washing up liquid, toilet paper and a very big confusion!

rachbc

Lost_and_nervous wrote: »

I am so buying fairy from now on!! And please how do you make a loo roll last a week or so for 4 people? Seriously? We must get through 3 a week (2 people as DD still in nappies)

Thank you xx

well 2 men who don't use it for wees and neither of them seem to 'go' that often (tmi) and I suspect dd doesn't wipe when she has a wee (though I nag her to its not a money saving strategy honest) !! We are all out at work and shcool all day which obviously makes a difference too!

#=So now you all know our familiy habits :rotfl:

when I use my latest stash of fairy I might be persuaded to try aldi - I love most of their stuff

Lizbetty

valk_scot wrote: »

Don't prepare food on the worksurface then. Use a big chopping board or six then wash them well in hot water and fairy liquid, or bung them in the dish washer. You can get different coloured ones for meat, veg, bread etc but I must admit I don't bother, I use wooden ones for everything as wood has been proven to be better at not harbouring germs than scratched up plastic boards. (Just make sure the minute you've cut up meat or chicken on a board it goes straight into the washing up pile, together with the knife and wash your hands.) And yes, I wash my wooden boards in the dishwasher too. They last three or four years before they split and they're not expensive to start with.

Apart from anything else if you chop stuff up on your kitchen worksurface you'll scratch it and the germs will go and lurk in there and no amount of anti bacterial will help that. And it wrecks your worksurfaces eventually.

I don't chop stuff on the worktops, but if there's a lot lined up when I'm cooking then sometimes it's unavoidable that food has contact with the worktop that I have sprayed. By worksurface I do include a huge, heavy wooden chopping board from Ikea that won't shift easily and doesn't fit in the dishwasher, I never use that for meat or anything wet though - just bread, etc. I mainly use a smaller plastic foldable chopping board which I don't use antibac on, that fits in the dishwasher.

To be honest, the only potentially bacteria laden thing I use the chopping board for is fish. I find chopping chicken such a daunting prospect that I hold it over a pan with a fork and cut it with scissors, then stick the scissors and fork straight in the dishwasher! (Ex-veggie..) And we tend to use steak mince or lamb fillet, so no need to chop it. I don't do that just to stop bacteria btw, it's just personal choice.

Most of the bacteria on our worktops doesn't come from food, it comes from x2 labradoodles on their hind legs with their paws in the butter dish when they think noone's looking and two filthy fingered children hanging on to the edge of the worktop watching mummy cooking, after they've been playing slab dab in the mud and inevitably letting the dogs lick their fingers.

UnluckyT

I tend to buy the concentrated washing up liquid when it on offer as it seems to last a good while compared to the economy washing up liquid.
loo rolls are economy unless i can get them really cheap on offer although i had someone pop round who used an entire loo roll on one visit to the loo?

starsandmoon

Lidl had an XXL offer on the other week and I got 20 rolls of their nice loo paper for £5 (and a huge shower gel). I use Fairy wash liquid but agree Aldis is as good. I love laundry products (sad I know) Lidl's are good. They do a liquid one with softner in for a couple of quid, really nice, and Aldi's are good too otherwise I keep my eye out for offers.

Home & Bargain and Wilko's have good cheap cleaning stuff. I get most of my toiletries from these shops and sometimes Poundland.

ALIBOBSY

We have chickens so I do have an antibac spray for around where the dirty eggs have been tends to be in winter they need a good clean off and I use it for a quick wipedown when I have been cutting/chooping fish/chicken raw meat.
Rest of the time its hot water and washing up liquid. I do have anti bac liquid in a squirter to wash the hands when we have been out in the garden with chicken cleaning or in the beds, but it has mostly been because of the younger kids. Now youngest are nearly 4 and 18 months its less of an issue, but still have some of those cheap detol auto squirters from on here to use up.

Completely off topic but re the labradoodles lucy are they good for those with allergies? I have dander allergies but love dogs and OH and the kids would love a dog- thelong term plan is somewhere bigger with more land in the next 2-3 years and they rely want a dog as part of that. I always said it would have to be an outside dog, but wondered if the labradoodles are any good.
I used to be ok with my auties wire haired dashound so it definately is a dander/moulting issue-friends rottie kills my eyes and sets the asthma off.

Weirdly had issues with cats when a young child but have had cats ever since I was about 15 and been fine-don't let em sleep upstairs tho lol.

ali x

katieowl_2

UnluckyT wrote: »

I tend to buy the concentrated washing up liquid when it on offer as it seems to last a good while compared to the economy washing up liquid.
loo rolls are economy unless i can get them really cheap on offer although i had someone pop round who used an entire loo roll on one visit to the loo?

You must know my daughter :rotfl:


Kate

UnluckyT

it was quite a suprise to find hardly any left when i had to pay a visit? so i find to get some on offer and eek them out only when people pop round or but slightly better ones.

Rainy-Days

Mainly Fairy, but I did get Ecover when it was on offer a while back now, but I did notice I had to use more liquid with the Ecover!!

For dishwasher tablets then Lidl every single time without fail. Recommended by Which a while back now. Just after Christmas last year they had an offer on for 30 tablets at half price 84 pence per box, so I bought 10 boxes and that has lasted me. I also use their 1 litre bottle of rinse aid at £1.98, which Tesco charge pretty much the same for on their own brand for half a litre :eek:

You can use vingear (white) in a spray bottle with water to clean taps, windows, mirrors, floors and other things. I use cheap bleach down the loos and the outside drain has the Basic/Value 28p a bottle bleach for going down there. Also I am another convert to Stardrops as well :T

I don't scrimp too much on laundry detergent and tend to stick with Ariel and either lenor or comfort for fabric conditioner whichever is on offer. Go to Poundland they have loads of cleaning stuff in there they have the Dettol apple spray antibacterial in there at the moment. Wash your dishcloths in the machine as well and hang out to dry this will save you from having to keep on replacing them. Poundland also do carpet spray 1001 for rugs and carpets and they also have laminate/wood floor cleaner in there as well.

Loo rolls I bought 24 rolls the other week from Lidl (Cushelle) and I think they were £6.99 or thereabouts. I tend to keep a decent stock of loo rolls in and buy when I see them on offer.

You will get into the habit of looking out for offers as you go along.

katieowl_2

@ unluckyT

That reminds me of a joke in a book published locally here in Cardigan, as the Cardi's are notoriously tight... (apparently? I don't have an issue with it myself )

A small boy goes into the grocers and says "Me Mam says can we have a loo roll?" he hands over his pennies and goes off with it.

Three days later he brings it back unused and puts it on the counter and says to the shopkeeper "Me mam says can we return this and have our money back, our visitor didn't come..."

:rotfl:

Kate

Lizbetty

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

Completely off topic but re the labradoodles lucy are they good for those with allergies? I have dander allergies but love dogs and OH and the kids would love a dog- thelong term plan is somewhere bigger with more land in the next 2-3 years and they rely want a dog as part of that. I always said it would have to be an outside dog, but wondered if the labradoodles are any good.
I used to be ok with my auties wire haired dashound so it definately is a dander/moulting issue-friends rottie kills my eyes and sets the asthma off.

Weirdly had issues with cats when a young child but have had cats ever since I was about 15 and been fine-don't let em sleep upstairs tho lol.

ali x

God no, unfortunately. It's quite a myth that labradoodles don't moult - it depends on which gene they end up with - if it's the poodle gene that controls their fur then they are less likely to cause allergies than if they end up with the lab gene, but both of mine shed and the puppy is pretty bad!

This might clarify things - the Labradoodle Trust is where I got my eldest from. Quite a few end up their because they have caused allergies when they weren't supposed to. Never believe a breeder who says their dogs won't cause allergies. A friend of mine is allergic to cat and dog fur, their dead skin and dog lick! :eek: He was fine with our eldest but swelled up like a red balloon with our young one.

Fostering is always a good option mind you..you can soon find out if your allergic and there's no ties. http://www.labradoodletrust.com/fostering.html

Barb who runs the Trust is really great if you did need some more advice. I do hope you find a compatable canine, as much as mine think 's0d off' is a command, I wouldn't be without them! :rotfl: