I normally drink wine from a tumbler because of my unsteady hands, and when I took the proper wine glass out onto the balcony, sure enough, I knocked it over. I expected lights to turn on all over the building at the sound of the wine glass smashing, but they didn't. 'Phyllis, Kosov, help me', and they cleaned up the glass and mopped the balcony.
Of course last night it was dark, so next morning I finished cleaning up.
Tuesday morning , Kosov appeared dressed for work. Have a lovely day K, and take care. Onnndrewww, I am coming home. He slept form 9am to 4.30pm.
I got rid of many medication blister packs at the chemist, an embarrassing amount, but hey, they keep me alive. They had built up. I picked up a couple of prescriptions I ordered on the app. I know now to order them the evening before to be sure they are ready.
I ate a sandwich from home in Prahran Square along with bought coffee, and I devoured a bought Portuguese tart at my table.
I shopped for a couple of litres of milk, some tomatoes and salad leaves. I needed some potato salad and coleslaw, but the tram was four minutes away, so I stopped searching.
Once home, my new shirt had arrived in the post. I made a mistake when ordering the shirt, rather click and collect, it was delivered. I made another mistake as the shirt doesn't have a pocket. No wonder it was a bargain, but it looks ok. Sadly my image doesn't match that of the male model who was wearing it in the online catalogue.
I sorted out the new car things with the company who deals with my old age pension. Although I lost around $9,000 dollars car valuation, from my pocket, as soon as I drove it from the car sales place, my pension will reduce by $2. Oh, the pension mysteries.
Phyllis took the car to a workplace today, and it fills me with dread if he calls me, as he did around noon. I think he may have smashed up my new car, but instead he asked if I was going out, could I buy half a kilo of diced beef. Ok, and the nearby smaller Metro supermarket had the coleslaw and potato salad I needed. I added a tiny packet of bacon flavoured potato crisps...$2 only.
I physically abused Jass today, giving her a whack as she clawed the back of my desk chair. She stopped but seemed unoffended.
Dinner by Phyllis tonight was a big fail.
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Oh so domestic and detailed.! Love Portuguese tarts.I ate three from the original shop in Belem ….one after the other!
ReplyDeleteNaughty, but nice.
DeleteYou've got me curious about the failed dinner. lol I understand dreading certain phone calls. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteIt was mainly because the meat was tough, perhaps because it was cooked in a pressure cooker.
DeleteMaybe you could model the new shirt for your loyal readers.
ReplyDeleteI find a squirt with a water bottle more effective than a physical attack but my cats have shredded my lounge suite so I am not really sure if anything works. Other than getting rid of the cats and that ain't happening.
Is it common for Phyllis to fail at meal prep?
I think I should not model the shirt at all.
DeleteI have to have the bottle ready and quick to squirt to deter in real time. She knows I don't like it.
I think that was the first fail for Phyllis' cooking.
You checked the price of the wine? Why would you check how much a gift cost? My mother used to do that and if something was cheap she would make sure the next Christmas gift to them was also cheap. So petty.
ReplyDeleteBacon flavoured crisps? I'll have to look out for those. Too bad about your pension reduction.
The wine was given to Phyllis because his friend was returning to Sri Lanka and did not want to carry it. He offered it to me to share. He was curious about the cost, and checked, and the price sounded outrageous to me, so I checked Dan Murphy's for the price there. I wouldn't ever check the price of gifts I was given, unless there was something odd about the gift. i.e. champagne in a box with an expensive label, with the bottle not matching the box. The crisps might be off special at Woolies now.
DeleteA new car?!! Good Lord. How long have I been asleep!
ReplyDeleteFriday the car goes in to have loose nuts and bolts tightened, and hanging loose wires taped up, so it must be one month old now.
DeleteI can't figure out how your car affects your pension? Is it a capital acquisition or?
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While it is a personal asset, which normally would not affect your pension, including a home worth tens of millions of dollars, cars are excluded from this, so if you buy a new car and reduce your bank balance, your bank balance is deemed to be the same as before buying the car. But then your car devalues, and that is taken into account as years go on. What puzzled me is immediately after leaving the showroom with my new car, it devalued by perhaps $10,000 because it is now a used car. This did not seem to show up in my government pension payment, but I expect will be in the future.
DeleteI would hold my breath too, with a phone call from the perpetrator of the last crash. My former neighbor has taken in two former homeless folk and lets them drive her car, even though I don't think either have an active license to drive. I warned her there could be serious consequences but she brushes that off.
ReplyDeleteI think she must be prepared to lose her car at some point. Phyllis did not scratch the car, who already had his licence and drives well, but Kosov who is still learning.
DeleteThe dreaded phone call, well I certainly hope you never get one, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteUnderstand regarding losing the $2.00. Naughty pussy and shame about the spilling of the wine. I always have a wine glass when having wine but
I don't have much only a 1/4 glass for dinner most night - that's all.
Margaret, I've seen some very large wine glasses and a quarter can be quite a lot of wine. 😜
DeleteThat's true Andrew re wine..lol
DeleteThat last sentence. You didn't go into your usual detail. I dread to think how big a fail.
ReplyDeleteHe'd had a long day at work and made my meal in a rush. The beef was tough after being cooked in a pressure cooker, and was not his normal standard.
DeleteI may have missed something but can't one of your student friends pay for insurance for when he drives, or is it massively expensive as in this country for young drivers.
ReplyDeleteIf Phyllis is listed on my insurance as a driver of my car, because he is under 25, the insurance premium will go up by a huge amount. If an insurance claim is made and Phyllis was driving, the excess, that is the gap between what I would pay and what I've lost by a car crash, $900, will be much higher. Top of my head, $2000. It is a gamble, but if Phyllis is judged to be at fault, I've told him he will pay the excessive excess.
DeleteThe wine sounded good. Shame about the glass, though.
ReplyDeleteI must check how wine glasses I have. I gave so many to charity shops after Ray died. I might need to buy a new set.
DeleteI don't think anyone outside of Australia understands how buying a new car, can effect a pension. Well maybe the French can, the masters of bureaucracy.
ReplyDeleteTP, you've inspired a new blog post.
DeleteI don't understand your pension system at all, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to write about it Pat.
DeleteYour are having a lively time with Phyllis, Kosov and Jass to care for! I've pretty much decided I'm never buying clothes without a pocket again.
ReplyDeleteSo did you take a loan against your pension to pay for the car, and $2 is coming out to pay it back? In which case, won't that take an awfully long time?
Delete"Big green liquor outlet". Explain to us poor non-Aussies, Andrew, please.
ReplyDeleteChain store, probably Dan Murphy's.
DeleteYes, dear Dan's.
DeleteOh what a rollercoaster. I despair at the failed dinner. Unfortunately a far too often occurrence for me of late as the new kitchen needs a little more administrative persuasion before it can be forced to be more amenable to the concept of gastronomic delights.
ReplyDeleteThat was his first real fail in about 18 months. I do like 'administrative persuasion'.
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