Stuff happens.....

So we come home a day early from our trip because there is only so much you can do in Branson....and now after what has happened I think God was saying GET HOME....and our neighbor and a guy stop us before we even get in the garage.  They ask Jeff if he knew that water was pouring out a drain on the side of our house.  We go over there and VOILA we have our own Beaver Lake. I call a plumber and it looks like a valve on our hot water heater has broken.  He could fix it but we dont have much time left on our heater "life".  Guess they last about 10-15 years and ours is 11.  So we decided to replace the whole thing.  Fun times!! The plumber shut off our hot water until he could replace everything first thing in the morning.  There went my hot water shower.  But I have the sweetest hubby in the world.  Jeff boiled 8 pots of water and filled our bathtub just so I and Jonah could take a bath.  He is wonderful!!  So yesterday was spent dealing with the repair, but we did have a nice dinner.  I also went grocery shopping and got some deals.  I am getting so much better.  My budget is $150 and I spent $98!! I love coupons. I also made my first batch of homeade laundry soap.  Here's the recipe:

Homemade liquid laundry soap

Ingredients:
4 cups hot tap water
1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 cup washing soda
½ cup Borax

Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.


Fill a five-gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.


Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (It will gel.)


Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per two gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons. Top-load machine: 5/8 cup per load (approximately 180 loads). Front-load machine: ¼ cup per load (approx. 640 loads).

Here are the ingredients....minus hot water.  Super washing soda, borax, and Fels-Naptha soap

Soap is grated

Brooklyn cooking the soap

My 5 gallon bucket full of soap

I did some laundry today with it.  If you are looking for laundry that has a good soapy smell....this isnt for you.  It just smells fine (not like dirty clothes)...looks clean, but not super perfumed or as good as GAIN.  However if it is clean I can handle 0.97 for 5 gallons of detergent!

Well hope everyone has a blessed evening.  I am going to cook some dinner and get ready for book club!