|
Displaying 1 - 10 (0.148 seconds)
| Next Page »
| Hard yakka
|
|
Posted 9:23 AM on Tue-19-Mar-2013
|
|
I get the impression that some people think business owners have it made. Sure, from the outside it looks all glitz and glamour, be your own boss, go on a conference, donate to charity, buy a new car, eat brand label groceries. True. It is all those things, but the behind the scenes hard work physically, financially & emotionally that go with it are what those with the untrained eye don't see.The pros such as the above far outweigh the cons, but when it's 'con season' I sure have days where I would happily give it all up for a Bloke who worked for wages.Take a regular day... Pocket & The Legend wake around 6am and come in for a cuddle. The Bloke and I try our hard
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Back in the day.......
|
|
Posted 8:20 AM on Fri-18-Jan-2013
|
|
I'm always one for a good laugh. I often laugh at things others don't find quite as funny as I do. I have a slightly dry but silly sense of humour.Like everyone, we get plenty of gag emails sent through, in the form of hilarious cartoons or typed stories. And it got me thinking. Remember back when 'faxing' was all the rage. I remember at least once a day a joke would come through on the old facsimile - now there's a word you don't here often not unlike the word 'application' I suppose which has lovingly been replaced with 'app' - see we were cool back then too if you think about it.!The faxes were always marked for the attention of someone in
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bad mom goes back to work
|
|
Posted 3:16 AM on Fri-14-Sep-2012
|
|
babara neglect is many different forms, 1 being time while u are so concerned with having money and ur career ur bby loses that important time with u and instead spends it with a stranger every day. thats gonna be great for ur bbys development but allgood bby has heaps of material things to make up for all the time u spend at work Stupid words said to me during an argument on Facebook, FACEBOOK by someone who I wouldn't be able to tell from a bar of soap. But still, these words have hung on my heart all week. What is it about them that stings so much? Why is it that friends and even family seemed to side with what she said? Is it that I am wrong to work? Am I a bad mother to desire to b
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Onwards and Upwards
|
|
Posted 9:10 AM on Fri-17-Aug-2012
|
|
It dawned on me last night, that this time last year, I was an absolute wreck. This time last year a few months had passed since sacking our staff member for theft. For a whole year prior things had been pretty tough. The books weren't showing what they should be showing considering the number of hours The Bloke was putting in. Slaving his guts off would be the saying that comes to mind, and as each 20th of the month rolled around, things didn't get any easier. We couldn't figure it out.In April or May, things came to light. Things that we just couldn't believe. But once things came out in the open, it was easy to see why all The Blokes hard work was getting us next to no
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tupperware
|
|
Posted 2:19 PM on Fri-11-May-2012
|
|
Hi all I am a Tupperware demonstrator in Rotorua and was wondering if any one would be interested in seeing some of the products.I do this as I am a stay home mum of 3 children, Ages are 2years, 3years and a 1 month old baby girl. My older 3 r at school.If you are interested please leave a comment or email me and I will get back to you. thank you utana
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| This is my life...
|
|
Posted 11:09 AM on Tue-8-Nov-2011
|
|
Hi everyone... I've dusted off the keyboard and decided to put my brain into blog mode... Its been absolutely crazy busy since the launch of my new range back at the end of July and I've barely managed to catch a breath! I miss kidspot... I feel like I have to get to know you alllll again, I've been a slack hostess eh? :-( Life's been busy - I now have a 5 yr old and a 7 year old with a cute gappy toothless smile. 2 at school and 1 at home and I'm busier than ever. When it rains it pours here. On top of back to back business stuff, markets, magazine/photoshoots/press/ tv interviews my kids have had the most unfortunate time being sick. A tummy bug her
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Elderly child
|
|
Posted 9:14 AM on Tue-4-Oct-2011
|
|
It dawned on me yesterday, that even though a certain customer at work had a old, deep voice, their tone was very familiar to me. It was the peevish whinge of a child.Although work related, the conversation could very easily have been mistaken for any number of logger head encounters with The Legend or Pocket.The black is the conversation, the red is my thoughts in my head."but I want it now"ah great, here we go"sorry sir, it's not ready yet""but you said 45 minutes""I'm sorry, some wires must have been crossed somewhere""yes you did, you said 45 minutes"actually, I've only been here 15 minutes, it wasn't me who said that&
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Work it.
|
|
Posted 9:14 AM on Mon-3-Oct-2011
|
|
Last week of the term. Wow, that sure came around fast. Of course it's always nice to have school holidays and a bit of home time, but for me, self employed & working part time, that just means I have to pack the next couple of weeks work into this week.Yeah, I probably could have done a little bit here and there over the last couple of weeks, but we've been crazy busy and it's hard enough getting the day to day work done let alone adding extra to my growing to do list.I'm lucky I can take every school holiday break off. One of the benefits of working for ourselves. But I do wonder how others do it. Others who are in paid employment. Surely they can't take every
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| A vicious circle
|
|
Posted 2:01 PM on Tue-10-May-2011
|
|
I sometimes wonder if the world would be a better place if whoever thought of the concept of money had just shut up and not come up with the idea. They say it can't buy you happiness, and truly so, it can however buy you an easier ride through life. We have been ok so far money wise, but I can't help but wonder and stress, that if the economy keeps going it the rate it is, that we too might be scraping by even more trying to make ends meet. It's a vicious circle. We work hard at our own business, building it up, satisfying customers, paying wages, paying our taxes (a lot of taxes) and yet it seems, our industry may very well be one of the last ones to jump on the recession wav
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Moving on up
|
|
Posted 9:14 AM on Fri-8-Apr-2011
|
|
This is it. The big weekend. The big shift. These last couple of weeks have been hectic organising, painting, building, more organising and all so we can shift in to our new larger workshop.It is exciting, and scary at the same time. It has to be done. We've outgrown where we are now and really are all tripping over each other. Some mornings I go in and spend half the time standing around because we only have one computer & one or other of the boys is busy looking up parts or wiring diagrams. To some, standing around with hands on hips would be exactly what they'd expect to be doing if they were the bosses wife. But the reality is, the longer I stand around, the more I have to
Read More...
|
|
|
|
|
Displaying 1 - 10 (0.148 seconds)
| Next Page »
|
|
|
|
