'I have a Dream'

'I have a Dream" I said that to a friend once, who then told me that the last person who said that got shot. Depends on the dream, surely. I am being inspired by the ideas and discoveries of others. discovery 1 - there is a place somewhere in Scotland of all places (love ya Scotland. My mum's a Ferguson, after all, or maybe one shouldn't admit to that !) Well, this place produces pre-packaged pku meals, or at least that's my understanding of it. Imagine getting all your dinners for the week delivered to your door! No counting protein, no stressing about being 'good' or' bad' just open the freezer, pop it in the oven and there you have a meal you didn't have to prepare and don't have to feel guilty about! discovery 2 - open a pku restaurant. Not on the surface a very practical idea, but how about a vegetarian cafe/ restaurant that caters to special diets. Menus could have a nutritional rating system, listing protein, fat, sodium, GI etc. I really don't believe that an adult going out for a meal with friends should have to order chips off the menu, for lack of any real options. If you want to order chips and salad all power to you, but you should have a choice. Not far from where I live, a 100 year old church is for sale/ rent(?). It's sanctuary area is like a simple stage and the congregation would have been sitting on tiered seating (no sleeping during the sermon 'coz you'd be seen!) Downstairs, is another open area and another stage and a fairly large, well equipped kitchen, two stoves, two entrances and plenty of bench space. Can you see where this dream is heading? The restaurant as described. Good food, good service, live music venue (downstairs) How about Sunday brunch at the church? Upstairs, touring stage shows of a better quality than the local musical society offerings with removable seating to make way for an open exhibition space. There is yet another storey up from this that could be used as an office. Operating separately, under a different business name, would be the prepared meals bit. There are a few small rooms near the kitchen that could accommodate freezers. I figure that this type of business might generate grants or subsidies of some kind and would undoubtedly operate at a loss. But it's such a good idea! What's stopping me? Money. I don't seem to have $400,000 (for the business alone) I've always said that I'm an ideas person and don't have a practical bone in my body. For a little while the thought of this was exciting. Just thought that I'd share. Note to self, buy a lottery ticket!