Looking for ...

For anyone who reads this blog of mine ...

I am looking for Grace Livingston Hill novels!!

Almost all of her novels are currently out of print, but I love reading them and want to add to my collection (I currently have 3, but have read many more).

This is especially for all of my Aussie readers, because I would rather not have to pay international postage (I ordered books from Amazon recently and the postage costs were more than the books themselves).

So if you have any that you no longer want, or know of where I can buy some (even second hand) please leave a comment.

ANZ Bank - This is brilliant!!

Note to self: 'Cancel credit cards prior to death!


Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die! This is so priceless
and so easy to see happening - customer service, being what it is today!


A lady died this past January, and ANZ bank billed her for February and
March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and
Then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had
been $0.00, now is somewhere around $60.00.

A family member placed a call to the ANZ Bank:

Family Member:
'I am calling to tell you that she died in January.'

ANZ:
'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member:
'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.'

ANZ:
'Since it is two months past due, it already has been.'

Family Member:
So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?'

ANZ:
'Either report her account to the frauds division or report her to
the credit bureau, maybe both!'

Family Member:
'Do you think God will be mad at her?'

ANZ:
'Excuse me?'

Family Member:
'Did you just get what I was telling you . . . The part about her
being dead?'

ANZ:
'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'

Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member:
'I'm calling to tell you, she died in January.'

ANZ:
'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member:
'You mean you want to collect from her estate?'

ANZ:
(Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'

Family Member:
'No, I'm her great nephew.'
(Lawyer info given)

ANZ:
'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'

Family Member:
'Sure.'
( fax number is given )

After they get the fax:

ANZ:
'Our system just isn't set up for death. I don't know what more I
can do to help.'

Family Member:
'Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing
her. I don't think she will care.'

ANZ:
'Well, the late fees and charges do still apply.'

Family Member:
'Would you like her new billing address?'

ANZ:
'That might help.'

Family Member:
' Rookwood Memorial Cemetery, 1249 Centenary Rd, Sydney Plot Number 1049.'

ANZ:
'Sir, that's a cemetery!'

Family Member:
'Well, what do you do with dead people on your planet?'

How sweet!

Car Wash

Car Wash

A church choir was putting on a car wash to raise money for
a special trip to Bethlehem.

They made a large sign that read:

CAR WASH FOR CHOIR TRIP.

On the scheduled Saturday, business was very good. But, by
two o'clock the sky clouded, the rain poured, and there were
hardly any customers. Finally, one of the soprano singers
had an idea.

She printed a very large poster with the words:

WE WASH. GOD RINSES.
(Next to the words was an arrow pointing skyward.)

Business boomed!

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A cheerful heart is good medicine... (Prov 17:22a)


When I was at school, one of the methods of fund raising was to go to the local Bunnings Warehouse and do car washes in the car park (we weren't so worried about saving water back then because there wasn't a drought). This joke brings back fond memories of water fights and good fun.

An Interesting Approach to Saving Water

Sydney harnesses CBD's underground 'lake' - Yahoo!7 News

Tuesday January 15, 01:15 PM

Sydney harnesses CBD's underground 'lake'

Recycled water will be stored under one of Sydney's main streets in a scheme aimed at saving New South Wales Parliament almost 18 million litres a year, or about half its water consumption.
The water recycling project, which begins today, will use large rainwater tanks built on top of Parliament House, the State Library and Sydney Hospital that can each hold 60,000 litres.
Water Utilities Minister Nathan Rees says the water collected will flow into an "artificial lake" being created under Macquarie Street.
"What we're calling the St James Lake is an old disused railway tunnel that we will now be filling with water from the roofs of these buildings, keeping it in storage and then using it for gardens and toilets and so on," he said.
The tunnel, just north of the State Library, already holds 5 million litres of stormwater after collecting run-off for decades.
The Government wants to pump a lot more stormwater into it. The reservoir would then be used as the main supply of recycled water for all of the public buildings along Macquarie Street.
Mr Rees says the water in the disused tunnels is surprisingly clean.
"Despite the debris, the water is crystal clear after it's come through the sandstone," he said. "You just don't expect to find this under the centre of Sydney."
He says all the Government buildings along Macquarie Street will eventually funnel rooftop stormwater into St James Lake.
Other unused train tunnels will also be checked to see if they can be used as reservoirs.

I came across this rather interesting news piece today. Due to the drought that is affecting the majority of Australia at present, everyone is trying to work out new ways to save water (or revamp the old ways). This one struck me as a really good way of recycling existing resources to meet the current needs of the population.

New Year

2007 went so fast, I'm not sure I believe it's over.

You know how as a child you thought a year was such a long time and it seemed to stretch forever?
Well, now life just seems to fly by. The year is over before you know it and a new one begun.

Today is exactly one month to my 26th birthday. I had some dreams about what I'd be doing at this age, but none of them are reality. I wanted to be married and have at least one child, but I'm still single, and there are no prospects of marriage or even a boyfriend at present. I guess I have a little time - my grandmothers were both married at 26 (late for their time). Of course my life is very different to my Mum's. She was married at 19, and I was born before she was 21. I had been joined by a brother and a sister before Mum was 26.

There's all these studies about how women live longer when they don't get married, but men die younger. I'm not sure I believe it. In some circles, there is a lot of stress put on single women because they are single. It's expected that they will marry, and marry fairly early in life.

But I digress ... this is supposed to be about the new year.

What will my life hold this year?

Current plans consist of getting closer to God, continuing to work, complete my CPA studies, work with the children at church as a leader at Good News Gang, do some cross stitch and spend time with my family and friends. Throw in some adventures, maybe a little travel, a good supply of sleep (and chocolate) and that's my life. Of course, I wouldn't mind adding time spent with a boyfriend and maybe getting engaged, but that I have no idea of at present.