Can you handle this?!!!

I have a dear friend that takes wonderful photos and I begged her to come and photograph my garden…. I can’t even believe that these are from my backyard…..

Yes, that is a REAL sunflower and yes it is in my backyard
I never thought Sage could look so good
Seriously- Look at that baby cantaloupe!  I want to frame it and put it on my wall
She even got STEVEY!
Can you believe these photos?!!!  These are all from my garden!  I am in awe at how beautiful they came out…. She has SO many other photographs of not only my garden but people too!  Here is her website:

Athletes foot, pimples, and roaches….something in common?

I have blogged about this book, Who Knew? II,  almost a year ago but I was using it recently and thought I would post some of the helpful hints that I came across…Now for the disclaimer bit….. I am not blogging for the authors or a company and the authors have compiled this information and if it doesn’t work, sorry! 

I use a lot of their “hints” and they always work!!  These were fun and I am sharing.  I am awesome like that.

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An all-natural way to get rid of pimples that are about to sprout…Simply dab the effected areas with a bit of apple cider vinegar and the zits should be gone in no time

Susceptible to athlete’s foot….Once or twice a week, soak your feet in a hot bath with two cloves of crushed garlic mixed in. The garlic will kill the athlete’s foot before it starts

Did you know that 80 to 90 percent of energy used by a washing machine goes to heat the water?  Wash your clothes in cold water unless you need to kill germs or get out a stain like red wine or oil…You will help the environment and save on heating costs.

Great all-purpose cleaner- Mix 1/2 cup of borax with 1 gallon of water.

Little tip that someone taught me!! — Do you have roaches?  Sprinkle baking soda on the ground.  When the roach eats it the soda expands and kills them… ALL NATURAL BUG KILLER

I hope you like some of those tips!

Homemade Laundry Soap – It is easier than you may think!

**WARNING:  I have When Harry Met Sally on in the background.  Quotes from the movie may appear sporadically, or not.**
Approximately one month ago my good friend took an afternoon to teach me how to make laundry soap. Today I am going to show you how to do it….
Supplies Needed:
1 bar Ivory soap, grated
1/2 Cup Washing Soda (Arm and Hammer, but not baking soda)
1/2 Cup Borax
2 Gallon Bucket
1 Quart Hot Water
Hot Water
Directions:

Mix grated soap in a saucepan with 3 pints of water, and heat on low until dissolved. Stir in Washing Soda and Borax. Stir until thickened, and remove from heat. Add 1 Quart Hot Water to 2 Gallon Bucket. Add soap mixture, and mix well. Fill bucket with hot water, and mix well. Set aside for 24 hours, or until mixture thickens. Stir occasionally. Store it in milk jugs or empty laundry soap containers, give it a good shake then pour.

Use 1/2 cup of mixture per load. Use the same amount in your front load washers as well.
It will be chunky. I actually use a little more than 1/2 cup when I wash, but it is cheap to make so not a big deal.

NOW – that you have the directions here are the photos of my experience.  I did very well at this project!
The supplies-  I chose to you use Dove soap.  I like the smell and I know my husband doesn’t mind it…
Here we are grating my soap
Our finished product!
Now – I didn’t take a picture of it but I transferred all the soap to 2 gallon milk jugs.  They both were filled to the top!

(“You look like a normal person but you are actually the angel of death”  Meg Ryan as Sally)

Also -  My friend used Ivory and I used Dove.  We got two different textures.  Hers was chunky and more like jam whereas mine came out smooth like liquid laundry detergent.  We made them exactly the same way so we are assuming that different bar soap produces different consistency.


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