There are 4 times in the year that we just go crazy at the office. Each time coincides with the release of our new fabric collections for sale. This takes place after the designs are completed and selected. Once the themes are complete, we have to print out our sample cards for each collection. It is a lot of printing, anywhere from 13,000 to 25,000 pages to be correlated into about 200 sample sets that go out to sales reps throughout the world.

Lots of printing, taping and organizing. Our conference room becomes a paper mess and everyone is scrambling to get the samples out.

With this in mind, we welcome any and all help to get this accomplished.

With the risk of being arrested for breaking some child labor law, I want to share an event from yesterday. My 2 daughters have another 10 days of vacation before school starts and they wanted to come to the office, have lunch with daddy and help out. Well, I was all for the lunch with daddy, but was really dreading the disruption they might cause by helping out in the office during this busy time.

But my fears were soon laid to rest, as both my girls were quite good at compiling and taping the sample sets.

I was so thrilled, my girls were really helping out–at only 5 and 8 years old….what great children….what a lucky man I am, maybe I can have them come in during some of their school breaks…what is the legal age for them to really work at the office…all those thoughts came to a screeching halt.

At the end of their 2 hour effort, with me busting with pride,the dream had to end. My eldest daughter Kassandra presented me with a written bill for their services, 30 sample sets X $5 per set for $150 in total. That is $37.50 per hour. Another 30 minutes of negotiating and I was still in big trouble.

Maybe they should stay in school for many many more years!!!! It will save me lots of money!!!