Just a short entry here, but I was so excited when I sat down an actually figured out how much it costs me to make a batch of Homemade Laundry Soap.  It costs just over $1 to make a batch of soap, which in my case makes approximately 2 gallons.  That means I am paying roughly 50 cents for a gallon, and I can wash 32 loads or more per gallon.  That translates to about 1.5 cents per LOAD!!!!!!  Maybe I'm crazy, but that just ROCKS! 

Also, to be perfectly honest, our laundry just SMELLS better.  It smells CLEAN.  Not lots of scent, but CLEAN.  I've also been using my own homemade soap to make the laundry soap instead of the Fels Naptha.  In my opinion, my own soap smells better and cleans better in the laundry soap.