Craziness

I really have no excuse for not writing a blog before this. Things have been crazy in our little world these last two months, but they really haven't been that different for me and the kids

.

So this blog is about Dave

and the business

if you only read our blog to hear about the kids

then you should stop here

because no kids are included

:)

(I'll write about them soon!)

For those of you who read this blog and don't know what we do-We have a screenprinting business. All the craziness in our life right now has been because of this.

Let me explain...

Last year, we decided that we wanted to grow the business. We knew it would take a lot of work (meaning Dave working a lot and me alone with the kids a lot) but we agreed that it was the path we wanted to take. We picked up a couple big clients and practically doubled our business (and employees). We also decided (with my in-laws) to merge their business with ours. They do embroidery. The building we were in was too small, to the point where we actually rented space in two OTHER buildings in order to operate well. Our lease in all three buildings were up at the end of December or the end of January and we wanted to find space that was big enough to hold us, and embroidery-with a merge date of 1-1-10, with room to spare. We found a space last year, but it was just an empty shell of a building. Dave spent last year organizing this transition and designing the entire layout of the new building-from where he wanted the office walls built to where the outlet plugs would go to the electrical, gas and air for each machine and dryer-every single detail. They started construction on the inside of the new building last October and basically finished it 3 weeks ago. We started moving into the building the last week of December. By the end of this month Dave will have moved

8 Computers-with set up

7 screenprinting machines

6 embroidery machines

5 offices

4 dryers

3 washout sinks

2 exposure units

and received and trained on 1 new machine

not counting the

almost 100 screens and tubs of ink

cords

printing supplies

tables

chairs

desks

bookcases

cleaning chemicals

product to be printed

refrigerators

microwaves

and much much more

And don't forget...

change of address forms

emails to clients about the move

phone line transfers

parking arrangements

water leaks

annoyed clients

broken printers

breaking machines

water transfer

Garbage pickup transfer

Long Beach convention

And that is JUST the BEGINNING

Think he's a little busy?

We have to be out of all our buildings in the next couple weeks and then it will be down to smoothing out all the wrinkles that come with moving and merging. A couple more months and things should calm down. In the mean time, the kids and I go to work as much as possible so we can see Dad often. With two parents, two grandparents, and a WHOLE LOT of space, we don't get in the way anymore.

Dave's promised me a weekend away for our anniversary in March. With him.

SO THAT'S WHAT 'S GOING ON IN OUR LITTLE WORLD

pictures soon to follow

Ems

Emily has an adorable laugh and a beautiful smile. I have had a huge problem catching them on camera or film due to the fact that she has to see my face in order to show them off and when it is hidden behind a camera, she is a no-go. She also has to be in just the right mood to want to laugh, which is never when Dave can man the video camera. So I did what any desperate mom would do. I held up my phone, clicked the video camera button, held it up next to my face, found a silly phrase that happened to make her laugh, and went for it.

She looks like a butterball

She is blowing spit bubbles

Her chin is shiny with her new found talent

The camera is often not on her

The camera is often only showing half of her

The lighting is inconsistant

you might get motion sickness as you watch it

Really, it's a terrible video

But it's all I have

She's just too cute to not share it

Dave's gonna kill me when he finds out I did

Here you go...