"The Malice Box"

by
Martin Langfield


I must say I really enjoyed reading this. Sort of like an
American Di Vinci Code.

But what really got to me was the referneces in it that I
associated with other books I have read this year.

More On My Credit Card

Well I had to cancel my card. The company virtual demanded it.
They said that it would be 10 to 14 working days before the
replacement arrived.

Today Wednesday 22/07/09 is 13 working days and it still has
not come but at least I have received a letter saying that
the 'travel tickets' purchased by someone and charged to my
account else has been withdrawn.

I am out of fuel, food and am beginning to get calls from all
my direct payments to say that the latest payment could not
come out due to the fact that the card is no longer valid.
Can't do anything about it till the new card arrives!

The Elders Are IT

Well last Wednesday (15th July)I saw the elders walking
up my street and I pulled over and spoke to elder McLean
(it seems so odd to me that I have to adress a twenty
year old young man as an elder!)

It turns out that they were looking for my house.

I pointed it out to them and they walked up while I drove.

But they could not come in as there was no a man present
so I sent them in on their own to have a look while I
waited outside!

I then showed them my yard and elder McLean said that they
would come back on Thursday and cut my lawn!

They did, they not only cut my lawn but they also wipper
snipped and took all the weeds out of my 'herb' garden.

The bin is overflowing with green waste. The place is now
looking half decent!

Ross and Kirsten

Sunday the 19th July was Ross's 30th birthday and Kirsten's
11th birthday. I had spend all Saturday running to the
toilet and was really washed out on Sunday and feeling
hot and cold. During the early hours of Monday morning
I developed a blinding headache. Then at 6 a.m. I barely
made it to the toilet to spew up everything I had eaten
on Saturday night and Sunday (that hadn't come out the
other end!)

I rang Kath and told her I was not well and thus not going
up to Yallourn Nth to see Kirsten and she cracked the shits
well and truly (Again) saying that I could take all my
scrapbooking things away and I was not welcome there any
more!

I lost my temper with her and said that she wanted her kids
treated 'better' than Donald's as with them it can be up to
6 WEEKS before I see them and give them their birthday
presents!

She hung up on me and I have not heard from herv since

I had wanted Cliff to come home with me on Saturday night
so that we could get a good night's sleep as Ross was having
his party on Saturday night. Most of his married friends
came between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. and then went home to their
families. Cliff said "See I told you it would be a bust as
he does not organise anything." I said "All his single mates
will turn up about 11 p.m. and stay till 6 a.m." He said
"No, it's a fizza."

By 11 p.m. there were 30 people there! Cliff had had so much
to drink he was sleeping like a baby. A fight broke out about
5 a.m. and the party was over by 6 a.m. and I finally got to
sleep at 6.30 a.m.!

So once again I was coreect, but it did not make me feel any
better! I think not being able to sleep only made me feel sicker!

My Sixtieth Birthday

Well I invited every one for a barbeque at Cliff's and of
course it was a beautiful sunny day on Friday and Sunday
but saturday being my birthday it pissed down with rain
all day. Lucily Cliff has a portable cooking pot that
does heaps of meat (like a barbeque, but without the
burning! so it really is better!)

I am still waiting for an R.S.V.P. from Debbie Gallaghar.
All my other friends said they could not come except for
Karen Campbell. She bought her new man Don along!

Of course I received nothing from Sarah ( but then I did
not expect too), but I was disapponted in Jess, after
all she is 16 now and working part time at Hungrey Jacks.
How hard is it for her to buy a $1 card and a liitle gift
wrapped bar of soap for a couple of $$$. So I told her
that it was pretty bad form. So we will see what happens
at Xmas.

Don Jr bought me flowers, which considering my hayfever is
not really a good gift. I had to leave them at Cliff's
for the week so I really did not get any benifit from them.

Meg gave me $50 towards a new digital camera. Anj gave m
$20 towards scapbooking stuff, which was good as K-Mart was
having a 20% off sale.

Kathleen cried poor (after all she is spending over $200 on
Kirsten's 11th birthday on 19th July, so how could she
afford to give Meg $50 towards a camera for me,) as it was
she and the girls made all the cards they gave me, with MY
scrapbooking papers.

Cliff had a cake made for me, caramel YUM!! he gave me the
receipt for my scrapbooking. I think he really wanted me to
know just how much he spent but the funny thing is I enjoyed
the cake more when I did not know how much it cost. I knew
it was dear but that was good enough, as soon as I found out
it cost $48, it took all the fun out of it.

Is that weird or what?

Off The Air!

I have not had internet access since 1st July! Seems that it
does not like to be connected when the fax machine machine is
connected!

Fussy is what I call it. I have to crawl under a table and
keep unplugging the fax if I want the internet and I am not a
small lady and the sapce is cramped even if I was a small lady!