Too busy to blog!

  Just a quick one, for obvious reasons! Am suddenly feeling the pressure as the Prowess conference and One Life show loom ever closer and lots of materials need to go to print. Otherwise I have a horrible feeling that I’ll be stood there, just me, without even a business card to give out. And whilst I’m sure I’d find a creative way round it and resort to writing on people’s hands or something, I don’t really want to have to!

So my ‘to do’ list is looking scarily long and the days are seeming scarily short. I’m also struggling a little bit with the feeling that someone else is bringing up my children. Like today - the sun is shining, the air’s fresh and it’s a beautiful afternoon to be down by the river feeding the ducks. And I’m not there having a laugh with my little ones, I’m here, under a fluorescent tube, soaking up radiation from my PC! No wonder I’ve got a headache. Of course, I know that the nanny doesn’t really get to have all the fun, and that I’m doing this for the very best of reasons. I’m just missing my kids and having a bit of a wobble. Show me a working mum who doesn’t! But is it the same for working dads? I could be wrong but it doesn’t seem so … please let me know.

Aaaaagh, accounts!

Don’t know what possessed me to go into business. I completely forgot that, until you’re successful enough to have other people to do it for you, you have to deal with all the money side of things! Having spent the last few hours wading through spreadsheets and receipts to get everything ready for the accountant, who needs it all for the VAT (wo)man, I am beginning to realise that there’s a downside to running your own company! Numbers never were my strong point, so this is going to be a steep learning curve … and, most of all, a lesson in discipline. And Mummo hasn’t even started trading yet!

Everything else feels like a bit of a blur at the moment and, to be honest with you, I can’t really remember what I’ve been up to since my last post. Oh, yes, I’ve been going through the html templates for the website with a fine toothcomb, and also writing some more copy, and experimenting with the idea of incorporating an Amazon aStore. Seems like quite a good way of generating a bit of extra income for Mummo whilst providing people with something useful. And, let’s face it, everyone buys their books and CDs etc from Amazon, don’t they?!

I’ve also been trying to work out what to do about dads?! It’s tricky - I don’t want to dilute the focus of Mummo, and dads generally face different challenges to mums. But fathers do have a really important role to play, for their children and their partners, and there are times when it just makes good sense to include them. So I’ve been trying to find a creative solution to that one as well!

On that note, what’s the quote - “The best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.” Yes … and, if my other half is by any chance checking up on my blog before leaving work, I’d just like to add “and bring home a big box of chocolates!”