Sharing A Link

I haven’t got lots of time right now to post much but wanted to share this ladies blog with you! I have truly been enjoying her site!

OK now I have to go for my walk! Check out her link below…….

 

 

DOWN TO EARTH

Homemade Washing Powders

Yep, I made my very own washing powders last week and I really like the way it cleans our clothes and makes our whites really white! PLUS I love the way it smells. My nose itches when I get on the laundry detergent isle and THIS recipe doesn’t make my nose itch. I used bar soap Ivory because I couldn’t find the Fels Naptha bar soap they talked about in the recipe. It smells so fresh and clean when I pull it out of the washer and put it in the dryer.

You can go to google.com and do some research on the homemade washing powders. There are loads of folks making their own these day. Whether it be because of allergies or cost. You can make liquid OR you can make powders. The recipe below that I used are powders.

 

 

 

Laundry Detergent

1 cup Fels Naptha or Ivory soap (grated finely)
1/2 cup washing soda (Arm And Hammer makes this but it is NOT baking soda!) But I didn’t know this and am using the baking soda because it’s already mixed up. ;)
1/2 cup borax

Mix and stir in lidded container. For lightly soiled loads, use 1 TBS. For heavily soiled loads use 2 TBS.
Estimated cost: $1 for 32 TBS (this was on the recipe)

I used an old food processor that was left in the house when we bought it to grate the soap but you can just hand grater also the recipe states.

http://tipnut.com/10-homemade-laundry-soap-detergent-recipes/

http://www.frugalmom.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6455

 

Sorry I can’t remember where I found that recipe!

 

http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/2007/08/various-recipes-for-green-cleaning.html I LOVE this ladies blog! She has all kinds of cleaning supplies on here and all kinds of cleaning ideas etc.

 

Fels Naptha soap is here along with the washing soda……. http://www.soapsgonebuy.com/category_s/15.htm

 

 

Here is also another link for making washing powders. It is complete with step by step instructions and pix.

http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/laundrysoap2.htm

 

Next I want to make us some homemade bar soap. Here is a link I plan on using when I get all the items to do this with. HOMEMADE BAR SOAP   She said she used a stamp to make the design on the bars of soaps. I’ve got to find out if any stamp will work. I saw on one of the sites I was looking at that they make their own liquid soap as well. The grate the soap and put water in it and use it like liquid hand soap. My skin is just horrible in the winter time and they said this was good on the skin. So I have got to try it because my hands basically stays in water!  She said she hated bar soap and she uses this liquid soap for body wash and for hand washing. I have just GOT to make this one for my poor skin!!

http://lifemoreabundant.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/better-than-sales-and-coupons/

Playin’ Around

What can you do when you’re waiting for your car to be fixed? Y you can shop at the antique stores! ;) and that’s JUST WHAT we did yesterday! My daughters car was in the shop and we played. This is pretty far from our home so we couldn’t go home and come back so we shopped. I thought about you all about half way through the first shop and started taking pix. As you can see from the pix there were loads and loads of tea cups! I am saving up for my bedroom floor covering or I would have bought lots of stuff!

OHHH and we also visited a cemetery. There were lots of old graves in it and we like to see old grave stones! I will share those pix later on another post.

Hope you enjoy shopping with us!

I just loved this pic!

Check this out! Isn’t this thing fine!!! Price tag for it is first.

This thing is HUGE! 

Cloche anyone?

This thing was old! The wood was really rough on it as you can tell. I couldn’t help but think of all the prim ladies on the decorating forum on this one!

Look at the tea cups! None of them were over 12.98 a set. Some were even 10.99 for the set!

I loved this little green cabinet! BUT it wasn’t for sale. It was bolted to the lattice. 

check this out, complete with box, and tag still on it!

Thought of the prim ladies on this one to. In case you don’t know WHAT it is, it’s a floor lamp.

Is this fine or what? These things are HUGE and I do mean HUGE! You’d have to live in a mega huge house to have something like this.

Ok I need to stop so this can load or it will take all night with all these pix. lol

Hope you enjoy all the pretty things!

Rose

Goin’ Away Party

Today while running around town wasting time while my daughters car got worked on we shopped at some antique stores. I will share some pix of all that later on though. Anyway on my way home I was listening to my Christmas CD my daughter got me of Jeff and Sheri Easter and this song was on it, Goin’ Away Party. I’ve never heard it before and I listened to it over and over again. WOW love this song!!! As I was listening I couldn’t help but think of my cousin Angie. She wasn’t born in 1900 and wasn’t 15 when she met the love of her life. But she did love her Jesus and was ready to see Him. This song reminded me of her sooo much as I listened.

I know this is how I would like people to feel when I’m gone. Lets have a party! This is the day we’ve waited for. No more struggling here and no more hard times here. Just peace and love with Jesus!! Anyway wanted to share the words to the song for those that haven’t heard it.

 

Goin' Away Party - By Jeff & Sheri Easter 
             

Born in 1900 she had her share if hard times
And at the age of fifteen she met the love of her life
And how she adored Him, loved Him till her dyin' day
So we celebrated when we put her in the grave. 
                  
We threw  a goin' away party; it was the event of the year
The day that she lived for is finally here
The One that she loved wants her by His side
So strike up the band, it’s party time. 
                
For many a year she served her community well
And on occasion she'd stumble, but this saint of
God never fell she was in love with Jesus,
He always stayed on her mind
And now they're together havin' one heavenly time!! 
          
The One that she loves, He wants her by His side
Strike up the band, it’s party time
Strike up the band, it’s party time
It’s party time.