Making money

I've been very entrepreneurial lately, and have made enough money renting Ma and Pa's bach to pay the bills and cover some minor improvements. I have to concede, though, that the recent big improvements (I can't keep track of older improvements) are entirely thanks to the generosity of certain parties:

Robyn, for spring-cleaning and helping me to de-clutter
Edwina and Ian - beds and all sorts of furniture and other useful objets
Helen and Tim - bunks
Robyn and Nige - a decent telly and cabinet to hide it (from Mum) in
Raewyn - a water filter to end all water filters - and with luck and sufficient water pressure - to make the water potable
Phil and Kay - a sexy lounge suite complete with lazyboy recliners x 2
Craig - cleaning of aforementioned suite
Julia - expertise designing the kitchen
Imogen - for expert family-meeting-chairing
All Dad's friends who have wired things and generally been jolly useful
etc. etc.

But the Oscar goes to Ma and Pa, who had the foresight to buy a property and build and maintain a building thereon! doing endless jobs around the place and spending vast sums so that their dreadful children and their friends could benefit...

but not just us!! check out Paddy's Pad and see how others are in there doing that :-)