Chaletmomma

Hi there friends I hope you’re enjoying your week. Last month I shared a current happenings post with everyone and I’m doing the same this week sharing a few things I’m delighting in. Click images for links. Enjoy!

Loving Tulips theses days… and I brought this bowl of shells back out too!

There’s a new volume in the bookstack. I saw New English Interiors in a friends Instagram stories and knew I needed a copy for the permanent collection. The brilliant pattern mixing designs are fab! This book is a must have friends!

I finished reading Meet Me by the Fountain. For me personally who has a background in Retail I loved it… it’s about the genus of malls as far outposts from downtown to the lifeblood of communities, a meeting place of youth to a dying breed now that everyone shops on-line in this post 2020 world.

If you’re an Instagram follower - you’ll know Tuukka was found to have elevated Kidney levels and we are taking steps to help him through diet and Vet visits. What’s becoming increasingly clear is he’s become emboldened lately and seems to be climbing on everything. I don’t know if you can see his paw prints on the coffeetable…my husband found him sitting upright asleep. He’s also started to hop up on the counter in the kitchen and the diningroom table. I knew he wandered places in the wee hours of the night but now he’s doing it while we’re around to see it… ugh!

My Bookclub met February 19th and since we won’t meet during Lent we chose two titles: American Daughters and The Husbands.

Since the Chalet is on the diminutive side we only have two sets of sheets we rotate. Both are about 10 yrs old from the Sabrina Soto Collection from Target and no longer available. You can see the patterns here on the left we have a navy and a light pink set and over the years I’ve swapped out both sets fitted sheets for solid mates just to keep these sets going and I will continue to use until completely threadbare but, I finally caved and purchased this set of Printed Performance 400 Thread Count Sheet Set by Threshold.

Recently I met Amanda a lovely reseller Flowers and Flames Candle through Instagram and purchased this wonderful little jasperware vase and the horse head Gentleman Set which my Dad owned all my life. I purchased it for no other reason than the memory! Look at how well this vase fits in with my Wedgwood pieces.

Until next time friends I really appreciate the support!

I’ll see you over on Instagram!

Recently an Instagram friend Chrissie Anthony Haim shared the ways she’s moved away from plastic food storage and plastic utensils in her kitchen. If you don’t follow Chrissie on IG you should - not only is she wonderful for taking the time to share these important and very helpful tips and resources but she’s an amazing Interior Designer and gardener. And for me personally she’s a fellow hockey mom!

In the fall of 2023 Chrissie experienced a serious health crisis and needed brain surgery - thankfully more than a year later she’s doing great. But, she has looked at alot of things in her life and knew the microplastics in her home had to go. I watched her Instagram stories weeks ago when she started a series about what she’s using now and bam I had a wake up call!

I pulled all the small plastic food storage and left over take out containers from my cabinet. I reorganized and took stock of what glass Pyrex and glass mason jars we already owned and decided what I needed to fill out my storage needs. Everything is linked - just click on the image.

I purchased this set of 4 glass storage with bamboo lids and silicone seals.

Next I went onto Target and ordered these two Pyrex sets: a 2 cup and a 4 cup. Since we’re a family of 3 and my teenager eats alot we don’t end up with much left overs. My husband made a big batch of stew and I stored it in a full Pyrex lidded set that belonged to my mom from years ago. So these coupled with what I already had should be sufficient.

2 Cup

4 Cup

The next things I looked at were our cooking utensils. We only had a few pieces that were suspect. I decided on this Greenspan set that are BPA free.

The next items Chrissie touched on were cutting boards, scented garbage bags and Non-Stick pans.

Replace plastic cutting boards with wooden here’s a link for a BPA free board from Target. All these man-made scents - garbage bags, air fresheners and candles are actually disruptors - they can take a toll on our bodies - go scent free. Be careful remove all non-stick Teflon coated pans from your home and cook on stainless steel and or cast iron. We already own All-Clad Stainless steel cookware and we also purchased All-Clad PTEF Free non-stick frying pan and my husband loves his cast iron pans also.

We all need to be aware of what cleansers we are using in our home and what we’re using to wash our dishes and clothing. Here’s the image from my Tips page of my cleaning products.

I’ve switched from Dishwasher Pods to liquid. because it’s not clear if the PVA plastic around the dishwasher and laundry pods is truly biodegradable - could these pods be contributing to the over population of microplastics ?!? I’m not sure but, I don’t think they’re a good idea in the Chalet anymore.

I use Earth Breeze for the laundry.

We know there is so much more would could be looking into. Personal Care, Grooming and Make-up! I’m looking forward to continuing to make changes for the betterment of mine and my family’s health.

Til next time friends I’ll see you over on the Gram!