what i love about this business...

this is a fave pic of mine - noah fast asleep in the baby bjorn after i took him out for a walk a couple of days ago..he is growing up SO FAST! it is amazing!

but looking at this picture, i am so glad that i chose the route in my life that allows me to see noah and be with him more often than at my other job. i would have missed out on a lot if i went back to my engineering profession. i always knew that i would be a working mom b/c that is my nature. but i am blessed to be able to be in an industry where people understand when you tell them "i just had a baby" and they ask about your child rather than the you-have-been-gone-for-6-weeks-you-should-be-back-to-work. what a difference that is. and i love that. i love that when we brought noah with us to chicago, people were wanting to see him at the show rather than another industry where the people would have frowned upon me taking my 7 week old to a trade show with me. that is what i LOVE about this business. it is refreshing...

but also there are things which i wish would change in this business. as with the positives, there are always negatives. at times, when deb and i have asked people what they have thought about our product line, all we hear is "we love everything" - unfortunately those are some of the times when we want to hear the brutally honest truth b/c love doesn't pay the bills (LOL). this industry is so full of praise that sometimes it is hard to gauge what direction we should be heading or what we should/shouldn't release. !

but you know what? i wouldn't trade where i am today and what we are doing with the company for anything else in the world. i am a happier person. i don't get sick as much. i do work like a dog still but i enjoy it. and all of that, along with the time noah and i get to spend together is priceless. so for that, i thank you all for your support!!

and looking ahead, deb and i are starting up some MT ideas and we promise they will KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF!!

OH yeah, be sure to check out my blog on friday, after some mega-power- unpacking, i have some more CHA Chicago goodies to share - some of our samples of chipboard tins were dented on their way home but the chippies are still good so i will be RAKing those away this coming friday!