{"id":94673,"date":"2020-03-19T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=94673"},"modified":"2020-03-19T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:35:19","slug":"chores-chores-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/alex-kramer\/alex-kramer\/chores-chores-chores\/","title":{"rendered":"Chores, chores, chores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello – I do hope you\u2019ve been keeping as well and safe as you can. It\u2019s certainly a strange time that we find ourselves in. Something that I\u2019ve been obviously thinking about, is how much time we could find that we have on our hands.<\/p>\n

We were supposed to be going on holiday to Lanzarote, but that\u2019s obviously not happening now. So with the time off already booked I\u2019ve been thinking of what we can do with the kids and what jobs around the house we can get sorted.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve bought some paint as I want to re-paint the front door\u2026 I\u2019ve gone for salmon pink \u2013 might be horrendous! I\u2019ve not told Scott LOL. I\u2019m also wanting to paint the shed, so I\u2019ve got grey for that. Our garden is such a mess. After storm Dennis and the other one, two fence posts are down and it needs a good day or two of weeding and cutting back. Hopefully we will get some sunny days to do this!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like me and thinking of using your time productively, then do check out our gardening section. Our Garden Inspirations<\/a> page is a great place to start if you\u2019re looking for ideas.<\/p>\n\"garden\"\n

Our Council is charging for green bin pick-up now\u2026 don\u2019t get me started! So we are just going to take it to the tip. These bags<\/a> are fab for collecting garden waste, but also storing things and keeping the shed organised.<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re thinking of doing the decking or patio, then this pressure washer<\/a> is great, and it also works as a wet vacuum cleaner too, so great for cleaning out the garage etc.<\/p>\n

In terms of keeping the kids from killing each other and driving me mad, I recently spent a small fortune on card and glitter and general crafty bits, in case their school shuts. It is no coincidence that in the same day I also bought 6 bottles of wine! Imagining the noise and mess and fighting over the pritt-stick gives me shudders. If you love your New Zealand whites like I do, we have a set<\/a> \u2026 who needs loo roll \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

If you are a crafter then we have some lovely Anna Griffin sets too. There is some Christmas paper<\/a> available at the moment, if you wanted to get ahead of your card making, these are great, and some Xmas shadow box card-making sets<\/a>. If you are not a crafter this will sound bonkers to be thinking of Xmas, but a crafter will know how crazy they get before Xmas as everyone expects a homemade card, so it\u2019s actually a good idea!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

There\u2019s an amazing selection on our website of all kinds of Dies and Embossing plates and beautiful paper, so definitely worth checking out.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re also thinking of what to do with the kids, apart from keep the germy little monsters in the shed and throw Wotsits at them\u2026 jokes\u2026 we are more of a Hula Hoop kind of family, then we have some brilliant glow in the dark play foam<\/a> to keep them occupied and encourage their creativity. We also have a telescope<\/a> for looking at the moon\u2026 not the neighbours, as I inadvertently did with ours! It was an accident, honest!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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For the grown-ups, this week we have some great Big Deals for you:<\/p>\n

Beautiful bedding<\/a> from Silentnight.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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A sassy mop and bucket set<\/a> – Clean Spin 360<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Orly nails set<\/a> – seven pieces.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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A MarlaWynne<\/a> dress.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

And next week we have a brilliant Big Deal, from the 20th April, from Tweak\u2019d. You get their Choco-loco Cleansing Volumising Scrub – you use this once a week in place of your usual shampoo, then follow with the Choco-loco Volumising Clayditioner with Rhassoul Clay, Chaga Mushroom and Cacao.<\/p>\n

And you get the Dhatelo Restore Hydrating Treatment Balm – a serum-in-cream treatment balm that helps to seal split ends and protect hair against heat and it\u2019s ideal for dry and damaged hair that need a little extra TLC. Your hair will never have looked or felt or smelt soooo good.\u00a0Just don\u2019t be tempted to eat its chocolatey goodness when you\u2019ve eaten all your quarantine snacks after one day\u2026 I maaaay have already munched through our supplies! OOPs!<\/p>\n

On a serious note, look after yourselves, loved ones and those you can.<\/p>\n

Loads of love
\nAlex xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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