A little bit of everything

Was invited at a friend today and I did not know what to bring. She has great grand children and the weather was sunny today so I quickly whipped up some reusable crochet water balloons in the train on my way there. The boys loved them, the eldest was rubbing it against his face as they are so soft. Explained to them how to use them (like a sponge give them a good soak in a bucket of water until they are saturated with water) and within 5 minutes they were throwing them at each other. I used the pattern from left in knots and some Bernat blanket yarn. The balloons are washing machine washable and can be dried on low heat in the dryer. They are super quick and fun to make. 

My kittens have been living with me for almost a year. Everyday I have to clean the litter trays to avoid the dreaded smell of a multi cat household.  Recently with the high temperature, I had to clean the litter trays twice a day. Don’t know about you but it’s not my favourite job in the world. It’s messy, smelly and even if I buy non dusty litter, I still end up having problem breathing because of the dust. I also have been having problems with clumping litter transforming into clay after the cats use it. I have spend months producing different mixes of clumping and non clumping litter together to avoid this problem. Also I was horrified by the amount of plastic I was using to do it (2 plastic bags a day plus a big black bin bag when changing the whole litter). As I wanted to make cleaning the litter tray easier. I went on Petplanet and looked what they offered as a solution. I found a self cleaning tray for less than £40 and some flushable, organic, non toxic and 99% dust free l...

As I tackled the washing powder, I was still left with the problem of the clothing conditioner. Did some research, thanks Google, and found the wonders of distilled white vinegar. Tried it a few times and it worked. I got more adventurous and I added some lemon essential oil. There was a nice lemony smell when the washing machine was on but it did not last on the clothes. I used: 568ml of distilled white vinegar (Tesco’s own is 39p/bottle) 30-40 drops of essential oil Give it a good mix each time before using it, pour as much as you want in the conditioner draw. So I started to pour some essential oil on a wet rag and added it to the dryer and that worked better. At the minute I use lavender oil and it smells so nice in the house.