Judy, the house that burned is the one I have been in for a year.

Hafa Adai to you too, Ebbie. You must know someone who has lived in Guam!

Is there more? YES! We have more! Come to the fire sale for your own mess of bad luck!

Yesterday I answered a message from the MBNA Fraud Department. I thought it must be related to the earlier ID theft problem I'd experienced back at the end of July. Oh no, not so Mr. Burnham. It seems that on the day of the fire someone began making purchases with my new credit card, the one I could not activate because I no longer had a home telephone. So here I am, with a brand new credit card still stuck to the mailer in a folder at my new home and someone is out having a great time with it!

How does that happen? Remember I said I thought my social security card and passport had been stolen? Well, they appear to really have been stolen! And someone is having a great time out there.

Wonderful! What is next...? Do I dare even ask?