March Already?!?!?

Wow is all I can say....I cannot believe that Ally is almost 6. I thought I had some time before this Justin Bieber choas hit my house, but apparently not. We are having a Justin Bieber party at the bounce house! Ally is so excited and so grown up! She is asking for an iPod touch for her birthday. My goodness!!

Alway, for those of you that havent heard, I got a minivan :) Im officially that mom and I LOVE IT. What I dont love is the fact that I havent even made my first payment and what do I do? I hit a freaking concrete boulder in the parking lot a work. Oh yes, the boulder is fine, my poor Odyssey however, is not. Luckily I didnt hit another car, but dang....give me a break!

For those of you that have emailed me wanting my homemade laundery detergent recipe, here it is! Enjoy!!

Homemade Laundry Soap

1/3 bar Fels Naptha or other type of soap, as listed above

½ cup washing soda

½ cup borax powder

~You will also need a small bucket, about 2 gallon size~

Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan. Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts. Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour 4 cups hot water into the bucket. Now add your soap mixture and stir. Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir. Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel. You use ½ cup per load.


Here is the breakdown of my costs and how I came up with those numbers (I am using the prices I paid for these items and you may find your price varies some based on what you pay):

Fels Naptha: $1.12 for a 5.5 oz bar. The recipes says use a 1/3 of a bar. I calculated 2 oz. just to make the math a little easier. The cost of the Fels Naptha per batch is: .40 cents

Washing Soda: $2.23 for a 55 oz. box. This came to .17 cents per batch. I calculated how much per oz (2.23 divided by 55) and then weighed a half cup of washing soda (4.2oz.) and multiplied my per oz. price by 4.2

Borax: $3.27 for a 76 oz. box. This came to .14 cents per batch. Did the same calculations as above, however a 1/2 cup of borax weighs 3.5 oz.

For the final numbers I have .40 + .17 + .14 = .71 for 2 gallons of laundry detergent.

If you want to save money, this is certainly a place to start!