To me, these last few weeks before December starts are weeks I like to spend getting ready for Christmas, Preschooler SSG’s birthday and New Years. November is all about the slow build up to all of the above – planning, shopping and counting down. It’s also about enjoying my relatively unscheduled weekend before the fully booked ones of December arrive.
This last weekend was a case in point. I spent it doing routine things around the house, ferrying Preschooler SSG here and here and catching up with friends and family. Despite being busy, it was relaxing having plenty of time to fit it all while still having time to stop to smell the coffee and gaze at the cakes.
There was even time to sharpen my entire, well loved collection of Sephora eye pencils. Did you know refrigerating them for a few hours makes them easier to sharpen into precise points? B.F.(Before Fridge), I had the worst problem with the pencils slipping around in my sharpener and not catching effectively on the blade. I’m pretty sure freezing them would work even more quickly but am not sure if that would do anything that would permanently alter the composition and texture of the pencils on your eyelids.
SSG Manor 2.0 is also starting to reap the benefits of being a TV free household. Toys are being played with, real conversations are being held, shouty voices are being used less often and brains are not as tired from having to engage in complex negotiation type mind games for hours on end. I’m not sure when I’ll ever ‘find’ the television cable again.
When one screen switches off, another one switches on. Preschooler SSG and I have a surprise favourite youTube channel we both love to watch – Goodful. From what I can gather, Goodful is the food and lifestyle arm of Buzzfeed and their videos are very addictive to watch. Chirpy guitar music, easy to read and concise captions and bright videography – we’re both hooked on Goodful’s cheerful ability to solve almost any household problem. Together we’ve learned how to make simple salmon dinners, how to declutter cupboards and thanks to our most loved instructional video – how to make our groceries last longer.
I’d say a good 100 of the total hits this video has received would have been attributable to us.
Have you done away with the television at your place?
Do you have a favourite kind of YouTube video?