This is my recipe, I got the original from The Duggar's website and just changed it to how I like it.
http://duggarfamily.com/content/duggar_recipes/30455/homemade_liquid_laundry_soap_front_or_top_load_machine_best_value
Liquid Laundry Detergent Initial Cost Around $12, Approximate Price per Batch $3.23
Makes 5-10gals.
1 bar Fels Naptha -Grate and add to a pan of hot water on stove, let melt completely. Slowly Pour in a 5 gal container with a lid.
Add
1 C. Borax
1 C. Washing Soda
1 C. Oxy-Clean stain remover or any other type of stain remover you like.(I use the entire container of Oxy Clean stain Remover it cost almost $5 and is very good)
Essential Oils if desired (I don't add these, I use Store bought Fabric Softner and that gives your clothes all the scent you need)
Stir and let powders dissolve, fill container SLOWLY with water, let it sit overnight, and use a hand mixer the next day to stir it together. (I have to split it apart in two containers to do this but I just pour them back together when I am finished.)
~Sometimes mine starts expanding it gets real frothy so I just have an extra 5 gal storage container near by and put 1/2 in each and in the morning combine them after mixing. I think it is because I add the stain remover, as it never did that when I first used the Duggar recipe but, to me it is worth the extra trouble for the extra stain remover power in the detergent!
~You can add another 5 gal of water to make this 10 gal. of detergent. I don't because......My boys get their clothes pretty dirty and I need it as is.
I just use an old detergent lid to measure out for load or you can use 1/4 c. HE Machines use 1-2 TBSP
Powder Laundry Detergent Initial Cost Around $11, Price per Batch $
1 bar fels naptha grated
1C Borax
1C Washing Soda
1 C. Oxy-Clean , Biz or, whatever stain fighter you prefer in powder form
stir together and use 1/8 c for loads. HE Machines use 1 tsp.
Liquid Hand Soap cost $2! ( I didn't use Essential Oils)
1 bar of 4 oz soap- grated
1 gal of water
Essential oils if desired for scent
Put the Gal of Water on the stove in a big pan and start heating.
Grate Soap and add to the gal of water that has just started to steam ( DO NOT BOIL), let soap melt, use a hand mixer to stir and let it set overnight. The next morning, use a hand mixer till soap is blended together well.
Pour in your old soap dispensers and store in whatever you have around the house ;)
~I have not tried this yet with store bought type soaps I have read that it does not work with Dove soaps. I used a Glycerin soap for my first time. I will let you know how it turns out as I experiment with other soaps.
~Please Note Glycerin soaps DO NOT SUDS, they clean but there are no suds.
~Can also use as a shower Gel!
~ If your Soap is to thick, add water a little at a time till desired consistency, If it is thin, don't worry about it it will still clean and just remember next time to add a little more soap if you want it thicker.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
My children, the encouragers....
in spirit at least! Out of the many blessing in my life my kids are in the top 3. Not that being a parent is easy but it is rewarding. Let me share some of my kids latest "Spirit lifting" words.
Jadyn asked me the other day, "Mom do you ever feel like nobody loves you?" Of course we all know the answer to that question, "Jadyn, everybody feel that way, sometimes. I remember feeling that way as a child and sometimes even now as an adult. Or sometimes just feel bad about myself like when I get upset that I am fat.....here she interrupts me, "But mom! how much weight have you lost?" I tell her and she answers with "See Mom! Your not fat anymore, just a little bit fat!" After that I was the one needing the encouragement.
I was at the dentist office and Ethan was sitting on my lap and a commercial came on about weight loss and I made a remark about being fat and Ethan says"Your not fat mommy, your Skinny!" Then he hugs me and rubs my stomach and says, "Look how skinny you are..........rub rub rub.........Mommy, why do you have Two bellies? I only have one, see, and you have two."
A week later he informs me I have two butts....with all this encouragement I might get the big head....o well at least it will match the rest of my body! lol!
Maybe I should go read the scripture about being fearfully and wonderfully made!
At least Tre` is a real encouragement, I think.....He thought I was 29 until a few months ago. Sooo sweet of him to think that all this time, I hope he has told all his teachers and friends that so I will never need tell them my real age, I'll be 40 and he would have been telling everybody I was 29....of course that would b kinda scary as I don't think I am aging quite like Demi Moore ;)
Cayden, he is wise beyond his years, he doesn't say a word either way.....unless I force him to and sometimes I do just to get him ;) He is so much like Gary.....
I have to re-Edit this post after tonight.....we were at Walmart and Cayden and Tre` are walking behind me laughing and ....DRIVING ME CRAZY....then Cayden tells me what Tre` said that was so "funny" to them....
If I walked as they said I did, my hips would be out of place....*sigh* It's been a LOOOOOng afternoon that has stretched into tonight.
Jadyn asked me the other day, "Mom do you ever feel like nobody loves you?" Of course we all know the answer to that question, "Jadyn, everybody feel that way, sometimes. I remember feeling that way as a child and sometimes even now as an adult. Or sometimes just feel bad about myself like when I get upset that I am fat.....here she interrupts me, "But mom! how much weight have you lost?" I tell her and she answers with "See Mom! Your not fat anymore, just a little bit fat!" After that I was the one needing the encouragement.
I was at the dentist office and Ethan was sitting on my lap and a commercial came on about weight loss and I made a remark about being fat and Ethan says"Your not fat mommy, your Skinny!" Then he hugs me and rubs my stomach and says, "Look how skinny you are..........rub rub rub.........Mommy, why do you have Two bellies? I only have one, see, and you have two."
A week later he informs me I have two butts....with all this encouragement I might get the big head....o well at least it will match the rest of my body! lol!
Maybe I should go read the scripture about being fearfully and wonderfully made!
At least Tre` is a real encouragement, I think.....He thought I was 29 until a few months ago. Sooo sweet of him to think that all this time, I hope he has told all his teachers and friends that so I will never need tell them my real age, I'll be 40 and he would have been telling everybody I was 29....of course that would b kinda scary as I don't think I am aging quite like Demi Moore ;)
Cayden, he is wise beyond his years, he doesn't say a word either way.....unless I force him to and sometimes I do just to get him ;) He is so much like Gary.....
I have to re-Edit this post after tonight.....we were at Walmart and Cayden and Tre` are walking behind me laughing and ....DRIVING ME CRAZY....then Cayden tells me what Tre` said that was so "funny" to them....
If I walked as they said I did, my hips would be out of place....*sigh* It's been a LOOOOOng afternoon that has stretched into tonight.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
My Shrink Session....
except much better because, my personal psychiatrist doesn't give me a pill to fix my life or my heart, He takes care of my problems for me and helps me bare those that I need to endure. And He didn't charge me any money.....which is good!
So last night as I was going to bed I was rereading Psalm 61 and beyond and I got stuck on the very next chapter, at these verses
Psalm 62
so that last one really spoke to me, and I took the wise advise....and poured out my heart, so yeah am I ever thankful I am not God....what a job He has just listening to my every little problem and then to top it off I tell Him about all these little worries and things that are driving me crazy in my life.....I don't know how He felt but I sure slept like a rock last night, and woke up without the headache that has been my constant nagging friend that last few weeks....And I am only one of how many of God's children that He listens to. Think how many other souls was crying out to God for help last night, or telling him about the things that nobody wants to hear about, I know I am not the only one who was feeling overwhelmed or discouraged...and He heard them all, and if He didn't answer or fix them overnight, He did hear our cry, and be our refuge, our Rock, our salvation, our denfence.....just like He promised.
Thanks for reading, I hope you were encouraged to know that your not alone, and that God is just waiting for you to turn to Him with all those burdens and heartache you are carrying around on your own.
So last night as I was going to bed I was rereading Psalm 61 and beyond and I got stuck on the very next chapter, at these verses
Psalm 62
5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6He only is my rock and my salvation:
he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7In God is my salvation and my glory:
the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8Trust in him at all times; ye people,
pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
so that last one really spoke to me, and I took the wise advise....and poured out my heart, so yeah am I ever thankful I am not God....what a job He has just listening to my every little problem and then to top it off I tell Him about all these little worries and things that are driving me crazy in my life.....I don't know how He felt but I sure slept like a rock last night, and woke up without the headache that has been my constant nagging friend that last few weeks....And I am only one of how many of God's children that He listens to. Think how many other souls was crying out to God for help last night, or telling him about the things that nobody wants to hear about, I know I am not the only one who was feeling overwhelmed or discouraged...and He heard them all, and if He didn't answer or fix them overnight, He did hear our cry, and be our refuge, our Rock, our salvation, our denfence.....just like He promised.
Thanks for reading, I hope you were encouraged to know that your not alone, and that God is just waiting for you to turn to Him with all those burdens and heartache you are carrying around on your own.
Monday, April 16, 2012
One of those days...
or maybe I should say weeks or months...... you know how Life goes. ;)
So here is a quick and "nice" run through of last week I will spare you some of the worse details. Sunday was Easter, went to church was a nervous wreck because i had to play the piano for the second time of my life in public, survived, came home mom and I fixed dinner, cleaned up,Dad and Mom left, I went to bed with a migraine I had been fighting all weekend. Monday Gary went to his 2 weeks of 2nd shift. Tues, Ethan got sick Tues night and puiked at least twice an hour the whole night, I was exhausted on that bright & early....Wed Morning. E was sick and weak all day but no more throwing up.Thurs. Cayden and Tre` started throwing up.... stayed home on Friday from school, and on Sat I think it was Jadyn started the throwing up.....Throughout the entire week I have been sick (Some type of sinus issue but worse than a normal sinus infection) and having bad headaches. On Sat... I was miserable, I couldn't lay in the bed anymore because it hurt me, I mixed up some of the bath salts (I have been making to sale at the Fundraiser for my parents....it was amazing! By far better than the store bought one that costs me $7 or $8 and only last 3 baths at the most! Since that bath....My sinus issues cleared up. ) on Sunday I stayed home with Jadyn since I still was not feeling great.
Also at some point during that week, Ethan got a tooth ache which has been coming and going, yes he has a cavity, and also a dentist apt. Ethan also taught himself how to ride a bike with no training wheels....poor Jadyn it was her worst fear, that he would ride a 2 wheel bike without training wheels before her. He did. And it was the first thing he told her when she got home.
Anyways.....here we are, right up to today. After a day or 7 or 31 or 365 or more like those it is easy to look around at your worries, your failures or just the feelings of depression or overwhelming feelings , stress....whatever it is your feeling besides happy.....and that is how I woke up this morning, started looking around at this and that and really, thinking about what I was missing or needing instead of all I have been blessed with. But, at the end of all my worries, stressing and fears I was telling to God in my mind, this thought came to me.
Psalm 61
1Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
No matter what Life brings my way, I would rather face it knowing I am in the palm of His hand. It helps when you know the tears you cry are being bottled by the very Hands that created the oceans, makes the rain to fall and the sun to shine, conquered Death....that there is one who actually listens so closely to you that he records your very thoughts, that sometimes your tears are all the words you need to tell Him what your feeling. So maybe Life or circumstances didn't change, but still I feel better ;)
So here is a quick and "nice" run through of last week I will spare you some of the worse details. Sunday was Easter, went to church was a nervous wreck because i had to play the piano for the second time of my life in public, survived, came home mom and I fixed dinner, cleaned up,Dad and Mom left, I went to bed with a migraine I had been fighting all weekend. Monday Gary went to his 2 weeks of 2nd shift. Tues, Ethan got sick Tues night and puiked at least twice an hour the whole night, I was exhausted on that bright & early....Wed Morning. E was sick and weak all day but no more throwing up.Thurs. Cayden and Tre` started throwing up.... stayed home on Friday from school, and on Sat I think it was Jadyn started the throwing up.....Throughout the entire week I have been sick (Some type of sinus issue but worse than a normal sinus infection) and having bad headaches. On Sat... I was miserable, I couldn't lay in the bed anymore because it hurt me, I mixed up some of the bath salts (I have been making to sale at the Fundraiser for my parents....it was amazing! By far better than the store bought one that costs me $7 or $8 and only last 3 baths at the most! Since that bath....My sinus issues cleared up. ) on Sunday I stayed home with Jadyn since I still was not feeling great.
Also at some point during that week, Ethan got a tooth ache which has been coming and going, yes he has a cavity, and also a dentist apt. Ethan also taught himself how to ride a bike with no training wheels....poor Jadyn it was her worst fear, that he would ride a 2 wheel bike without training wheels before her. He did. And it was the first thing he told her when she got home.
Anyways.....here we are, right up to today. After a day or 7 or 31 or 365 or more like those it is easy to look around at your worries, your failures or just the feelings of depression or overwhelming feelings , stress....whatever it is your feeling besides happy.....and that is how I woke up this morning, started looking around at this and that and really, thinking about what I was missing or needing instead of all I have been blessed with. But, at the end of all my worries, stressing and fears I was telling to God in my mind, this thought came to me.
Psalm 61
1Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
No matter what Life brings my way, I would rather face it knowing I am in the palm of His hand. It helps when you know the tears you cry are being bottled by the very Hands that created the oceans, makes the rain to fall and the sun to shine, conquered Death....that there is one who actually listens so closely to you that he records your very thoughts, that sometimes your tears are all the words you need to tell Him what your feeling. So maybe Life or circumstances didn't change, but still I feel better ;)
Just my opinion.....but
I tried the homemade "Downey" recipe where you buy an expensive Downey and water it down, then you stick sponges in the container and when you put the clothes in the dryer you throw in a sponge....in my honest humble opinion, that was the dumbest idea ever!
First of all, I wasted my favorite EXPENSIVE Downey by adding water, second, my clothes had no smell, like I was going hunting and wanted no scent in my clothes. Needless to say I will not be trying this method again, but hey! If you don't try it, you won't ever know......what I hated most about this experiment is that Gary kept saying, "Jamie, that don't even make sense, I don't see how it could possibly work. Your adding water to the down which will dilute the scent?!" I just HATE when he is right.....and that is MOST of the time! lol! And of course he had to say, "I told you that wouldn't work, there was just no way it could!"
First of all, I wasted my favorite EXPENSIVE Downey by adding water, second, my clothes had no smell, like I was going hunting and wanted no scent in my clothes. Needless to say I will not be trying this method again, but hey! If you don't try it, you won't ever know......what I hated most about this experiment is that Gary kept saying, "Jamie, that don't even make sense, I don't see how it could possibly work. Your adding water to the down which will dilute the scent?!" I just HATE when he is right.....and that is MOST of the time! lol! And of course he had to say, "I told you that wouldn't work, there was just no way it could!"
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