So I am trying to learn new thing and try new things out! This week I am trying homemade cleaning products and homemade anything really! I have been going to a blog that has a lot of money saving tips and well homemade products will save you money! The blog that I go to is thegrocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com man oh man I can't get away from it! I love this blog.
I will be posting some of the recipes that I have found and that I am currently using! I really hope that it is going to save me a bunch of money and time in the long run!
I also have been trying to organize myself with cleaning lists, meal menus and stuff like that so that when I go back to work I know what needs to be done each day and what we are going to eat. I hope that all of my planning and work now will pay out in the end!
Here are some of the recipes that I have found!
All purpose cleaner (409)
1 empty trigger spray bottle
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon borax
water
1/8 cup liquid dish soap
Pour vinegar and borax into the spray bottle, add 1 cup of water and swish around until borax has dissolved. Fill with water leaving enough room for the dish soap.
Window Cleaner (Windex)
1/4 cup ammonia
1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon liquid dish soap
6 3/4 cup water
Mix all ingredients together in a bucket and pour into a spray bottle. Store extra in a container for later.
Fabric Softener
6 cups water
3 cups vinegar
2 cups any hair conditioner
Put all ingredients into a gallon container and swish until mixed (if you shake it will just foam up). Add some to you washer when you need it or put into spray bottle and spray on to clothes before you put them into the dryer.
Teeth whitener
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cap full hydrogen peroxide
mix the two together and put on to tooth brush. Use as if you were using toothpaste but do not swallow at all. ( doesn't taste good so I would just use it on the fronts of my teeth and then brush with my regular toothpaste) Only use 1 a week to 1 a month.
For a lot of these you can get the ingredients at you local dollar store. If you would like more time saving/money saving tips just go to the website.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
More Pictures!
Week in Chelan and Banks Lake! This is only one of the many things that we did while in Chelan! Golf - We all really sucked in the begining but by the end we did pretty good!
Brian trying to get the ball over the gully! It worked kind of... went off into the brush.
Ricky getting his swing on!
chatting it up on if they should hit the ball or throw the club! - Brian decided to throw the club and it went pretty far.
Boys will be Boys! Especially on Golf carts!
Me trying to golf! I look like a dork!
Brian trying to get the ball over the gully! It worked kind of... went off into the brush.
Ricky getting his swing on!
chatting it up on if they should hit the ball or throw the club! - Brian decided to throw the club and it went pretty far.
Boys will be Boys! Especially on Golf carts!
Other than golf we went to the water park and then went jet skiing! Our time at Chelan was spent having fun! Our time at Banks Lake was spent relaxing! I know that we enjoyed our time away! Can't wait to do this trip again!
Pictures
Pictures Finally!
Ben - my nephew on the Brooks side - and me with blonde hair!
Chester trying to enjoy the lake! It was her first time at a lake and by the end of the week she really liked the water!
The boys on the new boat I think that they are seting the poles up!
Ricky puting gas into the boat! The boat looks so good! Hoping to put a hard top on to it in the next couple of years.
Above is the last camp fire we had at Boneaparte in BC
Ben - my nephew on the Brooks side - and me with blonde hair!
Chester trying to enjoy the lake! It was her first time at a lake and by the end of the week she really liked the water!
The boys on the new boat I think that they are seting the poles up!
Ricky puting gas into the boat! The boat looks so good! Hoping to put a hard top on to it in the next couple of years.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Week
Sunday again!
I have a love hate relationship with Sundays! I love Sundays because I get to spend them relaxing taking in what I have accomplished for the week and weekend! I hate Sundays because Rick has to go back to work Monday morning and I have to figure out what to accomplish for the up coming week.
Last week was really productive and I am hoping that this upcoming week is productive as well. I am hoping that maybe I will be able to do some more canning and or freezing of foods, get more scrap booking done and workout - want to get back to that bikini body that I some what had in high school! Maybe this week I can add something else in to my to be done list! Wait I don't have one of them right now need to start it asap! Oh yeah and last week I read 2 books I am hoping to finish one more this week and then another next week. That is if I don't go back to work before I can finish the ones that I have!
Things that I really want to do this week are:
-Learn more healthy recipes
-walk the dog everyday so she gets exercise
-work on scrap booking - get more pictures developed
-Figure out a meal plan for myself
I don't know what else these are just things that just popped into my head. So we will see what all gets done! Now I have to go and get things ready for the week!
I have a love hate relationship with Sundays! I love Sundays because I get to spend them relaxing taking in what I have accomplished for the week and weekend! I hate Sundays because Rick has to go back to work Monday morning and I have to figure out what to accomplish for the up coming week.
Last week was really productive and I am hoping that this upcoming week is productive as well. I am hoping that maybe I will be able to do some more canning and or freezing of foods, get more scrap booking done and workout - want to get back to that bikini body that I some what had in high school! Maybe this week I can add something else in to my to be done list! Wait I don't have one of them right now need to start it asap! Oh yeah and last week I read 2 books I am hoping to finish one more this week and then another next week. That is if I don't go back to work before I can finish the ones that I have!
Things that I really want to do this week are:
-Learn more healthy recipes
-walk the dog everyday so she gets exercise
-work on scrap booking - get more pictures developed
-Figure out a meal plan for myself
I don't know what else these are just things that just popped into my head. So we will see what all gets done! Now I have to go and get things ready for the week!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Life's Challenges
Life in general brings challenges!
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
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