, pay bills, fulfill some donation requests, IM with deb

12 noon - 12:15 pm wolf down lunch while checking on order status, answer the phones or out checking on arrivals at the warehouse

12:15 - 3 pm continue to work on orders, pay bills (electricity, storage, w/h, phone, printer ink, etc), check on arrival of merchandise and return calls.

3 pm - 4 pm get orders ready for the next day, respond to the other 50 emails we have. work on newsletter, drop off pkgs /letters at the post office (oh yeah wait in line for that too).

4 pm - 6 pm pick noah up from friend's house, play with him, feed him, burp him, change him. have him sit with me at my home office (and in the fall, we will sneak out for walks when it isn't HOT) - think about what is for dinner. start dinner or beg to go out to eat... might also get a nap if we stayed up late like this:

6 pm - 7 pm - eat and chill time

7 pm - 9 pm - family time with david and noah along with IMing deb on issues or get a quick run in

9 pm - 11 pm - hang out with noah and david. convince noah he needs an earlier bedtime

11 pm - 1 am - work on invoices, orders, issues, etc. try to blog before going to bed. chat with customers / distributors in different time zones. think if i forgot to shower or not (lol).

then there is sleep!


and that is the glamourous life of MR! LOL! but you know what, i wouldn't trade it for anything! i enjoy it. and on those rare occasions i can sneak away, i love to use what we make to create something. like this: