On Tuesday 2nd Sept I was backing out of a car space in front of Curves Morwell. A thing I have done at least three times a week for 56 weeks only this time I had an idiot male driver approaching.
There were six cars all pretty close and then the next car was at the hotel. I know from past experience that when a car has arrived at the hotel I have always had time to back out.
Today I was just straightening up when the car came right up behimd me and tried to overtake. Not only that but the light had turned orange. By the time he was laying on the horn the light was red.
The only way he could have come up that fast was if he had put his foot down and floored it! What idiot does that when they see a car backing out. It is usual to slow down (After all it is a 50 zone and approaching a set of lights!) and then he has the gall to blow his horn at me!
Well I stopped at the light opened my door leaned out lokked back at him and at the top of my voice said "Do you think because your a male you f..king own the road, well let me tell you you don't? It's idoits like you who have no road coursty that cause accidents!" Then I closed my door and waited for the light to change. You should have seen the look on his face as if he never expected anyone to challenge his behaviour!
When the light chamged I speed off at 20 kms an hour till we neared the 60 zone put my left hand blinker on and moved over. He sped past me again onlt to reach the McDonald St lights in time for them to turn red! I smiled and turned left!
I think from now on whenever I encounter a bad driver I will try to get their rego number and post it in my Blog. Shame them as well as warning the public of dangerous drivers.
Cliff came out with me in the car last week end and he said he has never noticed how many bad drivers there are out there (within fifteen minutes I avoided three potenial accidents!) and Cliff had to admit it was the other drivers who were at fault and not me! ( He had thought I might be putting it on a bit thick!)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
"View from a Window"
On the 28th May 2008 I entered The Eastwood/Hills FAW Annual
Literary competition. It closed on the 31st May, 2008.
I received a letter three weeks ago telling me that I had
been shortlisted in the Memoir section with the story of my
mother's death "View from a Window." I was very pleased but
could not attend the presentation night on Friday 29th August,
2008.
On Wednesday 3rd Sept. I received the results in the mail.
FIRST: "My Father's Forte" Kate Gilbert
SECOND: "Crossing the Pacific" Kay Richter
HIGHLY
COMMENDED: "The Madness of King Jules" Michelle Lopert
"Vanishing" Michelle Brock
COMMENDED: "View from a Window" Gloria McDougall
"The Kolinsky Sable" Laurie Forth
"A Tale of Two Tonsils" Deloy Oberg.
I would like to think that the results have been given in
order of merit. As I said to Beryl I thought at the very
least I would get a Commended so I was not disappointed.
Literary competition. It closed on the 31st May, 2008.
I received a letter three weeks ago telling me that I had
been shortlisted in the Memoir section with the story of my
mother's death "View from a Window." I was very pleased but
could not attend the presentation night on Friday 29th August,
2008.
On Wednesday 3rd Sept. I received the results in the mail.
FIRST: "My Father's Forte" Kate Gilbert
SECOND: "Crossing the Pacific" Kay Richter
HIGHLY
COMMENDED: "The Madness of King Jules" Michelle Lopert
"Vanishing" Michelle Brock
COMMENDED: "View from a Window" Gloria McDougall
"The Kolinsky Sable" Laurie Forth
"A Tale of Two Tonsils" Deloy Oberg.
I would like to think that the results have been given in
order of merit. As I said to Beryl I thought at the very
least I would get a Commended so I was not disappointed.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Last Will
Signed my will today Thursday 28th August 2008. It is held at Richard Horseman's office Commerical Rd, Morwell.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Short Story Course.
I don't know why it was so important to email our stories to Violeta last Friday. We could have taken them in today with a copy for each person.
We all agreed she had not read them and as there was only one copy, the student whose story it was had to use that to read it. Nothing worse than trying to follow a story a person is reading to you. I think you miss quite a bit that way.
We all agreed she had not read them and as there was only one copy, the student whose story it was had to use that to read it. Nothing worse than trying to follow a story a person is reading to you. I think you miss quite a bit that way.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Chris Thornton R.I.P.
On Sunday 10th August we learnt that Chris Ian Thornton the
only son of Terry and Grant Thornton had died of a heroin
overdose, he was 29 years old. Born on 22nd May 1979.
He is survived by a daughter.
His funeral was on Wednesday 20th August at Wacol in Queensland.
Cliff flew out from Melbourne at 2.55 p.m. on Tuesday and
Andrew flew out of Adelaide. It was easier for Andrew to
drive the 4 hours to Adelaide rather than 8 hours to Melbourne.
The brothers shared a motel and hired a rental car.
Cliff said the funeral was very moving with Vanessa's husband
writing and singing a special song for his brother in law.
Andrew went home at 5 p.m. and Cliff flew home at 6.30 p.m.
It is always sad when the young loss their lives so carelessly.
"Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peave of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet air to you
Deep peace of the shinning stars to you
Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour out their healing light to you.
Deep peace to you."
only son of Terry and Grant Thornton had died of a heroin
overdose, he was 29 years old. Born on 22nd May 1979.
He is survived by a daughter.
His funeral was on Wednesday 20th August at Wacol in Queensland.
Cliff flew out from Melbourne at 2.55 p.m. on Tuesday and
Andrew flew out of Adelaide. It was easier for Andrew to
drive the 4 hours to Adelaide rather than 8 hours to Melbourne.
The brothers shared a motel and hired a rental car.
Cliff said the funeral was very moving with Vanessa's husband
writing and singing a special song for his brother in law.
Andrew went home at 5 p.m. and Cliff flew home at 6.30 p.m.
It is always sad when the young loss their lives so carelessly.
"Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peave of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet air to you
Deep peace of the shinning stars to you
Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour out their healing light to you.
Deep peace to you."
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Another Win
On the 4th August I was again the winner of the nightly Euchre with a score of 131, much better than the first time I won, but that is twice in less than two months, am I finally getting better?
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Baby Sitting The Grand Kids (Part Four)
On Friday I was tired so tired that even though the noise of the heater at Donald's waa still bad I did go to sleep.
I set the alarm for 7.35 a.m. as we had been doing so well the last two mornings. This morning while I cleaned all the cobwebs off the dinning room ceiling and walls the kids pulled out the table and chairs and Maddie hoovered the floor. I don't think it had been done in a year. As she did that Sam and Connor cleaned the table and chairs.
They were having a lunch order at school so did not have to take a packed lunch. We arrived at the school at 8.50 a.m. As I drove past the front of the A.P.M. I explained that the 'reek' that they could smell was the chemicals and the process used to turn the wood into paper.
Once more to Cliff's for a sleep. Checked his cupboard as I had promised the kids pancakes after school as they had been so good for me. He needed sugar and milk so on the way back from gym I grabbed those.
Maddie had been asking to walk to Cliff's each day but as it had been raining we had not done it but I said if it was fine on Friday they could walk.
A recent study in the paper said that high school students who did not walk to school in primary school had a very poor road sense by the time they were in secondary school.
Donald did not want them to walk as they had to cross a 'main road' but it was Grey St and there is a lolly pop lady at the crossing so I don't know what his problem was.
But as it turned out, though the day had been lovely and sunny right up to 3 p.m. dark clouds came over and a wind kicked up and by 3.30 p.m. it was pouring rain so I had to pick them up anyway.
I showed them how to make the panckes. Then we ate them. Connor had two, Sam had three, I had three and Maddie had four (which included the one that Connor didn't eat.)
Later that evening when I came back to Cliff's he asked "Where's my pancakes?" So I got up early Monday morning and made him some before he went off to work.
Donald said that he wished he had the kids for another week so I could do some more cleaning. ( No thank you, a week at a time, actually three days is enough, the getting up early nearly killed me!)
I set the alarm for 7.35 a.m. as we had been doing so well the last two mornings. This morning while I cleaned all the cobwebs off the dinning room ceiling and walls the kids pulled out the table and chairs and Maddie hoovered the floor. I don't think it had been done in a year. As she did that Sam and Connor cleaned the table and chairs.
They were having a lunch order at school so did not have to take a packed lunch. We arrived at the school at 8.50 a.m. As I drove past the front of the A.P.M. I explained that the 'reek' that they could smell was the chemicals and the process used to turn the wood into paper.
Once more to Cliff's for a sleep. Checked his cupboard as I had promised the kids pancakes after school as they had been so good for me. He needed sugar and milk so on the way back from gym I grabbed those.
Maddie had been asking to walk to Cliff's each day but as it had been raining we had not done it but I said if it was fine on Friday they could walk.
A recent study in the paper said that high school students who did not walk to school in primary school had a very poor road sense by the time they were in secondary school.
Donald did not want them to walk as they had to cross a 'main road' but it was Grey St and there is a lolly pop lady at the crossing so I don't know what his problem was.
But as it turned out, though the day had been lovely and sunny right up to 3 p.m. dark clouds came over and a wind kicked up and by 3.30 p.m. it was pouring rain so I had to pick them up anyway.
I showed them how to make the panckes. Then we ate them. Connor had two, Sam had three, I had three and Maddie had four (which included the one that Connor didn't eat.)
Later that evening when I came back to Cliff's he asked "Where's my pancakes?" So I got up early Monday morning and made him some before he went off to work.
Donald said that he wished he had the kids for another week so I could do some more cleaning. ( No thank you, a week at a time, actually three days is enough, the getting up early nearly killed me!)
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