Credit woes

An attempt has been made to use my prepaid credit card.

I went to the web site to check my balance and discovered an unauthorised transaction had been declined for lack of funds. After having a mild nervous breakdown I rang the card issuer and they connected me to their fraud section.

It appears that an employee of a company I have dealt with on the internet has tried to use my card details to buy $800+ worth of goods from another company.

It's not actually a credit card as such and I don't keep a lot of money on it, so the transaction was declined and no money actually left my account, but it sure gave me a fright.

Unfortunately, the company has decided to issue me with another card so I won't be able to use my account until I activate the new card (which could be a while as it has to come from Melbourne-the state with the slooowest postal service in the country).

Fright Night

Had an unnerving experience last night. After being in bed for a while waiting to warm up, decided I needed a Hot Water Bottle, So got out of bed and tried to wake Sis to ask where I could find one, the HWB being in her possession last time I saw it (we only have two at the moment).

Didn't succeed , Sis being a sound sleeper, but found HWB in hall cupboard. Left light on in hall and went to kitchen to fill HWB. As I boiled the jug Mum woke and asked if I would get her an aspirin. As I filled the tumbler with water after putting in the tablet, I heard the screen door open. Assumed it was His Lordship wanting to come in from the cold. I should explain that the last time Sis rehung the screen door she put it on backwards, so we haven't been able to lock it. This doesn't worry us as we are in a quiet backstreet with few visitors. As I passed the lounge I noticed His Lordship asleep on it. Just then there was a knock. Now I am not opening the door at a quarter to eleven at night without good reason. I turned the kitchen light off and waited for the person to identify themselves but they only knocked again, alarming Mum.

Thinking that I couldn't talk through the glass door(we have patio doors instead of real ones, blame the previous owners), and they had opened the screen already, I turned the hall light off and asked Mum to be quiet. I heard a man's voice say he thought he'd seen a light, but after they apparently replaced the screen we heard no more. Mum woke Sis, who was full of curiosity, but they were nowhere to be seen. Went back to kitchen in dark (it was a bright moonlit night) and gave Mum her aspirin. Prayed protection over the house and tried to sleep but couldn't sleep for sometime after.

Goodreads

Since joining Goodreads I have reread some of my favourite books and have just bought myself a new copy of "How To Read A Book". If you think you know how to read, check this book out, It may change your mind. Actually I was surprised how much I had forgotten about reading until I reread this book.

Goodreads

Have been quiet on this blog, but nothing much happens around here, honestly.

Nothing I want to talk about anyway!

Have joined a new site called Goodreads. It's a bookreaders social networking site.
Apparently I can invite friends to join by giving them this link.

Better late than never

I didn't realise it's been two weeks since my last post. Time does fly. I have been threatened with dire consequences if I say how lovely it was to have a weekend without "piano practice" while Sis and Ganeida were away camping, but I will anyway. I think the piano is the worst instrument in existence, I even prefer plastic recorders. I have suggested that Ditz brings her flute or violin in- stead, but that only worked once. Maybe earplugs will help.

Our cricketers beat the Indians again, tho neither side got a big score.

Played darts last wednesday. Barneveld I am not. Think the wheelchair is a trifle low for the job, but it was fun.

Wallpaper

Putting Ditz's dotty painting on my desktop reminded me of my hunt for my previous theme.

I was hunting for an andy warhol theme as I am hoping to see the exhibition at the cultural centres art gallery (if Sis an Ganeida make it back after camping. lol)

The warhol theme reminded me of a painting I had always liked but didn't know the name of. After describing the painting in google discovered it is called "American Gothic" and was painted in the 1930's.

Have found a theme of it and, until I put Ditz's picture up, was alternating it with the warhol theme. I get bored after a week or two and change the theme.

Recovering

Having pulled myself together due to the win in the 20/20, I decided to write again. The only interesting happening lately is seeing an insect that looks exactly like a live leaf. I thought it was a leaf at first as we had a stiff wind blowing, but his Lordship was too interested for it to be just a leaf, so took another look. It was remarkable how like a leaf it looked. The body was the colour of a live green leaf and even the legs were painted a twiggy colour. It was on the front door mat, and the coirlike texture helped the leaflike illusion. I couldn't get Sis's camera phone to turn on, so had to wait for it to charge. Sis being the arty one the picture will be on her blog when she has painted it.