Charlotte's Party Recap

Mom prepared to clean up the very messy CHARLOTTE Laurie, Nickolas, and Charlotte Charlotte on her new 4 wheeler. We had beer and baby bottles the perfect baby party:) I am 1!!!!! & a mess!!

OK so I have been out of touch for the last week and everyone wants to know "How was Charlotte's Birthday?" So here goes. Charlotte is now a year old and this last year has went so fast. I have always heard everyone say that kids grows so fast, but until now it didn't make sense. It really seems like yesterday I was in the hospital giving birth to her and now she is walking, talking, little goof head. She is such a wonderful little person, and I can't really believe that I get to keep her. So now onto the party. It was a pretty crazy couple of days. My dad had surgery two days before so I asked Monya to come and help me with the decorating and cooking. The night before I made her cakes. I was so worried that the cakes wouldn't turn out. I am good at baking but I had never attempted decorating a cake. SO as you can see by the pictures the cakes turned out perfect. I was so happy. We had a really good time. Charlotte was a little overwhelmed by all the people, but thanks to Monya, I was able to do what I needed to do and she took Charlotte. It just goes to show how much Charlotte loves both Dave and Monya. When Charlotte finally warmed up to the crowd she had a really good time. The guest list included----- Jim's mom, sister(Mindi), brother(Duane), My brother Pete and his wife Vicki, My nieces Kirstie and Kendra, our neighbors Steve and his daughter Kim, Our good friends, Laurie, Herbie, and their son B.J., Of course the famous Granny Jo A.K.A. (Corky), her granddaughter Amanda, Our friend Devin, and her adorable little boy Nickolas. I think that was it but I am sure I forgot someone. Anyway Charlotte got a ton of gifts. I am not going to name everything because it would give me carpal tunnel. Lets just say the kid will have plenty of stuff to keep her busy. She had a really good day.

Since Charlotte's party things have just been crazy around here. My dad has been sick. He ended up in the ER again, and now his second surgery has been postponed. So I have had to take care of him, and that is not an easy task. He is so stubborn about everything. In between there I was sick for 3 days, and the thing that surprises most people is on top of all of that I sold my business. Yes, you read that right. I sold my store. About three weeks ago a lady got in contact with me and asked if I would be interested in sell my store. Things had started to get rough for us and money was becoming increasingly tight. I was starting to worry that we wouldn't be able to make ends meet and that I would end up having to close the store anyway, so I talk with Jim and we both decided that this would be a huge weight off our shoulders. I was really sad to give up everything that I had worked so hard to put together, but at the same time I was so relieved to not have to worry about how I was going to pay the rent for the store. It was a horrible time to open a business but I wanted to stay home with Charlotte soooooooo bad, that I thought I could make it work. It is really crazy now that I think about it. I opened the store when Charlotte was less then three months old. I put so much work into it. I was breastfeeding and tagging clothes at the same time. I know that is a bad visual imagine but it was true. The lady I sold the store to was complaining about how much work she had to do before she opened the store again. I seriously wanted to look her right in the eye and slap her across the face. The store is pretty much put together except for a few of the racks of clothing that we had started to take home. So she had to re-hang the stuff, and she had a bit of cleaning to do. Other then that the store is ready for business. She really has no idea how easy she has it. It really pissed me off now that I really think about it. I had to paint the store, wax the floors, put up the rack, sort all the clothes into sizes and gender, put all the clothes on hangers, tag every single piece of clothing, put up the shelves, and counters, get the sign for the outside of the store, move the furniture, I could go on and on but I am not going to because it just makes me realize how mad it makes me that she takes it granted. Don't get me wrong I am glad she is doing it and I am glad she came to me when I needed to get out, but it is just the fact that she doesn't have a clue how easy she has it. She got one hell of a deal. I basically sold everything for what I owed. I didn't make anything by selling it. I gave her the rights to the name and everything in the store. All I can say is she got one hell of a deal. OK enough about that, it is done and I am glad! Sort of.......

I am hoping to get back to my project of copying, scanning, and transferring the pictures, slides, and movies. I now have the correct software for my computer so now I will be able to get them done. I am also going to return to Poynette to finish up making copies of the Allen book. I now have most of the pictures scanned and copied, so if there is anyone that would like copies of the disc please let me know. I am going to go full steam until I get them done. I really want to start working on my own copy of the Allen book, but I have to get this other stuff done first. I have a lot of stuff to give to Faith, my Uncle Bob, and Dennis Kluge, so if any of you are reading this I have not forgotten about you! I promise. I will get everything to all of you very soon.

Well I think that should cover it. Just another day in the life of Jonette Ferguson. I guess it is better then having a boring existence. Hopefully things will start to settle down now. YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!