the lottery

no, i didn't win although last week i won $10.40.  i didn't spend it all at once.  i get my weekly saturday lotto ticket online because sometimes i used to forget to get it, i'd buy several weeks at once and wasn't sure when it ran out.  anyway, online was easier.  they take the money, a very small amount by the way, out of my bank.  it usually works quite well and i get an email or two to tell me that i have a ticket for the next week and the transaction was successful.  well, this sunday there was an email telling me my account needed attention.  i logged in and my account was suspended.  i had to ring them.  it turns out that someone tried to log into my account for betting which i don't use.  the manager said it was most likely a robot.  so....  i had to change my password, see my post here about passwords.  i've just started using my new system for passwords and i'm not sure how successful it is but it seems to be working so far.  i must admit i did have the same password for a lot of sites which is not a good idea.  so beware, there are robots out there stealing your details.  the internet has a lot to answer to

i'm so brave

I am a very brave old lady if i do say so myself with my tongue firmly in my cheek of course.  I made an appointment the other week for the skin cancer clinic and was a tad surprised that i got an appointment for the following day as there is usually a bit of a wait.  I usually see a female doctor and was not concerned at all even though there was a mole on the back of leg that had changed recently.  My anxiety hit the roof however when they said my usual doctor was away and i was seeing a male doctor.  There goes my comfort zone.  I was going to make another appointment when dr female returned from leave but decided to be brave.  So in i went.  It went ok and i showed him the mole i was concerned about and he found another one on my face that needed removal too.  Ok, i can do this, make another appointment like last time and bring maz with me for support.  My son is not good with stuff like this and my daughter lives a way away and has the kids.  Then to my absolute horror he said he would do it now.  What?  Ok, so i sucked it up and went for it.  One on my face and the one i was concerned about on the back of my leg.  Well, it’s done.  All by myself, i’m so brave.  i waited the five days and went back for the results and thank goodness both were benign.  bandages are off and both well on the way to recovery.  

a tale of two cars

my golf has developed a problem with the central locking.  it locked everything except the back passenger door.  sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.  quite inconvenient when you want to leave the car in the car park or the shopping centre when the back door is open.  it's at the mechanics.  he got the part but it didn't work and i'm not hopeful.  he's keeping it again tonight.  wish me luck that it's all good by tomorrow as i have a physio appointment tomorrow arvo.  and the other tale is that i bought my daughter a car the other day, that sounds good doesn't it but it was a cheap car and my mechanic went over it and said it's ok and roadworthy.  let's hope so as her old car was a lemon, it's certainly better than the old one.  she said she'll pay me back.  yeah right :( 

passwords

i absolutely hate passwords.  i used to use the same one for everything, it was easy and simple.  everyone said not to do this and i can understand why of course but it's a pain to use a different one for everything and let's face it, every site you go to now requires the dreaded password.  i especially hate the ones where you have to include a capital letter and symbols.  ahhhh  i got myself a little book and i enter all the passwords in it but have scribbled in it so much when the password has been changed that it looks a mess.  a woman i follow on blogger once suggested to use the site name and then the same password after it or something like that.  i might try it.  it would save me forgetting what i changed it to last time i forgot and my little book lets me down.  i have a password reminder on windows and one on chrome which helps with most of them but there is always an exception.