Thursday December 20th 1979
Very busy but handling everything well. Called Engels for more poinsettias. Can pick up 100 tomorrow at $3.75 each. Took money from books to John Cottrell and he had check ready for me to pay off the note I held for $6,325 so we have sold at least 175 books at $35 each.
Wrote Hemmerly’s Flowers a check for $6,000- loan to buy a new truck. Will collect 12% interest.
Got up at 6:30 a.m. and wrote bonus checks- $450 for Dave, $225 for all regular employees and $115 for part-timers. Totaled over $3,000. Didn’t write one for me as Hemmerly’s has not yet paid the $2,000 dividend declared in July.