04-06-2024, 05:02 PM
Chilly and very grey in the Bay this afternoon - my little inadequately insulated house is struggling to keep me warm - might have to dig the old boys thermals out - my wonky leg is especially feeling it’s age
I too received an unexpected invitation out Popeye -a wedding of two young family friends who both work in the timber industry so fittingly the invitation is very thin wood - it’s so them - outside the box
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When we shifted to Oz I sold off all my cloth doll stuff I had collected over the years on trade me - I didn’t collect a huge amount of money but it was well sought after - the auctions were exciting .I kept one bin of the very best of my collection but none of my family are crafty so have told my niece when I pop my clogs to take everything as she is a crafter .Books are another story gave away heaps before we shifted - kept my favourites and ended up with another collection over there to get rid of
This kerfuffle over the drug funding struck a nerve with us - we all voted Labour in 2017 as Jacinda promised two year trials of the unfunded drugs and all families would be out of motels into a Kiwibuild house before the end of 2018.She kept neither promise - so breaking promises are nothing new - at the time we were fighting for my dying husbands drug to be made available to him - he had been receiving it free in Oz for 5 years - we returned home as his time was running out - we were shocked to find it hadn’t been approved by Pharmac despite it being in use in most countries overseas - took them six months to decide he could use it at a cost of $63,000 a month ! Australia were only paying the drug company $16,000 .It was interesting hearing Hipkins say today governments shouldn’t make promises regarding drugs - he obviously has a very short memory - at least Ayesha Verall has been honest and admitted there is a real problem with Pharmac
Those who think the funding of the drugs should have come before tax cuts can hop on a cancer sufferers give a little page and donate their tax cut to them .We were lucky we could downsize our house and sell everything we owned - it gave him 18 months of good quality life back home so will never regret it .while Pharmac were dithering I went twice to Oz to bring the drugs back which was illegal and that was something I would never want to do again .
I too received an unexpected invitation out Popeye -a wedding of two young family friends who both work in the timber industry so fittingly the invitation is very thin wood - it’s so them - outside the box
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/...603336.jpg
When we shifted to Oz I sold off all my cloth doll stuff I had collected over the years on trade me - I didn’t collect a huge amount of money but it was well sought after - the auctions were exciting .I kept one bin of the very best of my collection but none of my family are crafty so have told my niece when I pop my clogs to take everything as she is a crafter .Books are another story gave away heaps before we shifted - kept my favourites and ended up with another collection over there to get rid of
This kerfuffle over the drug funding struck a nerve with us - we all voted Labour in 2017 as Jacinda promised two year trials of the unfunded drugs and all families would be out of motels into a Kiwibuild house before the end of 2018.She kept neither promise - so breaking promises are nothing new - at the time we were fighting for my dying husbands drug to be made available to him - he had been receiving it free in Oz for 5 years - we returned home as his time was running out - we were shocked to find it hadn’t been approved by Pharmac despite it being in use in most countries overseas - took them six months to decide he could use it at a cost of $63,000 a month ! Australia were only paying the drug company $16,000 .It was interesting hearing Hipkins say today governments shouldn’t make promises regarding drugs - he obviously has a very short memory - at least Ayesha Verall has been honest and admitted there is a real problem with Pharmac
Those who think the funding of the drugs should have come before tax cuts can hop on a cancer sufferers give a little page and donate their tax cut to them .We were lucky we could downsize our house and sell everything we owned - it gave him 18 months of good quality life back home so will never regret it .while Pharmac were dithering I went twice to Oz to bring the drugs back which was illegal and that was something I would never want to do again .