(08-11-2024, 12:38 PM)kiwimade64 Wrote: that was very kind and thoughtful of her, Lilith The world needs more people like that.

I found my lavender plant at the Warehouse, much cheaper than elsewhere and a very healthy plant.  We visited Bunnings while in Hamilton this morning and came home with a cucumber plant, some lettuces and a couple of small things for the garden.  We'll plant them after the Fluffy One goes home as she has started digging up the garden.

(09-11-2024, 07:40 AM)Roma Wrote: Good morning. 

It's a lovely day, the sun is shining on the star jasmine now out in full. No breeze at all. 

DH home yesterday so we had half a day out with various jobs that included coffee in a favourite cafe sitting next to an elderly dog same as our girl.  There are times we think "what if ...." especially when we also saw the same dog in puppy form the week before!

House cleaning this morning and the day is ours. I do have a pair of sale jeans that need taking up.  Watering up to date. 

One more Xmas felt creature to complete. I shall gift them and make a few more next year to hang on my tree. Christmas shopping completed with all GC wanting gift vouchers ... easy. 

Time to move. 

Enjoy the day all.

Yes Popeye, cut off the wilted flowers leaving the water to go to the healthy/unopened ones.

(10-11-2024, 08:06 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: You know what I find irritating along those lines popeye? We pay by law 30 percent of our gross primary income, which is an affordable rent. But, stare house tenants pay 25 percent of their nett income... For bigger homes! It should be all the same formula across social housing. And there should be many many more social houses available, so everyone can access a liveable income v housing situation if they need it.

Meanwhile, I am very grateful to be one of the blessed! Best of luck getting on the list, it certainly makes things so much easier.

(10-11-2024, 11:36 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I live well on super. And having a safe secure affordable - if teeny - home makes that possible. And my choices, second hand everything (except underwear lol!). That's why I think more social housing makes human lives better, saves lives in fact.  There is a fascinating little film by Invisible People on youtube at the moment, about homelessness in Finland, and how they solved that issue - and it is all about safe social housing first, with the rest wrapped around it.

But it has to be valued. And for a lot of us it simply isn't...

You might be waiting a while popeye, the list is long. It was long when I applied through HNZ years ago, and I was told my chances as a white, under 60, single, living alone woman were very low. Hitting 60 at just the right time was a saving grace, homelessness was a very real prospect at the time. These days even our kind of housing has a massive waiting list, so it pays to get on that list as soon as you can and wait it out.