As the actress says about a nude scene......Reach for the Stars..

Phew,

What a week......

This week (although not yet over..still Sat & Sunday  to go.....another thousand items to be delivered between Saturday & Sunday).....has been beyond busy....I am aching from head to toe with the blissful pain of it all.
I'm so  tired that when a client called today to see if I would meet him tomorrow re a gig on 12th of July, I suggested 8.30am, otherwise I don't think I could pull myself out of bed in the morning. June has been a bumper month for us.....lots of retail sales, catering gigs and sandwich platters....July is looking quieter, but then again...June wasn't meant to be so busy......

Next week, with the madness out of the way the priority is, getting the office finally up & running at home....planning time....catching up with clients, accounts, putting my  my business & domestic house in order....Next week I lose a child who's off to a festival in Poland, before he heads to Berlin...but I also have another one  returning to me from the Gaeltacht....My youngest finished national school this week and I have to admit I sobbed the whole way through 6th class rendition of "Reach for the Stars" at the end of term performance on Wednesday as I pondered how much time I have missed with the kids (time I can never get back). Mr Delicious graciously pointed out that I am a working mom and that over the 14 years of having kids in national school, I have never missed a single performance or parent teacher meeting.

When I started my blog I promised that I'd only mention  my kids, if,  like the actress says about a nude scene in a movie..."I'll only do it if the story requires it...." So tonight as I come to the end of an era...as the youngest heads for  secondary school & the eldest heads for Poland & Berlin Inter railing, as I start seriously working from home, I feel the moment has come to do as the actress does & reveal all.....

Our four kids are amazing..., they have learnt through us how hard  it is to earn money...the rewards of hard work when they come.....

What they haven't grasped is.....the benefits of being children of caterers (leftovers )

Child                    "What's for dinner?"
Mr Delicious         "Thai Chicken Curry or Italian Meatballs & Tomato Sauce or Normandy Pork"
Child                    "Oh ..for Gods Sake....there is never anything to eat in this house....can we order in pizza

Still ....we love them...,they make everything  worthwhile.

Shirley x