P.S. That's Budget Not Dudget!!

Mo Bro's

Most enjoyable shave down party tonight. Ani, Honor,Lori and Felix gave it some big licks with the clippers.
Massive 'Big Up' for Lori who created a masterpiece of facial hair sculpture. [Not conforming to the official 'rules' but the crazy dude just wanted to have fun] .
Geordie miners did first shift on new excavation [Gus's annexe] should be finished tomorrow.
Foolishly let Kim have a nosy 'round. Too spartan for her taste.Have reluctantly given her a dudget for soft furnishings. Shabby Chic Bunker, Oh the shame of it.

Sunday.Day of rest?

Had a most unconventional [for me] sleep in. Up at 9.30 , took Gus for a walk on Blyth beach. Quite warm weather. Gus behaved impeccably as usual.
Two hours doing the bookwork and VAT return.Phoned Felix who has had a very busy week in the salon and is totally 'fired up'.
Watched a documentary on National Geographic about plans in place for a Alien invasion. Must fast track enlargement of Bunker. Twelve ex miners from Ashington starting tomorrow.

Two Parts Hydrogen To one Of Oxygen

Slight hiccup on the H2O front today. Slight tweak needed I think.
Team pulled together today, mighty fine effort.
Bit of a nasty argument in the staff room this afternoon as some of the girls have taken umbrage that Gus has been allocated one of the 12 bunk beds in the Bunker. Incandescent with rage, Gus being my best mate and all.
After calming down have decided the best thing is to excavate further under Acorn Rd. and make a bijou annexe for Gus. No way he is being left out in the atomic wasteland.  

Fine AND dandy.

Finally got the Transax card machine working ,but not before another 3 phone calls by myself to them.
Adrienne our Botox Lady returned bright and fresh yesterday from a weeks hol in the sun.
Kim went under the needle for the first time and I must say looks great. Today she went into Tesco for a bottle of Red and was asked for I.D. so I think we can call that a success.
Found a used air filtration machine on Ebay. It is off a decommissioned Soviet submarine. Seller has 100% positive feedback  [ 'Kalishnikovs exactly as described, thanks Sergei, Great Ebayer will definitely buy from you again'] so went for it.

And on that note.... Botox!

While we're on the subject matter of botox, we're proud to announce the arrival of Adrienne who will be offering botox and filler treatments at Boilerhouse on a Thursday. Adrienne will operate from our lovely luxury treatment rooms on the top floor of Boilerhouse and prices range from £125 to £200 dependant on the number of areas treated and the amount of product used.

For more information, or a free consultation, please pop into the salon on a Thursday. If more convenient, feel free to call the salon on a Thursday and ask to speak to Adrienne regarding the treatments she has to offer.

We must say, we're impressed with her work after Kim volunteered to be Adrienne's first client yesterday. The results were fab!

Clerical Error

Apologies all for the clerical error earlier today in which you may have received an email regarding our new botox treatments complete with visible email addresses. This was a genuine mistake made whilst getting to grips with our new fandangled computers and email communication (until now Boilerhouse has pretty much been living in the dark ages in that respect!). We understand that privacy and discretion are very important, and endeavour to not make any such mistake in all future correspondance. Thanks for your understanding and emails on the matter.

Good evening at Spy

The first soiree last night was a success with the team doing some luscious up do's. It will now be a monthly event.
Our first Girls Birthday Hair Evening in the new salon has been booked in for start of December.
Very impressed with the reception team, they have really got to grips with the new computer system.
Bunk beds arrived and have been fitted [all 12 of them]. Showing Saskia [Head of computer and communication Systems]  'round the Bunker and she pointed out that some sort of air filtration system is going to be needed for any lengthy stay in there. Task for tomorrow.

I hate Transax

Spent a very frustrating 4 hours on and off the phone to our Credit card terminal supplier. A national 'problem' means that our last 3 days transactions will take 7/10 days to reach our account instead of 3. Thanks a lot!
Felix,Kim,Zara,Lori and Anita are doing a cosy soiree at one of the bars on Osborne Rd. this evening.Awaiting report.
Bunk beds arrive tomorrow for the bunker, can't wait.

Tuesday

Nick called in to give us a preview of his photo's of the salon. Loaded the disc into the new Apple computer,didn't know how to fire it up or eject the disc. 20 minutes later worked out how to eject and loaded the disc onto our lap top. Nice photo's.
Davide, our man in Barcelona is working round the clock on the new website. Had a sneak preview, looks very tasty.
Thinking of putting bunkbeds into the Bunker and stashing some tinned foods away as it would make a fab nuclear shelter.

Jesmond Local

If you haven't seen the salon already, check out 'Jesmond Local' website as they have a video of the salon plus interview with Kim and myself.

Monday

Up at 7, quick breakfast then walked Gus. Found 6 golf balls in the wood,massive buzz.
Called in to the salon Nick from Groves came in to take some photo's of the salon for the new web site,plus a few candid snaps of me,kim and Anita.

saturday

Another week gone by. Don't know where this year has gone.We started planning the new salon in January and now clients are booking christmas appointments!

Mo Bro's

Boilerhouse will be hosting the modown on 31st October. Any chaps out there fancying a 'tache and want to enter please call in for details.

Friday and the computer system is live

After a gruelling iSalon training day for some staff members on Wednesday, the system was fully up and running yesterday. The girls did a great job of transferring over all appointments from our paper book to the computer system, and were live by the end of the day. We now look forward to booking your appointments on our spangly new system!

Tuesday

Computer system installed. Tomorrow is tuition day. I may retire to the Bunker for refreshments.
Received a text from the 2 Daves [yesterdays drivers] saying what a pleasure it was and they hope to see us again! What I didn't realise is that they are both deaf.

Monday

Yesterday was a trip too far for me. 10 Hours total travelling time on 'Executive' coach [snort].
Noise level was at a dangerous level. The coach drivers said we were a very nice civilised group.If that is true then I can't imagine their usual type of punter.Probably trips between Court and Prison.Gave them a good tip for such a blatant lie. ,I'm getting too old for this sort of caper I think!
Closed today to finish some snags. Intercom up and running ,ipads likewise.
Our Parrot has started to talk ,amazing.
Computerised booking system goes in tomorrow and training day on Wed. Should be fun.

saturday

What a lovely Autumn day! Happy clients,happy staff. Lovely jubbly!
We are all off to the annual trade fair at Excel at the Docklands 'Dahn Sarf'.
Pick up by executive coach [I will reserve judgement on that description until tomorrow] at 6a.m. should be a nice day for all.

Friday

Aircraft fuselage is up and the plasma's working.
Waiting for the broadband to go live so we can use the in-house intercom system which will save the legs of the apprentices. Shame,the exercise has done them good!
Still waiting for the downstairs lights to be tweaked but only minor things to do now. Dishwashers on two floors now connected ,again save carting cups and saucers about.

Monday

Aircraft fuselage is in the window and the plasma's will be connected on the morrow.
Work should be starting soon on our new website.

saturday

Good day today, nice buzz in the salon. I am the new self appointed 'vibe meister' . The sound system is locked in my office aka 'The Bunker' so please email if you have any special requests.
Broadband should be up next week for the ipads in the comfort zone.
Plus...The aircraft fuselage on Monday!

THURSDAY

salon feels great. All our regular clients love it . Just got the snagging list to work through!

tuesday

Almost there now. Kim has been adding the final touches and everything is looking good.
Still not happy with the downstairs lighting where the styling takes place. Will be rectified shortly though.

Monday

What a day. I haven't done a 12 hour shift for a long time I am worn out!
At Start of play this morning I didn't think we could possibly get floors 1 and 2 ready for tomorrow.
However bar some tweaking all is well.
Watches were synchronised and Richard [the head honcho of Abbey Electrical and Mechanical] gave his posse  a rousing pep talk, I recognised snatches of Henry V,plus some random snatches of Rudyard Kipling. Anyhow it did the trick and when the whistle blew at 0900 as a man they went over the top and stormed Boilerhouse.

saturday

We have lift off!
Ground floor complete apart from a few minor adjustments, brighter lighting needed over work stations.
Computers to be installed at reception.
The workspace feels great though, delighted . Work to continue over the weekend by the shopfitters and most of the staff are coming in on Monday to get things sorted ready for Tuesday ,the official completion day.
Nearly there!