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Winner

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I’m back from holidays and catching up on my blogging as I didn’t get a chance to do any while away. First off I’d like to say that Laura (commenter no. 2) has won the giveaway of organic cleaning products and chocolate. Laura, just send me your snail mail address and I’ll organise to get your goodies sent to you.

I’m a big user of vinegar and bi-carb for my cleaning also. I just read today that before you go on holidays you should put some vinegar down the drains. I wish I’d done that as things smelt a bit musty in the bathroom when we got back.

I’m having a hard time adjusting to being back from holidays. We got home at 7pm last night and it was straight back to work for me today. Apparently I’ve missed a week of rain nearly every day. I certainly noticed the chillier air last night compared to being away up north. The holiday was great and it felt like we were away for longer than nine days – which is good.

For the post holiday post you’ll have to wait a short while.

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Want presents?

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It’s pretty much mid-winter here. The weather is cold and wet outside. Inside I’ve got the fire going and am trying to dry the washing I did last night because I have to pack for our Queensland holiday. That’s right, we’re off to the Gold Coast on Sunday to have a holiday. Now that I’ve finished work, I am very excited and am trying to figure out what to pack.

I’ve just had a person round from a solar panel place to talk to me about getting solar panels on my house so I can contribute electricity back to the grid. Luckily I got in early enough before the government stopped the $8000 rebate. I’ll end up paying some money over this rebate but it will be totally worth it to get paid for electricity rather than having to fork out money for the privilege.

The cute salesman was very impressed that my electricity usage is quite low – about 4.5kWh consumption on average. He said that some people he sees consume about 22kWh which must mean they have everything electrical on in their house all the time. I’m so conscious that I even turn the microwave off at the powerpoint when I’m not using it. Same for the stereo, and the TV goes off at the TV rather than being left on standby. I don’t use the air conditioner until I absolutely have to and I have a habit of turning off lights in rooms that aren’t being used which is quite dangerous when you have a black dog that lies in high traffic places.

Enough about me, my holiday, and my electricity frugality. I have a giveaway of ‘green’ cleaning products and some yummy chocolate. You’ve got a week and a bit to enter this one by leaving a comment.

As I’m away for just over a week my blogging might be a bit light on during this time as I tune out of the internet and go analogue.

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EcoStore products review and a giveaway

EcoStore cleaning products and Green & Blacks organic chocolate

I was recently given some EcoStore cleaning products to try out. I’m not one to buy many cleaning products for general house cleaning as I use the bi-carb, vinegar and water to do most things. If I do need to buy something I try and get something without chemicals as I figure there’s enough of those in my day-to-day life without purposely adding more.

I was sent some clothes washing liquid and anti-bacterial spray cleanser. The clothes washing liquid is really nice because it has a eucalyptus smell so when I pull a clean load of washing out that’s what I can smell. Once the clothes are dried, however, the smell is no longer there. I have a front loader and you only have to put about a tablespoon in for each load because it’s concentrated. Here’s some other reviews about the product and it sounds like eczema sufferers benefit from using this type of laundry washing liquid.

I must admit I haven’t used the anti-bacterial spray quite so much as this isn’t something I normally use anyway. I’m normally a damp cloth kind of cleaner and who can tell if it’s really getting rid of those bacteria anyway.

The EcoStore website has a list of stockists and you can also buy online.

What I didn’t mention in the title of this post was that I was also sent some Green & Blacks Organic chocolate to review. I LOVE this stuff – the white chocolate is the best chocolate in the world and it was hot property in this household. The milk and dark chocolate is pretty good too. My local Foodland sells these little blocks of chocolate and it’s my special treat to pick one up just about each time I go shopping (weekly). If you’ve never tried it I really recommend it. Especially the white chocolate.

Green & Blacks organic chocolate

Looks like someone’s trying to steal it! I left a little block of milk chocolate out for my sister who babysat my son one evening and instead of saying thank you she said that she prefers white chocolate.

The giveaway part. I’m able to giveaway an EcoStore pack consisting of:

  • Ultra Concentrate Laundry Liquid
  • Citrus Spray Cleaner
  • Cream Cleanser
  • Lemongrass Soap
  • Hand Wash,

and a selection of Green & Black’s organic chocolate for a reward when you’ve done all that cleaning.

All you need to do to enter is leave a comment outlining why you prefer to use natural cleaning products rather than chemical laden ones – or why you’d like to start using natural cleaning products.

This is only open to people with an Australian address and closes at midnight on Monday 13 July.

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