Property Ladder 2

I haven’t written an entry in this journal for nearly eight weeks. The reasons are of course endless, and you probably don’t care anyway, but for the record I have been exceptionally busy at work and have also taken my last exam again. It has been a busy time, juggling different aspects of my life simultaneously whilst all reach fever pitch at the same time.

Life tends to spit out these phases where you have to deal with everything at once. It isn’t so bad as long as you prioritise what the most important thing is at that moment and then try to do it to the best of your ability. You hit a snag when, because of the constant effort given to each pursuit, you are so tired that your best ability is still not that effective.

However, that is the reason and now things will resume more normal levels of intensity. At least for this week, because I now have a grand announcement to make… We have sold our house, and finally bought another in the village of Marple Bridge. It is a picturesque 18th century hamlet that has kept its olde world charm, whilst still installing phone lines and traffic lights.

The house we have bought is a humble 4 bedroomed house with views over the neigbouring hills and a garden that backs on to parkland and the River Goyt. We are quite excited to be getting this house, especially as it is out in the sticks in a nice area where there seems to be a real strong sense of community still.

However, it will still be sad to say goodbye to our current house. Heaton Chapel has been good to us over the years, and Claire especially has met a lot of nice people over the last year that all live nearby. But the promise of Marple Bridge will offer the kids a safer, more innocent childhood as we move away from the irritating element that occasionally stray into the “Chapel”. I’m hoping for no more pitched battles outside my house in the future.

We have only just had offers accepted at this stage so there is a myriad of obstacles to still encounter and navigate through, but we are confident that it appears quite straightforward in terms of a chain. I expect that we would be looking to complete at the end of January time 2008.

Enough of the house for the time being, you will hear plenty about this in the near future. A completely different thought occurred to me the other day.

Why do daytime television programmes interview the actors of soaps about the plot that their characters are involved with? I admit that I am not a subscriber of the various soaps on TV; my opinion is that if you want to see real life then turn off your telly and live your own instead. But I can still understand the concept of a soap and the need for people to escape from their own life and absorb themselves in a make believe world.

But what is the point of talking to an actor about their opinion of the, character they plays, destiny in a script that has already been written. It is because of the constant demand that there is for these soaps, that consumers cannot get enough of the people who are now part of their lives. But would it not be a better idea for interviews to be conducted in character, in the set of the soap. This way they can still provide additional material to the market without ruining the illusion of a parallel world. Also, it could provide the actors with more challenging work that would involve them being responsible for ad lib answers in character. Is the world ready for this? Just remember where you heard of it first.

Another idea that I have had will revolutionise the card giving culture of the UK. I don’t mind mentioning it here with the risk of the idea being nabbed and presented in front of Dragon’s Den in a year’s time, but I am asking for 25% of the profits when someone makes millions. But I am going to look in to the Patent possibilities before I unleash it to make sure that it is protected.