I have got games under control! I got games for my sisters shower from the same site that my mom used to get games for my shower. They have lots of games that are really fun and unique. Not your normal baby shower games that consist of sniffing random substances in diapers or sucking out of a baby bottle. Try this site out, the games are fairly cheap, especially if you are having more than a couple of guests.

Some other ideas I found on the net.

You could assign each guest to bring a themed gift in their invite. Ideas, thankful for naptime, thankful for mommy, thankful for daddy, thankful for feeding, thankful for playtime, etc. I know it is more Thanksgiving-y, but it could be fun! Sort of like the showers where you assign everyone a time of day or night to bring a gift for.

Or you could have a game when you asked them why they are thankful for naptime/playtime/mommies, etc. It might be good advice for the mom-to-be.

My daughter went to a baby shower for her friend and they played a relay race style game that was quite fun. Of course, it depends on the ages and personalities of the guests! 4 teams were picked (go around the room with everyone counting out loud one, two, three, etc. All the ones are on a team, all the twos, etc. this mixes it up so everyone gets to play with someone they might not know as well). A clothes line was strung up at one end, the relay started at the other. At the start line, there is a clothes basket with a cloth diaper, a onesie, a pair of socks, a baby outfit, and a baby bonnet for each team. Each team also has a baby doll, a baby carrier, a pair of rubber cleaning gloves (like Playtex), and a cordless phone. At the whistle, the first player has to put the baby doll in the carrier and put it on, put the gloves on, put the phone between her ear and shoulder than race down with the basket of clothes and hang them up on the line. The clothes pins are attached to the clothes line. She than races back, gives the baby, carrier, gloves, phone, and laundry basket to the next person. The next person than puts the baby and carrier on, puts on the gloves, puts the phone between her ear and shoulder than races down to take the clothes off the line and put them in the basket. This relays back and forth until every person in line has either put the clothes on the line or taken them off. My daughter said it was just hilarious watching all the women trying to balance baby, phone, and laundry, just like real moms, always multi-tasking. Depending on how many people you have you can certainly go with fewer than 4 teams or more.

For more ideas see New Expecting Mother

Being paid, like you would realise is essentially the point to your business because if you don’t get paid, what’s the point in business?

You will be laughing at the amount of business people who only get their customers to make payment when and if they feel like it. I am acquainted with one tradesman who always holds bad debts like accolades. How is that possible? Probably because he doesn’t bring himself to demand the cash and people can just overpower him.

If you let a client credit, do so only when they have cleared themselves to you by paying cash on delivery (COD) for a time. Furthermore, you must gauge whether they have the resources to pay you – if they don’t then why do business with them. Don’t fool yourself into thinking “I need the work” or “I need the sales”. It’s ultimately to do the service or providing the goods for zip if you are not getting paid.

If you are the sort of person who can’t ask for the fee after the job has been done, try these tips:

Tell your customer that when the job is finished, you need cash or cheque. They should probably have it on them at at the finish date and you will not need to ask for your money.

When you send out the initial quote, be sure your payment terms are understandable.

Create an invoice with your terms of payment evidently printed and give the client the invoice when the work is completed. They should see the invoice and generally assume they should pay you the money now without you needing to say a thing. Manufacture a “nasty boss” who might flay you alive if you do not return with the cash for the work.

Organise your bank branch to provide you with Merchant facilities so you can use credit cards like Mastercard and Visa. The large majority of people possess credit cards and it will solve the difficulty of the customer not holding a cheque book or not having the cash at the time.

Likewise, don’t be asked not to hold the promised goods til the payment is made. Don’t forget, until the goods have been paid for, they remain to be yours.

If you choose to let a client credit, be sure you have taken the following details about them some time BEFORE you let them credit.

• Name
• Address
• Phone number
• Bank name and address
• Account no.
• 3 trade references with their names, addresses and phone numbers

When you have all this detail, telephone the bank branch and make for sure that they have an account there. Then, call each trade reference and inquire if they pay their debts on time or if there have been any issues with them.

Most people will be willing to tell you if the person is troublesome. If everything is OK, allow them a moderate level of debt, say no more than $500 (depending on your business). Monitor the operation of the account for a few months before allowing this amount to be exceeded.

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