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The other day I received a phone call from a lady who had discovered me on the Internet. She was looking for someone to paint a special large personalized plate for a person who lectured about wild flowers. She mentioned that she had over a hundred pounds to spend on it. So of course I blurted out "Have you seen my prices" as they are nowhere near that. So the customer was very happy with the forty pound plate & everyone I told about it, from my mam to the woman in the post office reckoned I was mad & I should of charged allot more. But I am not & never will be a great business woman, I do this job because I love it, not for the money. I earn allot less than I did in 1995 as a graphic designer but I work twice as hard (wait a minute I think the woman in the post office is right I am soft in the head). Sometimes I feel left behind by the world when you hear people complain about the amount of money they earn when it is far higher than what we live on. My daughters friends are already competing about who's dad has the best car, who's going on the most expensive holiday. Our girls have loads of holidays but most of them are working holidays at craft shows, but I don't think it is such a bad life.We are going to Holker Hall garden festival for the first weekend in June there is always loads of entertainment, lots to see & beautiful gardens to get lost in. So although we might never be rich & we work 24/7 there is nothing better than getting back to your caravan on a summers night after a good day at a show & having a barbecue in the middle of a field, in the middle of nowhere. Rich in lifestyle, who cares about money!
