Back on the path

Well I have been a bit off the path of late.
Two surgeries and some health scares have kept me busy.

But its time to get back on the path.. the path I want to be on.
I know Ashlee is feeling the same.
I want a more natural life for my kids, for my home, for myself. I want to be kinder to the earth.

Stage one with the help of Wendyl the green goddess and her books and website I am going to work on replacing all my store bought chemical cleaners with more natural and made by me alternatives. I will be honest and say I will use up what I have as I cant afford to waste things but when its time to replace I hope to have new alternatives in place.

I also want to get to the bottom of my mending pile (not that that is overly "natural" or "green") I hate having things sitting there being wasted when they could be being worn. My mending pile often sits there for a year or more then I get rid of whats in it as we don't fit the items anymore.

In Invercargill we have just recently had our recycling programme improved, we have new wheelie bins including a huge one for recycling each fortnight and we can recycle so much more than we could before. This is something that really excites me.. recycling is COOL I also noticed in town today they have new recycle bins around town for bottles and cans etc so pleased to see Southland get on the recycling wagon. I hope to reduce our rubbish (that goes to landfill) to half a wheelie bin a week. I need to work on composting our food waste and recycling more and more.

Eggs

I have finally made a complete switch to free range, mostly because I found somewhere where they are actually cheaper than supermarket caged eggs.
And I think I have finally mastered the art of scrambling them in a pot and not relying on the microwave (although the pot does need a damn good scrub each morning!).
So now Kaden cracks my eggs (he is so fascinated by them, he collects them from the ducks at Nan and Paas and brings them home) and I cook eggs on toast for the kids most morning, in my efforts to get them started the day right.
One tiny glitch is I still havent successfully seperated a free-range egg (yet I can seperate a cage egg successfully every time!!).
Eggs are so good for us and Im pleased to be finally getting this right!

Bubble Bath

Just sussed out ecostores
new bubble bath! Smells devine, makes lovely bubbles (rare in natural products!) but they dont last too long so ya gotta make the most of them while they're there. I chucked a handful of epsom salts in too for my aches and pains but it wasnt a relaxing bath with a 2 YO!!! The other two are in there now and having a ball (baths a rare in this house!).
This follows a pretty lazy day, shot into town with kids and ended up buying Miss a new outfit after an accident, and then we watched Wall E together. Went for a walk to the playground and had burgers for dinner :-)
NO housework and lots of kid-quality time - of course tomorrow I will have to play catch-up on this dump LOL but it was nice to take a break!!! Might watch a movie tonight :-)