DIY Magic Eraser
August 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
Last night one of my children wrote all over our window sill with a marker. I’m not sure which child it was, because I left the room and when I came back one child was sprinting away from the table with 863 markers jammed in her tiny fat hands and another child immediately confessed “Mama! I colored on my sister! I know she’s not paper, but she looks nice now!” Oh boy. Never a dull moment around here, friends. Anyway, {Read More}
30 Second Non-Toxic Laundry Soap
May 15, 2013 By 8 Comments
Remember this post from last year with my recipe from concentrated laundry soap? Well, I’ve been using it with success up until yesterday when my most recent batch ran out. It was late at night and I was tired and not at all interested in whipping up a new batch in order to start another load of laundry. So, I decided to reformulate my recipe. And by reformulate what I really mean is skip the part of the original recipe {Read More}
7 Uses for Citrus Peels
May 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
If you “like” me on Facebook, you know how much I adore our CSA. I mean, what’s not to like? Every Wednesday when I come back home from running carpool and errands, I’m greeted by a giant box of fresh produce + whatever lovely add-ons I’ve chosen for the week. Black beans? Check. Grass-fed beef? Check. 25 pounds of oranges? Don’t mind if I do. I think it’s pretty much immoral to live in SoCal and not take advantage of {Read More}
Homemade Non-Toxic Concentrated Laundry Soap
July 6, 2012 By 6 Comments
Let me preface this post by saying there are lots of recipes for homemade laundry detergent floating around the internet. Most include the same basic ingredients at similar ratios. But, most involve grating bar soap and/or cooking and I can’t really be bothered with either of those steps. I do a LOT of laundry, so I use quite a bit of laundry soap. I’ve tried several brands of laundry detergent and several brands of laundry soap. There are a couple {Read More}
