Homemade Detergents

I just mixed up a couple of batches of powdered dish washing detergent and laundry detergent. Thanks goes to DIY Natural for the recipes! I’ve used the homemade liquid before and found it too time intensive, but I mixed up the powdered versions in 10 minutes! I’m looking forward to seeing how it works. I’ll [...]

Versatile Homemade Granola

This morning on facebook, The Happy Housewife posted this yummy sounding recipe for granola and it was just what I was looking for! I am trying to revamp our pantry and fridge to include healthy snack foods but to also not be wasteful of what we already have, foods that are not necessarily clean eating. [...]

Busy in the Kitchen

I have been as busy as ever in the kitchen the last couple of weeks, and I thought I would share with you a few things that we are enjoying. Homemade Applesauce – This is my first time making applesauce and I was so happy when I put up 10 quarts in the freezer! I [...]

Controlling or Submissive?

I have been mulling this particular post for a couple of weeks, hesitating to post. If you’ve noticed, my blog has been quieter of late partly because of being very busy, but also because I want my posts to be helpful to you, and not be my personal soap box. And after some praying, [...]

Of Couponing

Well, it took me long enough, but I finally caught on to the coupon craze. Interestingly enough I seemed to have joined in about the time the rest of my small town woke up to the idea. Do you know how frustrating it is to plan a great coupon scenario only to get to the [...]