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That Oldest Boy of Mine!
Well Seth has taken off on a jet plane for the country of Canada, specifically Manitoba, Canada at midnight last night. He’ll be staying with his aunt (Russell’s sister) and her husband for 6 weeks doing construction and also commercial fishing which starts in June. We’ll miss you, Seth!
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My Little Man Turns 7
Justus is celebrating his 7th birthday today. Happy Birthday, buddy. For my own benefit, since my blog helps my memory,
I am going to write out some of the things he’s doing at this stage and a little bit about his personality. It may not interest anybody else in the world but I think it will be a great place to record it. Justus was born 7 years ago today. He had 3 brothers and 1 sister waiting on him when he arrived. Justus can be shy. He is also my most sensitive child – not that his feelings get hurt easily but that he feels sad when he hears an unhappy story.… -
Homemade Laundry Detergent Results
I’ve now washed several loads of laundry using the batch of homemade detergent I made. (If you would like to see the recipe, go here.) Results are in! (Drumroll, please!)
It’s worked great for coloreds and did fairly well on some very dirty jeans, but when I did a load of whites it didn’t work so well. I picked the dirtiest sock I could find. Now this sock is not representative of how they always look – sometimes they’re worse! What I did for this load of whites was to use 1/2 cup of homemade detergent and 1/2 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide. Before the wash. AFTER the 1st… -
Homemade Laundry Detergent
A few years ago I tried making my own dishwasher detergent. It was a dismal failure but apparently I was using a wrong ingredient. The recipe called for soda and so I used baking soda. That was very wrong. I needed Washing Soda. I have not tried it again but this week, after talking with a friend who makes her own and after the topic came up on the soap forum I belong to, I did get inspired to make my own laundry detergent. I really do dislike all the perfumes in regular detergent; they are just too strong smelling making my nose twitch.
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EXPO 2010 Update
Snow, rain and cold have marked the last few days. EXPO 2010 was not one of the better years for weather.
Here’s what we had 2 days ago. Fortunately, our club was able to stay a little more warm and dry because every year we bring our wall tent and set it up for meals. Inside is filled with tables and chairs and breakfast, lunch and supper are served there by different families in our club. We have a lot of great kids in our club this year. Isn’t this 1st year 4-H’er adorable? His dad manages a cattle ranch but they’ve never had pigs until this year. They had…
