(19-05-2025, 04:06 PM)popeye333 Wrote: The repaint is just internal at the old place. But if he messes around like he did  doing the quote they will have a huge bill. Seems to be an influx of Filipino painters happening in the area.

Moving might be a good idea Hunni. And I know a lot of your garden is in pots so it will be easy to move all that too.

When they changed the carpet at the first house we had here the underlay was a bright Purple. lol. I took photos of it and sent it to friends saying look at the pretty colour carpet we got. They believed me lol.  It was rather pretty but Id have hated living with it lol.

Had a lovely time at Dianne's. I totally forgot Paul doesn't like walnuts, so he has to pick them off lol..  Dianne sunk it into my brain tho, she said he has his own lol...  that's going to stay in my mind for as long as I make him his fave biscuit lol.

I met their Girl dog Rox.. She is a American bulldog cross with a something mastiff, it will come to me.. She is huge. Has the bulldog feet that slightly turn out. Her eyes could freak you out. She barked when I arrived, but I held my hand out and let her sniff, so she was fine. Dianne was nearby. And before I left she was laying ion her back letting me give her tummy rubs. 
They dont normally let anyone near their dogs, but since Jax had to be put to sleep a week ago they are giving Rox a bit more freedom.
I did feel honored.. and Dianne said she had never seen anyone not scared of dogs that they had never met.. I've never been scared of dogs.. I wouldn't want to try and get in if they weren't home and Id bet you wouldn't get out.

But I have less trust in those horrible little vicious Chihuahua's. We had acquaintances who had two  and they were always competing for attention and were always scrapping. Nasty horrible excuses for a dog they were. Fanny had one too and I didnt like him either.

Dianne has an awesome lighted Magnifying glass on a stand. It was the first stand one I could actually see through. So Ill do some homework and see if I can find one the same. Came from Jr Cars  or something like that. Dam Ill have to text her and ask again lol..

Finally got the form to get the bond back. And its back in the mail. So hopefully it wont take too long.

The Passionfruit is surviving, but I now have scratches on my leg cos I got to close to the spikey plant, succulent but sharp on the footpath.

(19-05-2025, 04:24 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:

(19-05-2025, 04:06 PM)popeye333 Wrote: The repaint is just internal at the old place. But if he messes around like he did  doing the quote they will have a huge bill. Seems to be an influx of Filipino painters happening in the area.

Moving might be a good idea Hunni. And I know a lot of your garden is in pots so it will be easy to move all that too.

When they changed the carpet at the first house we had here the underlay was a bright Purple. lol. I took photos of it and sent it to friends saying look at the pretty colour carpet we got. They believed me lol.  It was rather pretty but Id have hated living with it lol.

Had a lovely time at Dianne's. I totally forgot Paul doesn't like walnuts, so he has to pick them off lol..  Dianne sunk it into my brain tho, she said he has his own lol...  that's going to stay in my mind for as long as I make him his fave biscuit lol.

I met their Girl dog Rox.. She is a American bulldog cross with a something mastiff, it will come to me.. She is huge. Has the bulldog feet that slightly turn out. Her eyes could freak you out. She barked when I arrived, but I held my hand out and let her sniff, so she was fine. Dianne was nearby. And before I left she was laying ion her back letting me give her tummy rubs. 
They dont normally let anyone near their dogs, but since Jax had to be put to sleep a week ago they are giving Rox a bit more freedom.
I did feel honored.. and Dianne said she had never seen anyone not scared of dogs that they had never met.. I've never been scared of dogs.. I wouldn't want to try and get in if they weren't home and Id bet you wouldn't get out.

But I have less trust in those horrible little vicious Chihuahua's. We had acquaintances who had two  and they were always competing for attention and were always scrapping. Nasty horrible excuses for a dog they were. Fanny had one too and I didnt like him either.

Dianne has an awesome lighted Magnifying glass on a stand. It was the first stand one I could actually see through. So Ill do some homework and see if I can find one the same. Came from Jr Cars  or something like that. Dam Ill have to text her and ask again lol..

Finally got the form to get the bond back. And its back in the mail. So hopefully it wont take too long.

The Passionfruit is surviving, but I now have scratches on my leg cos I got to close to the spikey plant, succulent but sharp on the footpath.

Glad you had a good time visiting.

I loathe Chihuhua's too - vicious little sods.

A few years back there were 3-4 living just near the park & I was taking my previous dog for a walk one day when they got away from their minder, ( who was a proper dog) & all rushed out & started attacking my dog, obviously a group effort. I may possiby have sworn at them & their minder dog arrived & off they went.

They eventually must have died - nothing to do with the hex I may have wished on them, more old age & viciousness...& no longer terrrorise the entrance to the park.

(19-05-2025, 05:10 PM)popeye333 Wrote:

(19-05-2025, 04:24 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Glad you had a good time visiting.

I loathe Chihuhua's too - vicious little sods.

A few years back there were 3-4 living just near the park & I was taking my previous dog for a walk one day when they got away from their minder, ( who was a proper dog) & all rushed out & started attacking my dog, obviously a group effort. I may possiby have sworn at them & their minder dog arrived & off they went.

They eventually must have died - nothing to do with the hex I may have wished on them, more old age & viciousness...& no longer terrrorise the entrance to the park.

Have to admit I've never met a nice one to be honest. Id never trust one. 

Been trying to think of the name of Fannys one but cant for the life of me remember lol  Its two syllables tho cos I can hear her calling him.

Dingo but she called him Dinky... should have been drowned in the Sinky if you ask me lol

(20-05-2025, 12:04 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:

(19-05-2025, 05:10 PM)popeye333 Wrote: Have to admit I've never met a nice one to be honest. Id never trust one. 

Been trying to think of the name of Fannys one but cant for the life of me remember lol  Its two syllables tho cos I can hear her calling him.

Dingo but she called him Dinky... should have been drowned in the Sinky if you ask me lol

I'm not convinced the nasty littlle beasties are dogs - more like vicious psycho  rats!

(20-05-2025, 01:15 PM)Jan Wrote: Breezy old day in the bay - beautiful out of the wind - just been back reading all the old posts yo7bdamn near gave me a heart attack Poppy - you HUNG Missy - my over active imagination thought she had got caught in a blind cord or something - then realised it was her picture!
Popeye paid for the repaint of your old house - it’s part of the rent and now the owners will be able to deduct the total cost of the repaint and what ever else they chose to do off their tax they would have to pay - it’s a win win for them
Went to Sanctuary mountain over Mother’s Day - my grandaughter went camping with her young brothers just what she needed after all the drama that had blown up over pay equity- so much of it is just rubbish - she is hoping the media apply for all the documents under Official Information act - interesting the email they received from Robertson in Sept 2023 advising them funding would not extend past June 2025 is dated the same day as the email that Robertson sent to Kiwirail advising the ferry funding woukd not be extended to cover the infrastructure.My grandaughter has been working very closely with James Shaw - some of her co graduates run a free community law clinic and he was instrumental in getting that off the ground - she became part of the advisory group on his recommendation- she is outspoken and very moral and I know if she says the procedure wasn’t working - well it was obvious to everybody it wasn’t even labour  way back in 2023 - but she said it was just a gravy train - not only lawyers but Human Resources
Manager and Financial manager etc etc for the companies would turn up and multiple union delegates - all staying in 5 star accomodation courtesy of the tax payer .She is a real straight shooter - was interested to hear Hipkins interviewed on Newstalk where he was made to answer the question and admitted they would not go back trying to mount a case to prove in court a librarian should get paid the same as a fisheries officer - very hard to prove that
Anyway rant over Hunni - Sanctuary mountain is fantastic - I didn’t see the kakapo but the bush and the birds are being back in time - the kids absolutely loved it - they do night tours as well but I declined .My little foster grandson is too young for a phone but could see he was interested in taking photos - remembered I had a digital camera somewhere  - of course it was in the last box I opened - what a mess - but the camera was such a success - here are a couple of his shots
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/2212215161.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/2210707396.jpg

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/2210707038.jpg

They have a big block of native trees on their property - it’s only 25 mins from Tauranga I think - it’s just down the road from Arapuni dam or Awapuni - hopeless I am
Coffee calls - it’s going up again and Fonterra have another increase coming early June - they could start cutting big blocks like the Chinese are doing for Costco but I for one wouldn’t want to buy a big block of undated butter - I don’t use enough it would go rancid -

(20-05-2025, 03:20 PM)popeye333 Wrote: Yeah I did make it sound off, re Hanging Missy lol..

The Little Madam freaked me out this morning. I was moving stuff from my room into the spare,  cos I wasn't enjoying going into my room. So now I have a nice room, even managed to hang a picture up over the head of the bed.

I was keeping up with keeping her out of the spare store room but she managed to get in there. But I had also taken some stuff out to the recycle bin.

She sauntered out despite me begging and getting very upset.. she was just having a nosey.  I dont plan on having that room open often. Just enough to air it out.. I have taken my sewing machines from there to the sewing room too.

But I have to restore the sewing room too I thought she might have got under the desk so pulled things out. 

The result, is pain, so I'm resting the bones.

Waiting to hear from Dianne re her biopsy results.  Fingers crossed. She doesnt deserve any more cancer.

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(20-05-2025, 01:15 PM)Jan Wrote: Breezy old day in the bay - beautiful out of the wind - just been back reading all the old posts yo7bdamn near gave me a heart attack Poppy - you HUNG Missy - my over active imagination thought she had got caught in a blind cord or something - then realised it was her picture!
Popeye paid for the repaint of your old house - it’s part of the rent and now the owners will be able to deduct the total cost of the repaint and what ever else they chose to do off their tax they would have to pay - it’s a win win for them
Went to Sanctuary mountain over Mother’s Day - my grandaughter went camping with her young brothers just what she needed after all the drama that had blown up over pay equity- so much of it is just rubbish - she is hoping the media apply for all the documents under Official Information act - interesting the email they received from Robertson in Sept 2023 advising them funding would not extend past June 2025 is dated the same day as the email that Robertson sent to Kiwirail advising the ferry funding woukd not be extended to cover the infrastructure.My grandaughter has been working very closely with James Shaw - some of her co graduates run a free community law clinic and he was instrumental in getting that off the ground - she became part of the advisory group on his recommendation- she is outspoken and very moral and I know if she says the procedure wasn’t working - well it was obvious to everybody it wasn’t even labour  way back in 2023 - but she said it was just a gravy train - not only lawyers but Human Resources
Manager and Financial manager etc etc for the companies would turn up and multiple union delegates - all staying in 5 star accomodation courtesy of the tax payer .She is a real straight shooter - was interested to hear Hipkins interviewed on Newstalk where he was made to answer the question and admitted they would not go back trying to mount a case to prove in court a librarian should get paid the same as a fisheries officer - very hard to prove that
Anyway rant over Hunni - Sanctuary mountain is fantastic - I didn’t see the kakapo but the bush and the birds are being back in time - the kids absolutely loved it - they do night tours as well but I declined .My little foster grandson is too young for a phone but could see he was interested in taking photos - remembered I had a digital camera somewhere  - of course it was in the last box I opened - what a mess - but the camera was such a success - here are a couple of his shots
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/2212215161.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/2210707396.jpg

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/2210707038.jpg

They have a big block of native trees on their property - it’s only 25 mins from Tauranga I think - it’s just down the road from Arapuni dam or Awapuni - hopeless I am
Coffee calls - it’s going up again and Fonterra have another increase coming early June - they could start cutting big blocks like the Chinese are doing for Costco but I for one wouldn’t want to buy a big block of undated butter - I don’t use enough it would go rancid -

Arapuni is over by Putaruru in the South Waikato. So Probably mean Awapuni?

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Found the rest of my Diamond painting stuff too.

So Ill be painting again soon Yay.

(20-05-2025, 04:05 PM)Jan Wrote:

(20-05-2025, 03:20 PM)popeye333 Wrote: Yeah I did make it sound off, re Hanging Missy lol..

The Little Madam freaked me out this morning. I was moving stuff from my room into the spare,  cos I wasn't enjoying going into my room. So now I have a nice room, even managed to hang a picture up over the head of the bed.

I was keeping up with keeping her out of the spare store room but she managed to get in there. But I had also taken some stuff out to the recycle bin.

She sauntered out despite me begging and getting very upset.. she was just having a nosey.  I dont plan on having that room open often. Just enough to air it out.. I have taken my sewing machines from there to the sewing room too.

But I have to restore the sewing room too I thought she might have got under the desk so pulled things out. 

The result, is pain, so I'm resting the bones.

Waiting to hear from Dianne re her biopsy results.  Fingers crossed. She doesnt deserve any more cancer.

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Arapuni is over by Putaruru in the South Waikato. So Probably mean Awapuni?

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Found the rest of my Diamond painting stuff too.

So Ill be painting again soon Yay.

Yes it’s near Putāruru - he has another mill there - I never get entrusted to be the navigator