Good news! I’m back from Africa, and back to blogging. It took a while for my head to stop spinning, and my “to do” list to get caught up enough to allow writing again, but now my project is over and I’m back to life as regularly-scheduled!
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Friends, my apologies for the delays, I’ve been keeping very busy with a church project this year. My commitment to the project will be over in March, so I’ll have a lot more time for blogging then.
I wanted to share a recent discovery. For 2012 we’re trying to “green” our household cleaners, and one of my biggest concerns was eliminating liquid soaps. They’re expensive, and overused. I also don’t like regular soaps, as they can hang on to germs between uses, especially that bathroom counter-top bar that gets frequent use. It gets soggy and unappealing, gets stuck in rings, and begins slipping around.
You may remember those old “soap shavings” dispensers, which dispense a powdered detergent for hand-washing. Fairly sanitary and tidy, but I’m not interested in using detergents on skin.
My solution is shavings of castile soap, a vegetable-based, all natural soap.
While watching television a few nights ago, I took a potato peeler to a bar of soap (like any other crazy frugalista does on a Monday night), and made these beautiful soap curls! One bar of soap will fill this jar about six times. To wash hands or face, simply pick up a single curl, and scrub up! No sticky sloppy bar, no transfer of “used soap” germs, and not an egregious use of time. (A fine task for television watching).
Also, the soap curls smell delightful! With all the surface areas of the soap curls, it smells fantastic.
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I was approached recently to advertise for EasyCanvasPrints.com, and in exchange, I would receive a canvas.
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For most of the thrifty and frugal crowd, camping is a common summer adventure.
One of our readers (Thanks Judy) recently introduced me to “Boondocking.”
Boondocking is camping rough. Really rough. [...] Continue Reading…
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It’s that time of the year. What my oldest daughter refers to as “Canning Season.”
Yes, I’m a canner. A pretty hardcore canner. In June, we make jam, in July [...] Continue Reading…
Typically, I’m not a hoarder. Except when it comes to kid’s clothes. In my garage, you will find nicely organized boxes labeled by size. Girls 4, Girls 5, Girl’s [...] Continue Reading…
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Heaven bless the little helpers. Bless their ambition and their spirit. But bless me, sometimes all of the “helping” makes me crazy.
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