A little chill in the air at night is certainly hinting that Autumn is here, meaning it’s time to think about ditching the sandals, lowering the hemlines and starting to add a couple of layers to our summer wardrobes. I’m super excited to be taking part in The …
Since December 23rd 2014, I have run 251 kilometers. This is something I’m pretty proud of, I can also feel every single one of those kilometers concentrated in the arch of my right foot! Ow. I don’t have plans to give up anytime soon as …
I’m so pleased to have joined Munch Cooking this year as one of their Munch Mums! Look out for my reviews and giveaways each month as I introduce you to some awesome {and pretty innovative} products from The Munch Cupboard.Oops.
This morning I had a total mummy fail; one of Ethan’s uniforms was dirty and the other was wet on the clothesline! It was the perfect opportunity to try out Heart Felt’s organic wool dryer balls as I had 15 minutes to get E dressed and off to school. I hate stressy mornings and E hates being late with a passion so I needed to get that uniform dry quickly!
Before I was sent them, I had never heard of dryer balls, so I headed to the Munch website to find out exactly what the benefits of using them were and what I was supposed to do with them.
Basically, you just pop them into the dryer with your wet clothes, kick back and not stress about the dryer being on forever because they speed up drying time! YAY! The densely felted organic wool balls also act as a fabric softener and remove static as they move through the clothes during the cycle resulting in soft, luxe feeling clothes without any additional product in your laundry.
So, what did I notice? Speedy drying………check. Ethan’s heavy shorts and shirt were dry in approximately 8 minutes – phew. The yucky synthetic fabrics in his uniform were also noticeably softer after a cycle with the Heart Felt balls, I have actually NEVER felt them so snuggly before.
Heading in to the wet season when we start to use our dryer more regularly, this awesome New Zealand made product will be a lifesaver. I’m a bit of a nana and monitor our power useage very carefully so anything that can cut down electricity use without sacrificing the little luxuries {like the dryer!} that make life a bit easier for me is so, so welcomed.
Head on over to FB for a chance to win a set of Heart Felt Dryer Balls for your own family this winter, or pick some up from Munch RRP $25
A little chill in the air at night is certainly hinting that Autumn is here, meaning it’s time to think about ditching the sandals, lowering the hemlines and starting to add a couple of layers to our summer wardrobes. I’m super excited to be taking part in …
As 2015 unfolds, I’m noticing the ‘slow it down’, ‘rewind’, ‘simplify’ phenomena becoming more and more prevalent, none more so than in the area of homemaking. But is this trend actually making our lives simpler/easier/more fulfilled? Whether you are a SAHM or a working Mum …
So one day toward the end of winter last year, I had this freaking genius idea to turn a corner garden surrounded on two sides by concrete into an in-ground sandpit. Bordered by railway sleepers, complete with driftwood and spendy, smooth river rocks, over-flowing with just the BEST sandpit toys {or whatever dregs I found in the tupperware drawer}…….are you picturing this? It will only take an hour or so I told Dave.
Two weekends later……
Hours of fun for Nixon we thought. Made even better by the child’s obsession with diggers and dump trucks – oh snap we have a large fleet of those! Into the sandpit they went.
And it is awesome.
And we do love it, plus I think Nix thinks it’s ok.
There is a dark side to amazing sandpits though, something no-one talks about. It’s kept under wraps, bringing shame upon the family because society just hasn’t come to grips with it yet. Let’s just say if Nixon were a foreign tourist, strangers would be taking the keys to his sandpit off of him.
What begins as a fun game of diggers and dump trucks ends in fists raised to the sky, little muscles bulging, curses and expletives disguised as toddler-babble ringing around the neighborhood at max volume and me carrying Nixon under my arm kicking and screaming back into the house where we can hide our Sandpit Rage behind closed doors.
You see, the diggers don’t always dig in just the ‘right’ way. The dump trucks sometimes miss their mark and aren’t parked in the optimal spot for sand loading to commence and shit, sometimes everything is just way too yellow or sandy……….and the rage ensues.
When I was pregnant with Nix, Dave and I would laugh and say “there’s no way #2 could be worse than #1” and by worse we meant more intense, more stubborn and with a stronger will. “There’s no way that could happen right?” laugh, laugh, laugh. Oh yes way. It happened and it happened good.
So now, instead of the lazy afternoons we imagined, spent outside, playing calmly and quietly in the sandpit, we now count the minutes of relative peace until it all turns to custard and Nix throws his toys. Just a phase? Fingers crossed.
So, who’s up for a play date at our house? Sounds fun right?
A little chill in the air at night is certainly hinting that Autumn is here, meaning it’s time to think about ditching the sandals, lowering the hemlines and starting to add a couple of layers to our summer wardrobes. I’m super excited to be taking part in …
Why complicate something simple right? We all know how important staying hydrated is, the formula’s not hard – Drink. More. Water. Everything’s better with bubbles, so I decided to pump up my water intake by combining two of my faves, SodaStream soda water and Red …