We had a fab weekend! We got off a little later than planned and hit some horrendous traffic on the M25 AT 10:30 AT NIGHT!!!!!! What was THAT all about?? Anyway, it was pushing midnight when we arrived at the home of the family who were organizing the event. They had very kindly offered to put us up for the weekend!

   Saturday was a great success! Lisa had put so much effort into the whole day and it showed. Everything ran like clockwork! It wasn't over run with people but there was a steady stream of visitors all day long. Many I spoke to were thinking of pulling their kids from school or had just done so in the past two months!

   Also met many of my current customers who just stopped by to say hi. That was really nice to put faces to names and find out how they are getting one.

   It was also great to meet up with most of the other homeschool suppliers in the UK! Many of whom were a great help and encouragement to me last year when I was trying to get set up and shouting for help!! So I was the new kid on the block this weekend, but it felt good to be a part of all the great stuff that is happening here in the UK.

Here is a picture of my 'stall'. Please excuse the uneven table clothes!!  We were in a rush setting up and by the time I realised they weren't even, they were too covered with books to fix it! Other than that I was really pleased with how it all looked!

   As you can imagine the little bowls of Chocolates in the front there were a HUGE hit! LOL! Especially with the little ones! I had to actually chase off one little girl who managed to snatch nearly a whole bowl every time she thought I wasn't looking!

   We made ten sales this weekend with several demo requests as well so it was a great success for our first fair! Things we learned to change?

• Don't pack ALL your stock! You won't need that much. And it is VERY heavy to keep lugging around!
• Check the table clothes before you put the books on.
• Bring plenty of spare chocolate!
• Bring printed price lists! (can't believe I forgot this one!)
• Get hubby trained up to speed on MUS stock before next fair in two weeks time so I can get to the other stalls to have a look at books for us! LOL!

   Everytime I snuck off to have a peek, someone would come to our stall and Dh would send one of the boys to come and get me! So I didn't get to look around at all really! So I'm determined to next time.

   We had a wonderful time of fellowship with the host family and are already planning a trip down to visit in the summer! We simply got on like a house on fire and none of us wanted to leave!! Especially when we woke up to a snow storm!

   Yes! We had a full blown snow storm on the 6th of April!! In two hours we had at least four inches of snow fall!  This is huge for a country that comes to a stand still with half an inch!! LOL! We thought we would wait for it to go off a bit as it usually does after an hour or so, but instead it was still coming down thick and fast so we thought we better get going before we got snowed in!!!!

   It was a looooong journey back but we made it safely, got the foster kids from respite and got everyone into bed!

   So, a weekend spent all with homeschoolers, making new friends, meeting people you have only known by name and email, and successfully 'showing' Math U See for the first time - sounds like a recipe for success to me!

   Thanks for the many prayers and well wishes! I do sometimes worry about nothing, but it was all so new I didn't know what to expect. Silly me! Next time I won't get so nervous..........or will I? LOL!