Life at Workhouse…often challenging, often exciting, often frustrating, always busy…but never ever dull!

I would say this but…..the atmosphere at Workhouse is electric at the moment. The tension and excitement is palpable.

With only 6 working days (including today) left before Christmas everybody is flat out. It’s normally wind down time but not this year. We’re pitching on Friday, we’re waiting for the yes/no on a couple of big proposals, a lot of existing clients are very busy, staffing issues are to the fore, we’re light in Account Management and have had to draft in some freelance design help in the studio this week, but can we manage it….YES WE CAN!  On top of that we’re shooting our annual Christmas video tomorrow, editing and e-mailing Thurs/Fri. We’ve another big photo shoot coming up in the New Year (do we know that’s only 7 working days away!!!) , and a raft of new business wins to start working on.

We’ve a training day with our new admin system to fit in, the voting and deciding on our ‘staff member of the year’, the Christmas party, the new accountant to brief, and the creative for our new year mailing to do. And this is while we’re all on tenterhooks awaiting the arrival of Stevens new baby…..

No let up when I get home, as we have my brothers family and Nita’s parents up for Christmas…. Christmas dinner for 10. Youngest son Ben is frantically decorating the granny flat above our garage trying to move in in time for Christmas, as well as trying to start his training as he’s been accepted to run the London Marathon. And oldest son Tom is on the verge of a ‘life changing’ decision as we wait to find out if our family’s offer to buy the lease on the Threshers store where he works has been accepted! If we get it Tom’s Wine Shop in Whalley will be open as fast as is physically possible! As well as all my Christmas shopping to do.

Life at Workhouse…often challenging, often exciting, often frustrating, always busy…but never ever dull!