Okay, I really really need to turn things around.  You know how when things go bad, they keep going bad, and when they are good, you seem to be ON FIRE.  Well… I’m in the trenches right now.  Yesterday put me in a little bit of a tail spin, but I pulled out of it.  Today I’m back in.  I took the girls to the dentist and my 5 year old apparently has deep grooves in her molars and has a cavity!!!  Now for those of you that don’t know my 5 year old, she is a bit of a freaker-outer and is super anxious and sensitive by nature.  Now that she is used to going into the dentist, she loves it.  Well…. We have to go back Tuesday for a filling!!!  When we go to the doctor and she knows there is a finger prick, she seriously almost hyperventilates.  What is this going to do to her?  They are going to give her nitrous and a Novocain shot.  I hate those shots!!!  They HURT!    

So I come home worried about THAT and get into the office to do some work and I see an email from my BIG store that said the nice big fat purchase order was coming. Well, it appears that my buyer that loved my product got transferred to another position and the new guy wants 6 cases.  Yep….6.  Don’t get me wrong, I am very very thankful for those 6 cases but I ordered 15,000 units bases on the assumption that this PO would just about clear out my currently inventory.  AGGHHHHH!  So now I’m sitting here second guessing every decision I made.  I’m going to try to work things out in my head to get myself in a better place.  How was I to know that there would be a company restructuring?  I couldn’t NOT build up my inventory because the next big account would not stand for a 75 day lead time on a seasonal item.  Based on the information I had at the time, I think I still made a good decision, but this just goes to show that even the best decisions at the time can turn out to be wrong.  I took a calculated risk and well… you have to be prepared for the consequences.  The good news it, it’s not like Grill Charms are perishable!  Okay, I’m going to turn things around starting NOW!  Good news… I was in the local paper this week called “West Of”.  It was a great article with a good picture of the product.  Yes… turning things around…. 

Leslie Haywood, Founder and President of Charmed Life Products, Inventor of Grill Charms™  www.grillcharms.com

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