First the bad news.....I'd rather get that out of the way first.

Hubby went to start the car this morning and all he heard was "click". Nothing else. No broom broom of the motor. No nothin'... just click. DH then phoned our mechanic for advice...and the mechanic said it could be the battery, but as the lights still worked then it could just as easily be the alternator or starter motor. .

Well I could see dollar signs adding up before my eyes, but I knew there was probably enough in our bank account to buy a cheap battery... if we could find one on special somewhere, and we are in the automibile road side service club, so I knew we could get them out to diagnose the problem without it costing us anything.

So...I phoned the auto club for a price on a new battery should that be the problem, got a price and while holding my breath I phoned the bank to get a balance on our account.

Now comes the good news!

There was a thousand dollars more in the bank than what we had yesterday. I could not believe it, but when I checked again.... there was no mistake! It was the latest stimulus package that the Gvt had promised us would be coming out at some stage.

So.... thank you Mr Prime Minister. You have one more very happy Australian.


PS. The car now goes. We got the auto club out, they replaced the battery and my little car is purring like a kitten, and I've just sent hubby to the store to buy some essentials, with strict instructions he had to come home with something special for me.