CALL ME CRAZY!

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HEY,

I'M BACK AGAIN, AND NO I HAVEN'T BEEN ON A MUCH DESERVED VACATION. IF YOU HAVE READ MY BLOG LATELY THEN YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT MY GIFT SHOP AND THE LACK OF SALES THIS SUMMER. TIMES HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN TOUGH AND THE PROVERBIAL HOLE WE'RE IN JUST KEEPS GETTING DEEPER. SO I'VE BEEN RACKING MY BRAIN (WHATS LEFT OF IT) TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SURVIVE THIS DOWNWARD TREND IN THE ECONOMY. SO AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION I DECIDED TO GRAB ANOTHER SHOVEL AND JUST DIG WITH BOTH HANDS! THAT'S RIGHT I BOUGHT THE SUB SHOP NEXT DOOR TO MY GIFT SHOP! I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, THAT GIRL HAS FALLEN OFF THE DEEP END, AND YOU'RE RIGHT. CALL ME CRAZY BUT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A BUSINESS THAT IS ESTABLISHED AND HAS BEEN PROFITABLE FOR TEN YEARS SO I DECIDED TO GO FOR IT. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE RIGHT?

SO NOW I HAVE TWO BUSINESSES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE BABY STILL COMES TO WORK EVERY DAY AND MY 20 YEAR OLD SON (A BIGGER BABY) WORKS IN THE RESTAURANT WHILE MY 17 YEAR OLD WATCHES THE GIFT SHOP. I BACK UP MY SON COOKING WHEN ITS BUSY AND MY 17 YEAR OLD WATCHES THE BABY IN THE GIFT SHOP WHEN THE SUB SHOP GETS TOO HECTIC. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHAT I CALL BARELY CONTROLLED CHAOS (AND I DO MEAN BARELY!) BUT ACTUALLY OTHER THAN BEING PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. IF I CAN MANAGE TO WORK WITH MY CHILDREN WITHOUT LOOSING MY GRIP ON REALITY I THINK MY HOLE MIGHT START TO FILL IN A LITTLE IN JUST A FEW MORE MONTHS. SO I GUESS MY SANITY IS A FAIR TRADE TO GET FINANCIALLY STABLE AGAIN RIGHT? RIGHT? RIGHT? WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST CALL ME CRAZY
Y'ALL HANG IN THERE!
YVONNE

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE

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HEY,
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE REALLY ARE FREE. WE ALL NEED MONEY FOR THINGS, WANTS, NEEDS, AND SO FORTH BUT NOTHING CAN COMPAIR TO THE FREE STUFF WE TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERY DAY. WE HAD A VERY RAINY DAY HERE YESTERDAY. I MEAN IT POURED BUCKETS. MY LITTLE ONE'S ONLY REAL PRIORITY IN LIFE IS PLAYING OUTSIDE WHICH HE CAN'T DO WHEN ITS RAINING.(OR CAN HE?)
HE WAS SO DISAPPOINTED YESTERDAY WHEN THE NEVER ENDING RAIN KEPT HIM INSIDE. HE KEPT SAYING "DUNDER-RANNIN BAAAD" SO WHEN IT FINALLY SLOWED DOWN TO A DRIZZLE I DECIDED TO LET HIM OUT UNDER THE CANOPY WHERE HE DISCOVERED HIS NEW FAVORITE SPORT (THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE A BALL) PUDDLE JUMPING! I HAVE NEVER HEARD SUCH SQUEALS OF DELIGHT. THE GIGGLES COMING OUT OF THAT BOY WOULD HAVE MELTED THE COLDEST OF HEARTS. PEOPLE WERE STOPPING ON THE STREET JUST TO WATCH HIM AND LISTEN TO HOW EXCITED HE WAS. I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK IF I WORKED SOMEWHERE ELSE AND I DIDN'T HAVE HIM WITH ME ALL THE TIME I WOULD MISS SEEING (AND THE BEST PART HEARING) ALL OF THIS. AND TO MAKE MY SWEET LITTLE BOY HAPPIER THAN ANY TOY EVER HAS IT COST ME EXACTLY ZERO DOLLARS.
WHEN WE GOT TO WORK THIS MORNING HE LOOKED ALL AROUND ON THE SIDE WALK AND HE KEPT SAYING "WHERE GO? MOM-MOM WHERE GO?" I TOLD HIM THE PUDDLES WERE ALL GONE BUT THEY WOULD COME BACK WHEN IT RAINED AGAIN SO ALL DAY HE'S BEEN GOING TO THE DOOR TO LOOK OUT FOR "DUNDER-RANNIN".
I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT BOY INSIDE NOW!
Y'ALL HANG IN THERE,
YVONNE




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