Farewell Sally.
Its a sad Friday for our Apikali Family as we say goodbye to our Social Media Manager, Sally.
Sally has been with me on this journey for nearly 4 years. Assisting in the background creating images for your … Read more...
So a while back now, I wrote about my journey into cloth nappying at night. I hired the library and I tried them all. The options I liked best were the baby bare boosted to the hilt and the … Read more...
So I am gradually working my way through the library and just have a couple of pockets to go and the mysterious prefolds.
The Bear Bottoms pocket was probably the cutest print in the night library (love frogs). It had … Read more...
So the Night time nappy hire pack arrived Thursday and I washed and dried them over Friday and was ready to go Saturday night! Agatha, however, was not feeling the best on Saturday and woke up several times on the … Read more...
In last week’s blog I pledged to give cloth another go for night time use. I had a chat to Tennille about getting a night time cloth nappy library and she sent me the email that she sends out to … Read more...
The day has finally come, my little girl has outgrown one size cloth nappy before outgrowing their use. Like many thrifty mums out there, I liked the idea of having the one lot of nappies throughout her years of needing … Read more...
In part one of this blog I focussed on energy, part two focusses on everything else 🙂 I have used the familiar headings of reduce, borrow,reuse and recycle to organise my tips.
Units often have minimal storage – this really … Read more...
Three weeks down and I have had a couple of slip ups. Another balloon made it into the house and my hubby bought me a drink with a straw in it. I kept remembering those reusable bags though and actively … Read more...
So I’ve always thought of myself as not doing too bad on the eco-living front but as a working mum who does not enjoy cooking, a lot of the items in my shopping trolley are ‘convenience’ packaged. Before July even … Read more...
I rent a 2 bedroom unit, which some days can be a bit frustrating as many of the options touted in the media for eco-living are mostly directed at home owners of stand alone dwellings (think water fixtures, hot water … Read more...
So I had just rediscovered the love of prefolds with the GroVia bamboo/organic cotton blend and I thought, I could do with some more love!
My name is Sally and I have just joined Tennille, James and family to help out with Apikali. I will mostly be helping Tennille out with the social media and marketing side of Apikali, but in general putting my hand … Read more...
I was channel flicking the other night and came upon A Current Affair’s Leila McKinnon interviewing Sonia Kruger. While I don’t normally watch ACA or anything that Sonia Kruger does, I am a bit of a softie when it … Read more...
Ahh, the road trip. Such an integral part of going anywhere on holiday in Australia at some stage of life (the I can’t afford to fly or there are no flights there or I’ll need a car when I’m there … Read more...
Like everything else after having a baby, camping is never the same as it was when it was just the two of you. The upside is rediscovering the sheer delight of chasing butterflies, the great fun of throwing rocks into … Read more...
My last few blogs have been about my experiences in preparing for the birth of my first (and only so far) baby. So I guess you knew the blog on the birth was coming 🙂 I think that giving birth … Read more...
When expecting a baby, one thing your ante natal class and countless articles tell is to have that hospital bag packed well in advance. There is no shortage of helpful lists on blogs and the internet in general to guide … Read more...
When you are pregnant there seems to be an endless amount of information available about what you need to buy for your baby or things you should do around the house before they arrive. I found that the information on … Read more...
The motivation behind this blog is the feelings of inadequacy and insecurity I often get when reading posts on FB or cloth nappy forums about mums who full time cloth nappy, even on holidays, even with kids in childcare and … Read more...
Christmas can be a very exciting time of year. There is something special about decorating your house so it’s all beautiful and spangly for a month, the anticipation of get-together’s and the exchange of gifts.
When I was a kid, … Read more...
Christmas is 35 days away, I’ve got ages to get ready! Do you? Do you really? I think it all depends on what you get up to over the festive season and your views on gift giving.
Personally, I am … Read more...