If you are looking for a great easy-read book for your holiday I highly recommend A Home Companion by Wendyl Nissen. I received a copy for Christmas and read it in two days.
It is set out as a monthly journal and at the end of each month Wendyl shares her recipes for things like baby wipes, apple cider, house cleaner, window cleaner and a whole lot more. This is from her website which sums it up nicely:
A Home Companion details Wendyl's year-long journey towards self sufficiency. The book details each home discovery as it happens - both the triumphs and the disasters - while Wendyl slowly sheds her corporate life and takes to wearing yards of muslin, leather sandals and forgets to straighten her hair.
A Home Companion is the book for any woman who finds herself yearning to get her hands covered in soil, rid her house of nasty chemicals, nurture her family and become a green goddess - even if it's just at the weekends.
I found it absolutely hilarious and really easy to read. However there is a bit of a shock factor to it as well as she shares some of the ingredients/chemicals that are found in some everyday items that we have in our house.
Don't get me wrong, I am SO not a greeny, save the earth type of person, however I do think I will be changing some of the habits in our family.
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