Haiti

I don’t have cable or satellite, so went to a friends house to watch the telethon to raise money.  First of all, George Clooney, humanitarian ambassador that he is, is from Cincinnati.  I grew up watching his Dad Nick Clooney report the local evening news every night!  It was a hastily put together show and did NOT showcase Clooney.  The footage of CNN reporter was moving and appropriate for a general audience.  Still, the images were breath-stopping.

Ever since the earthquake I have wondered, sometimes out loud, what response we would have had, had this catastrophe occurred in Iraq or Afghanistan……..It’s easy to reach out to the Haitians because we have no conflict with them.  Would we be so generous with our “enemies”?

I often find myself tormented by questions such as these.

Today Steve made shampoo bars!  What a treat it was for me to be working away on the computer and smell the yeasty aroma of the beer/lye mixture.  There’s a feeling that is very rewarding when you smell good things cooking in your own kitchen and you haven’t even been in there!!!  Additionally, I took pride in the fact that I taught him, encouraged him, and trust him to do as good a job as I do.  I didn’t count on these feelings so it was a nice surprise.

I have contracted with several people to help with my business which has given me quite a bit of relief.  I am not so bad at delegating.  If my business has had a downfall, it’s been in not finding help sooner.  Recently I’ve been struggling to keep up (a good thing) .  One of the biggest reasons why new businesses fail is that passionate owners/inventors/creatives have the misguided idea that no one can/will do it as good as they do – this CAN be true but is not necessarily so.  There’s a certain amount of flexibility, acceptance and understanding that boss lady has to have regarding people working for her.So……….wish me luck.

I’m going to Whole Foods Duluth on Monday to present the Verdae product line.  Looking forward to meeting the Whole Body Team there.