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June Favourites!

Hey Guys!

I have heard of a lot of vloggers that do this Monthly Favourites video, so I thought I would do a bloggers version!

I will show you my favourite items in the areas of: Organisation, Kids, Books, YouTube creators, In the Kitchen, and more!

Let's get right into it, shall we?

I have been loving cooking in my Thermomix this month and one website I have been loving is The Road To Loving My Thermo Mixer. I have gotten so many recipes for lunch box snacks, dinners, soaps and more from this website for a long time. The recipes are quick and easy and are a simple and healthier version of the store-brought varieties. The kids love most of the recipes I have made and even help out with them!


The winner in the Organisation category are these pantry containers! I LOVE these! I keep this one filled with snacks for school lunches and it is so easy for the kids to pull out of the pantry to grab one snack from the front two bins when they make their lunches (We keep Hubby's muesli bars in the 3rd as they have peanuts and we are a nut free school). We have a bigger container as well as a smaller one that we use for baking stuff, packets of noodles, etc. The pantry has stayed organised for longer with these bins so I am one happy mumma!


A book I have been loving this month is not just one book but several, ok most of the books by Francine Rivers. So far this month I have read (and loved) Atonement Child, The Scarlet Thread, Redeeming Love and Leota's Garden. Atonement Child has been the one to make me cry the most so I am declaring that one my favourite out of the four so far! I have been reading these on my iPad iBooks app so they have been a fairly cheap alternative to buying the physical book and it is not too heavy to carry around in my handbag to read while I am waiting in the car after school!


I am one of those people who bites my fingernails if I don't have anything on them. So when I found the Sally Hansen Complete Care 7 in 1 I really hoped it would work. It did! My nails have been growing, they look pretty good with a colour on and it is even a top coat as well!

I have been loving watching the Schmovies YouTube channel (when I get time to watch - more often when I am folding laundry). They are a large family with 7 kiddos, they homeschool and are an inspiration to me and our kids! They are all about working together as a family team (and their dining room table is gorgeous!).

So there are some of the things I have been loving over the month of June!
Hope you liked reading this, as I am hoping to do these every month!

Enjoy!
Jacqui xxx
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