Oh look, it's summer again. I don't know what the weather's playing at, but it clearly enjoys variety. Either way, sunshine is good :)

( how a morning walk turned into a risky business decision )

Guess what! It never happened ( Read more... )

Today is allegedly the day on which we sell the company. Would you believe that we don't actually know yet??It's gone 11am and they can't say whether it's a go ahead or not ( Read more... )

I hate this sale of business crap. I spent an extra couple of hours here yesterday getting ready for today's visit by an "independent auditor," also known as the buyer's accountant - nice way to get back into the swing of things after a holiday *lol ( Read more... )

( Spain draws near! )

Have you ever had one of those days when a tonne of crap you really don't need simply arrives on your doorstep waving hello? That was today, right in the middle of my pre-holiday rush - almost all of which had to be put on hold, so tomorrow will be an absolute bastard of a day.

( griping )

For once, the lawyers and blood-suckers aren't the same people ( Read more... )

I am the great destructor of all things tree-like: I've never done this much photocopying in my life! Add that to a three hour meeting (one of several to come) with a lawyer and an accountant, and you have my boring nightmare in a nutshell. Apparently the lawyer/accountant collective is due to increase in size too. Dull yet frantic: probably the ( Read more... )

It's just struck me that the sale of my family's business is imminent, as in 9 weeks away. 1979-2006, due to lack of offspring commitment *blush* I want to leave the country in the next few years and my brother is too busy playing the stock market with other people's money. The DB 'empire' ends in a flurry of bank transactions ( Read more... )