Academdy of Dance Trivia Night.

Of course Don Jr rang back later on Friday night to say he was sorry.
But of course that does not change the horrible thing he said to me.
I'm sure Lisa had some say in that phone call. Kirsten also said sorry.
I say "Ha, what are you sorry for?" She gave the phone back to Don
and refused to speak to me. Kath asked me to take her to the Trivia
night so Kath could have the other kids. I asked Don to bring her
to the dinner.

I rang Leonie and asked her to have Kirsten on the Saturday night.
She told me her father-in-law had died the day before.

When Don and Lisa arrived at the top pub I asked Kirsten did she
know Rob's dad and she said the family visited him every week end so
she was quite familiar with him. I told her he had died the day
before and gave her a card to fill out and give to Leonie and Rob.

I asked her to put at the bottom of the card in brackets Kath and
Gloria. She threw it at me and said "You do that." She had made
out the card to "Aunty Meg". Another example of the child not
listening to what I had said to her.

Meg managed to change the Meg into Leonie without too much trouble
though it was hard disguising the trailing part of the "g".

When Kirsten found out that Leonie was coming to take her for the
night she gave me a dirty look and said "You couldn't even have me
for one night!" I answered NO. She refused to speak to me for the
rest of the dinner and when I went to kiss her goodbye she pulled
away and said "Don't you dare." This child really deserves a slap
across the face for her rudness and churishness.

We had not finished our dinner by 7 p.m. when the Trivia Night was
suppose to start. Thankfully it did not begin till 7.30 p.m.

I made Meg the scribe, so that way if she chose the wrong answers
she would not be able to crack at anyone other than herself.

She chose one answer from Lisa over George's answer, which turned
out to be correct. She also chose her answer over mine re a picture
of a movie star and my answer was right.

It did not make too much difference we would have been third last
instead of second last but at least we were not LAST!!!

However it would not have been appropriate for Kirsten to have been
there.

Meg said we have to improve. The only answer that Birdman gave out
was wrong and his wife did not answer any questions. Tony and Karen
were missed, Bev is fun but does not usually answer any questions.

We did help raise quite a bit of money for Maddy and Kirsten's dance
school.

I bid on a mid valley coin and paid $25. It was a $50 coin which I
can use at Bunnings for more paint for Yallourn Nth. Meg bid $15 on
6 beer glasses that are a good brand. She said she had checked them
out that week in House but was not willing to use one of her $50
vouchers for them so that was a saving. Mick said there was only a
few things they bought from there as they had most of what they wanted
in 'that sort of thing.' I wonder then what they will do with all the
vouchers. There was a chemist pack up for bids and someone bid $55 on
it and I said it was not worth it and who would bid that kind of money
on it and all he heard was "bid" and "money" and he then bid $60 on it.
So thankfull someone else raised the bid!!! I told him "NO" and then
repeated myself and he said "oh." Don't know who is worse at ignoring
what I say him or Kirsten.


I was disappointed to see that the two gift certificates for $20
worth of used books from The Nook and Cranny were the last two items
to be selected by the raffle ticket winners. Even the (6) one per
winner, $10 deli bakehouse vouchers went before our vouchers did!
A sad reflection on our society that they would chose $10 worth of
bread over $20 worth of books.

But over all not a bad night and Meg enjoyed her meal and got some
more cards and presents, though she wants to exchange her candles
for different ones. She reckons the Spruce smells like the toilet
blocks in the men's toilet. They are suppose to remind one of Xmas
trees!!!