Water wise?

We hear so often now, how we need to be water wise.

Have short showers, wash your cars over grass, only water your garden at dawn and dusk, buy water wise washers, shower heads

etc etc etc etc etc........

In our house we have

3 kids

2 adults

1 dog,

1 chook, and one huge fish tank

and according to our Energy Australia bill,

our house hold is eligible for 645  L/day to be classified water wise......

Really?

How then are we as a family only using 340 L/day??

I mean, we do try, but there is certainly a lot room for improvement (we don't even have a water tank!). I mean, we have a front loader, we have 'normal' length showers, our kids bath together, but most houses do that.....don't they?

I don't get it.....I've gone back over past bills and whilst we are, as a family doing so much better than we ever were, we were in the past, still under the 645 L/day allowance.......and that's when there was no such thing as water wise!

Where do they get their figures, who comes up with this data??? 

Anyway......I've set us a new challenge now that the figures are in.......next bill we have to beat it!

Do you know your figures? What do you do to keep your water bill down??

Frugal mits!

So if you haven't figured it already,

I'm a big fan of frugality!

I find here at number 32, we either have something that was old, torn, meant for the bin etc, and I try to think of another life for it,

or

we have a problem that needs a solution and we go from there....

 

 Frugality (is that even a word) allows the imagination to run a little free and it's amazing what you can come up with!

So the other day after wash hair night all came to a head!

I said, 'Bib can you dry your hair"

She then went into fits saying how hard it was, how she couldn't hold the towel enough, her hands are too small, how she hates all the knots that come after she tries........

Soooooooo,

this got me thinking, what can I do/make to ease this HUGE dilemma!!

The towel mit!! 

Here's what I did.......

grab an old towel and fold towel in half, using hand as size guide

Cut around for mit shape

Stitch up leaving bottom open, using zigzag stitch (no need to overlock then)

I also added a folded ribbon to be able to hang later

Done! (I made two, one for each hand!)

Now she can dry her hair without so much as a knot, tear or conniption.

Have you made something handy just by being frugal??

Making me smile this week......

Tooth fairy strikes again!

Remaining 2 bunnies no one can bring themselves to eat!

Stooge being my waiter for the day!

Cubbies under the dinning table......hours of fun!

Whats made you smile this week??

Fire pit Fridays x

Fire pit Fridays at number 32 have begun!

(only this week was moved to Tuesday cause it was raining on Friday!) 

This is why I love winter :) FIRES!

I love the smell, rugging up, staring at the flames,

 toasting marshmallows

sharing good times with friends,

watching the kids play and adventure,

and enjoying a quiet beverage.

Love it xx

Is there something about winter you love??



One handed lunch!

Our next door neighbours have just had

identical girl triplets!!!!

Can you imagine??

I only need to think back to how I was bringing home Bib,

let alone 3 of her!

They are so so cute and I know it goes with the name........

but they really are amazingly identical!

(they each have a different coloured nail polish on their toes to make it easier!)

So to help out and lighten the load a little,

I've been cooking up a storm!

Thought I'd share these fantastically easy quiches with you.

I make them a lot these days for lunch boxes,

picnics, parties, and well.......anything in between.....

we love them.

First........you cut a slice of puff pastry into 4 and place them quarter into a pre srayed muffin tin

Second step.....whip up your egg mixture. (I've got egg, cream, zucchini, tomato, corn, bacon, parsley

salt, pepper, capsicum and cheese in this batch)

Third step......scoop your mixture into the prepared puff pastry muffin tin

Forth step..... put into oven until golden brown 



They go well with a salad, are perfect for freezing for another day

and

perfect to eat with one hand when all other are being used!

Enjoy x



Savour sundays x

xx



BIG WEEK!!

Big things happened in our house this week!

1. Our 'big' girl turned 7!

Very exciting!!! (although I'm still trying to figure out where the hell the time went!)

So for Bib's 7th birthday, we decided she should have a room all to herself!

This meant Rouge was being outed from the nursery and a big make over was needed.....

We shipped her to a friends house for a 'play' so we could make it a big surprise.

It was a busy day, but so so worth it.

She was thrilled she started to cry! Bless xx

(Yes, I made the donna cover, pillow slips and covered the chair all to match. I also made the birds, the circle bunting, princess canopy and the "P" button canvas too......)

2. Our 'little' girl transitioned into a 'big bed'

Oh she was so excited :)

Up until now she's been in a cot in her own room, so the excitement of moving into a 'big girl bed' and having a room mate was almost too much!

She looked so little in the bed, but so so cute :)

Hoping your having a wonderful week like us xx