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Posted on February 23, 2011
Savanna, Oklahoma will say goodbye to this beautiful young senior come May. I made a trip to McAlester for our Senior Session together. It was fun to photograph in a different area. Thanks Amanda! I had so much fun with you!
Posted on February 14, 2011
Just call me “Betty Homemaker”. Okay, so I’m not that good but I can learn to do things when I need to. Lately, I’ve had a fascination for homemade laundry soap. I researched the different recipes for laundry soap and finally found one I thought I’d try. Most recipes were very similar. I got my recipe from the Tip Junkie Blog. She even has the cute tags attached to the mason jar below.
Homemade Laundry Detergent
6 cups Borax
4 cups Baking Soda
4 cups Washing Soda
4 cups Fels-Naptha bar soap, grated (almost 2 bars)
Begin by grating the bar soap. In a very large container, mix all the ingredients. Be careful when mixing because the powdery stuff goes everywhere. The site I got the recipe from warned the powdery stuff would go up the nose and in the mouth if I wasn’t careful. Even with the warning, I still got some up my nose and in my mouth. So, BE CAREFUL. lol
Each load of laundry will need 1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons of mixture.
*This recipe is suppose to be good for HE washing machines.
**This recipe makes a lot (approx. 13 lbs. of product). You’ll need a large container to store it. I used a 2 gallon container and had some room left for a scoop.
**This recipe makes a lot (approx. 13 lbs. of product). You’ll need a large container to store it. I used a 2 gallon container and had some room left for a scoop.
The hardest part was finding a local store that carried some of the more unusual ingredients. I bought the Borax from Wal-Mart. I bought the Washing Soda and Baking Soda from United Supermarkets. The Fels-Naptha I had to order online. I’m sure I could have gotten it in Oklahoma City but to be honest I didn’t want to search around any more. I was ready to make this stuff. If I love this homemade laundry detergent, then I may ask a local store to carry it for me so I can have all ingredients readily available. Since I had to order this online, the cost was just about the same as a cheap detergent (not even close to Tide). If I can order it locally, it will be cheaper than the cheapest detergents on the shelf. However, I’m wondering how it will stand up to my husband’s dirty work jeans and my kids’ stinky gym clothes.
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Posted on February 10, 2011
“I hope your dreams take you… to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your HEART has ever known.“
~ Unknown
~ Unknown
Happy Birthday Kelsey! I love you very much!
Posted on February 3, 2011
This young man is going to break a few hearts when he’s grown and ready to date. He is a cutie!
Just look at his little cowboy stance. I didn’t pose him either. I just helped him get on that bench and he took that little pose all on his own.
Posted on February 1, 2011
The bunnies are back and man have they grown. They are just as cute as ever too. They are ten days old, their eyes are open and they can hear now.
1 day old
10 days old
1 day old white bunny
10 day old white bunny
1 day – all three
10 days – all three
And just because they were too cute not to share.
