Victory!

I've been making homemade laundry soap for several months, but it never quite turned out with the consistency I wanted. Today we have a victory! It is looking just how I hoped and finally I have inexpensive laundry soap that meets my standard. Yay! If you'd like the recipe...just keep reading. It certainly beats Tide's price ($20 for about 3/4 gallon.) I made about 3 gallons for about $5.00!

Laundry Soap
2 bars Fels-Naptha Laundry Bar Soap (grated)
2 cups borax
2 cups washing soda
water

Mix 1 gallon water with the grated bar soap in a large pot on the stove over medium heat until dissolved. Add the borax and then the washing soda, stirring till dissolved, or a little longer. Should begin thickening in the pot. In clean 5 gallon bucket pour 1 gallon warm water, then add soap mixture and stir well. Add additional 2 quarts/liters of warm water and stir more. Voila! Use about 1 cup per large load.

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Doing Nothing!

Ever have those days when it seems you can't do anything? Even if you're trying, nothing actually seems to be accomplished at the end of the day. In fact, it seems like everything is in worse shape than when you started! Last week was like that for me--yes, the whole week! (I was sick, so I have an excuse--oops, an explanation) So glad that this week is going better. And there's a bonus because the sun is out and my hubby tilled the garden on the weekend. And now I can't wait to get in there and plant some lovely seeds and plants! At least the bad days don't last forever!

I LOVE MAGNOLIAS!

Look at what's growing in MY yard! (Yay!)

Motorcycles etc.

Here goes my baby...

The gear is still a little big, but she's off with her daddy...

sniff...

sniff...

Gray Day

This morning at 5 am we saw my sweetie off to the airport. He'll be in Texas all week. I'm a little bummed now, and a storm moved in almost immediately after we dropped him off, so it's a gray day.

I'm only painting Katie's bed frame this time (which I meant to do for the past three weeks but haven't gotten to it). We have a bunch of appointments this week with doctors and the orthodontist so it will be busy and (hopefully) pass quickly.

But the neat thing is...my sweetie went to extra trouble before leaving to fix a noise in the car (which turned out to be the alternator). Then he stayed up late last night filing our taxes, so he'd be sure things were taken care of before he left. :-)

Warm day for a ride!

Today we broke our record high, with 82 degrees. It was almost hot, without the usual requisite March sweater/parka. We tooled around the country roads and stopped by a property that caught my eye online. 11.5 acres in our school district. It's a nice thought, although when we slowed near it we saw a ravine running through some of it...

...oh well, anyway it was a much warmer and much nicer day for riding around with the love of my life.

Tomorrow he leaves for Texas for the week so we'll have to manage without him. Hopefully the trip will be uneventful and not be extended. As it is he makes it back just in time for Katie's birthday.