Someplace to stash my stuff

Shaunna and I are currently in Tasmania due to her sister Janice being rather ill and in hospital.  Sadly, Janice lost her battle with illness and passed away yesterday afternoon, Saturday May 12 at 4.00pm.  She was 74.

Shaunna and Janice were very close and they were best friends as well as sisters, hence Shaunna is finding it hard to come to terms with right now.  I normally don't travel too well due to vertigo and etc, but I am glad that I came with her this time to be of support during this diffecult time.  Besides, I got on really well with Janice and her husband, Denny, and think the world of them, so it just felt right to be here for them, too.

On another note, a sour one at that, we briefly stayed with the daughter, Bianca, but that was not good and it ended badly.  To cut a long story short, she was out drinking every night while we were there, leaving us to house and pet sit, and when she was there, she was loud, rude and abusive, angry all the time and aggressive.  Not only that, the house was a complete pig sty and stunk because of the pets not being house trained, etc. We did what we could to help, but it was not appreciated in any way, shape or form.  No, we just copped her abuse and bad temper, and we'd had enough so moved into a hotel room until we go back home on Wednesday May 16.


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on May 13, 2018

Sorry to hear this, Mark...some are at their best when things are at their worst. Others? Oh well. Soldier on, soldier. My best to Shaunna and hope she shook the flu.

on May 13, 2018

My deepest condolences to all of the family.    

on May 13, 2018

May she R.I.P., my condolences,

on May 13, 2018

My heartfelt sympathies got out to Shaunna and all of you. God be with ya.

on May 13, 2018


angry all the time and aggressive.

Bereavement affects everyone differently...sometimes quite annoyingly/unsettlingly.

Pass on our thoughts to Shaunna.

on May 13, 2018

Thanks everyone, your thoughts and prayers are much appreciated by us both.  Obviously it's not the best time, but we are making the best of a sad situation and trying to remain positive.  I'm just so glad that I came down, though. 

Despite the additional airfares and other costs, not to mention the various negative aspects since arriving, I wouldn't be anywhere else right now.  While Shaunna is holding up well, I think she'd be lost without me right now, given the way Bianca is going and showing absolutely no consideration whatsoever.

Anyway, enough of that.  We have a nice room at the pub and everything we need is close by and is withing walking distance.  However, it's not the same as being at home and I can't wait to get back into my own bed.

on May 14, 2018

Deepest condolences to you and your family...

on May 14, 2018



angry all the time and aggressive.

Bereavement affects everyone differently...sometimes quite annoyingly/unsettlingly.

Sadly, bereavement had nothing to do with it.  All that negative stuff occurred in the 5 days prior to Janice's passing.  No, it more likely had more to do with excessive alcohol consumption and ice.  No, not the stuff you put in a long, tall glass of Beam 'n cola, but that stuff cooked up in backyard labs and ruining young lives and families everywhere.

She has now involved her 20-something boyfriend, who is threatening to break my legs because she's pissed at our leaving her place.  It's pathetic and childish to say the least, and anyone who threatens a person old enough to be his grandfather isn't much of a man or to be at all worried about.

Oh yeah, that time when Bianca supposedly had liver cancer.... total bullshit and sympathy seeking.  We just discovered this today and we're not impressed at all.  She spun the story in hope of stopping Shaunna going home to Queensland from her previous visit, and while she was sick the day she sprung it [and even called an ambulance] it was nothing more than a heavy hangover.

To put it bluntly, Shaunna and I are pretty much done with her after all the lies, the bad attitude and woeful behaviour.  She also told us that she handed over her last two children to Family Services because she stressed when they weren't gaining any weight, but we recently discovered that Child Protection took the kids due to concerns of neglect.

So yeah, Shaunna has had more to deal with this last couple of weeks than anyone should have to

on May 15, 2018

So sorry to hear of your loss Mrs S....very hard to lose someone you're so close too....

 

re Bianca...glad to hear Child Protection involved...she shouldn't have ANY children in her care. No wonder you're at your wits end with her...sounds like she should be locked away in rehab for her and children's safety.... not the kind of stress you needed with dealing with your grief at this time... why churn out kids if you're not prepared to do your best for them... heart goes out to those children...    

on May 15, 2018

Thanks syd, your thoughts are much appreciated.... and yeah, we agree that Bianca is unfit to have children in her care.  Sadly, as she gets older she gets worse rather than better, and after years of trying to help her just to have it thrown back in our faces, it's time we moved on and took care of ourselves and those who can/want to be helped.

Anyway, we had to jump through hoops with Jetstar to rebook our flights from tomorrow to Thursday so that we could attend Janice's funeral.  It took all day nearly, and still we got nowhere.  In the end, Shaunna was speaking with a Jetstar representative on Facebook messenger and we were able to change our flights for just the difference in cost, $26.00 each.  Earlier in the day it was going to cost us well over $600.00, which we simply couldn't afford after accommodation costs and other expenses.

All's well that ends well, though.  We can now attend the funeral and catch up with various family members we've not seen in a while... and get home just a day later.  I wanted to get home sooner rather than later because I need to get the results of some X-rays and scans, not to mention that I'm missing my little dog, Buddy, and my own bed.

on May 15, 2018

My heart goes out to you Mark and Shaunna. You have my condolences. As for the other, I have no words.

on May 15, 2018


My heart goes out to you Mark and Shaunna. You have my condolences.

Thanks mate, 'tis much appreciated


As for the other, I have no words.

Yeah, such things can leave a person speechless.... dumbfounded as to why/how a mother could be so inconsiderate and selfish when it comes to her kids.

On a more positive note, the four eldest live with their father and are being well cared for.  They are always well dressed, polite and respectful.  They look to be well fed and appear to be happy and content, with smiles on their faces and twinkles in their eyes.  Thankfully, there are no issues between Mark [ yeah, the kids dad is also named Mark] and ourselves, so we have been able to see them almost every day since arriving here in Tassie.  That has been the shining light of this trip, seeing the grandkids and spending quality time with them.

on May 16, 2018

I just want to thank Mark for doing this post on my behalf , also a HUGE thank you to one all for their kind words on the loss of my beautiful sister Janice her and I have always been close  and yes I was a proper pain in the rear end and often she would tell me so too but she always loved me and looked after me when my mom broke her leg Janice looked after me and got me to school . The memories are many and endless and I will share them as time goes on I also have a couple of pics of her a few days befor she died and left me😭. As they say time heals all wounds. So thank you everyone xxx hugs to you all 🤗 

on May 22, 2018

And what we came home to is inexcusable.  Somebody who I thought we could trust, a so-called family member no less, has up and left owing a couple of grand and has shit on us.

Frankly, I'm done trying to help anybody else.  There's a few I can and do trust, but after that they can all go fech 'em selves.

on May 23, 2018

Like things weren't bad enough, we were summoned by our property manager to respond to stuff Shaunna's niece had said..... which was complete bullshit.  No thanks to her, but our tenure here is on shaky ground because of her spite and lies.  She told the property manager that we kicked her out with no place to go.  We did no such thing.  All that was said to her was that she had to pay her fair share because she had been letting us down with her part of the rent and bills, etc.

Oh well!  Her dues are coming. Nobody shits on me without receiving a deserved measure of my wrath.  All the debt collectors she's been avoiding/hiding from will learn of her location.... bye bye car and other stuff she's indebted for. 

Yeah, I know, some will say it's petty, but I simply can't abide by people going out of their way to cause me trouble when I've done nothing but bend over backwards to help them. 

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