Rosemary toast and Board of Advisors

No matter what the main course is for breakfast each morning, my girls have taken to requesting a piece of thick-cut, toasted Rosemary bread slathered in butter.

They'll finish their oatmeal or their cereal and about 30 minutes later, I'll get the call for a piece of that, "special toast, please, Daddy!"

They're eating their "special toast" right now, as I sit down to grab a moment's reprieve from cleaning up the kitchen, helping Raina brush her hair, getting dressed myself, helping Story go pee on the potty, and packing their school lunches.

Speaking of which...

• P&J (Jif and Smuckers like always, no Nutella added today)
• Mott's Applesauce
• Rold's Gold Pretzels
• Jello Cherry and Raspberry jello
• Water
• And my daily school lunch note for Raina (see attached).

I put this note in Raina's lunch today because as we all know, life is a journey.

My daughter is finishing her first month in first grade this week. It's a lot different than her Kindergarten experience. She has kids in the class that "act out." They have different routines than last year. She's adjusting, but it's definitely a new journey for her.

I feel the same way for my start-up company, Stage of Life LLC.

After over two years in business, my co-founder, Joe, and I are now in the midst of lining up a Board of Advisors. We have some aggressive goals for the company for 2012 and we realize that tapping into additional intellectual and business talent will be crucial as we continue to grow our start-up website, StageofLife.com and partnership marketing agency, Stage of Life LLC.

Personal, mailed invitations started going out last Friday to individuals we've had the pleasure of working with or knowing personally over our professional careers. Our list of potential Advisory Board members is diverse, and we're excited to make a formal announcement of the Board make-up by mid-October.

We don't expect everyone to jump "on board" to serve on our Advisory Board by any means. People's lives are busy...we know. But we're definitely excited to hear the reaction to our letter and invitation.

Till tomorrow...

--Eric