Your change the world Heyday Friday newsletter
A climate saving challenge, a washing saviour and a happiness-radiating Heydayer in this week's newsletter
I just want to start off this week with a heartfelt thank you.
Whilst I can see from the data reports I get how many of you open and read these weekly missives, and although you are kind enough to comment from time to time, it can sometimes feel a little as if I’m sending them out into the email ether.
So I was genuinely overwhelmed that so many of you, in response to my PS request at the end of last week’s newsletter, took the time to click on the ‘Like’ heart. I really can’t tell you how much that little gesture of appreciation means to me. So thank you.
And without wanting to seem greedy or needy, if you feel like doing that again in response to this, or any future newsletter, please do!
It would be more than just me thanking you for taking up the challenge at the end of this week’s blog. You could well be earning the gratitude of future generations and even the planet.
It has to do with an industry that’s one of the biggest contributors to climate change, the way we are all playing a part in it and what each of us as individuals can do to alter that. Something that sounds dishearteningly difficult but which, having started doing it myself I can attest, is much easier and more surprisingly enjoyable than you think.
You can find out what all that’s all about by CLICKING HERE, and in the meantime this pic is a little clue/taster
There’s joy to be found in the planet-friendly activity of fixing and repurposing stuff, as Heyday Joel knows only too well
Read how he’s found a way to spread happiness through his unique creations by CLICKING HERE
I know one very good friend, having recently acquired an absurdly adorable 7-week-old King Charles Cavalier, who will endorse these
WORDS OF WISDOM
about happiness from Charles M Schultz only too wholeheartedly. I’m guessing there might be rather a lot of you who will agree with her.
SMART SAVE TIP OF THE WEEK
It will seem perverse when you read THIS WEEK’S BLOG that I’m suggesting buying something. But it’ll make sense when you know how much of an impact this one purchase, and its use, will make on how long your clothes last looking their best.
One of the things we do to our clothes that causes the most wear and tear isn’t wearing them, it’s washing them. And specifically washing them in the washing machine.
For starters we’re all washing our clothes far more often than we actually need to, which not only not that good for our garments, it’s also contributing to our over-use of water and the amount of potentially harmful detergent gushing our water systems.
Obviously if they’re clearly dirty or smelly they need to be washed, but if they’ve just got one or two small marks, it’s far better for the garment to just clean those spots than the whole thing. And simply hanging something up on the outside of the cupboard, or outside altogether, for a few hours can be enough to freshen it up sufficiently without washing.
When you are washing your clothes, the best way to protect them from the hurly burly and possible snagging that can happen in the machine is to put them inside a mesh laundry bag.
The mesh allows water and suds to wash your clothes thoroughly, but it acts as a protective layer at the same time so maintaining the integrity of the fabric. It also makes sure that your clothes don’t get entangled and entwined with each other, which can end up causing ripping or tearing.
There are loads of different bags on the market. This set of four from Shien (£3.45) are just one example
Oh, and if you want to wash a wool jumper in the machine - which you absolutely can - roll it up tightly and put it into the smallest bag it will fit into (it’s important it can’t move around inside the bag during the wash), then wash on the appropriate cycle and dry flat.
THIS WEEK I’VE BEEN…..WATCHING
If you’re in search of your next binge-viewing series, look no further than Yellowjackets. (Though be warned, the episodes of this addictive thriller drama are each nearly an hour long, so you’ll need to set aside a goodly chunk of time, and if you don’t want to end up crawling to bed at stupid o’clock, don’t start watching in the middle of an evening, ahem….)
When the plane carrying a team of talented high-school soccer students crashes deep in the Canadian wilderness the resilience, loyalties and endurance of the survivors is tested to breaking point. And beyond. You know from the opening scenes of this ten-part horror mystery (with a second series already in the wings) that things are going to get very dark indeed. And they do.
Yellowjackets could be a straightforward, albeit tantalisingly thrilling and eye-coveringly gory, descent into Lord of the Flies territory, but what makes this already award-garnered series different is that whilst we follow the inexorable plunge of the young students into survival-driven savagery we are simultaneously watching their grown up counterparts and witnessing not just how their experiences have affected and afflicted their adult lives, but also what happens, 25 years on from the deadly crash, to force them back together to confront their past.
Probably best not to watch Yellowjackets whilst eating your dinner. Just saying….
You can see YELLOWJACKETS on Now TV and Paramount+
And watch the trailer for series one HERE
With this is arriving in your in box at the start of the Easter weekend this
FRIDAY FUNNY
made me chuckle, so I hope it does the same for you
I hope your Easter break is full of baskets filled to the brim with eggs (ideally of the chocolate variety) and that you enjoy the chance to share them with the people you love.
Happy Easter, Passover and Ramadan and see you next time
Diane x
Thank you
Yours is the best blog I have read and I have tried quite a few, so much interesting content. Keep on blogging 😊