Busy Work. Busy Week.

It's been one of those weeks where there has been mass amounts of administrative work to be done. I've done it, I think. The list was so long, I bet there is something I've forgotten to do or just don't realize I still need to do it. Have you ever had a week like that?

Mason was sick Thursday and Friday which challenged me to have to work from home while Dave is working in southern California. It actually worked out well and I got more done for my day job than I sometimes do at the office.

So glove sales are moving along, lots of phone tag, people reaching out wanting an appointment but I don't have the time to drive all over the mountains this year like I did last year. The problem with this is, we have new products, different fabrics, and a mitten for next season. It''s hard for someone to buy the new stuff if they can't see it! We have a local trade show coming up the first week in March and hopefully we'll get to see most, if not all of our existing CA clients there. Otherwise, we have to figure out how to meet with them even if it means making the trip to Truckee, Reno, Lake Tahoe, or any of those outlying areas to see one client in an afternoon. You see, I have to pick Mason and Kyle up from school at 1 PM, drop them off at day care and then have to be back to pick Mason up by 6 PM. This gives me between 1:30-5:30 to travel at least 2 hours of travel and only 2 hours to sell. That's a lot of trips and a very small window of opportunity considering a change in weather will make the whole day a loss. In any case, we will do what it takes to make it happen and as we start to make money, hopefully, we'll be able to have more time to devote to the glove business and not have to spend so much time working for other people (I love the people I work for and with, but I'm only one woman!).

So I got all the paperwork pulled together and submitted to my CPA, completed my P&L for ZipperBack Gloves for 2009, finished another prototype (need to re-do it), sorted/filed mass amounts of paper (bills, receipts, etc), and cleaned the house! Can you believe there is still more to do? There is always more to do!

Here's today's quip: An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it - Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

Does that sound like anyone we know? Laughing! I know, I know, "Close your mouth when you chew!" Still laughing!