Ironing Pile....

I've just waded through a big pile of ironing... what a chore!

Sitting here now with Maltesers (a reward) and a coffee and my blog - while I scowl/wink/smile at Himself until he puts the ironing away for me, and the iron and the ironing board....

To get to the heady state of a pile of dried washing 3 foot high (OK I exagerate slightly!!) I had to do a lot of washing....I've been given some Ecover Laundry Liquid. There are two types - bio and non-bio. We've tried them both - as you do!

My evening ironing was done with a critical eye as I tested the new Ecover gloop. Easy to pour into the washer tray and I used fabric softener too. We did a coloured wash and a whites one too.

Ecover was good on whites, in fact my most favouritest shirt in the world ever, that Himself had turned an unfetching shade of grey - almost the moment I moved in - has turned a shade whiter....which is good news so that's going through the wash again to see if it'll lighten further!

Little ones T Shirts - which always end up with "Sketty" down them (spaghetti for the unitiated in toddler speak) all look very clean and nice, so mightily impressed with cleaning as I go along.

The only gripe I had was to do with Himself's exercise T Shirts - which to be honest when they go in the washer they are rank!!! They still had a hint of whiff about them as they responded to the heat of the iron.... just a tad whiffy nothing major but was disappointed it hadn't removed all the odour.

It still remains that my favourite Ecover product is the window and glass cleaner and I have recommended it to everyone I know!! Really bloomin hard to find in shops though! Tesco seem to stock every Ecover product ever.... except this one!

Kid Free Weekend

I'm bushed!! Sitting here with my hot water bottle on my back - well moving it between back and neck really. We've had our boat out of the water this weekend and for the next 2 weeks, to ahve a new engine and to work on it.

Spent day with power tools - polishing, filling and painting. All the underside needs anti fouling - this was my job. As Himself was using the polisher all to himself - he decided I couldn't be trusted with it - ha ha! Actually he thought it may be a bit too much as he described it as trying to hold an angry Alsatian against the side of the boat who didn't want to be there.

So now, we have a painted and polished boat - and we are both totally whacked, bushed, rum tuckered however you want to say it.

This is what you do when you only have step-kids, we have kids weekends and non-kids weekends and try and get all our jobs done on non-kids weekends, so saving time to do nice stuff with the kids..... It means I'm often glad to go back to work for a sit down!!

I'll fill you in soon on the new 'project boat' I've bought, and add some photos too for you to see.

Blog change....

Now I have found my feet a a little as a blogger, I'm changing the blog.
I'm a member of British Mummy Bloggers (currently deciding whether to go to their conference too.....) but never found any 'mummy' in the same boat as me. New step mummy....

I've never had children of my own, been a career girl and all that... Love my designer handbags, new cars and shoes... then all of a sudden I'm a step mum to boys of 8 and 14!

Suddenly I need to tidy away things I don't want to get spoiled, as if orange squash is spilled on a Prada bag - well I only have myself to blame if I left it in the way - you know what I mean?!

This 'new' life has been going on for nearly 2 years now, I love it, although at time trying and/or exhausting.... so I thought I'd start a little diary - as I CAN'T be the only woman in this position - can I?

Post a comment if you share a similar life!

I'm having a moment....

I want to change my blog, have a complete over-haul, make it more relevent..... so now having to be Miss Techy and look how to change my blog name - if this is possible??? And re-jig things..... oh erm...... not techy at all so watch this space - anything could happen!!