Monday, June 21, 2010

Summer and Free Time?

Today is the first day of Summer and what should be a few months of adding more free time to my schedule.  This summer I've created a work schedule that has me home with my kids with the exception of 5 hours 2 days a week when I'll head in to the store to "keep up with the paperwork".  The economy still has us at a place where the store can be manned by one employee at a time and I am lucky enough to have the re-incarnation of superwoman as my employee.  Courtney is everything you'd want in an employee and she wants full time hours - even better.  So my summer will be spent playing tourist with my kids throughout the lovely state of New Hampshire instead of sending them to, and paying for, endless weeks of summer camp.  I'm looking forward to the time we'll have together as no job is more important than being their Mom.
Of course, it's not that easy.  Aside from American Cowboy Supply my husband and I also run a Flag-Works, which just branched out into promotional products and an Internet based business, the Cowboy Mounted Shooters Team Registry which I've always run from our home.  So in-between sightseeing trips I'll be trying to get in some desk time to keep up with my "extra curricular" businesses.  I guess it would also be nice to squeeze in a few rides on Kitt too.
I'm hoping that the time I'm not in the store this summer feels like "free time".  Sometimes kids can make you feel even busier.  Free time or not, the one thing I know is how precious the time I spend with my kids this summer will be.

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