Like most people, it has been a bit of a bumpy ride lately but I am delighted to report that things are looking up at Casa Mio.

I didn’t get round to checking last Friday’s Euromillion ticket yet and just before I did so I received the most wonderful email:

Good day,

My associate has helped me to send your first payment of US$7,500 to you as instructed by Mr.James Gordon Brown the British prime minister after the last G20 meeting that was held on April 2nd in London, making you one of the beneficaries.

Here is the information below:
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER: 119-316-2345

SENDER NAME:Ayo Collins
AMOUNT: US$7,500

I told him to keep sending you US$7,500 twice a week until the FULL  payment of (US $360,000.00 Dollars) is completed within 6 (six) Months. For track, send your Full Names via Email to:

Mr Garry Moore
E-mail: western-union007@hotmail.com
Tel: +447045766874

I can only say thank you to Mr. Gary Moore for giving me a laugh this morning and advise Mr. Brown, that if this is some kind of desperate ploy to garner my vote that he’d do better to hand the $15,000 monthly directly to the UK health service who seem even more in need of funds than I do. (And that is saying something!).

And my Euromillion ticket? I don’t know, I still haven’t checked it. The longer I put it off, the longer I can fantasise about what I will do with my winnings.