Friday, August 31, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
This posting is all about soap - laundry soap and making it...
Alissa said "geez mom, you need to put this on pinterest". Well since I don't do Pinterest I thought I could at least share it with my children. Be prepared to know it is cheap!!
I picked this up off the internet over a year ago and only occasionally do I make it. But ya know things change and you feel like "why not?".
K so go to Walmart for the best buy. Pick up in the laundry aisle a box of Borax (probably 20 Mule Team) 75 oz and a box of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda....K, make no mistake with that one as there are a few different Arm and Hammer products out there. You don't want baking soda, it's in the baking aisle. You don't want the Arm and Hammer laundry soap. You're looking for a box that is about 55 oz size- WASHING SODA. And a bar of Fels-Naptha soap. Yup it's in the laundry section. Costs about a dollar.
Now for the easy part. The bar of soap will grate better if you allow it to air dry for a day or two...mine sat open for weeks!! I grated it by hand with the same grater I use for cheese. I put the grater inside a pie pan and grated the whole bar. If you're impatient you can still grate it the same day you buy it....you'll just have to put everything in small amounts into the blender to make it all finer texture.
To the bar of soap you will add one cup of the borax and one cup of the washing soda. Mix it well.I just used my fingers. Don't breathe in too hard...it makes me sneeze!!! After you mix the borax, soda and grated soap store in an air tight container. You want your soap to look smooth and fine like store bought laundry powder. So blend in the blender if you need to.
I bought a cheap wide mouth plastic container to put my soap in @ walmart for a buck or two.
To Use: One Tablespoon to a load of laundry. Two to a large load. Three for heavily soiled. Really!! that's all. This costs about 5 cents a load. You'll get about 40 one TB loads from this batch.
Now if you're game to make a bunch use a full box of Washing Soda + 7 cups of borax + 7 bars of soap. Just buy a big enough container to hold 96 loads worth!
Alissa said "geez mom, you need to put this on pinterest". Well since I don't do Pinterest I thought I could at least share it with my children. Be prepared to know it is cheap!!
I picked this up off the internet over a year ago and only occasionally do I make it. But ya know things change and you feel like "why not?".
K so go to Walmart for the best buy. Pick up in the laundry aisle a box of Borax (probably 20 Mule Team) 75 oz and a box of Arm and Hammer Washing Soda....K, make no mistake with that one as there are a few different Arm and Hammer products out there. You don't want baking soda, it's in the baking aisle. You don't want the Arm and Hammer laundry soap. You're looking for a box that is about 55 oz size- WASHING SODA. And a bar of Fels-Naptha soap. Yup it's in the laundry section. Costs about a dollar.
Now for the easy part. The bar of soap will grate better if you allow it to air dry for a day or two...mine sat open for weeks!! I grated it by hand with the same grater I use for cheese. I put the grater inside a pie pan and grated the whole bar. If you're impatient you can still grate it the same day you buy it....you'll just have to put everything in small amounts into the blender to make it all finer texture.
To the bar of soap you will add one cup of the borax and one cup of the washing soda. Mix it well.I just used my fingers. Don't breathe in too hard...it makes me sneeze!!! After you mix the borax, soda and grated soap store in an air tight container. You want your soap to look smooth and fine like store bought laundry powder. So blend in the blender if you need to.
I bought a cheap wide mouth plastic container to put my soap in @ walmart for a buck or two.
To Use: One Tablespoon to a load of laundry. Two to a large load. Three for heavily soiled. Really!! that's all. This costs about 5 cents a load. You'll get about 40 one TB loads from this batch.
Now if you're game to make a bunch use a full box of Washing Soda + 7 cups of borax + 7 bars of soap. Just buy a big enough container to hold 96 loads worth!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Okay it has taken a good long week to be able to put down in words about Sophie.
Gosh, maybe not...just thinking about her makes me cry.
But she was loved - I think - by most all the family. some more than others, but that's okay.
Poor girl had a tumor on her spleen that filled her belly with blood and was causing pressure on
her other organs. Her back legs were so swollen she could no longer walk. I feel worse cuz I didn't
realize she wouldn't walk so when we found her the next morning still laying in the same spot as the night
before- she was soaked from the sprinkler. :((
Alissa, James and I were with her when she went to sleep. The doc was so kind and gentle. What a good vet he was. They even sent us a condolence card a few days later. Hard to believe that just two days earlier she was walking with Brooke out to get pheasant eggs. Alissa had taken a picture of the two of them!
Yesterday CR and James and Abe reworked the playhouse and made repairs!
And they replaced two fence posts out at the street. James and Abe were working side-by-side when James got too close to the digging bar and Abe tried scalping him. James came in the house with blood running down his face and dripping off his nose. I'm thinking - oh! Oh! (thinking the log across the top of the swingset must have clobbered him when they were hoisting it up) There was no way to do stitches. So James had to sit with a gauze pad on it until it quit bleeding - man head wounds bleed!! Then he popped it back open in the shower this morning. :(
But good news is is the fence is done! The opening in the front of the porta-hut is closed off and the playhouse is ready to be played on. Now we can add another swing and between dad, I and Abe we're thinking another
baby seat?
Gosh, maybe not...just thinking about her makes me cry.
But she was loved - I think - by most all the family. some more than others, but that's okay.
Poor girl had a tumor on her spleen that filled her belly with blood and was causing pressure on
her other organs. Her back legs were so swollen she could no longer walk. I feel worse cuz I didn't
realize she wouldn't walk so when we found her the next morning still laying in the same spot as the night
before- she was soaked from the sprinkler. :((
Alissa, James and I were with her when she went to sleep. The doc was so kind and gentle. What a good vet he was. They even sent us a condolence card a few days later. Hard to believe that just two days earlier she was walking with Brooke out to get pheasant eggs. Alissa had taken a picture of the two of them!
Yesterday CR and James and Abe reworked the playhouse and made repairs!
And they replaced two fence posts out at the street. James and Abe were working side-by-side when James got too close to the digging bar and Abe tried scalping him. James came in the house with blood running down his face and dripping off his nose. I'm thinking - oh! Oh! (thinking the log across the top of the swingset must have clobbered him when they were hoisting it up) There was no way to do stitches. So James had to sit with a gauze pad on it until it quit bleeding - man head wounds bleed!! Then he popped it back open in the shower this morning. :(
But good news is is the fence is done! The opening in the front of the porta-hut is closed off and the playhouse is ready to be played on. Now we can add another swing and between dad, I and Abe we're thinking another
baby seat?
Friday, April 13, 2012
Wee Wonderful
My first handmade doll. She was fun to do and I learned lots. And a few things I'd do a bit different on the next one. The pattern came from the Wee-Wonderful book. Her name is Little Miss Storybook, but I made some changes...so she isn't Red Riding Hood as you can see. Now to go let my fingers heal.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Conference is over. :( I love listening to the apostles and our prophet!!
Brrr today outside, yeah?
Mia got into english thistles and came home with (no exaggeration here) her front legs nearly covered top to bottom, her back legs stuck together and her chest so badly matted. I'll bet she had over fifty clusters stuck in her fur. Poor thing. CR and I had to work for a couple hours just to get her back legs cleared (after all she does have to go potty somehow). She was so exhausted from nerves that she slept for an hour while I combed out her ears. Normally she bites the comb the whole time I even try. CR wanted to work on the rest but I said no, I'd rather take her to the groomers in the morning and let them sedate her to take care of it. Geesh what an expensive dog!! I'm sure she'll get shaved in several spots. :( It would help if Mia wasn't such an outdoor dog, but she absolutely loves the BIG dogs and I'll bet she thinks she is one!!! tehe She has gotten so that she spends time in the orchard while CR is pruning. Mia sits at his feet or in the shade of the wheelbarrow. And when she sees a robin she takes off after it. Did she learn this from the BIG dogs? funny is all I can say.
This last week while James was out for Spring break he watched a few home movies from when Michael was two years old. It was Michael's b-day. The family was outside and Isaac was tossing balls to Michael to bat. Alissa is heard several times to say "mom can we go get the kitty now?" That kitty is now 18 years old this month!! Happy Birthday Princess.
Brrr today outside, yeah?
Mia got into english thistles and came home with (no exaggeration here) her front legs nearly covered top to bottom, her back legs stuck together and her chest so badly matted. I'll bet she had over fifty clusters stuck in her fur. Poor thing. CR and I had to work for a couple hours just to get her back legs cleared (after all she does have to go potty somehow). She was so exhausted from nerves that she slept for an hour while I combed out her ears. Normally she bites the comb the whole time I even try. CR wanted to work on the rest but I said no, I'd rather take her to the groomers in the morning and let them sedate her to take care of it. Geesh what an expensive dog!! I'm sure she'll get shaved in several spots. :( It would help if Mia wasn't such an outdoor dog, but she absolutely loves the BIG dogs and I'll bet she thinks she is one!!! tehe She has gotten so that she spends time in the orchard while CR is pruning. Mia sits at his feet or in the shade of the wheelbarrow. And when she sees a robin she takes off after it. Did she learn this from the BIG dogs? funny is all I can say.
This last week while James was out for Spring break he watched a few home movies from when Michael was two years old. It was Michael's b-day. The family was outside and Isaac was tossing balls to Michael to bat. Alissa is heard several times to say "mom can we go get the kitty now?" That kitty is now 18 years old this month!! Happy Birthday Princess.
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