After using the following homemade detergent powder for about two years, I am confident in saying that this recipe works very well for us. You will often see DIY recipes online that include soaps such as fels-naptha or ivory grated up into it, but those really aren’t necessary. In fact, in my research for cost-effective…
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Turning those DIY Ideas into Action!
I often get online to quickly find a way to do something I think should be possible but don’t have the complete knowledge of how on my own. That’s kind of the point, in my opinion, of blogging posts that include recipes or photos of a process and finished product…this isn’t a bragging forum for…
A Mom’s Look at the Philosophy of Innate Goodness of Children
Oh, Pinterest. How you distract us. We, especially us moms, have better things to do than be online coming up with more stuff we “need” to do or read. 😉 But how fun you can be. And I wonder how greatly you may contribute to my ADD. Lately I’ve been finding “inspiring” pins about being…
Stocked Up
Here’s the basic chicken stock recipe I was inspired to make by Ellen Brown’s $3 Meals , except I used what I had and put it all into a 5 quart crockpot overnight on low. A lot of recipes I see and want to make call for chicken broth/stock or bouillon cubes. In a pinch I…
Domesticity
I’ve been itching to get back to fun projects like sewing now that we’re pretty settled into the 1920’s house. (I’ll admit, the Christmas decor is still up…not high on my priority list yet; at least there’s not a ton of it to put away anyhow). The demands of everyday life sometimes take all my…
Back to Civilization….and internet.
It’s only 8:40 p.m. as I start this post and I am mentally kicking myself for staying up this late so far, and continuing to rob myself of sleep. Naptime didn’t really happen today. Little Mr. is a chatty fellow when he needs to be snoozing. We are early-to-bed people around here these days. Kids…
Mountain Life
If you’re sitting there reading this in the comfort of your own home, be thankful you are not at a public library like me, sitting next to stinky Pete (surely he’s heard of deodorant?) and trying to also ignore the sound the yowly mountain singer and her (I’m assuming—I saw red lipstick) banjo backup (Thur….
It’s Greek to Me: Greek Yogurt how-to
There are a lot of health benefits to eating yogurt…but if I’m honest, I just eat it cuz I like it. My favorite way to eat it is in the morning as a milk substitute with my cereal (call me weird but I don’t like how milk splashes if cereal falls off the spoon) with…
A friend had a microwave cart that needed some lovin’. I’ve always loved doing makeovers, and I couldn’t resist this time, even though I should have been packing. (There might be theme going, here. “Packing Procrastination” or something.) The cart used to have some doors on it, but the magnetic latch parts were still…
A Big Move
Goodness gracious, great boxes overflowing with stuff! We are preparing to move from flat, rolling Ohio to a very mountainous part of North Carolina. And I’m pretty sure we will be living near the Cliffs of Insanity, at least for the next few weeks. Lord, sustain us. When I should have been packing one morning,…
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