My goodness what a busy week it’s been! Being a Mum is the most amazing job in the world; an occupation that pays you in hugs, and it just can’t be beaten. I miss both my children when they are at school so I really look forward to them coming home and long for each weekend to come quickly. Last weekend Izzy and I went to our local Sainsburys in Alder Hills, Poole for our first retail book signing. We had a lot of fun and I certainly learnt a lot about promotion that day, in particular my 5 year old daughter could sell more books and raise more money for charity than I did! It’s still a very strange feeling seeing your project come to fruition, hearing announcements on the store tannoy about Izzy and Ollie and then actually seeing people purchase your book; I wonder if this will fade in time, or whether the proud feeling will remain. One thing I am thankful for is the family and friends who took the time to come and support me. This is a whole new environment for me. As you may know I am a Police Officer, a job I have done for 12 years in December. A job I have been trained for and have a lot of experience. I have no experience in promotion, there is no training so I feel out of my depth until I listened to my friend engaging with Sainsburys customers simply telling Izzy’s story and pitching my book. Simple. From then on we sold a lot more and raised a lot more money. Lesson 1 in sales! From then on I relaxed and enjoyed the day. Thanks to all those who came, this meant a lot, and thanks to everyone who expressed an interest or bought a book. Izzy, with the help of Ollie and her friend Lottie, managed to collect £80 for The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children – well done guys! 
This week has also been an unusual week as I had to go to work every day. Since I have had Izzy and Ollie I work on a part time basis. Hampshire Constabulary have been fantastic employers ensuring that I can achieve a good home/work balance. This is vital for us as my husband Jason is often away meaning that I have sole responsibility for child care arrangements. This is tricky at the best of times but particularly when a case I was dealing with was heard in Crown Court this week and as such I had to attend every day for the duration. Juggling house work, children, emails, phone enquiries, Twitter and Facebook has been interesting this week, all I can say is thank goodness for the iPhone and the ability to access everything on the go! I have no idea how Mum’s who work full time manage to do everything and have full admiration for them…… and my Mum AKA the ironing fairy – thank you! The week did end with a wonderful Gala Dinner arranged by some fabulous parents of the school that our children attend. This was in honour of the fabulous Headmistress we have; I hope she had a night to remember, as we certainly did. Well that’s it from Izzy and Ollie HQ this week. Here’s to another week and I wonder what it has in store for us…… 
