A day in the life of a “Mompreneur” ®
This is nothing earth shattering it’s just one of those small moments that make you smile and say “I love being a mom”. Today I dropped the girls off at their mother’s morning out program at 9:45 like I do every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The only difference was I let them bring their “baby” and their “froggy” in the car because when I pick them up this afternoon we are going to Aunt Brandy’s house straight from school. Aunt Brandy has a doctor’s appointment and I need to watch her children for her this afternoon, so to make nap time easier on the little one I let her bring her baby and of course if “baby” gets to go then Froggy gets to go too according to my older daughter. When I dropped them off, they made sure that Froggy and baby were strapped safely in the car seats to run errands with mommy while they were at school. At 10:00 I had a business meeting with a photographer I am in negotiations with to handle my product pictures for the packaging, website, advertising materials etc…. I have been working with him for a few weeks now and he has been showing me what he can do with my product, and how good he can make it look as well as giving me the numbers it would take to get him to do these pictures for me. As with everything, I’m having a hard time stroking that check. Why does EVERYTHING have to cost money??!!! So we met again today to really nail down a firm number and this was my chance to give my list of expectations before we go any further. I opened my brief case at our meeting and just laughed. When my inspiration hit me a week or so ago as to what I wanted and needed from him to get this job I had nothing to write on but a Winnie the Pooh coloring book page. (Tigger is on the back) So there I am trying really hard to drive a hard bargain but be fair and try to create a real win-win working agreement all while referring to my half colored Winnie the Pooh document. Nobody can ever accuse me of having my priorities mixed up! I truly am first and foremost, a mom. I offered no excuses, nor an explanation. You can take me or leave me, Winne and all! We did come to a wonderful agreement and he will now be working on my project for the next few weeks. As I went to the car feeling very good about my meeting and rather proud of how professional I could be with Winnie in tow, I clicked the button to open the sliding door of my minivan to throw my brief case in the back and staring back at me were “baby” and “Froggy”, strapped in nice and safe. What a GREAT morning!
Leslie Haywood, Founder and President of Charmed Life Products, Inventor of Grill Charms™ www.grillcharms.com
