25-05-2022, 10:08 AM
Good morning chilly but going to be a beautiful day for the arrival of some of Robies Ukraine family - he is picking the wife and children up from the Auckland airport today - unfortunately her parents were not allowed to come with her - the family have to be living in NZ before the parents can come -the husband is still recovering from three gun shot wounds so who knows when the parents will be able to join her but the baker had everything set up for her and he is on salary so his pay has gone in every month and will continue to do so - the children speak very good English so they should settle in quickly .
Had a huge tree come down in the reserve behind me lucky it fell sideways as it would have demolished my fence and garage - sad it was a huge beautiful tree that was filled with birds every evening
Had real progress with our motel kids - had a meeting with the motel owner he has allowed our families we are helping use an air fryer so Harvey Norman gave the 9 families on each - the motel owner has arranged for the local laundromat to pick up their laundry if they buy a pre paid ticket and best of all we found out the ministry are sitting onmany millions of dollars that the govt have given them for teacher aids for these kids our headmaster has been suspending as a last resort - still along way to go but itÔÇÖs a start
I rolled Dr Seuss up and stuffed the blanket in my craft room in the pile of things that need to be forgotten for a while -itÔÇÖs looking really good but itÔÇÖs just so damn difficult
My veggie pod is going really well - should have planted more bok choy - my freckles lettuce are a winner - the twisted cauliflower is perfect for my small garden it is growing upright
Strap yourselves in there is going to be another big jump in prices right across the board this month as electricity charges have just risen 25% right across the board for food manufacturers and supermarkets- the government legislated to stop power companies giving the prompt payment discounts because they considered it unfair - Robie has just paid 270,000 extra for his power this month so imagine how much extra a bread factory or Fonterra are paying and its just increasing the power company profit - good to see Warehouse getting themselves up and running with groceries they are proving the suppliers will supply anybody who can pay their bills - the tax payers do not need to subsidise an overseas company
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Had a huge tree come down in the reserve behind me lucky it fell sideways as it would have demolished my fence and garage - sad it was a huge beautiful tree that was filled with birds every evening
Had real progress with our motel kids - had a meeting with the motel owner he has allowed our families we are helping use an air fryer so Harvey Norman gave the 9 families on each - the motel owner has arranged for the local laundromat to pick up their laundry if they buy a pre paid ticket and best of all we found out the ministry are sitting onmany millions of dollars that the govt have given them for teacher aids for these kids our headmaster has been suspending as a last resort - still along way to go but itÔÇÖs a start
I rolled Dr Seuss up and stuffed the blanket in my craft room in the pile of things that need to be forgotten for a while -itÔÇÖs looking really good but itÔÇÖs just so damn difficult
My veggie pod is going really well - should have planted more bok choy - my freckles lettuce are a winner - the twisted cauliflower is perfect for my small garden it is growing upright
Strap yourselves in there is going to be another big jump in prices right across the board this month as electricity charges have just risen 25% right across the board for food manufacturers and supermarkets- the government legislated to stop power companies giving the prompt payment discounts because they considered it unfair - Robie has just paid 270,000 extra for his power this month so imagine how much extra a bread factory or Fonterra are paying and its just increasing the power company profit - good to see Warehouse getting themselves up and running with groceries they are proving the suppliers will supply anybody who can pay their bills - the tax payers do not need to subsidise an overseas company
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