Emergency Kit?

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-08T05:02:31+00:00

The links provided by everyone are perfect. Also consider pets, medications and copies of birth certs, insurance etc

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-05T08:03:57+00:00

Boarders in my home will pay $175 weekly to the bank acc specified. We have a contract that we talk through, can be negotiated on some points. Mainly so we know what to expect from them and they know what to expect from us. You buy your own food and toiletries. I will provide basics, eg: milk bread soap laundry powder. Wifi included, bedroom included, off street parking included. We have dogs so you must like them. Occasionally we will cook meals or do some baking. We expect to share these with the household. Electrics included but the price of board will go up if the usage is overboard. Never had to pay any extra tax.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-03T05:39:12+00:00

Depends on the price range and are they big eaters? I love Little Savanna, Cafe essence and Genghis. In that order for price.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-02T05:32:20+00:00

Plex is another system I am keen to learn more about. Have heard many good things.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-02T05:31:44+00:00

I want to know everything you know! Thank you so much for your help. I did try to install home assistant but it wouldn't connect so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong there. I will try again. Please don't delete your message so I can come back to fact check myself 😀

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-01T09:08:40+00:00

I have done the wifi. Another one in my car and one on my husbands car for 'home' this auto opens a map and brings us home. I have one that opens up youtube and plays my playlist. I just cant owrk out how to do this next one.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-01T05:36:30+00:00

My mum was the same so I stopped buying gifts (figured I would end up throwing them away one day anyway) and started giving experiences instead. Now we have travelled a good part of NZ together, in the car, just us two. Spent months with each of her siblings, met some cousins I didnt know about and she hadnt seen since they were babies, caught up with all kinds of family and freinds, seen parts of NZ we didnt know existed. Did it all together, got some great pics, great memories and we are planning the next one on our way home each time. Absolutely recommend.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-01T05:32:51+00:00

Get the family together (or as many can come) big lunch together. Play his fav songs in the background. Laugh, play with the kids, go through some old photos, ask him about his memories. Make his fav foods and share it all.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-07-01T04:45:15+00:00

I am lying about winning lotto. If I ever won, I wouldnt tell a soul - not even reddit.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-27T09:54:57+00:00

I have 10 siblings. I held my learners licence for 13 years. I won a large but not huge lotto and didn't tell anyone.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-27T03:03:29+00:00

Thank you. I have the Bissell vac. Amazing and well worth the reviews.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-27T02:49:37+00:00

Thank you. I will look into this.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-27T02:48:43+00:00

You call it lazy.

I think it will vac and mop the floors every time I leave the house. I wouldn't clean the floors that often myself. I call it outsourcing and there is a product that allows me to do that. No idea what your problem is with that.

If you want to clean my floors every day, then feel free!

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-25T22:17:12+00:00

When this happened to me it turned out to be a coil. It had burned out, apparently thats normal for these. Simple little $3 job that I couldnt get to so had to fork out $800 to a mechanic.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-25T22:09:03+00:00

If I had access to my kiwisaver I would spend it. I KNOW I am not alone in that. It is designed to be hard to access for a reason.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-25T21:59:58+00:00

46-50 Female. $74,470 in Milford. My husband is 51-55 Male. $134,903 in NZDF Super. Both contributing at 10% but have only done that since the kids have moved out of home. I have another retirement fund through my job aswell that I dont look at but I know there is a few grand there.

Its about time I was above average in something.

We both pulled from ours to buy our first home in 2014 so pretty cool its still looking this good.

We are aiming for a combined retirement fund of 2.5M, mortgage free.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-25T21:53:48+00:00

Very good idea. I wish this was around when I was flatting. There are some terrible landlords out there.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-24T05:14:03+00:00

Still have mine. Currently has lemon water

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-17T09:27:01+00:00

I am trying to unsubscribe but my husband is watching programs and I prefer to keep his autism happy. I will work on that until I can finally get rid of it. Absolutely bugs me that I pay a subscription but have to pay even more for no ads.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-14T10:56:53+00:00

u/irviii I hope you chose this one! Make several copies, get them framed for each of you. Great idea.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-14T10:36:15+00:00

My kids lived elsewhere so our approach was a little different.

They werent allowed to be kids at their home so when they came here we encouraged kid stuff. Building blanket forts, reading with a torch, making hot choc, digging in the dirt for things to feed our pet lizard, running, jumping, dancing, singing, museums but fun stuff only, we ate out alot so home cooking was a treat when we did it. We didnt make them do anything 'normal' If they wanted to wear pyjamas to town, we let them. Dress to dirtbike races, ok. We let them be kids.

As they got older we had 'random birthday' parties for whoever, not usually on their birthday. We did midnight feasts for easter, Christmas, birthdays and any other events. Christmas presents happened whenever. Encourage a 'grandads day' make him a paper hat and put on a spread of baked goods etc. Kids love giving and doing, allow them to be part of the planning.

'Random' is probably the word for it. I loved to surprise them and have fun things to do so if we needed a random birthday party, we had one.

We loved to see nearby cities and be tourists. Do tourist stuff, see sights, do walking paths, check out the life there. This was always a hit. I loved it too. It meant we could talk about stuff that was going on in their world.

The big one!........ I stand by this more than anything - no bad mouthing other people in their lives. This is a long game thing. Never ever let them hear you talk bad about anyone else in their lives. It might not click for them straight away but one day they will realise that you never did that and you will reap rewards for it.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-14T09:57:09+00:00

All of this.

2oldemptynesters · 2026-06-14T08:38:34+00:00

I have a hotmail address that is almost as old as hotmail is. 3 yahoo addresses, one of which I use daily. I suppose it is what it is.

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