A Glimpse Into My Life ...

Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy going to Second Hand stores?  I really do like it, sure there are some times that you don't find anything.  But there are other days when you find a whole bunch of things that you positively can not live without.

Today's find is a real gem - it's a book (that normally costs way more than what I paid).  This is the book that I found - this book covers embroidery, quilting, rug-making, needlepoint, patchwork, lacework, knitting, macrame, applique, crochet.  I mainly got this book because of the section on tatting, I had borrowed a friends book and really liked the tatting section .... soooooooo, when I found this one I had to buy it.  Oh, and the price was only 25¢!!!!!!!!!

But that's not all I found while at the Second Hand store today - the lady that was working asked why my kids weren't in school, I politely replied that we homeschool and that we have already finished our school year.  When she heard that we homeschool she asked if I knew of anyone that could use a Hooked On Phonics program - it has a whole bunch of cassette tapes as well as video (I only quickly peeked in the box).  I told her that I might know someone who would be interested in it, quickly phoned Lori and told Paul (her husband) about it because she wasn't at home.  He told me to pick it up and if they couldn't use it it could be put in the Resource Library.  So I bought it for a whopping $10 - I think it was a pretty profitable day today, lol.

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I have been debating for quite some time about making my own laundry soap - we have a front loading washer and dryer and in the User Manual it says to use HD (I believe that's the initials, if it isn't I apologize as I am just going from memory instead of actually going to the laundry room and checking the book, lol) laundry soap.

My question to those who have made there own laundry soap (and I'm talking mainly about the kind that is in the Tutorials section to the left on my blog) - have you used it successfully in a front loading machine?

Thanks for any input on this subject that you can pass my way. 

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Last night while we were cleaning up after Swim Up, we noticed that there was a big red stain on the counter top from the cherry juice.  Danielle took a wet dishcloth, poured some bleach on it and wiped up the counter where the stain was - the stain was gone when she was done (this wasn't the amazing discovery, lol).  After she was done I took the cloth, rinsed it out and wiped down the rest of the counter top.  When I was done my hands had the smell of bleach on them, yuck!!!

The smell of the bleach didn't really hit me until I was laying, all snuggled up, in bed (my hands are very close to my face when I fall asleep) - all I could smell was bleach and it was making me sick to my stomach.  So, I crawl out of bed and head for the bathroom so that I can try and wash the smell off - Don suggested that I use some unused coffee grounds to wash my hands, which I did ...... the smell of the bleach was gone!!!!!

Whenever Don has been working on engines and gets the smell of gas (or other engine smells) on his hands, he washes them with unused coffee grounds (he keeps a spice shaker of them in the bathroom for this purpose) - it takes the smell away and his hands get really clean because of the 'grittiness' of the coffee grounds.  That's why he suggested the coffee grounds for the bleach smell on my hands. 

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