This is why I've been absent...

I love cake decorating and towards the end of last year, after much encouragement from family and friends, I decided that I should take my hobby a step further and actually turn it into a little business.  It certainly won't mean that I can forget about returning to work (boo hoo! - I'm due back at the end of June) but it has helped with buying little things here and there and has been great for me to focus on something other than the children or the house or all the other things that a stay at home mum has to deal with.

It has been difficult though.  The only times that I can do things like this is when the kids are having a nap or after they have gone to bed, which means that I have had little to no downtime this year (and it shows in the way that I snap at my poor husband constantly!  Sorry Timmy) and lots of late nights.  But I have to keep reminding myself that this is something that I love to do and need to persist and then maybe one day it will turn into something bigger and I won't need to work for somebody else any more.

Although I haven't done a great deal to promote my business, I have had so much support from friends and family and I started a Facebook page and have had so many likes and inquiries - it's so encouraging.  Time has gotten away from me and the plans I had to write a proper business plan and marketing schedule and all the other things on my list I need to do, have slipped by the wayside.  I'm in a bit of a catch 22 situation at the moment because I really want to put everything into place properly before I return to work so that I don't lose momentum, but at the same time, I'm so scared that when I return to work I'll be so much more busy that I won't be able to continue with my cakes.  I guess it's all about priorities though.  I just need to keep my head up!