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The umbrella stand arrived so here is up in the garden (@templeandwebster). I love it 🥰❤. I also went to @bunnings and got a piece of timber because I intend on making a firepit cover for summer. I want it to be like a giant platter that will double as a coffee table. I have recruited my sister to try and replicate the pattern on the gorgeous cushions (@thread_candy) onto the board so they all match. So excited! Fingers crossed it works out!! #backyard #diy #garden #outdoor #seatingarea

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You guys have truly made our Christmas this year ❤. The amount of people who have sent us messages this week about how much our budgeting guide and tool has helped them get onto of their finances has absolutely made our year. We could not be happier that it is helping that many people and taking the pressure off around Christmas time 🎄

Christmas is tough. Just when you think you've got the gifts covered, the food expense comes along followed by a higher than normal electricity bill from cranking the aircon all day every day and then, a water bill from all the friends and family that have come to visit and are staying with you. We released our budgeting tool at the start of the year, however we have been using it for years before that and it has always helped us keep on top of our finances because it shows us exactly what we can afford. It's much easier to not let Christmas consume you into debt, when you have something telling you exactly what you CAN spend with no consequences. We look at it as a bit of tough love, which we could all use this time of year; myself especially because I like to go all out.

Personally, we allocate $2,000 a year to gifts for family and friends. This is based on an average of attending 5 events per year (weddings, engagements, baby showers, christenings etc), 13 family birthdays (4 parents, 9 siblings), 1 Christmas KK present (Dom's family) and presents for my family and siblings. I have twin sisters who are 13 years younger than me so I get them a present, plus something for mum and dad (my brother just eats my gingerbread cookies and we have an agreement to not get each other stuff coz we end up just exchanging cash). Dom's family does a family KK where we have a budget of $100, and everyone draws a couple out of a hat. We all write a wish list and on Christmas day and guess who has who. Then we buy for the kids but right now we just have one niece. Next year, we will have another two to buy for because both my sisters in law are pregnant and due a week apart! 🎉 (Continued in comments)

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GIVEAWAY 🎄🎉 | Yesterday I gave away a $1,200 Christmas gift together with some of my faves and today, YOU and TWO friends can win a Hizero EACH! Just in time to place it under the Christmas tree 🙌🎉🎄. All you have to do is follow @hizeroaustralia and my page (@fromgreatbeginnings) and tag two FRIENDS you'd like to share the prize with.

The winning comment and the two people tagged must be following both pages otherwise the entry is invalid. The prize will be posted to three different addresses so please don't tag random people you don't know that I will struggle to get in touch with. This gives everyone a fair chance and prevents larger accounts from winning giveaways because they have more people to tag. ° 🌸 So, super simple: 🌸
1. Give all pages a follow:
@fromgreatbeginnings
@hizeroaustralia
2. Tag two friends who would like one (they will win one each too)
3. Make sure they're following both pages ° 🌸You're set! Enter as many times as you like but tag different pals 💖🎉 🌸

The winner will be announced next Friday, the 13th of December and selected via a third party random generator. Australian residents only. This giveaway is not endorsed or sponsored by Instagram.

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Yay! How cute 🥰. First trial of the gingerbread house mug toppers. Which one is your favourite? I will save today's progress to my highlights but I think I want to do a pastel version 😂♥️. #christmasdecor #christmasdecorating #hotchocolate #gingerbread #minigingerbreadhouse #mugtoppers

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Ribs in red wine sauce are now in my highlights for those that asked. Enjoy ♥️♥️

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Christmas automation is officially complete 🙌. I've picked up two new Mirabella Genio smart plugs from @kmartaus and plugged each of my trees into one because they couldn't reach my smart powerboard (what the mantle and garland are plugged into). I then set up a 'scenario' on the mirabella genio app that turns each smart plug and powerboard on 🎉. Google home automatically syncs the devices and sets up the voice automation so I can just say "okay Google, Christmas magic on" and my garland, Christmas trees and mantle light up 🙌. I don't even have to get off the couch 😂. I first tried it out with just the powerboard but then had to endure a nightly eye stabbing of Christmas pine to turn on the tree that wasn't plugged into a smart plug, and I realised that I am not about that life anymore 😂. So I went out and bought another two (one for each of my trees because I have since moved my tree) and now everything is synced 🎉🙌. I set it up on my iPad so I could record the set up for you, so head over to my stories to have a look 😘😘. Edit: some genius just messaged me and told me they've set theirs up too and turn it on from their phones but tell the kids the elf did it 😂😂. I love that 🙌🙌 #sponsored #mirabellagenio #smartplugs #christmasautomation #christmasdecorating #christmaslights

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Okay so I started typing out the caption below and as I was typing, Dom came to the kitchen to get a drink and as he’s filling up his water, he says: “you know, I would never have lived in a house this nice if it wasn’t for you. Look at what you’ve done this Christmas ... everything looks so good and happy” and I was all like awwwwwwwwwww and THEN he says ..”thank you for making me spend money on things I didn’t want” 😂😂😂😂😂😂🌲. You are very welcome, always a pleasure 😂😂😂😂😂. Anyways, back to the caption ... Christmas decoration storage: this question came up so many times when I did question time today so just thought I’d bump this post 🌲❤️. We hang our trees in their bags on the wall. All of our decorations are in white bins from @ikea_australia. I’ve got them all sorted into mantle decor, garlands, picks and then ornaments. We own no glass or delicate ornaments so they are just thrown into the tubs; I’ve used the same ornaments since we moved in and one is yet to break 👏👏. They’re a collection of @kmartaus, @bigwaustralia, @targetaus and @harrisscarfe. I’ve done the same ‘theme’ every year so it is easy to keep decorations to a reasonable number that we can comfortably store🌲. I don’t like to keep things in the roof or anywhere else that I can’t access myself because I usually have a spontaneous urge to decorate in the middle of October and don’t want to have to wait for @dom_and_delilah to come home to get down my stuff 😂. Merry Christmas and happy organising ❤️.

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Hey guys, I've been collating all the questions I get asked about the @hizeroaustralia so I could make one post and answer them all, so here so they are below. Feel free to comment if I have missed any or if there is anything else you'd like to know 🥰😘 🌸
Is it cordless? Yes! And the battery lasts for ages; I can clean my house four times over before it runs flat (60 min run time) 🌸
🌸
Can it be used on hardwood floors? Yes, it is not a steam mop. It can be used on all hard sealed floors, tiles, wood, etc. Both my mum and mum in law have one and have timber floor boards and they love it. 🌸
Can it be used on carpets? No, it is for hard surfaces only.
🌸
Does it vacuum and mop at the same time? Yes, and it is a game changer! It actually does not have a vac function, it sweeps and mops, using bionic technology
as the polymer roller spins slowly all wet and dry rubbish sticks to the roller and is then separated into different waste areas, dirty water and hard rubbish for easy disposal. I have a shedding dog and use this as my primary clean up tool on our hard floors; I don't vacuum beforehand. 🌸
🌸
How much is it? They’re $799 but today they're down to $699 for black Friday 🌸
🌸
Where can I grab one? Hizero.com.au, TVSN, The Good Guys online, Appliances online, Harvey Norman in August, Catch.com.au, Amazon.com.au
🌸
Is it easy to clean? Yes, it self-cleans the roller but I like to give mine a bit of TLC fortnightly because of the amount of crap it can pick up. I also clean the filter weekly, I just wipe it through. 🌸
🌸
Is it slow and heavy? I don’t find it slow or heavy, it is about the same weight as my handheld Dyson. (Weighs 3.9kg). I use it just as fast as a vacuum unless I'm picking up a big spill, in which case I will slow it down. 🌸
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What cleaning solution do you use?
I think it does a brilliant job with just water but there is a specialized solution you can get from Hizero

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I don't often follow recipes but when I do ... I stuff it up 😂🤦‍♀️. If I make something a few times, I just remember how to do it and add my own spin on things which is why I usually don't have a recipe. Gingerbread cookies on the other hand are things I make once a year so no muscle memory exists 😂😥. We are off to mum and dad's for dinner tonight so I thought since I don't have to cook, I can quickly squeeze in a bake and bring some over to them. I then decided to triple the recipe; I wanted enough to take with me tonight and then some for when I felt like decorating so I didn't have to make dough again. But yes, you read that right, I tripled it before I even read how much I needed of what.

Anyways, I took this picture when all was going well and I was having a cute, spontaneous Christmas bake with my Christmas carols like I had planned to do for so long. Well.. I ran out of maple syrup, because you need 3 cups. So I was like ehh, 2 cups should still work. Then I started getting my dry ingredients together and it said 5 cups of flour. 5 cups ... 5 x 3 is 15 cups of flour 🤦‍♀️. That's when I knew I stuffed up.

I went to check on how my wet ingredients were going and realised that my KA bowl was almost full - like there was absolutely no chance that 15 cups of flour was going to fit in that 😂. So I tried to salvage it and scooped out some liquid, I don't know how much but I just did it. Put in 5 cups of flour and made a dough.
The dough actually came out half decent but my cookies look like sugar cookies instead of gingerbread. They're out cooling so keep your fingers and toes crossed that they taste good because it's almost December and I am yet to taste gingerbread 😂😘 Ps: the recipe I always use for the cookies is from @blessthismessblog ♥️

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I am a traditional Christmas kinda gal through and through and do pretty much the same theme every year. I started with traditional coloured decorations when we first moved in five years ago and I've been adding to them slowly year by year. Dom reckons this is my best set up yet and I have to agree 😂🎄♥️. 🎄
This year, I moved the usual bedroom Christmas tree to the living room because it's nice and thin and isn't as intrusive and also added a garland to the mantle and some swags to our stools ♥️. The garland and swags came pre decorated and I picked a very neutral style so it can be versatile. All I added was some red ribbon and a few red berries to tie it all together 🎄. I have the
@balsamhillau Cathedral fir tree
And the Outdoor Homestead Pine
Foliage garland and swags. The wired ribbon was also from Balsam and I YouTubed a tutorial on how to add it to the greenery; you basically cut it ul into arm length strips and bend it until it looks like it's looping through, which is why the wire is important. 🎄
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We are absolutely loving how homey, warm and Christmasy the house looks even though we live in Australia and it is bloody hot 😂🙌.

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We've both been travelling for work for the last two weeks so the fridge was pretty well empty; so empty that yesterday when Netflix added a Christmas movie I had been waiting for, I wanted to bake my Christmas cookies but quickly realised we had no butter 😫😂. Fixed that today - completely blew our $100 per week grocery budget and bought 6 sticks of butter, white and milk chocolate melts, all the mascarpone woolies had, and like 12 packets of royal icing mixture in case I'm rusty at cookie decorating (which I will be). Trifle and gingerbread cookies will be happening this week 🎄. Oh and cinnamon scrolls for my friends birthday 🎉. PS: I always get asked where I keep my sauces and other random bits and pieces in the fridge; they're all on the door 😘.

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I love Christmas ♥️🎄you?

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GIVEAWAY CLOSED | winners: @sharnb22a and @ashlee_kate21 😘😘 The very lovely team over at @adelaideappliancegallery have been slammed with sample requests after I posted about what products I use to get my whites super white so they have very kindly offered their complete range of products to be given away to two winners 🎉. All you have to do is follow @adelaideappliancegallery and my page (@fromgreatbeginnings) and tag a friend you'd like to share the prize with (they will win a set too). They must be following both pages to make the winning entry valid. ° 🌸 So, super simple: 🌸
1. Give all pages a follow:
@fromgreatbeginnings
@adelaideappliancegallery
2. Tag a friend
3. Make sure you're both following both pages °
🌸You're set! Enter as many times as you like but tag different pals 💖🎉 🌸

They originally started out in appliance maintenance and servicing and after seeing how other products on the market ruin seals, drums, and filters, they developed their very own range of dishwasher and laundry products right here in SA that are designed for our hard water and for overall machine maintenance 🙌. They have declares and cleaning products for inside your machines as well as dishwashing and laundry powder/liquid to use throughout. My personal favourite for whites is the powder with the sun booster 🌞. Follow them anyway even if you don't want to enter because they're always posting really handy tips of machine seal mould and how to get the most out of your washing machines 🙌🙌. The winner will be announced next Friday, the 29th of November and selected via a third party random generator. Australian residents only. This giveaway is not endorsed or sponsored by Instagram.

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I received so many DM's about how early I put up my Christmas stuff; mostly a lot of raised eyebrow emoji's 😂. Well ... having spent the majority of my childhood in Ukraine with a freezing and very white Christmas, I can tell you that I am still not used to this weather 😂. I put my Christmas stuff up at the end of Oct because it is still reasonably cool; not because I am being nostalgic, but because I hate bits of glitter, pine, and whatever else, sticking to my feet as I'm decorating, especially when I'm hot 🤢🤮. I have always been like this; I did not attend one music festival as a teenager because I hate being hot and getting dust all over my feet 🤮. I also refuse to wear socks, I just don't like how they feel on my feet 😂. Not sure if anyone else has European parents but mum to this day yells at me for walking around barefoot in the house because apparently cold tiles can make you sick?? (something about cement underneath? I don't even know 😂) Pretty much everyone in Ukraine was gobsmacked when I told them at school they make you sit on the ground cross legged 😂. Anyways, I purposely took this photo whilst putting up my Christmas stuff because you can see just how much crap falls to the floor, even in a far away photo. Mopping and vacuuming at the same time is a total game changer for me. I bring out my @hizeroaustralia and clean up as I go. Nothing sticking to anything 🙌 No spreading it around to the rest of the house 🎉. One happy chappy 🥰. I have a Christmas discount code (FGBXMAS) 🎄. Don't forget to take a look at my earlier posts for a list of locations to see where you can get a loan unit and try it out for yourself to see if it works as well for you as it works for us 😘😘 #ambassador

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I have well and truly created some automated Christmas galore in our house and I'm super excited about it 😂. I plugged in our tree and mantle into a Mirabella Genio smart power board, linked it with my Google home and then set up a routine where all I do is say "Christmas stuff on" and my lights, fire and Christmas Spotify playlist automatically turn on. It is magic 🙌🎄. Head to my stories to see it in action; I promise I don't say "okay Google" out loud so it won't trigger all of your smart devices 😂. PS: as an added extra, I don't have to reach behind my tree and shake glitter everywhere to turn the lights on. You can pick them up from @kmartaustralia 🙌 #mirabellagenio #smartpowerboard #christmasgalore #christmasdecorations #christmasdecor #sponsored

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An iPad was on my Christmas wishlist and Dom got me one 🎉. Yay! So of course I pulled it out and started using it as soon as it arrived and just wrapped the empty box to open on Christmas morning 😂😂. I'm thinking I should have asked Santa for 'patience' as a gift but that doesn't sound anywhere near as much fun as an iPad.

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For a bit of context for new followers and those that may not know; I have a severe fear of doctors (or anyone else for that matter) touching me in vulnerable parts of my body where veins are potentially exposed, specifically the bend of my arm (neck is fine, but I wouldn't want a needle there lol). 🌸
I am in phobia therapy for it and we have narrowed it down to "soft spots". It's a super random and strange phobia because I have never had a bad experience or past trauma (that I can remember). I have absolutely zero issues with the dentist and would rather have a thousand needles and drills in my mouth than let someone hold a finger in the bend of my elbow for even one second. 🌸
This makes going to the doctor really hard; I have panic attacks, faint, lose vision, get cold sweats, faint again from simple things like having my blood pressure measured for example. Sometimes a doctor can even look at me the wrong way and I will start going white. As a result, getting a blood test is the scariest thing in the world to me. I have never had one and even just thinking about it makes me squirm and twitch. 🌸
I started going to therapy because I'd really like to be able to go to a doctor without feeling like I am dying in the waiting room and I would LOVE to be able to go and get a blood test to have just a general check up and make sure I'm not dying of 12 different diseases, but it isn't something I could ever do. 🌸
Anyways, yesterday, for some bizarre and unknown reason, I decided that I was just going to suck it up and go and get one done. (Probably because I was considering going to a hypno and was too much of a tight arse to pay one 😂) I made an appointment, didn't tell anyone because I didn't want anyone to go with me, and went (I did call a friend and told Dom on the way). I knew that if I booked one in advance, I would have made the biggest deal ever about it and the anticipation would have killed me and I was utilizing this random burst of bravery. 🌸
Off I went; thinking I would just go, get it done, probably faint but I was okay with that (I purposely didn't drive there), and then I would have faced and hopefully cured my fear. (Cont. in comments)

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It says ‘bathroom and shower’ on the bottle but this stuff is the bomb for any wet areas in general. Since we installed a new sink, there is a lot more visible silicone to clean and I’m all about preventative measures for mould because once it’s there, you have to replace the seal. I use @bosistos to spray around and into the gap, leave it there for about two minutes and then get right in there with a toothbrush. Same goes for our drain which has silicone around it and gets so much gunk. Swipe to see the before and after 🙌
#sponsored #naturalcleaning #eucalyptus #naturalremedies #cleaninghack #cleankitchen #sinkcleaning

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The umbrella stand arrived so here is up in the garden (@templeandwebster). I love it 🥰❤. I also went to @bunnings and got a piece of timber because I intend on making a firepit cover for summer. I want it to be like a giant platter that will double as a coffee table. I have recruited my sister to try and replicate the pattern on the gorgeous cushions (@thread_candy) onto the board so they all match. So excited! Fingers crossed it works out!! #backyard #diy #garden #outdoor #seatingarea

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You guys have truly made our Christmas this year ❤. The amount of people who have sent us messages this week about how much our budgeting guide and tool has helped them get onto of their finances has absolutely made our year. We could not be happier that it is helping that many people and taking the pressure off around Christmas time 🎄

Christmas is tough. Just when you think you've got the gifts covered, the food expense comes along followed by a higher than normal electricity bill from cranking the aircon all day every day and then, a water bill from all the friends and family that have come to visit and are staying with you. We released our budgeting tool at the start of the year, however we have been using it for years before that and it has always helped us keep on top of our finances because it shows us exactly what we can afford. It's much easier to not let Christmas consume you into debt, when you have something telling you exactly what you CAN spend with no consequences. We look at it as a bit of tough love, which we could all use this time of year; myself especially because I like to go all out.

Personally, we allocate $2,000 a year to gifts for family and friends. This is based on an average of attending 5 events per year (weddings, engagements, baby showers, christenings etc), 13 family birthdays (4 parents, 9 siblings), 1 Christmas KK present (Dom's family) and presents for my family and siblings. I have twin sisters who are 13 years younger than me so I get them a present, plus something for mum and dad (my brother just eats my gingerbread cookies and we have an agreement to not get each other stuff coz we end up just exchanging cash). Dom's family does a family KK where we have a budget of $100, and everyone draws a couple out of a hat. We all write a wish list and on Christmas day and guess who has who. Then we buy for the kids but right now we just have one niece. Next year, we will have another two to buy for because both my sisters in law are pregnant and due a week apart! 🎉 (Continued in comments)

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GIVEAWAY 🎄🎉 | Yesterday I gave away a $1,200 Christmas gift together with some of my faves and today, YOU and TWO friends can win a Hizero EACH! Just in time to place it under the Christmas tree 🙌🎉🎄. All you have to do is follow @hizeroaustralia and my page (@fromgreatbeginnings) and tag two FRIENDS you'd like to share the prize with.

The winning comment and the two people tagged must be following both pages otherwise the entry is invalid. The prize will be posted to three different addresses so please don't tag random people you don't know that I will struggle to get in touch with. This gives everyone a fair chance and prevents larger accounts from winning giveaways because they have more people to tag. ° 🌸 So, super simple: 🌸
1. Give all pages a follow:
@fromgreatbeginnings
@hizeroaustralia
2. Tag two friends who would like one (they will win one each too)
3. Make sure they're following both pages ° 🌸You're set! Enter as many times as you like but tag different pals 💖🎉 🌸

The winner will be announced next Friday, the 13th of December and selected via a third party random generator. Australian residents only. This giveaway is not endorsed or sponsored by Instagram.

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Yay! How cute 🥰. First trial of the gingerbread house mug toppers. Which one is your favourite? I will save today's progress to my highlights but I think I want to do a pastel version 😂♥️. #christmasdecor #christmasdecorating #hotchocolate #gingerbread #minigingerbreadhouse #mugtoppers

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Ribs in red wine sauce are now in my highlights for those that asked. Enjoy ♥️♥️

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Christmas automation is officially complete 🙌. I've picked up two new Mirabella Genio smart plugs from @kmartaus and plugged each of my trees into one because they couldn't reach my smart powerboard (what the mantle and garland are plugged into). I then set up a 'scenario' on the mirabella genio app that turns each smart plug and powerboard on 🎉. Google home automatically syncs the devices and sets up the voice automation so I can just say "okay Google, Christmas magic on" and my garland, Christmas trees and mantle light up 🙌. I don't even have to get off the couch 😂. I first tried it out with just the powerboard but then had to endure a nightly eye stabbing of Christmas pine to turn on the tree that wasn't plugged into a smart plug, and I realised that I am not about that life anymore 😂. So I went out and bought another two (one for each of my trees because I have since moved my tree) and now everything is synced 🎉🙌. I set it up on my iPad so I could record the set up for you, so head over to my stories to have a look 😘😘. Edit: some genius just messaged me and told me they've set theirs up too and turn it on from their phones but tell the kids the elf did it 😂😂. I love that 🙌🙌 #sponsored #mirabellagenio #smartplugs #christmasautomation #christmasdecorating #christmaslights

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Okay so I started typing out the caption below and as I was typing, Dom came to the kitchen to get a drink and as he’s filling up his water, he says: “you know, I would never have lived in a house this nice if it wasn’t for you. Look at what you’ve done this Christmas ... everything looks so good and happy” and I was all like awwwwwwwwwww and THEN he says ..”thank you for making me spend money on things I didn’t want” 😂😂😂😂😂😂🌲. You are very welcome, always a pleasure 😂😂😂😂😂. Anyways, back to the caption ... Christmas decoration storage: this question came up so many times when I did question time today so just thought I’d bump this post 🌲❤️. We hang our trees in their bags on the wall. All of our decorations are in white bins from @ikea_australia. I’ve got them all sorted into mantle decor, garlands, picks and then ornaments. We own no glass or delicate ornaments so they are just thrown into the tubs; I’ve used the same ornaments since we moved in and one is yet to break 👏👏. They’re a collection of @kmartaus, @bigwaustralia, @targetaus and @harrisscarfe. I’ve done the same ‘theme’ every year so it is easy to keep decorations to a reasonable number that we can comfortably store🌲. I don’t like to keep things in the roof or anywhere else that I can’t access myself because I usually have a spontaneous urge to decorate in the middle of October and don’t want to have to wait for @dom_and_delilah to come home to get down my stuff 😂. Merry Christmas and happy organising ❤️.

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Hey guys, I've been collating all the questions I get asked about the @hizeroaustralia so I could make one post and answer them all, so here so they are below. Feel free to comment if I have missed any or if there is anything else you'd like to know 🥰😘 🌸
Is it cordless? Yes! And the battery lasts for ages; I can clean my house four times over before it runs flat (60 min run time) 🌸
🌸
Can it be used on hardwood floors? Yes, it is not a steam mop. It can be used on all hard sealed floors, tiles, wood, etc. Both my mum and mum in law have one and have timber floor boards and they love it. 🌸
Can it be used on carpets? No, it is for hard surfaces only.
🌸
Does it vacuum and mop at the same time? Yes, and it is a game changer! It actually does not have a vac function, it sweeps and mops, using bionic technology
as the polymer roller spins slowly all wet and dry rubbish sticks to the roller and is then separated into different waste areas, dirty water and hard rubbish for easy disposal. I have a shedding dog and use this as my primary clean up tool on our hard floors; I don't vacuum beforehand. 🌸
🌸
How much is it? They’re $799 but today they're down to $699 for black Friday 🌸
🌸
Where can I grab one? Hizero.com.au, TVSN, The Good Guys online, Appliances online, Harvey Norman in August, Catch.com.au, Amazon.com.au
🌸
Is it easy to clean? Yes, it self-cleans the roller but I like to give mine a bit of TLC fortnightly because of the amount of crap it can pick up. I also clean the filter weekly, I just wipe it through. 🌸
🌸
Is it slow and heavy? I don’t find it slow or heavy, it is about the same weight as my handheld Dyson. (Weighs 3.9kg). I use it just as fast as a vacuum unless I'm picking up a big spill, in which case I will slow it down. 🌸
🌸
What cleaning solution do you use?
I think it does a brilliant job with just water but there is a specialized solution you can get from Hizero

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I don't often follow recipes but when I do ... I stuff it up 😂🤦‍♀️. If I make something a few times, I just remember how to do it and add my own spin on things which is why I usually don't have a recipe. Gingerbread cookies on the other hand are things I make once a year so no muscle memory exists 😂😥. We are off to mum and dad's for dinner tonight so I thought since I don't have to cook, I can quickly squeeze in a bake and bring some over to them. I then decided to triple the recipe; I wanted enough to take with me tonight and then some for when I felt like decorating so I didn't have to make dough again. But yes, you read that right, I tripled it before I even read how much I needed of what.

Anyways, I took this picture when all was going well and I was having a cute, spontaneous Christmas bake with my Christmas carols like I had planned to do for so long. Well.. I ran out of maple syrup, because you need 3 cups. So I was like ehh, 2 cups should still work. Then I started getting my dry ingredients together and it said 5 cups of flour. 5 cups ... 5 x 3 is 15 cups of flour 🤦‍♀️. That's when I knew I stuffed up.

I went to check on how my wet ingredients were going and realised that my KA bowl was almost full - like there was absolutely no chance that 15 cups of flour was going to fit in that 😂. So I tried to salvage it and scooped out some liquid, I don't know how much but I just did it. Put in 5 cups of flour and made a dough.
The dough actually came out half decent but my cookies look like sugar cookies instead of gingerbread. They're out cooling so keep your fingers and toes crossed that they taste good because it's almost December and I am yet to taste gingerbread 😂😘 Ps: the recipe I always use for the cookies is from @blessthismessblog ♥️

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I am a traditional Christmas kinda gal through and through and do pretty much the same theme every year. I started with traditional coloured decorations when we first moved in five years ago and I've been adding to them slowly year by year. Dom reckons this is my best set up yet and I have to agree 😂🎄♥️. 🎄
This year, I moved the usual bedroom Christmas tree to the living room because it's nice and thin and isn't as intrusive and also added a garland to the mantle and some swags to our stools ♥️. The garland and swags came pre decorated and I picked a very neutral style so it can be versatile. All I added was some red ribbon and a few red berries to tie it all together 🎄. I have the
@balsamhillau Cathedral fir tree
And the Outdoor Homestead Pine
Foliage garland and swags. The wired ribbon was also from Balsam and I YouTubed a tutorial on how to add it to the greenery; you basically cut it ul into arm length strips and bend it until it looks like it's looping through, which is why the wire is important. 🎄
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We are absolutely loving how homey, warm and Christmasy the house looks even though we live in Australia and it is bloody hot 😂🙌.

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We've both been travelling for work for the last two weeks so the fridge was pretty well empty; so empty that yesterday when Netflix added a Christmas movie I had been waiting for, I wanted to bake my Christmas cookies but quickly realised we had no butter 😫😂. Fixed that today - completely blew our $100 per week grocery budget and bought 6 sticks of butter, white and milk chocolate melts, all the mascarpone woolies had, and like 12 packets of royal icing mixture in case I'm rusty at cookie decorating (which I will be). Trifle and gingerbread cookies will be happening this week 🎄. Oh and cinnamon scrolls for my friends birthday 🎉. PS: I always get asked where I keep my sauces and other random bits and pieces in the fridge; they're all on the door 😘.

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I love Christmas ♥️🎄you?

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GIVEAWAY CLOSED | winners: @sharnb22a and @ashlee_kate21 😘😘 The very lovely team over at @adelaideappliancegallery have been slammed with sample requests after I posted about what products I use to get my whites super white so they have very kindly offered their complete range of products to be given away to two winners 🎉. All you have to do is follow @adelaideappliancegallery and my page (@fromgreatbeginnings) and tag a friend you'd like to share the prize with (they will win a set too). They must be following both pages to make the winning entry valid. ° 🌸 So, super simple: 🌸
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They originally started out in appliance maintenance and servicing and after seeing how other products on the market ruin seals, drums, and filters, they developed their very own range of dishwasher and laundry products right here in SA that are designed for our hard water and for overall machine maintenance 🙌. They have declares and cleaning products for inside your machines as well as dishwashing and laundry powder/liquid to use throughout. My personal favourite for whites is the powder with the sun booster 🌞. Follow them anyway even if you don't want to enter because they're always posting really handy tips of machine seal mould and how to get the most out of your washing machines 🙌🙌. The winner will be announced next Friday, the 29th of November and selected via a third party random generator. Australian residents only. This giveaway is not endorsed or sponsored by Instagram.

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I received so many DM's about how early I put up my Christmas stuff; mostly a lot of raised eyebrow emoji's 😂. Well ... having spent the majority of my childhood in Ukraine with a freezing and very white Christmas, I can tell you that I am still not used to this weather 😂. I put my Christmas stuff up at the end of Oct because it is still reasonably cool; not because I am being nostalgic, but because I hate bits of glitter, pine, and whatever else, sticking to my feet as I'm decorating, especially when I'm hot 🤢🤮. I have always been like this; I did not attend one music festival as a teenager because I hate being hot and getting dust all over my feet 🤮. I also refuse to wear socks, I just don't like how they feel on my feet 😂. Not sure if anyone else has European parents but mum to this day yells at me for walking around barefoot in the house because apparently cold tiles can make you sick?? (something about cement underneath? I don't even know 😂) Pretty much everyone in Ukraine was gobsmacked when I told them at school they make you sit on the ground cross legged 😂. Anyways, I purposely took this photo whilst putting up my Christmas stuff because you can see just how much crap falls to the floor, even in a far away photo. Mopping and vacuuming at the same time is a total game changer for me. I bring out my @hizeroaustralia and clean up as I go. Nothing sticking to anything 🙌 No spreading it around to the rest of the house 🎉. One happy chappy 🥰. I have a Christmas discount code (FGBXMAS) 🎄. Don't forget to take a look at my earlier posts for a list of locations to see where you can get a loan unit and try it out for yourself to see if it works as well for you as it works for us 😘😘 #ambassador

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I have well and truly created some automated Christmas galore in our house and I'm super excited about it 😂. I plugged in our tree and mantle into a Mirabella Genio smart power board, linked it with my Google home and then set up a routine where all I do is say "Christmas stuff on" and my lights, fire and Christmas Spotify playlist automatically turn on. It is magic 🙌🎄. Head to my stories to see it in action; I promise I don't say "okay Google" out loud so it won't trigger all of your smart devices 😂. PS: as an added extra, I don't have to reach behind my tree and shake glitter everywhere to turn the lights on. You can pick them up from @kmartaustralia 🙌 #mirabellagenio #smartpowerboard #christmasgalore #christmasdecorations #christmasdecor #sponsored

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An iPad was on my Christmas wishlist and Dom got me one 🎉. Yay! So of course I pulled it out and started using it as soon as it arrived and just wrapped the empty box to open on Christmas morning 😂😂. I'm thinking I should have asked Santa for 'patience' as a gift but that doesn't sound anywhere near as much fun as an iPad.

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For a bit of context for new followers and those that may not know; I have a severe fear of doctors (or anyone else for that matter) touching me in vulnerable parts of my body where veins are potentially exposed, specifically the bend of my arm (neck is fine, but I wouldn't want a needle there lol). 🌸
I am in phobia therapy for it and we have narrowed it down to "soft spots". It's a super random and strange phobia because I have never had a bad experience or past trauma (that I can remember). I have absolutely zero issues with the dentist and would rather have a thousand needles and drills in my mouth than let someone hold a finger in the bend of my elbow for even one second. 🌸
This makes going to the doctor really hard; I have panic attacks, faint, lose vision, get cold sweats, faint again from simple things like having my blood pressure measured for example. Sometimes a doctor can even look at me the wrong way and I will start going white. As a result, getting a blood test is the scariest thing in the world to me. I have never had one and even just thinking about it makes me squirm and twitch. 🌸
I started going to therapy because I'd really like to be able to go to a doctor without feeling like I am dying in the waiting room and I would LOVE to be able to go and get a blood test to have just a general check up and make sure I'm not dying of 12 different diseases, but it isn't something I could ever do. 🌸
Anyways, yesterday, for some bizarre and unknown reason, I decided that I was just going to suck it up and go and get one done. (Probably because I was considering going to a hypno and was too much of a tight arse to pay one 😂) I made an appointment, didn't tell anyone because I didn't want anyone to go with me, and went (I did call a friend and told Dom on the way). I knew that if I booked one in advance, I would have made the biggest deal ever about it and the anticipation would have killed me and I was utilizing this random burst of bravery. 🌸
Off I went; thinking I would just go, get it done, probably faint but I was okay with that (I purposely didn't drive there), and then I would have faced and hopefully cured my fear. (Cont. in comments)

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It says ‘bathroom and shower’ on the bottle but this stuff is the bomb for any wet areas in general. Since we installed a new sink, there is a lot more visible silicone to clean and I’m all about preventative measures for mould because once it’s there, you have to replace the seal. I use @bosistos to spray around and into the gap, leave it there for about two minutes and then get right in there with a toothbrush. Same goes for our drain which has silicone around it and gets so much gunk. Swipe to see the before and after 🙌
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