Thoughts of the week

1. For anyone who needs to hear this, it's time to clean out your freezer. Do the fridge whilst you're there too.

2. I am wondering if I've overcommitted myself for next year. Time will tell.

3. Chai and I were going through our CD and DVD's last weekend. I found CD's with singles that I'd burned to play in the car. I've been playing them this week and it's been awesome. I love listening to the old songs I used to love. Who remembers Kiss Me by Indecent Obsession? Hah.

4. How overwhelming are all the Black Friday emails? I'm going through and unsubscribing to all of them. I don't need to be inundated with emails.

5. I've been slowly going through and decluttering. It's such a good feeling.

FFS Friday - Broken?

Hello beautiful people. How are you all? Doing okay? Not doing okay? Just getting by?

I'm plodding along. Looking forward to the school holidays and wondering if I've overcommitted myself next year. I'll be working three days a week, I'm the Deputy President of the P&C, I've agreed to take over as the Chairperson of the School Board and Chai will be at high school. 

Add to that looking after the household, arranging Chai's therapies, trying to exercise, keep in touch with friend and family and look after myself I'm not sure how I'm going to fit everything in. 

I suppose I'll just have to be super organised. 

Organisation is not my forte. 

 

Tiger is becoming stranger by the minute and I have no idea why. If it wasn't for my cousin here confirming his strange behaviour I'd assume it was just me, but turns out I'm wrong and it's him not me. 

 

Sunday was the perfect example.

I did the washing, hung most of it out and left the smalls in the washing machine because there were dry clothes in the washing basket. I was planning on hanging the smalls out when I got back home. 

When I got home I took the smalls out of the washing machine. I noticed that there was quite a bit of water splashed around in the machine which was unusual.

As I was starting to hang the clothes out this is the conversation Tiger and I had:

Tiger: Is that washing clean?

Me: Yes, that's why I'm hanging it out.

Tiger: Oh. Was it in the washing machine?

Me: Yes.

Tiger: It's not clean any more.

Me: Why?

Tiger: I threw dog water on it.

Me: (Thinking I'd miss heard him) What?

Tiger: I threw dog water on it?

Me: You threw dog water on it?

Tiger: Yes.

Me: How did you manage to get water into the washing machine?

Tiger: I threw it in there.

Me: ???

Tiger: I thought the clothes in there were waiting to be washed.

Note: I do not leave dirty clothes in the washing machine to be washed. The only exception is when I load the machine late in the evening (after 8pm) so that I can do a load first thing in the morning. It was not first thing in the morning.

Me: Why would you throw water into the washing machine? There's a sink right next to the washing machine! You'll ruin it. Why would you do that?

Tiger: I just did okay!

Me: I have no idea what to say to that. 

Seriously, WTAF???? Why would you do that when there's a sink right next to the washing machine? 

I spent the next ten minutes walking around the house shaking my head and thinking WTF. My cousin was trying his best not to laugh and wouldn't even make eye contact with me. He thought it was hilarious. 

 

Every time I think about it I still go WTF.

I really think Tiger is broken.

Limited Edition Carmex!

Carmex have a new, limited edition design and it's so cute.

Isn't it gorgeous? I'm tempted to get a back up, but I won't because I have more lip balm than I can use in this lifetime. 

The flavour is the regular, awesome Carmex, it's just dressed up in leopard print. I got mine from the chemist. 

FFS Friday - What?

Hello beautiful people. How are you all? How has your week been?

My week was long. I was hoping it'd be a quieter week but it wasn't. I wonder if life will ever slow down again? I really hope that it does. Maybe I'm not being realistic with that one. 

 

How are we so close to the end of the year? I'm not at all prepared for christmas. Need to get onto that asap. In my spare time, which I have none of.

 

Anyhow, isn't today's date awesome?

 

That's all I've got today. 

 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Kitikiti Yaatu Deodorant

After eleven years of searching I've finally found the best, most effective, bicarb free natural deodorant. Big call but very true. I'd resigned myself to either smelling awful or  having to reapply my natural deodorant several times a day. I really don't like having to carry my deodorant around to reapply, but that's just the way it is with natural deodorant. It might be different for the ones that contain bicarb, but I can't use products with bicarb in them.

 

Thankfully I've now found a natural, bicarb free deodorant that works even better than regular deodorant. It's the Kitikiti Yaatu sensitive deodorant. 

 

This stuff is amazing. It works until you wash it off. I apply in the morning and it keeps me odour free all day and all night until I have a shower the next morning. No reapplication, it works for twenty four hours. 

 

It smells beautiful, applies easily and is just a gorgeous product. I have sensitive pits (which is why I use natural deodorant) but have experienced no irritation or stinging, even on freshly shaved pits.  

The texture is different to most other natural deodorants I've tried, it's very soft and creamy, like a body butter.

A little bit about Kitikiti: Kitikiti is owned and operated by Brodie, who is a Perth based Aboriginal Walmajarri from Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Kitikiti means armpit in the traditional Walmajarri language pronounced “giddy-giddy”.

All products are hand made and include native flora from her home country. The artwork on the packaging is painted by Brodie and represents Aboriginal culture.

 

Yaatu deodorant is natural, bicarb free, vegan, cruelty free and fully compostible. 

 

A 50g pot costs $21.95 and a 60g tube costs $22.95.

 

You can purchase Kitikiti products from their website. 

Thoughts of the week

1. Is anyone else totally over making dinner every night? I am. I'm over having to decide what to eat, I'm over cooking, I'm over eating. I'd be perfectly happy if we could live on liquids and I never had to cook again.

 

2. Who's bought something from the holiday releases? I have bought nothing. The only thing I'm planning to buy is the SPF lip balms from Ultra Violette. They're one of my favourite SPF balms, I love that they're tinted.

 

3. I have found the best natural deodorant. Have I already mentioned that? I don't remember. Anyhow, full post coming soon.

 

4. Not to scare anyone, but it's only six weeks until school holidays.

 

5. Talking about Christmas, I have no idea what to get anyone.

FFS Friday - Zzzzzzzz

How is it November? I am so not ready for this.

So, how have you been beautiful people? I've been busy. Busy working, busy volunteering at the school and busy with life. Frankly I'm exhausted and over being so busy. Life is much nicer when it's quiet. That's one of the things I loved about home schooling. Life wasn't quiet, but it was a lot more relaxed. We weren't busy, we didn't have a schedule, we did things when we wanted to other than the occasional appointment. Life was very different. 

Whilst I think we're happier now, I miss the carefree, unhurried days. 

I have so much to say but don't know what to say. 

Like so many other people, I'm tired. This time of year is not fun, it gets so busy with end of year school things for the kids, organising for next year, planning for the school holidays and a whole pile of general life things. 

 

There really isn't much point to this post. I hope you are all well and happy. If not, I hope things improve soon. You've got this, you're amazing.

Have a lovely weekend beautiful people.

Dr Ceuracle PLC Vita K Liposome Oil Ampoule

I know the aesthetics are not the most important part of skincare, but when something looks good it makes me want to use it. How amazing does the Dr Ceuracle PLC K Vita Liposome Oil Ampoule look! It's one of the coolest looking products I've used. But, as I said, that's not really important, it just makes it fun to use. 

The orange part is oil based vitamin k and the water base is made up of products rich in vitamin k. They mix together easily so you get a good blend of both layers when the product is applied. 

 

This product treats pigmentation, dark spots and brightens. I have a few dark spots so was eager to give this a try. It's designed to be used after serum and before moisturiser. I shake the bottle vigorously to mix the two layers of product then apply a thin layer. Once it's dry I apply moisturiser. 

 

After six weeks of use I can see a definite difference in my skin tone. My skin looks brighter and the dark spots are lighter. I'll be interested to see how much lighter they are once I've finished the whole bottle. 

 

My skin can be sensitive at times however I didn't have any issues with sensitivity. I used this twice a day and experienced no irritation or redness.

You can purchase Dr Ceuracle from various online stores, the PLC Vita K costs between $40 to $46 which is very reasonable.  

Note: This was provided to me for review.