Earlier today, while I went shopping at Woolworths, Ray went to check Lotto tickets he had been given for Christmas.
When he caught up with me he told me the newsagent asked him if he wanted a chair and he thought she was joking,but no,
we had won $1,000 !!!!!
Neither of us has ever won anything more than a couple of dollars before now and we were both ecstatic.
Tuesday night was my tenpin league bowling presentation and I earned myself $300, for individual and team prize money, but that was for bowling well over nearly a whole year.
Last week we had given two of Ray's grandsons $150 (each) for each of them excelling at their schoolwork last year, so Ray's daughter said our Lotto win was Karma. :-)
We are going to buy ourselves a new dining table and we have already bought the Flavorstone cookware set of pans.
OH and I have to buy Chris (Pennifold) a cup of coffee next time we go out. teeheehee!!!!
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Thank you all for the wonderful comments, we went to Sydney today and bought the vintage dining table from an advertisement on Gumtree (similar site to Ebay) it is a round Solid oak extension table made around 1870 and it fits beautifully in our small dining area. I love it!
The jury is still out on the flavorstone cookware, I keep burning things!. LOL! I can't seem to get used to using the lower heat to cook with....
At least the pots clean out fabulously easy without soaking or scrubbing.
I did cook a great pot roast of beef and vegetables, took just over three hours on low heat and it was 2.9 kg, so a pretty large piece of meat. It was scrumptious and quite a nice change being able to cook a pot roast in the full heat of summer without nearly passing out from heat exposure.
I also managed to cook some fish fillets (without burning them) and scrambled some eggs, added some cooked rice and vegies to it to make a fried rice. NOTHING stuck to the pans and it was a quick wipe out with some paper towel. Even the vegetables I burnt very badly came clean off the pan and the pan swished clean with some warm soapy water, a huge change from scrubbing my Corningware saucepans. OH and I made gravy and it poured out of the pan so cleanly there was nothing left to clean off the saucepan.
Yep, I'm happy with them and once I get used to turning the gas down the results can only get better. I can recommend them.
Now back in the real world, we had Ray's Mum in hospital for a hernia operation on Wednesday and we brought her home on Thursday only to have the worst possible night with her as the after effects of the anaesthetic made her Dementia and Altzheimers far worse than it has ever been. She wouldn't stay in bed and got out so many times between 11 pm and 6 AM that I was too scared to go to sleep. I kept getting up to find her in all sorts of situations: standing inside her wardrobe; standing outside the toilet staring inside (the door was open and the light on) saying she wanted to go but it was occupied; standing in the bathroom staring at the towels on the railing; the scariest being when I stopped her just in time as she was going out through the French doors onto the upstairs verandah at 4:30AM and I had to manhandle her, fighting me all the way, back to bed. I couldn't stop shaking all over afterwards as she could have fallen over the balcony onto the concrete below or down the stairs.......
Then, when I finally drifted off to sleep around 5:45 AM, she came into our room screaming out "who are you people, who are you?" And from there it just got worse.
She didn't know who Ray and I were and she kept saying Ray was trying to make her kick the bucket. Thankfully when the district nurse came to dress mum's op site she recognised the dire straits we were in and she took control by organising for MIL to be admitted to hospital where they will keep her for up to a month. While she is there the Social Worker and Geriatrics specialist will try to get her a permanent placing in a nursing home, hopefully, without US having to pay nearly $300 a fortnight (on top of ALL her pension) out of our meagre income.
Life is so cruel turning us into blithering idiots, stripping us of our dignity and causing hardship and suffering to our families, all because we live longer.
I'm afraid the happiness of our Lotto win has been rather short lived as we come to grips with MIL's worsening condition.
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by Patricia103
27 Jan 2014
Hope you find a nice secure NH for her. I have worked in a few and they are out there. Good Luck.
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274819282Sometimes life is good :-) Have Happy Times around the new dining table with family and friends and enjoy having coffee with your dear
friend Chris too. Wishing a very Happy Sunday
Maria
....and also was surprised regarding Woolworth. In Germany they have been closed for some years now
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13907wow!!! Good Luck Story and I'm glad it happened to you. You deserve a break.
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17214841Meg you really do deserve this you do so much good for every one you will be rewarded 10 foal for your good deeds you are such a nice person and I will never for get.
love you
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327678230love it when my friends are happy :):)Thanks for my BIG smile:):)
360644Wonderful news Meg I am so happy for you I hope you will enjoy your table and cook wear you were lucky girl One time I had one given to me and I won twenty dollars. I thought that was great.
hugs Lenamae
32767Great news Meg, Chris will be happy for you for sure...Let me know how you like your flavorstone ok....
2554678119I have only bought 2 lottery tickets in my whole life, but I am very happy for you. nice surprise!!
858671245223282Ha ha ha! I've just read this and it's the day after I got your message! Congratulations - you deserve it. Isn't that funny I only commented on your dining table last week!
Hope MIL is doing o.k. too - is she back home from hospital? Love
234497Wow that was a wonderful surprise I'm sure. That new dining table will always have a great story about how it got to your house.
44366122Wow, great going -you're on a roll (LOL could be a bowling term!). Hope it continues for a very long time! Enjoy :)
23163Megan It could not have been won by a better person I hope you also treat yourselves to a meal and a drink and a box of choccies while you are at it
Well done and justly deserved
14995OMG... I haven't seen a woolworths in years.. lol Congrats on the money. Where do you live?
Linda
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by greysewist
23 Jan 2014
We're in Australia, Linda. I'm about to go pay a visit to a Woolworths myself (but in a different State to Meganne). They were called Safeway until a number of years ago. We also have 'Big W' which is the department store line of the same business. When folks in the US mention Walmart, that is Kmart to us :)
by airyfairy
24 Jan 2014
We have Woolworths here in South Africa. It is exactly the same as M&S in the UK - food, everything.
18268Congrats on the win. It is a double win with the tickets having been a gift.
Enjoy.
1941Wow what a wonderful surprise good on you and Ray... enjoy...soozie
25169Way to go! Good news! Great to be able to get that new dining table and have it paid for for you (so to speak)! NEXT! It usually runs in 3's, so what's next?
38558Thats fantastic news. Congrats , Bet CHRIS IS KICKING HERSELF.. No not really. Happy for you we are :)).
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by pennifold
23 Jan 2014
No, I'm not kicking myself Pauline - I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life! Just happy that they have won though. Love Chris
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6246111867Nice things happen to nice people! I have always believed the old saying "What goes around, comes around" Enjoy it!
6833That is a wonderful unexpected surprise. Like the other cuties I was wondering about he Woolworths store you mentioned and found this: Woolworths Ltd in Australia has no connection with the F.W. Woolworth Company in the United States, nor the Woolworths Group of UK.
89895Congratulations! Glad it went to someone that never wins much. Enjoy.
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59631Congratulations Meg!! It sounds as though 2014 is starting off good and will be a fantastic year for you. Glad to hear that you and Ray will be treating yourselves to a new table.
33871wonderful news! yeh!!!! I am so happy for you & what a terrific way to start off the New Year! hugs Loralye
299559Wow Congratulations....I like how this year has started out for you...Happy Days are here again, my friend.
Hugs Jerri
30656So fun! Yeah! I understand about the not winning. Surprise! Surprise! I am so happy for you!
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15982What a great story!!! I love reading happy tales. Enjoy your new pans and table!
4550What good news, you deserve a bit of sunshine in your life after the past few months. Enjoy that dining table and let Chris get the large coffee.
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67271Yes, it is true - you get what you give. You have generously shared your lovie and good fortune with others, and now it is coming back to you. Hope it continues for you!
31625How wonderful - may that goooood luck continue!!! Hugs, Laura*
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743291wow isn't it great to get that kind of gift, well enjoy it, you deserve it and yes I believe in karma.
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261163Congratulation Meganne. Wish you so much fun spending that money :o)
Greetings, Bettina
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