While in Chicago I met The Kitchen Gadget Gals. Check out their site: http://www.kitchengadgetgals.com/page.php?pageID=71&articleID=114

An update on my buyer Samantha: her last day was last Friday.

The kids are out of school for Spring Break, so I have to get creative with my time. I have been setting up different crafts and activities for them and when a REALLY important call comes in, I make sure to have special movies on hand. Today I did a blogtalk radio interview with the guru of product licensing Stephen Key and his business partner Andrew Krauss. www.inventright.com  It was so much fun and as usual, in the back of my head I’m praying that nobody yells “Mommy… I need to wipe!!!” in the middle of it. It was being taped, so I suppose that could have been edited out in the end, but we had such a great show going on, it would have really messed up the flow. There was at one point (and this seems to ALWAYS happen) when I could hear my 4 year old start to call for me. I went to the top of the stairs trying desperately to concentrate on the interview question at hand and not sound like a babbling idiot while simultaneously waving my finger at her with the pleading look on my face of “Please dear child… wait just 5 more minutes”. Sadly… the girls know that look and my finger gesture all too well and they have gotten VERY good and VERY patient with their mommy and they do 99% of the time stay quiet until I give them the all clear. I’ll post the link to the interview here on my blog when it’s up and I’ll also add it to my news page: http://www.grillcharms.com/news.htm l The girls will get a special treat later for being so good. Stephen and Andrew were so much fun and are genuinely out there to help out the first time (or even seasoned) inventor. He focuses on the licensing aspect of inventions and has become “THE” go to guy for getting your invention picked up by a manufacturer, so I encourage you “idea” people to subscribe to his free newsletter and listen to his show on Blogtalk radio. He’s one of the good guys. You can ask questions and get advice on the inventRight forum, check out the resource center , and listen to the weekly radio show on inventing

Oh… the April issue of Health Magazine is on newsstands now. If you happen to see it on the shelves, thumb through it. You’ll see an article and a picture of me and the girls. It’s a story on Breast Cancer. My mom is even mentioned!   That was the excitement for the day, we’ll chat soon!

Leslie Haywood, Founder and President of Charmed Life Products, Inventor of Grill Charms™ www.grillcharms.com