I always understood decorations should come down on Epiphany (6 Jan). I still have a couple of things to put away today. I love the decorations and the decorating but also really like that clean tidy feeling in January when you pack it all away. We took our LED icicle lights camping (we have a battery pack thing) when our teenage twin girls wanted a camping birthday sleep over with their friends, made for a very pretty birthday camp site and did not attract insects which was a definite bonus

emerald..don't know how you full time mum does it..I wouldn't be able to cope lol I only work part time and yet on the days I work I don't even look after myself properly lol. took the kids to Yum Cha today so I bought groceries at Melb Central before hopping on the train back .. just making a stir fry tonight..was going to have stir fried noodles..turned out my Hokkien noodles are expired..this is the reason why I don't buy stuff beforehand lol so will wing it and have with rice..one wok wonder with some scallops from the freezer.. my kids are easy they don't ever whinge about what I cook they know better..as sometimes I don't cook at all lol

I've had different approaches in different houses. I designed front of one house so no-one could enter and had Monitored alarm. Another I had really good doors and a crim proof level film put on all windows. I didn't believe what I was told about the strength so I threw bricks and bashed one of the windows to test the film. I couldn't break the window but I did make a bit of a mess of it and had to get guys back to replace that one. I felt really secure after that. Sadly as I was bashing away I could hear passers by on the other side of the wall totally ignoring all the racket. No-one called out or checked what was happening. Gave birth to a security company owner (that was handy) so I had lots of tricky gadgets at one stage. Moved to a gated community with lots of security and a concierge. About to move to another gated community so I'll think about it when I get there.

There's the two of us, so hubby has, shaver, shaving cream, soap, toothbrush and solvol soap, as he's a mechanic, horrible stuff but it works to remove grease = 5 I have body soap, exfoliating glove, face wash, private wash lol, shampoo, conditioner, comb, shaver, shaving cream and toothbush = 10 Forgot, nail brush, back scrubber AND scissors which makes 13!! All this stuff fits on a shower thingy hanging off the door as there are allot of smaller items. When the new house is finished, rather than a his and hers hob, we're fitting 2 glass shelves and a soap tray for two