I was still low after Gemma had left our team, but we were as busy as ever, I was now in my early 30's and had enjoyed developing the business and even more so, learning the skills of competition work, but I was so over-worked as I had to take on Gemma's customers as Janet had a 'full book' herself as well as training and book-keeping. My friend Chris, taught me about double entry book-keeping, balancing and reconcilliation of bank statements, she was and is a star! I decided I would certainly think about selling up as I had my husband and daughter and home to look after also, during this time of pensive thoughts I still felt un-fulfilled as I still only had one child, she was now eight years old, she was artistic and a loner but loved being with me or her father at the farm..........Until I was pregnant again, I was quite excited, but after two mis-carriages, I did not get my hopes up, so here goes..... 4th time for morning sickness, still having to run the business but it was growing fast, I had Marcia as my Saturday girl, she was vivacious, keen and cheeky and she expressed a desire to take up hairdressing, but I had to convince her parents that Hairdressing is a good career and she would be good at it. She made the difference, I was not going to sell now, I was pregnant, and managed to sail through this pregnancy, until the final few weeks, but on June 21st 1985 I gave birth to Katy, she was almost a clone of Adelle, wow I was so thrilled that I had another daughter and Adelle helped me as she was a great age to love her little sister.
So it was September and I went back to work part-time and employed a nanny for Kate. Deborah was wonderful, she was kind, vivacious and she loved Kate, even 23 years later, she still asks me about her and sends her cards.
