Due to the weather being cold and wet outside and the house being nice and warm the windows are all getting condensation on them. This inturn is turning into dots of mould and mildew. As and when we are seeing it we are cleaning it off. But this isn't stopping it coming back.
So I bought a bottle of mould and mildew remover. I have applied this to my windows and cleaned it off and it has worked so far which is good.
fingers crossed it stays that way.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
December 3rd 2015 - Touramaline knee supports
I was reading a blog post a few days ago that was linked to crystals and healing. It said that Touramaline is a good gem for healing the body. I had also found some Touramaline knee supports that said they were good for healing.
I bought them and they arrived today. I have been wearing them for a while and can't say after a few hours that I notice any difference but I am guessing that long term they may help. But I will have to wait and see.
I bought them and they arrived today. I have been wearing them for a while and can't say after a few hours that I notice any difference but I am guessing that long term they may help. But I will have to wait and see.
Thursday, 3 December 2015
December 2nd 2015 - Winter Wonderland
As part of the Family Learning course at the school we went on a trip to Walby Farm which has a Winter Wonderland been set up inside of it.
The children got to write letters to Santa and post them, have photos taken in a photo booth with props, play in a giant snowglobe, meet santa and get a present, make gingerbread men, meet the reindeers in the barn and take part in a nativity play that had a real sheep and donkey next to the stable.
We all had a lovely day out.
The children got to write letters to Santa and post them, have photos taken in a photo booth with props, play in a giant snowglobe, meet santa and get a present, make gingerbread men, meet the reindeers in the barn and take part in a nativity play that had a real sheep and donkey next to the stable.
We all had a lovely day out.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
December 1st 2015 - Smells like christmas.....
.....it smells like christmas they say! Makes your house smell nice they say!
Errrrrr....... NO IT DOESN'T it STINKS!!!
I can safely say that adding the ingredients to either a pan of boiling water or slow cooker and leave on low makes your house smell nice and of christmas is a load of rubbish. I added the ingredidients to water and put on the hob and left it. Within 10minutes my house smelt horrible and I was feeling sick. I turned the hob off and put the pan outside in the rain!
I have had to light scented candles and spray air freshner to try and cover the smell up! This is most definately a pinterest fail!!!
BUT on a good note it's decemeber 1st and this means only 24 sleeps until santa comes!!!
Errrrrr....... NO IT DOESN'T it STINKS!!!
I can safely say that adding the ingredients to either a pan of boiling water or slow cooker and leave on low makes your house smell nice and of christmas is a load of rubbish. I added the ingredidients to water and put on the hob and left it. Within 10minutes my house smelt horrible and I was feeling sick. I turned the hob off and put the pan outside in the rain!
I have had to light scented candles and spray air freshner to try and cover the smell up! This is most definately a pinterest fail!!!
BUT on a good note it's decemeber 1st and this means only 24 sleeps until santa comes!!!
Monday, 30 November 2015
November 30th 2015 - Christmas gift box
I have spent today playing about with bits of paper and cardboard trying to make christmas gift boxes for my SJA cadets to make on wednesday night.
I did have a tree shaped box that I planned to use but when I printed them and tried to make 1 it didn't stand up so the template shape is wrong. So I had to look for a replacement. The replacement works ok and I have printed them off ready.
Each box will have a couple of sweets placed inside them.
I did have a tree shaped box that I planned to use but when I printed them and tried to make 1 it didn't stand up so the template shape is wrong. So I had to look for a replacement. The replacement works ok and I have printed them off ready.
Each box will have a couple of sweets placed inside them.
Sunday, 29 November 2015
November 29th 2015 - Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Since we moved to where we live now we have started to recycle much more than we did before. This isn't because we have more facilities to do so or they are closer or that we have choosen to, its just sort of happened.
We have a small crate outside that the bin men collect every fortnight. In it can go tins, glass jars and bottles and newspapers/magazines. Ours doesn't get put out all the time as its never really full. We have a brown bin for garden waste, plus we have 2 compost bins at the bottom of the garden but these are used more in the summer than the winter. Then the local supermarkets have other recycle points for plastic, cardboard, glass etc so we take to these when we go shopping.
My fireplace surround is made from recycled wood that was the gate over the drive way (we had to remove the gates as our car was too wide to go through them.) The gates were treated in a thick black substance which we sanded off, we cut the wood to fit the whole in the fire and then varnished the wood in a natural pine stain. It is fixed to the wall with haard as nails. It looks lovely, much better than the big fire sticking out into the lounge.
Part of my decking has been made from pallets that a local company was getting rid of - listed as ideal for DIY projects or fire burning. They let us have a 2nd lot as well so that we could finish it. Again it was cut to size, sanded and treated with a wood stain and then varnish.
(picture was before it was stained)
I have used more wood from the old gates to make a 3 tier shelf unit that sits on top of another unit but being 3 tier means I can put alot ofjunk items on it. I don't have a photo of it as its full of odds and ends and not tidy at the moment. The last of the gates was used to make 3 shelves over a doorway of which the was sealed as not needed nor accessable from outside as has a shed infront of it.
We have made pillows from clothes that no longer fit the kids so they have them on their beds as scatter cushions. Here is the crocodile that was a onesie:
The latest recycle project comes in the form of the old kitchen lino. There wasn't anything wrong it and it would quite happily have lasted a few more years in the kitchen BUT I wanted a new 1 that matched the colour of the walls and woodwork. So we rolled up the old one and stood it by the back door and laid the new 1. Today we emptyied out the outdoor storage cupboard that technically isn't outdoor anymore as we knocked the wall through so its accessable from the kitchen instead of outside. We swept the floor, filled in gaps around the old door with sealant and then fitted the old kitchen floor to the cuboard. This involved lots of cutting and moving etc, it's not perfect but hubby is not a floor fitter! BUT if it makes it a bit warmer in there than walking on concrete then its worth it. It also helped us to get rid of loads of rubbish and junk that had been dumped in the cupboard and was no longer needed.
We have a small crate outside that the bin men collect every fortnight. In it can go tins, glass jars and bottles and newspapers/magazines. Ours doesn't get put out all the time as its never really full. We have a brown bin for garden waste, plus we have 2 compost bins at the bottom of the garden but these are used more in the summer than the winter. Then the local supermarkets have other recycle points for plastic, cardboard, glass etc so we take to these when we go shopping.
My fireplace surround is made from recycled wood that was the gate over the drive way (we had to remove the gates as our car was too wide to go through them.) The gates were treated in a thick black substance which we sanded off, we cut the wood to fit the whole in the fire and then varnished the wood in a natural pine stain. It is fixed to the wall with haard as nails. It looks lovely, much better than the big fire sticking out into the lounge.
Part of my decking has been made from pallets that a local company was getting rid of - listed as ideal for DIY projects or fire burning. They let us have a 2nd lot as well so that we could finish it. Again it was cut to size, sanded and treated with a wood stain and then varnish.
I have used more wood from the old gates to make a 3 tier shelf unit that sits on top of another unit but being 3 tier means I can put alot of
We have made pillows from clothes that no longer fit the kids so they have them on their beds as scatter cushions. Here is the crocodile that was a onesie:
The latest recycle project comes in the form of the old kitchen lino. There wasn't anything wrong it and it would quite happily have lasted a few more years in the kitchen BUT I wanted a new 1 that matched the colour of the walls and woodwork. So we rolled up the old one and stood it by the back door and laid the new 1. Today we emptyied out the outdoor storage cupboard that technically isn't outdoor anymore as we knocked the wall through so its accessable from the kitchen instead of outside. We swept the floor, filled in gaps around the old door with sealant and then fitted the old kitchen floor to the cuboard. This involved lots of cutting and moving etc, it's not perfect but hubby is not a floor fitter! BUT if it makes it a bit warmer in there than walking on concrete then its worth it. It also helped us to get rid of loads of rubbish and junk that had been dumped in the cupboard and was no longer needed.
November 28th 2015 - Workington Winter Wonderland
Workington is a town near where I live, it has more shops than where I live so we go over quite alot. Today was the towns Winter Wonderland and Christmas Light switch on.
It was very cold, very wet and very windy. This meant that many of the planned events throughout the day had to be cancelled for safety reasons. A lot of the stalls couldn't stay as the wind kept blowing their goods around or actually demolishing the gazebos. The local theater allowed some of the stalls to move into there for most of the day but not all of it.
It was a real shame about the weather but there was still lots of people about in the town which is good. It was nice to get home in the warm afterwards.
It was very cold, very wet and very windy. This meant that many of the planned events throughout the day had to be cancelled for safety reasons. A lot of the stalls couldn't stay as the wind kept blowing their goods around or actually demolishing the gazebos. The local theater allowed some of the stalls to move into there for most of the day but not all of it.
It was a real shame about the weather but there was still lots of people about in the town which is good. It was nice to get home in the warm afterwards.
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