Story line thoughts

I view Sonya as an individual who follows her passions, love, sex, life. She is alone in her mid-forties because something holds her back from making relationship commitments.  She has many friends and approaches mid-life with the same intensity and willingness to take hold of where life leads you: love, sex, work, friendships...Not the wanton love/sex stuff but a healthy open mature enjoyment of life. Maury fills Sonya's practical void in the sense of little details, mortgage, taxes, laundry, schedules...the very mundane everyday life things that seem to frighten Sonya. To commit to one person threatens the loss of Sonya's sense of herself and all the possibilities of what she may choose to pursue in years ahead. Deep down in her sub-conscious Sonya senses total commitment means giving up a part of yourself and carries the threat of total rejection and abandonment. Maury has always felt attracted to Sonya (in a friend way) because Sonya is more outgoing and takes Maury into the action of situations that without Sonya she would have been an observer only. Maury would love to be more passionate about the big things in life but is held back by her own inhibitions and personality. Instead she focuses on the little things. Life needs to make sense. She struggles with a side of her that finds great enjoyment in the little things (birds building a nest, flowers blooming, bees, an old couple holding hands) but is unable to take the little things and follow through to something big. In her sub-conscious she fears failure and making life changing decisions outside the box carries the very real threat of failure on a grand scale.Everything needs to fit into a big plan. They stay compartmentalized in her structured mind. Sonya is all about too hell with the limitations and the need for guarantees when it comes to life.
Both grew up in the seventies and believe women have the right and capability to do anything they want to.
Now, these two find themselves back together because Maury's husband has dumped her for another younger woman and Sonya's live in (sort of) boyfriend of 8 years has broke off the relationship because he needs more time for his photo journalism career. The two hatch a plan to spend a girl's week-end at a B&B somewhere in between Madison and Milwaukee. Wisconsin weather cooperates, dumping sleeting rain on top of heavy spring melt-off. Detours combine with no map or GPS, leading the girls on the back-roads to stumble upon a somewhat charming, run-down Cream-city brick farmstead with a small barn and large old apple orchard for sale. The two hatch a plan to purchase the property, to hell with men! They are reaching back to their idylic youth when both felt secure and their friendship was the secure foundation. The repair and rejuvenation of their farmette/orchard brings with it the repair and rejuvenation of themselves as they meet all the local characters and at times struggle against local attitudes values of a small town setting.
Secondary characters: local (elderly? maybe sixties) woman who befriends them and explains the ropes. Elderly couple who think women should lead the traditional role. Adjacent farmer who wants part of their property? OR has alot of control in local politics??? Bee-keeper who is new to the area, also city raised and college educated. Who else????
Minor characters: Maury's college age son, ex-husband, controlling parents: Sonya's gay brother, photo journalist ex, perhaps a former lover or two, PARENTS????
Ok what do you think??? also the property needs to make money SO the women's ideas could clash with the quiet locals...ART festival, ??? any other ideas????? What would clash with conservative thinking quiet traditional Mid-West small town mentality?
Sonya lives in Madison, WI. Works for a marketing firm. Owns a nice condo on the west side. Drives a FORD Focus because it is small, American made, and gets decent fuel mileage--also, they had her favorite color: blue (NOT navy blue).
Maury lives in (???Neighborhood) of Chicago. She is a 5th grade teacher for the (???) school district. She drives a limey green Volkswagon Bug.

Story line notes:

Ex-husband Jeff:

Jock boy in high-school, very competitive, good looking and knows it. Likes to call the shots if he can maneuver it. Selects his friends depending on what they can bring to the table: increase his status, have lots of money, are important people. Likes women who are good looking, couldn’t just be nice-looking. In high school and college he went for the girls who added to his status: cheer-leaders, sorority girls, daddy had money OR power reputation.

Height: 6’2”

Light brown hair, blue eyes, strong jaw and cheek bones

Personality, witty but his humor is based on making fun of other people and tips towards the ugly when he has too many scotches (top shelf, Glen Livit (sp))

Well dressed, brand name suits and shoes. Drives a Lexus.

Degrees: BS in Marketing, MBA

Works for a national firm, Chicago location