Category: Cleaning
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Dirty Dish Cloths & Sponges
Here are 3 very simple and easy ways to clean and sterilise those dirty dish cloths & sponges 1. Soak them in the kitchen sink with a scoop or two of nappy soaker and hot water for a couple of hours. Not only are you cleaning the cloths but the sink area as well (just give the sink, tap…
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“Soap on a rope” hanging scrubber!
Every year my kids go off to a Summer camp and packing the toiletries including the shower essentials are VERY important; inside their toilet/bathroom bags, they have their shampoo, tooth paste and brush, deodorants, hair brushes etc…but I didn’t have enough plastic soap holders/boxes to go around. So after finding something on Pinterest and being inspired by this post, I…
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DIY Tooth Paste Savers
We all have found a squished, half empty toothpaste sitting on our bathroom sink area and getting that last bit of paste out can be quite difficult and messy – especially for the kids! Here is an easy idea to make your own toothpaste savers with household items. Why not make your own!
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Camping indoors……..we survived (only just)!
Anyone that knows me would have to agree that I detest and refuse to go camping. This might be due to an earlier experience as a teen having been sent off to a Christian camp. I won’t go into detail, however I do remember crying my eyes out when I got there upon seeing the…
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Believe me, IT IS FERAL!!!
When I wrote this post about the job everyone hates doing; there is one that is far worse; a job that tops any job regarding parenting. That job would have to be tending to sick and vomiting children in the early hours of the morning and throughout the entire night. This IS something that all…
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That job everyone hates doing…..
It’s used every day, gets splattered, stained, full of grime and grease, and a constant battle to keep clean (no, its not the boys bathroom); it’s the job of CLEANING THE OVEN. Over a period of time, it gets dirtier and greaser….yet we put off this cleaning job time and time again. WHY? Because it requires TIME, ENERGY…
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The Hokey Pokey wash…
Have you ever wondered where the Hokey Pokey song originated from? It seems to go back to the early 1800’s and has many different names and meanings based on the lyrics below. If you are up for a bit of history, the Hokey Cokey (as it was named in the UK) can be read about…
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Re-organising the boys room and ‘stuff’
Having 3 boys in the one room can be described as chaos and in one easy word, lots of…..MESS (if you haven’t already read the post on my scatterbrain son, please do so as this post is a follow up). This morning after a good clean, including changing two lots of wet beds, the room…
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Cleaning the stove~top
With the amount of cooking that gets done in the house by myself and my bigger girls, the stove top can get very grubby. Cleaning it thoroughly takes time and a great deal of effort. I don’t know how many times I have made my stove top shine, then someone comes along boils something over and its…
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The joys of parenting
Do any of you remember this post on Bosistos Eucalyptus Spray, well I just had to use this a moment ago. My 3 yr old was found with bum and legs up in the air, poop all over him including his bed, pillow and sheets and a soiled nappy all over the floor. …
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Bosistos Eucalyptus Spray
This is a must in every home. I have always used it to kill germs, get rid of bathroom odours,great for colds and flu. I spray the kids pillows prior to them going to bed and even the room too. Also spray the bed linen and mattresses to kill germs etc.