Homemade fabric softner

1 Container of Name Brand Fabric Softener
4 Inexpensive sponges, cut in half

Pour entire container of softener into a 5 gallon bucket. Fill empty softener container with water twice. (2 parts water to 1 part softener) Add sponges to softener/water mixture. When ready to use wring out extra mixture from one sponge and add to the dryer as you would a dryer sheet.

Home made laundry soap

First let me say I stole this picture from some place on line. Okay a few weeks ago we made powdered laundry soap and I love it. I did buy different soap. I bought Yardley soap because that is what I found at the dollar tree. I have made 7 batches of the powder and last night we made the liquid.
this is the duggars reciepe
TIPS FOR LAUNDRY SOAP: We use Fels-Naptha bar soap in the homemade soap recipes, but you can use Ivory, Sunlight, Kirk's Hardwater Castile or Zote bars. Don't use heavily perfumed soaps. We buy Fels-Naptha by the case from our local grocer or online. Washing Soda and Borax can normally be found on the laundry or cleaning aisle. Recipe cost approx. $2.

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine- best value

4 Cups hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup Washing Soda
½ Cup Borax

- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.

-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.

-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)

-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.

-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.

-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)

-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)



Powdered Laundry Detergent- Top load machine

1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup Washing Soda
½ Cup Borax

-Grate soap or break into pieces and process in a food processor until powdered. Mix all ingredients. For light load, use 1 Tablespoon. For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 Tablespoons. Yields: 3 Cups detergent. (Approx. 40 loads)

how much shampoo is in your bathroom

Really, I am not looking for a reason to blog. I was wondering what kind of bathrooms you have. If I had pretty decorated bathroom I would take pictures. But I do have some bathroom questions. I would love if you would send me your answers and I will answer them too if you promise not to laugh.
I am showing you the picture of our extra shampoo collection.
okay here goes:
1. How many bathrooms do you have? 3 full,
2. Who uses which one? 1 for DH and I, one for michael and one for the girls. Originally Michael had his own because the girls were too little and it has just turned into his. Which means the guest use the hallway bathroom that the girls use.
3. Okay how many bottles of soap do you have? one in the girls bathroom, one in michaels, 5 different ones in my shower and 10 extra botttles in the cabinet.
4. How many bottles of shampoo? 1 In ours there is 3 shampoos, 1 in girls, 1 in michaels, 15 in closet
5. How many conditioners? 1 In ours there is 3 shampoos, 1 in girls, 1 in michaels, 15 in closet
I am alittle obsessive about it, I also have a HUGE bottle of hand soap, and 6 bottles of leave in conditioner and shaving cream. I just wondered how many other people stored this much bathroom supplies. The funny thing is I have let our kitchen dwindle down and I need to re stock on food.

Summer fun

Tomatoes

Our tomatoes are finally starting to grow. Originally we had 2 plants. It looked like this one was going to die and the other one was thriving. But then this one looked great and the other one completly died. It has been so neat watching them grow. They are on the front porch so we see them everyday.