New Business Venture

Apparently there is a town in Italy - name of Pavlova or something like that - I dont do geography - where men who are trying to pick up a prostitute in the red light district are being given fines for obstructing the road. So, in an effort to keep business brisk and not lose customers the girls are offering to pay the fines for any customers who are booked. Bear with me, this is absolutely true and leading to the point of this rambling.
Whilst telling some friends about this strange occurence we mused about the different ways this could be overcome and hit upon the idea of a 'ring and ride' service. So far we have only worked out the overall concept, most details are pretty hazy and still very much in the planning stage. It will be a while before I can present my business plan to the bank manager for the funds to purchase a fleet of motorised scooters for my team of girls to scoot up and down the road with lassoo's, but I am confident I am on to a winner with this idea.
I'll keep working on the finer details - maybe I could offer it as a franchise opportunity?

Builders

Well I think they are trying to bankrupt me or worse still give me a bill so huge I have to consider going back to work. Not actually go you understand - just consider it. Even that causes me to have hot flushes followed by the need to go and lie in a darkened room for several hours.

So I will try and find an alternative. So far I have suggested to himself that if we cut out a couple of dinners a week and the odd breakfast and lunch we could save a considerable amount of money, not to mention the health benefits which may/may not be a side effect of this move.
He's not too keen on that idea, so its back to the drawing board.

We have the most amazing scaffolding and tarpaulin tent thing where the sunlounge used to be which is on top of the only decent modernised room in the house. Since it was put up and the sunlounge totally demolished - including the floor - dont ask - we have had at least 8 nights of gales and driving rain! As we live on the coastline the winds dont mess about here, oh no, gales mean gales not a strong wind or the odd gust or two. So we are seriously sleep deprived as well as almost penniless.
As I look after the builders who are systematically wrecking my abode very well by baking cakes for them and providing lots of brews, I have told them if they continue to find major problems I shall be forced into having to sell my body to pay their bill. One of them, who may well yet end up under the new floor when it is laid, said I might make more money selling my cakes, so I have decided that when they give me their final heartstopping bill I shall present them with mine. I consider £30 per man per day for tea and cakes to be a reasonable charge and as they have already been here 3 weeks and look set to be around for at least another 3 weeks I may make enough to pay them for a few of the slates on one of the rooves that had to be completely redone. Thats one of the rooves himself had said only needed a tile or two replacing.....

Book Club

I am also a Founder Member of a bookclub. This one I can credit to myself - T.W.A.T. was named by Andrea who it seems would like to distance herself from the team now people are clamouring to become a TWAT.
Bookclub evolved after a couple of hugely enjoyable evenings with some girlfriends. The main criteria for membership is that you are female, enjoy having a laugh and dont take offence easily at anything.
In short, bookclub is where we all get together for a bite to eat at someones house and get trollied.
We neither read nor discuss books of any kind - what a total waste of good drinking,eating and laughing time that would be. But to the men in our lives 'bookclub' means they are available for lifts or babysitting or ELSE.
Someone wishes to murder their in laws/kids/husband? Arrange a bookclub meeting.
The washing machine has flooded? Arrange a bookclub meeting.
Its too hot? Arrange a bookclub meeting.
Its too cold/raining? Arrange.... you get the picture.
Obviously, due to the enormous scope for meeting the criteria to arrange a gathering the local wine sellers do very well.
So you see, its always a win win situation.

Top Womens Alternative Team

Yes - it's official - I am a member!! Sometimes I feel I have been a T.W.A.T. all my life, then I remember I have only been sticking bits of paper for a couple of years so I cant have been. My friend Andrea had the idea of forming this exclusive team and 3 Founder members held the first meeting yesterday in my craftroom. We then continued our deliberations on the beach whilst enjoying the amazing sunshine. It was also a way to escape the builders who are systematically demolishing bits of my home and most of my bank account.

Anyway, I digress, as T.W.A.T.'s we are a bit out on a limb - well, I suppose I should say exclusive really, as that always sounds more important and will make more people want to join our team, but I think we have more or less decided there will only be a maximum of 10 T.W.A.T.s at a time.
So there we are then, I will keep myself informed on here if we as a team achieve anything of note.