Hi guys, welcome back to my channel and to another getting it all done video. Today,
I have so much to try and get done. I've just done the school run so the boys are now at
school and nursery. And I tend to film these videos when the boys are out of the house
because I can get so much more done and I know it really motivates you guys as well.
So I'm hoping this really inspires you. So first thing today, I need to go to the supermarket
and get some things that I need and also some ingredients for tonight's dinner. I'm making
a completely vegan recipe tonight so I can't wait to show you that it's a Quorn recipe
and this video is actually been sponsored by them, so thank you so much to them for
supporting my channel.
I'm also going to clear out the boys closets and bookcases. I noticed yesterday that their
rooms are getting really messy and living in a house with three boys means I'm constantly
in this cycle of handing down clothes. So I need to sort their rooms out and also have
a little bit of work to do as well. So I hope you really enjoyed this video. If you did,
give it a big thumbs up and let's go to the supermarket. Right, so I've just got back
from the shops and it was just in the nick of time. It's now pouring with rain outside,
but I've got everything that I need for tonight's dinner. Tonight I'm making a completely vegan
curry. I actually got the recipe on the Quorn website and had really good ratings. So I'm
excited to try it. So I'll show you the ingredients that I've got.
So the curry that I'm going to be making tonight has chickpeas in it. So I picked those up
as well as some spinach. Also got some light coconut milk, some curry paste, vegetable
stock, and then some garlic and ginger as well as the totally vegan Quorn pieces. I've
talked about these before on my channel and I've shown a few recipes. They're also high
in protein, a good source of fiber and low in saturated fat and the protein contributes
to the growth and maintenance of muscle mass. So it's really important and I just love the
texture of them and how easy they are to cook with. You just have to heat them up for 12
minutes. So they're perfect in pastas or anything like that. But because I don't think my youngest
Jackson will eat the curry, I have also picked up the totally vegan Quorn crunchy nuggets.
All my boys really like this and they're super simple to make. They're also lower in saturated
fats and calories than traditional chicken nuggets.
So I'm excited to give them to him because he does really like them. Some of you will
know that we've been having at least two vegan or veggie meals per week just because of the
positive impacts it can have on our health and the environment as well. So if you want
to find out how meat reduction can actually impact the environment, I'll put some links
in the description because Quorn has some great information on that. But since we started
doing some meat free meals, I've realized it's actually not that hard to do. There's
still so many delicious recipes out there and amazing products like the Quorn range
and they've had the totally vegan range now for two years. And they have not only what
I bought today, but they've got burgers, fishless filets and so much more.
So I'm looking forward to this. I'm going to get on and make it and I'll show you how
I do it. So this recipe is really easy to make. It takes about 30 minutes and it's all
in one pot. So I'm just going to put it together now and then all I have to do later is the
rice and we can enjoy it. So the first thing you'll want to do is finely chop up about
three cloves of garlic. Then you'll also want to finely chop up a red chili. If you really
don't like spice, you can leave this out, but what I do is take all of the seeds out
and that really does help to cool it down. And then you'll also need about a tablespoon
of finely chopped ginger. Add all of that into a frying pan with some olive oil and
you'll want that to heat up for about three minutes.
This starts to smell really, really nice. And then you can add the rest of your ingredients.
So I'm adding the chickpeas, which I've drained. I'm also adding in the coconut milk and the
mild curry paste. So I'm going to give that a good stir. And then I'm also going to add
in the vegetable stock and this spinach and of course the totally vegan Quorn pieces.
This recipe calls for the whole pack of that and it serves about four people. And yeah,
then you can just leave that to simmer for about 20 minutes. And that is literally it.
It's delicious. I love the texture. As I mentioned, I love the chickpeas and the spinach is kind
of hidden from your children.
Now that dinner is sorted for tonight. I'm going to come upstairs and sort out the two
older boys closets, Fraser and Caleb's. I notice yesterday how very messy they are.
And living in a house with three sons means there is a constant cycle of hand-me-downs.
So everything, Fraser grown out of I need to pass to Caleb. And Caleb's to Jackson's
and then anything Jackson's grown out of needs to go off to the charity shop. So I'm going
to try and tackle that today. But before I show you how bad the closets are, I wanted
to tell you something else that I do to multitask. Basically, sometimes when I'm doing things
like this around the house, just decluttering and stuff, I will put my teeth whitening in.
So I do get a lot questions about my teeth whitening, but I've never actually shared
this on a video.
So I'll just show you what I do. I have little trays that I use and then I put teeth whitening
in it. So I'm going to brush my teeth because you need to do that first and then put the
trays in and you're supposed to leave it in for about half an hour so I can just have
them in while I'm doing other things. And I find that easier than doing it in the evening
or something. Because I always want to have a drink or a cup of tea. But when I'm decluttering
I'm busy anyway. So I'll show you how I whiten my teeth because I thought getting it all
done, it could mean some beauty stuff as well. So my teeth are all brushed now and I basically
whiten my teeth because I want to have white teeth. But also because about five years ago
I had two composite veneers put in. One here and the one hair, because those two teeth
were minute, they were really small.
So they basically... A composite veneer is almost like a false nail on your teeth. They
don't affect your own teeth underneath, which I really liked. And they just go on top and
they're bonded on there. And now, all of my teeth line up, which is what I wanted, but
because they're not actually my teeth, they don't get darker, but the teeth around them
do. So when these two teeth start to get a bit less white, I really can tell because
the tooth next to them, it's very obvious that they're not as white anymore. So that
is why I feel I do have to whiten my teeth quite often. Maybe every four weeks or sometimes
if I've got a wedding or something, I would do it three times in a week or something if
I really wanted to have a bright smile.
So anyway, I just used a company, I think this one... Yes, Smile Brilliant. I just ordered
it online and you get a pack where you make the molds yourself. Just send it off in the
post and then you get back the little trays that you need. They are the perfect size for
your teeth. And then you also get the whitening that you need and you just put that into the
trays and then just wear them whenever you feel you need it. So I really liked that.
I can just do it conveniently from home whenever I want to. So yes, so I've just brushed my
teeth and then what I do is dry my teeth because it's good for them to be as dry as possible.
And then I stick the trays in so I'm going to do that now. Right, so now that they're
in and I look really nice. And I just realize I've got a lisp.
So I was going to show you Fraser's closet but I might sound a bit funny but I'll just
show you how bad it is. Excuse my voice because obviously I'm keeping this in for half an
hour. So Fraser has these great big floor to ceiling wardrobes, which are so great for
hiding everything. But if I show you inside, you'll see his bookshelf is really, really
in need of a sort out. It just has been ages. So I need to organize this. I also notice
that everything in his drawers needs to be refolded. These are all his football kits,
just a total mess. His trousers and stuff, it's just really, really messy, so I'm going
to sort all of that. It's hard to close them and everything. Caleb's closet is not quite
as bad as Fraser's. They're still quite organized in the drawers, but it's his bookshelf which
really needs sorting out. Caleb loves to read and it's just got really, really messy so
that won't take very long to sort out.
Okay, so I'm going to declutter the boy's closet in the KonMari or Marie Kondo way of
decluttering, which I'm sure you're familiar with. But it's basically just getting everything
out of the bookshelf, laying it on the floor so that I can really see how much stuff he
has before I start sorting through it. I also gave his bookshelves a really good wipe down
because there was so dusty and I also found so many loom bands everywhere. The boys love
playing with loom bands, but that's the only downside. They do seem to get everywhere,
but once I laid everything out, I could then see what I was dealing with and I started
to put it into piles. So there was quite a lot of artwork that I'd just been sticking
on top of his bookshelf, but I had to actually go through what I wanted to keep and what
I wanted to go in his memory box.
Then I was sorting which books were for Fraser to keep and then putting any books that he'd
grown out of that were a little bit young now in a big pile for Caleb to have. So yes,
I'm just going to go through and sort this out before moving on
to his dressers. Okay for Fraser's clothes, I was just going through and looking at the
sizing, anything that was age eight and under, I was passing down to Caleb, which is that
pile that you can see there. And I was folding all of the trousers into little parcels because
I wanted to fold them in the KonMari way of folding and I did the same for the pajamas,
which basically just means that you line them up in the dresser or the drawers so that you
can see everything.
This is ideal for kids as well because Fraser can easily open it up, choose which pajamas
he wants, and he can see everything. He doesn't have to pull it all out. So I'm going to do
the same with the trousers and I am so aware that that drawer is broken. I've actually
just ordered these little things on Amazon to try and fix that. But yes, I think if we
ever buy drawers again, I really need to buy solid wood ones because they just keep breaking
because the kids have so many clothes. Anyway, now I'm onto his football kits. I cannot believe
how many he has, but it's his favorite hobby, so I'm just going to try and put them so that
the shirt, the shorts and the socks are all together in one parcel. So again, really easy
to choose for whenever he has football after school or at his club.
So yes, I'm just going to line that up and it is looking so much better. And the drawers
are actually closing now. So now I'm going to move on to Caleb's bookshelf, which as
you would have seen it's a total bomb site and really in need of this decluttering. Right,
so I'm just sorting out Caleb's books and so funny, he's got a few books that were mine
as a child and inside them I've labeled them with my name because me and my sister, we
used to always fight over everything. So my mom says when I was little I went around and
labeled everything. I still love labeling now. But yeah, all of these little books say
Emily Dean in them, which was my name before I got married and yeah, it's so funny.
So that is Caleb's bookshelf all done and clean and I'm really pleased with how it's
turned out. And while I was on such a roll with the folding and the tidying, I went downstairs
and finished off a load of laundry that was done. So I'm just going to fold it all and
put it away. I so wish it was this easy to do, but I thought I'd save you watching we
fold it all. And then after school when everyone was home, we had dinner and it was delicious
and then it was time for some homework. Now we're just going to do a little bit of homework
work with Fraser. He's in year four now and he also does a little bit of tutoring as well,
so the homework has really step up the gear. Some of them are kind of hard. Easy but got
some verbal reasoning which we're really working on. So he's got a little bit of maths, a little
bit of English and some verbal reasoning that we're going to do now.
So it's a little bit later on now. It is about 20 to eight and all of the boys have now gone
to bed but I have one more thing that I have to get done today. Actually wanted to do it
today, but I didn't get a chance. I need to record a voiceover for another video that
I'm trying to finish. Ideally, I would normally record it in my bedroom. I feel that's where
the sound works best, bounces off of the pillows and things, but occasionally I need to do
it downstairs. And so if you ever hear a voice over that it's a tiny bit echoey. It's because
of this situation. It's because I'm downstairs, but I'm just going to record that now. I'm
hoping it doesn't take too long, but yes, thank you so much for watching this video.
I really hope you enjoyed it. I feel I've got loads done, but whenever I go to declutter
something, it always ends up taking longer than I think it's going to take. Anyway, thanks
again and I'll see you in my next one. Bye guys.