Hey good day. Pleased Monday. This week’s episode is all about loos DREAM BATHROOMS… we’re additionally chatting about Halloween plans with Covid security in thoughts.
-I chat about my present mini (section one) most important toilet mission that I’m engaged on now. I’m excited to get it on top of things and likewise make it cuter to tide us over for a number of years.
-Right here’s the jet tub cleaner, Oh Yuk. Extremely advisable in case you transfer into a house with moldy jet tubs. It completely mounted it!
-We speak about what a “dreamy toilet” means to us.
-Do you’ve gotten a sauna opinion between steam and infrared? Do you’ve gotten opinions about heated flooring?
-Making my toilet a sensory expertise…. fluffy gown, superb cleaning soap, nice towels.
-We chat about COVID-modified Halloween concepts. Right here’s a hyperlink to our countdown calendar.
Thanks a lot for all of your love and help! We admire you! xx. Elsie + Emma
Elsie: You’re listening to the A Lovely Mess podcast this week, we’re falling down the rabbit gap of dream loos as a result of generally it’s simply enjoyable to dream and I don’t know, I actually like loos. (laughs) We’re speaking bidets, saunas, wallpaper lined water closets, all of the enjoyable and essential factors that you’d count on for us to cowl. We’re additionally speaking COVID-related Halloween plans, which is a vital subject this yr. This week’s episode is sponsored by Canon USA. We’ll speak extra about them later on this episode. Okay, so earlier than we begin speaking in regards to the dream loos, I need to speak a bit bit about my mini-makeover as a result of I’m in the midst of that, which I believe additionally is a vital factor to only say out entrance is like we’re not all going to be making a dream toilet. It’s 2020 and all the pieces sucks.
Emma: Mhmm.
Elsie: Like that, you realize, simply get that out in entrance. You recognize, we’re not placing a dream toilet in our home proper now, and we’re assuming you’re in all probability not renovating your dream toilet both due to COVID and no matter. But it surely’s simply enjoyable to speak about…
Emma: Perhaps like one one that’s like a contractor. (laughs)
Elsie: Yeah. One particular person is like, “hey, this was my yr! This was my toilet yr. I’ve been saving up for ten years for this. OK, I’m doing it.” We see you. We hear you. However you’re the just one.
Emma: Yeah. The remainder of us are dreaming.
Elsie: (laughs) Yeah. So I don’t know. I simply assume it’s enjoyable to speak about and dream. Like one in all my favourite issues about house initiatives is saving a few of them for later. You recognize, I don’t need it to all be achieved directly. That’s why I might by no means do a brand new construct.
Emma: Yeah, it’s form of enjoyable to unfold it out a bit bit as a result of, one, it’s a variety of work and some huge cash. So simply on a sensible scale, however even on an emotional scale and likewise like a call fatigue form of scale, I believe it’s good to unfold it out. So that you get to really feel such as you get pleasure from making all these selections as a result of they’re actually enjoyable. However when it’s a must to do a ton of them directly, it’s really actually overwhelming. And you’ll really feel like “I don’t even care. Simply put white tile in. I can’t assume anymore,” you realize? And it’s like, nicely, you’ll in all probability be OK with these selections. However, you realize, it’s extra enjoyable in case you get to form of dream and unfold it out a bit bit.
Elsie: It undoubtedly is for me. I do know some individuals like getting it over with, however I like spreading it out and I like renovating. Like renovating is a interest to me as a lot because it’s our job. Somewhat bit for the weblog. Extra so it’s a interest. So I might do it this fashion whether or not I had a weblog or not. So anyway, we simply moved into a brand new home two months in the past, as you all know, and it got here with probably the most nineties kitchen and loos, very unique nineties. Nothing’s been up to date because the 90s. Like you’ll be able to inform, completely nothing has been up to date since then. So my most important toilet, I’ll let you know among the options it got here with, since you guys know our home is like form of fancy. It’s a, it’s like an enormous fancy dream home. However, BUT, that is it… got here with a leaking — like my vainness completely leaks. If I even attempt to wash my face, I’ve to, like, go over to Jeremy’s vainness to scrub my face or else put a towel below it. Each single towel bar within the toilet is damaged off. So it’s similar to two knobs on the wall all through the room. Our bathe solely has one temperature, which is — it’s so loopy that, like, we simply purchased this home and like, they didn’t repair any of this stuff.
Emma: Inform them in regards to the tub. I really feel such as you’ve perhaps talked about it earlier than, however that was fairly…since you took care of it instantly. But it surely was gross.
Elsie: All proper. So once we received our house inspection, and I’ll say, like, we received like a pleasant large low cost after we received our house inspection and we knew about all these items. So I’m not complaining. I’m really simply making an attempt to bond with you guys, like, you realize, like let you know the actual story. Proper.
Emma: That may very well be the identify of this podcast: I’m simply making an attempt to bond with you. (laughs)
Elsie: (laughs) I like that identify for a podcast.
Emma: It’s sincere.
Elsie: So once we received our inspection, it got here with like a variety of photos, a variety of terrifying photos of crawlspaces. And, you realize, that’s how inspections are. They’re meant to be a bit scary.
Emma: Proper.
Elsie: And, you realize, sober you up earlier than you make an enormous choice. So it got here with an image of how our whirlpool appeared if you crammed it with water and switch the whirlpool on. And it was like black mildew within the tub. It was tremendous gross trying. And so we knew that it wanted to be cleaned out. And it did say within the notes and the inspection like “that is really quite common. It simply must be cleaned.” It’s not like a — one thing that may’t be mounted, it hasn’t been utilized in a very long time and there’s like mildew rising in there, which is disgusting. So anyway, Keely advisable to me this jet cleansing product. I’ll hyperlink it within the present notes as a result of I can’t bear in mind the identify of it off the highest of my head, however we’ve been doing that, it’s a must to, like, fill your entire tub up, flip the jets on, put a few of this product in, after which let it run for quarter-hour after which drain it out after which do this again and again and over till there’s no extra mildew. And it did work. I’ll say it actually did work. And I really feel nice now and it’s not that large of a deal. So if anybody buys a home with jet tubs which can be questionable, this really did an important job. So I’m comfortable about it. Apart from being barely damaged. Oh, additionally, yet one more factor. Our bidet doesn’t work in any respect. It doesn’t work. Non-functional.
Emma: Now wait a second, let’s inform the listeners what number of bidets you’ve gotten in your new home, as a result of that is very humorous.
Elsie: There’s three bidets.
Emma: Oh, I believed there was extra. That’s that’s nonetheless humorous. However not as humorous as I hoped.
Elsie: There’s solely three bidets. (laughs).
Emma: I believed there can be like 5 so dangit!
Elsie: And it’s not just like the form of bidet, like, individuals are shopping for now the place they’re like hooking it as much as their rest room? It’s like there’s two bogs within the toilet one’s a bidet and one’s a bathroom. Yeah. So like, quaint trying bidets, I assume.
Emma: So it’s a must to go to the lavatory after which form of scoot your self over to the opposite one? Like that’s the way it works?
Elsie: Sure.
Emma: Okay, OK.
Elsie: Yeah.
Emma: I’ve by no means used a bidet ever. I’m not towards it. I simply haven’t, it hasn’t occurred in my life but so.
Elsie: Effectively once we did purchase this home I’ll say I used to be like, how do you get a bidet training? As a result of, yeah that’s…
Emma: That’s difficult.
Elsie: …like difficult. So I did have to love get a, get a pal to show me all the pieces. That was the most effective technique I may consider. (laughs)
Emma: Phrase of mouth.
Elsie: As a result of I be taught most issues from YouTube and this was like, undoubtedly not one thing you need to be taught from YouTube.
Emma: Proper. Proper. Yeah.
Elsie: Anyway, transferring on. (laughs) So aside from the lavatory being fairly damaged, it additionally simply has like typically like a nasty vibe. So it’s big for the ground plan of our home. On the downstairs under it, like the identical sq. footage, there may be the film room, a hallway, the visitor room and the visitor toilet. After which within the upstairs, all of that area is simply the principle toilet and the closet. So it’s like very, very giant, like form of ridiculously giant. Like, it bothered me the primary time we noticed it and I used to be like, what will we do with this? Somewhat bit frantic feeling? So anyway, and it similar to the vibe is sort of a zero, like there isn’t any cool vibe in any respect. So I really feel like what we’re making an attempt to do on this mini makeover is simply give it considerably of a cute look, you realize, like simply make it really feel nearly as good as it may. After which ultimately in hopefully 5 years or not quickly in any respect, I don’t need to give it some thought. We’ll ultimately intestine the lavatory and make it into like an actual dream toilet. It undoubtedly has the area to have potential. However anyway, the mini makeover is imminent. It’s now, I noticed a notification on my telephone that the {hardware} was delivered like yesterday and we’re going to be simply doing a bit little bit of portray, perhaps a bit little bit of wallpaper, perhaps a pop of colour within the water closet, or do you assume I ought to do water, the water closet, a pop of colour like paint or patterned like wallpaper?
Emma: Hmm. I imply, I like wallpaper, however both one’s enjoyable.
Elsie: And I additionally ordered some cabinets and similar to put some artwork up, you realize, so I’m simply going to attempt to make it nearly as good as it may be, like a rug, you realize, nearly as good as it may be for now. Um, anyway, I’m very excited to indicate it. It’ll be a weblog submit on the finish of this month or perhaps the very starting of November. What had been you going to say?
Emma: Effectively, it simply wants extra of a vibe. It’s all I used to be going to say.
Elsie: Yeah. Say your impression of it. Don’t you assume it has no vibe?
Emma: Yeah, it has no persona. It’s an important, I imply, it’s like very, very spacious and like has all the pieces prefer it has two sinks. It has an enormous bathe. It has, you realize, a water closet, which I prefer to name a bathroom room. (laughs) So.
Elsie: Oh, my gosh, I’ve to let you know, it’s a shaggy dog story. Okay, so Emma needed to clarify to me {that a} two particular person bathe has to imply that there’s two showerheads, not simply that you just consider two individuals may slot in it! (laughs)
Emma: Yeah I used to be like, two particular person bathe, and he or she was like, oh, yeah, you realize, it will match. And I’m like, no, no, no. I imply, like, you’ll be able to each be having a shower. Like one particular person will be washing their hair and so can the opposite particular person on the similar time, as an alternative of taking turns.
Elsie: I used to be like, oh, (laughs) good. OK, OK. So transferring on, (snigger) I’m excited to indicate all of the decor. That is going to be a enjoyable mini makeover. I like a mini makeover as a result of it’s like no strain. It’s like simply make it the most effective you’ll be able to and simply strive something that you just assume is perhaps cute, nevertheless it’s actually not a everlasting choice in any respect.
Emma: MHmm. Yeah, it undoubtedly takes the strain off, which is sweet.
Elsie: Sure. OK, so I’m going to let you know about my dream, dream, dream toilet, however first it’s a must to inform about yours, Emma.
Emma: Effectively, so…
Elsie: Spare us no bidets!
Emma: (laughs) Yeah. If I ever be taught to make use of a bidet, then I assume that’ll go on the record. However so the the purposeful issues that I actually really feel are vital in a toilet double sink that’s vital, so that everybody can simply, you realize, I prefer to clog my sink with face masks and I don’t need anybody to get onto me abolut it, so I simply want my very own sink. (laughs) So two sinks, that’s vital. Huge bathe. I like a double bathe. I believe it’s simply good. And on days when two individuals must take a bathe on the similar time, it’s nice, you realize, however, oh! And water closet, like a bathroom room, as a result of then like another person will be utilizing the lavatory in no matter method and somebody may nonetheless be utilizing the bathroom.
Elsie: I believe they are surely similar to, helpful.
Emma: Yeah, it’s simply sensible. Like, these are my sensible record, roughly, which after all you’ll be able to go with out this stuff. However these are simply form of issues that to me, make a most important toilet very purposeful. So…
Elsie: However You need to make it dreamy too.
Emma: My dream factor is that I sometime would actually, actually prefer to have a bit sauna inside my most important toilet. And I don’t know if I need to infrared or if I need a extra conventional steam. I’m nonetheless form of considering on that or haven’t used sufficient saunas that I’ve a powerful opinion somehow. However I actually, actually love, I’ve I’ve talked about my sizzling tub too many instances on this podcast, and I simply I’ve that factor. I really feel like lots of people have this the place within the winter my toes and my fingers are simply all the time chilly. I don’t know. I assume I’ve dangerous circulation. I don’t know. At any fee, it’s very nice to only get good and heat earlier than you get into mattress, as a result of then when you get below the covers, I really feel like you’ll be able to keep heat all night time as an alternative of getting that time frame the place you’re like, I would like to fall asleep, however my toes are freezing chilly and I simply can’t go to sleep.
Elsie: What are your ideas on heated tile?
Emma: It’s cool, however I don’t actually care that a lot. It’s actually cool although. However we had…I stayed at a BnB one time on a trip that had heated flooring. It was in Norway, which it was very chilly once we visited, extraordinarily chilly. So it was very nice and it made the home way more cozy. So I undoubtedly assume it’s actually cool, however I don’t actually have a way of like how a lot it value not simply to put in, however to love the utilities. So I assume I might need to know I’d need to do some extra analysis on that earlier than I put it on my record. However as a result of I simply need to understand how, a lot does that is it value it to me? As a result of I additionally like cozy socks. I’m undoubtedly a fuzzy socks particular person, so I’m form of like, I don’t know. However the sauna is form of a, I actually, actually need one in the future. I simply really feel prefer it’ll actually make winters…it’s simply one thing to stay up for.
Elsie: Yeah, I completely assume that having a sauna makes it a luxurious toilet.
Emma: Yeah. It’s very — and they are often so cute. Like in case you’re occurring Pinterest and similar to Google, you realize, fashionable sauna in toilet or no matter, I assume you’re not Googling it. You’re typing it into Pinterest, you realize what I imply? There’s some actually, actually cute ones. And so they even can are available like form of totally different wooden colours as a result of often saunas are wooden inside they usually can form of like, fluctuate they usually simply kind will be actually, actually cute and simply really feel very cozy, like visually they give the impression of being very cozy. After which clearly they’re very heat. So they’re actually cozy if you’re inside them. So I’m only a large fan and I might like to have one in my toilet sometime, however that’s my dream. So… (laughs)
Elsie: I, I’m going to steal that dream as a result of I like it.
Emma: I do know you already stole my wine cellar dream, so I’ll let you know my goals and you then do them (laughs). That’s okay, I’ll simply come over and use your sauna on a regular basis. (laughs)
Elsie: It’s as a result of I’m an Enneagram seven. I like to steal different individuals’s goals.
Emma: That’s wonderful by me. So long as I get to make use of all of your shit. I don’t care. (laughs)
Elsie: (laughs) All proper. Effectively, I like pinning loos. I may simply pin loos all day, however I believe that one thing that’s useful for me and good for…my persona kind could be very like enthusiastic about all the pieces, is to assume, “do I like that for me or do I like that for you?” As a result of a variety of issues with house stuff, it’s prefer it’s so simply thrilling to see it. However you don’t really need to in your personal house when you assume it by means of.
Emma: Proper.
Elsie: So, yeah, with dream loos. I believe that’s why it’s like I like, love, love, colourful, like actually colourful loos. However then I’ve to consider like how it will really feel to dwell in it every single day, you realize?
Emma: Proper.
Elsie: When you cross that threshold the place it turns into regular to you. Yeah. Like, is that also the lavatory you need? I’m particularly obsessed about two-tone tile. I really feel like I’m going to in all probability have two-tone tile in my dream toilet as a result of it’s simply one thing I pin on a regular basis.
Emma: What do you imply? What do you imply two-tone?
Elsie: The place like half of the tile is a colour and half of the tile is white or like…
Emma: Oh, okay!
Elsie: Two totally different colours.
Emma: So it’s like a sample form of.
Elsie: Perhaps, perhaps a sample or perhaps similar to a colour break.
Emma: OK, cool.
Elsie: Yeah, I like that. So when Emma first got here to our house, we had been like speaking about why is my toilet so large and peculiar? We had been like going by means of the entire home…
Emma: It’s very spacious. (laughs)
Elsie: And I’ll share like one in all our private targets for this home is so as to add worth to it due to the neighborhood and all the pieces. We all know that we are able to add like form of limitless worth to it. So we need to add issues which can be options which can be like type of like upgrades and fancy and issues which can be like interesting, though we’re not planning on promoting it, you realize, without end or no matter, without end, no matter house. That’s what I ought to name it. (laughs).
Emma: Sure. Ceaselessly no matter house. (laughs)
Elsie: That’s one! I nonetheless care about making it extra, like giving it extra like these little luxurious upgrades, as a result of I do…I simply assume it’s like sensible and likewise enjoyable.
Emma: Yeah.
Elsie: So for our most important toilet, Emma talked me into the sauna thought and I’m form of obsessive about it now as a result of we’ve form of we’ve spent form of a variety of time looking saunas on-line and it may be form of like one other bathe subsequent to your bathe, like the scale of a bathe, like they’re not that large as you’re in all probability imagining they usually’re not like all the time like bizarre wooden like orb objects like generally it simply seems to be like one other bathe that has like wooden slats in it and similar to good and fashionable and clear. And that’s actually interesting as a result of I believe {that a} sauna is certainly like a, woo!
Emma: Fancy.
Elsie: …factor on the record.
Emma: Proper. If you happen to see a sauna in somebody’s toilet, I really feel such as you received to place them down in your fancy pal record. Like, I don’t see how they’ll’t go down. Like, that’s simply…
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Emma: Yeah, I agree with that. Each time I go to you, I really feel like no matter soaps and issues you’ve gotten within the bathe are like method higher than what I’ve. (snigger)
Elsie: Oh thanks! (laughs)
Emma: Like, this smells superb!
Elsie: Yeah. I believe that stuff like that’s, is basically vital and it’s similar to these little, like at any time when, you realize, I received into like Ramit’s wealthy life stuff, I received actually into the concept that it’s like, you’re by no means going to grow to be poor by shopping for your self fancy cleaning soap or by upgrading your shampoo (laughs), you realize what I imply?
Emma: In all probability not, that’s not the difficulty.
Elsie: Identical to these little issues that you just by no means must really feel responsible for. It’s similar to a splurge and it’s superior and simply get pleasure from it without end. I believe that that’s particular. Like, I like stuff like that. There’s similar to a bit bit extra significant to you.
Emma: Yeah. And I additionally simply on the flip facet of it, there are many individuals on the market who’re, their enterprise is making actually cool fancy cleaning soap, or fancy decor or specialty like meals objects, you realize, like which can be a bit dearer than different issues that you just may be capable of purchase. However, you realize, it’s like, so I believe it’s form of like this nearly symbiotic relationship of like, when you’ve got the cash, you don’t want to really feel responsible shopping for this as a result of it’s additionally form of a part of anyone else’s revenue and life. And the factor that they’re doing and enthusiastic about, you realize, however I don’t know.
Elsie: I like to be a real fan of a small enterprise. That may be a nice feeling.
Emma: Yeah. It’s so cool.
Elsie: There’s no draw back. It’s simply great. I believe that in our — in my dream toilet, will probably be a bit bit extra impartial simply however with some form of a daring factor, I don’t know what. Like perhaps a sample tile or perhaps like, I don’t know, like a two, I pin a variety of tile that’s type of like checkerboard, you realize, it’s like a white and a beige and it makes a checker like one thing like that, however not like sizzling pink. Nonetheless, I do assume I’ll do a sizzling pink or some form of actually daring, like powder room. So I really feel like there’s a time and a spot for that. However in my very own most important toilet, I simply form of need it to be like the opposite factor apart from sensory is, you know the way some room designs simply really feel cleaner? I believe that your toilet ought to really feel actually, actually, actually clear.
Emma: Yeah, I agree. It’s a pleasant feeling since you go in there often, I imply, you go in there for many causes, however typically to get actually clear your self.
Elsie: Yeah.
Emma: So if it doesn’t really feel like a clear area, it may be form of a downer or, you realize, it simply doesn’t actually match the targets of what you’re doing. (laughs).
Elsie: Yeah, I undoubtedly need it to be probably the most visually clear feeling and looking room in our house.
Emma: It may be very calming too, which is an efficient feeling if you’re in a toilet, as a result of I really feel like, you realize, it’s like upkeep simply to, like, take showers and issues. However I additionally really feel like it may actually be form of a self-care second. You’re chilling. You recognize, you’re on the finish of your day or it’s the start of your day and also you’re form of having a second.
Elsie: Bubble tub face masks, glass of wine.
Emma: Proper, proper. Yeah, a bit shot of tequila, no matter. (laughs) So, yeah, hopefully not within the morning. (laughs)
Elsie: Yeah. So at present we’ve a jet tub and I believe it’s actually cool. My youngsters like it.
Emma: Yeah.
Elsie: It’s very very similar to a child toy, however for my very own dream, I like a freestanding tub. I simply love like a cool trying tub that’s just a bit bit extra concise, like this tub that we’ve. It’s nearly the scale of a sizzling tub. It’s like a bit bit like. Yeah, foolish feeling. You recognize? So it’s undoubtedly not my dream tub, though it’s nice for now and we’ll benefit from the hell out of it with these very clear jets. However yeah, a claw foot tub, free-standing tub like close to a window. There’s like nothing cooler than that. That’s very cool.
Emma: That’s a pleasant vibe. Yeah. For certain.
Elsie: Oh so yeah I believe that’s all the pieces on my dream toilet record I, I’m so excited to ultimately do it. However um. Have you ever ever gutted a toilet?
Emma: Yeah I did. We gutted our most important toilet in our home.
Elsie: I’ve solely gutted one toilet earlier than and it was method, method, method, method, method higher. So I believe for all of the like mini makeovers I’ve achieved two loos over time. It is going to be thrilling ultimately to love actually intestine a toilet that has, for a loo limitless area, you realize what I imply?
Emma: Yeah. And you’ll form of reconfigure a bit bit, which might be fairly cool.
Elsie: Yeah. I really feel like I ought to do the due diligence of giving it like three or 4 years of excited about what it must be.
Emma: Yeah. You may as nicely don’t rush anyway. When you get the damaged issues mounted. You recognize, it’s not like an enormous deal.
Elsie: As soon as it’s not leaking.
Emma: Proper. Proper. Yeah.
Elsie: Let’s speak about covid Halloween. Let’s change to Halloween.
Emma: Switching gears!
Elsie: My favourite subject of all time is Halloween. It’s all I ever need to speak about. And if anybody needs us to make this an all Halloween podcast, simply let me know…
Emma: We’re already medium in. (laughs)
Elsie: So we need to speak a bit bit about, like COVID associated Halloween plans. So I’ll say, like, in case you’re an individual who’s like I’m trick or treating it doesn’t matter what and I don’t care, this half’s not for you.
Emma: It seems like you have already got your plan.
Elsie: Appears like you have already got a plan.
Emma: Anyone else, listed below are some concepts.
Elsie: Extra speaking to people who find themselves involved in regards to the risks of COVID…
Emma: Stay in areas the place that’s not going to be potential. You recognize, so.
Elsie: And I’m not saying that it’s dangerous to go trick or treating. I believe everybody has to resolve for themselves. And it depends upon the place you go. It depends upon what number of homes. It depends upon how nicely you realize, your neighbors or you realize no matter.
Emma: It depends upon how COVID goes in your neighborhood. Some areas it’s spiking nonetheless, some areas it’s not as dangerous. So these are issues to examine along with your native well being division or the information in case you don’t know, you realize. Good factor to examine.
Elsie: You higher know. (laughs) However I’ll say for us, we’re not going to do large trick or treating this yr. I’m not saying we’re not going to do any trick or treating as a result of we would go to love a pal’s home and do like a fast run. We haven’t determined that but, however we’re undoubtedly not going to do regular trick or treating. And for our home, we in all probability will go away sweet on the porch with the sunshine on. And similar to, come what could I kind of state of affairs?
Emma: You can put a bit hand sanitizer proper subsequent to it.
Elsie: Yeah, I believe if we did open the door, I might really feel prefer it was my duty to put on a masks. Yeah, so if we do do this, I undoubtedly will put on a masks.
Emma: Yeah.
Elsie: I don’t assume we’ll although. So for our children, we’ve simply been speaking about like different methods we are able to make it actually particular for our distinctive state of affairs. Our heartbreaking factor isn’t actually trick or treating, it’s that we’re not coming to Missouri for Halloween. Final yr we had our first haunted home. It was the start of an annual custom. And this yr we’ve to take a pause. So we had been a bit bit bummed out about that as a result of it was tremendous enjoyable and tremendous particular. So this yr we’re going to attempt to make it particular in different methods after which hopefully we are able to proceed the custom subsequent yr. So, yeah, I wrote down a few concepts that we’re going to do with our children. And in case you’re like, what do I do? I need assistance. That is for you. OK, so the primary one is gown up and trick or deal with it doesn’t matter what. Do you’ve gotten a door? Sure. Do you’ve gotten costumes? Sure. You possibly can go trick or treating at your personal home! And right here’s a cute thought my pals advised me. So when you’ve got any, when you’ve got a Jack and Jill toilet or another room that capabilities like that, the place it’s like one room, two doorways, you may make your youngsters trip, backwards and forwards, like by means of the totally different rooms to knock on the totally different doorways. And one guardian can simply keep in there with the sweet and like act stunned again and again. I believed that was the cutest factor I’ve ever heard.
Emma: Yeah, I like it. It’s very humorous. It’s very do-it-yourself Halloween. I like it.
Elsie: Sure. Additionally this yr for the weblog, we made a Halloween Countdown calendar and it was Emma’s thought. Emma will get all of the credit score and…
Emma: It’s Elsie’s calendar.
Elsie: It’s my calendar, although, and I made it lovely and I’m tremendous happy with it. So I’ll hyperlink it within the present notes. And what it’s, is it’s form of much like a vacation introduction calendar the place every day in October, main as much as Halloween, form of get a bit deal with. You possibly can have you’ll be able to put a sweet in every pouch or you’ll be able to put we put a printable within the submit that has actions they usually’re straightforward actions like play the monster mash or like, yeah, watch Casper. It’s nothing that’s like going out and risking your well being. It’s simply easy little issues you are able to do at house, baking cookies and whatnot. I like a slice and bake cookie.
Emma: Who doesn’t.
Elsie: So yeah, the countdown is tremendous enjoyable, in case you don’t have time to make it, nicely I might say simply make time to make it as a result of right here’s the factor. I didn’t have time to stitch all of it so I made it with glue. It’s actually not that arduous.
Emma: Yeah. Yeah. If you happen to ever get caught on a stitching mission, have you ever heard of glue? (laughs)
Elsie: (laughs) That’s so true. That’s just about my entire M.O. as a result of I’m not a, I, I remorse not being an important seamstress and I form of hope that sometime in my life I is perhaps. However for proper now, glue.
Emma: Glue. (laughs)
Elsie: So and the third one is, like I’ve been wanting this, I’ve been campaigning for this all my life. So there’s…that is my second. OK, you’ll be able to rejoice Halloween all month. You don’t should rejoice Halloween on simply Halloween. Sweet, craft initiatives, spooky music. You recognize…
Emma: Yeah you will get dressed up!
Elsie: Adorning your own home collectively.
Emma: Have a bit dance get together in your costumes.
Elsie: We received out our tub of fall and Halloween decorations and we simply put it in the lounge and let Nova do her method with it, like she adorned it her method and it was superior.
Emma: Yeah!
Elsie: There’s a spider on all the pieces. It’s so cute. So, yeah, I believe simply unfold it out and simply attempt to get pleasure from every day and attempt to keep in mind that, you realize, simply because one a part of our yr, to be sincere, many elements of our yr aren’t the way in which that we wish them to be or the way in which they usually are, there’s nonetheless loads we are able to cling on to proper now. And we’re making these recollections with our little youngsters. They’re going to recollect what they’d. They’re not going to recollect what they didn’t have this yr.
Emma: Yep. Mmhmm.
Elsie: Preacher second over! Amen. (laughs)
Emma: Hallelujah!
Elsie: Okay, so earlier than we go, we haven’t achieved an embarrassing story shortly and Emma has a extremely humorous…
Emma: Seasonal.
Elsie: Seasonal-related…
Emma: Humorous and seasonal. (laughs)
Elsie: OK Emma, take it away.
Emma: All proper. So for our app firm, we had a video name. It’s like a as soon as a month video name we’ve with one other workforce for Filmm, which is one in all our apps. And I all the time make money working from home. So I used to be nonetheless house and I used to be simply in my workplace room, which is now — it was a visitor bed room after which it was my workplace as a result of I actually wished a door. If you happen to’ve listened to our podcast for some time or learn our publication, you realize that I used to be very like, needing an workplace with a door. I simply wished to have the ability to shut the door in order that I may have conferences and issues. And I received it! So I used to be in my, you realize, smaller than my final workplace area, only a visitor bed room sized room, and I had a pumpkin candle burning as a result of, after all, you realize, I’m form of obsessive about candles. Elsie likes to troll me about it, however I like candles and…
Elsie: They’re a bit bit poisonous.
Emma: Yeah, she thinks they’re poisonous, comply with disagree.
Elsie: That is one in all our largest debates!
Emma: It truly is, that and your pink and lavender chairs. (laughs) However so I’m all the time counting down the times till I can begin burning pumpkin candles. Mainly, I’m that form of fundamental particular person and I’ve no regrets and no regret. I like pumpkin candles. So I had one burning and it was the type that has the wooden wick the place it form of crackles when it’s burning. And I simply love that sound. It seems like a tiny hearth and it smells nice. So I had that going and it was new. So this was like the primary burn. I used to be letting it burn for a very long time so it may get its reminiscence burn the place it burns all the way in which to the sting. So that you don’t get that bizarre…the place it burns straight down and doesn’t even use all of the wax.
Elsie: It is a candle lesson. It is advisable to be taught, yeah.
Emma: I’m into candles. I’m into tea and I’m into candles. (laughs) So I’m cool, anyway. So this wooden wick candle is burning, and I’m on my video name with this different workforce and swiftly my smoke detector begins going off in my home and as soon as one begins going off, all of them begin going off. And so I, I muted myself and I received up and went to go examine. So I used to be like, is there a hearth in my home? However I didn’t see something wherever. And so they had been nonetheless going off like loopy. So then I simply received off the decision and couldn’t get again on as a result of I needed to take care of this. And it turned out that my pumpkin candle set off the smoke alarms in my home. And so I couldn’t end my video name for work like a real skilled.
Elsie: Oh no!
Emma: Yeah, however, you realize, I really feel like in case you’re going to set off your smoke alarms for a pumpkin candle, that simply exhibits like your dedication to the autumn season.
Elsie: What number of candles was it?
Emma: It was only one!
Elsie: It was just one?
Emma: Yeah! I used to be only one candle, nevertheless it had this type of thick wooden wick and my room isn’t big. It’s similar to bed room dimension, prefer it’s form of a smallish area. I assume apparently it was method too small of an area for this candle. (laughs) So. Yeah. In order that was actually embarrassing as a result of everybody else on the decision was like your smoke alarm’s going off. And I’m similar to working round making an attempt to determine what it’s. And I simply needed to get off frantically. After which later I used to be like, OK, it was a pumpkin candle, everybody. Sorry about that. (laughs)
Elsie: Sure I like it! I want I used to be on that decision so dangerous.
Emma: It was very cool. I appeared very cool and collectively {and professional}. (laughs)
Elsie: Thanks all a lot for listening to our podcast this week. Thanks for sharing it with pals and for leaving us a evaluate. We learn among the evaluations this week they usually had been very variety.
Emma: Thanks.
Elsie: We love you and have an important week.
Emma: Bye!