Homemade laundry soap

The other day I realized that I was almost out of laundry soap... so I decided to make more!


You will need:

1 bar of soap (any kind you want)
1 cup of Borax
1 cup of washing soda
a big pot ( that holds more than 2 gallons)
a grater
a funnel
a long spoon
2 empty gallon jugs/containers





Grate your bar of soap into your pot.

Fill one gallon jug and pour water into pot with grated soap. Cook until the grated soap dissolves.




 
Add the Borax and washing soda.

Bring to a boil.

Turn off the heat. 

Add 1 gallon of cold water. Stir well.



Pour 1 gallon of your detergent into each container.

Now you have 2 gallons of homemade laundry detergent. I use 1/2 - 1 cup per load. 

In the end I made about 3 gallons of laundry detergent for like $4!

It's been a while..

I realized the other day I haven't blogged in a while...

I was super busy working 2 jobs... then a month ago I got the news that I have been laid off my full time job.

Since then I have been doing lots of things about my house... baking.....cooking...catching up on TV shows...spending more time with my family and friends....projects

I am currently looking for another job and I may also go back to school in January!

The other day I made some homemade laundry soap, I'll post the recipe soon!

Brayden Says...

Yesterday I had my brother Nathan and my nephew Brayden in my car driving over to my mothers house.  After picking up Nate we passed some cows and Brayden said:

"Look at that polk-a-dot horse! It looks like a horse cow"  

It made Nate and I laugh so much!

Then Brayden was telling Nate about all the popcorn at my house and he said 

"Carie's house is has lots of popcorn right now.  Would you guys rather be rich in money or popcorn, cause I'd rather have lots of popcorn.. or gummy bears."  

I told him he's definitely a kid cause I'd Much rather have the money.

Then I asked Brayden what he would think about if I let Nate drive (he's got his permit).  He said:

"Oh no, that's not a very good idea cause I would be scared."

I let Nate drive about half way to my moms... after we got to my mom's Nate asked if Brayden was ok with him driving and he said"

"Yeah, you can drive now since we got to Grandma's house safe!"

Kids do say the funnest things!

July Update

I realized I haven't blogged in a while..

I do have some  big news to announce..

On the 4th of July I got engaged!!

I'm really excited! Ray is an amazing man and I am blessed to have him in my life!

He asked me at our friends house, it was fairly casual, which I like.  As I am not into the cheesy, romantic stuff  :)

We are planning on a summer wedding in May!

My favorite little boys

Here are a few recent pictures with Conner and Brayden!

Homemade body soap

I found a cool recipe a few weeks ago, on Pinterest!
I loved the idea so I made it!



Here's what you need:




Cheese grater

2 Tablespoons of Liquid Glycerin (found in the band aid section at any drugstore or grocery store)

1 - 8 oz bar of soap

1 gallon of water





Step 1:

Grate the entire bar of soap

Step 2:

Fill a pot with 1 gallon of water and add the soap shavings

Step 3:

Add 2 Tablespoons of liquid glycerin and turn the heat to medium/high for about 20 minutes and stir until the soap dissolves.

Step 4:

This is what it looks like once it's dissolved, basically just soapy water.

Step 5:

Leave it alone to cool for at least 10-12 hours. It begins to cloud up after 3-4 hours

Then you have a gallon of soap that would normally cost $25 - 30 dollars!

Song of the day

This weekend one of my best friends got married!  I was a beautiful wedding and I am glad I was able to be in it!

I helped her with her music, and this is one of my favorite songs I put on her CD.

Caine's Arcade

This is a awesome kid about a 9 year old boy who created his own arcade.  It's very inspirational! Take a few minutes and check it out!

Shirt

One of my coworkers has his own clothing business in St. George that he is just starting up and he has a little contest going on, if you got some of your friends to LIKE his page, you won a shirt.  I did it and won this shirt!

I love it because I love stars!

If you have Facebook you should go LIKE the page here  :)
https://www.facebook.com/435Clothing

15

Last week was Nathan's 15 birthday!
I can't believe my "little" brother is already 15 and about 4 inches taller than me!

Here are a few pictures from the night!

First oft, here are the crazy pictures!

I told Conner to do a crazy face!
I'm pretty sure this is the cutest sad face I've ever seen!

Ninja Nate blowing out his candle

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Snowboarding...

3 weeks ago my boss took my coworkers and myself up to the Beavers mountain at Eagle Point to go snowboarding.  It was a good little getaway from work!

I have only been snowboarding 2 or 3 times previously and the last time was 5 years ago.  Needless to say, I fell a Lot. But it was still so much fun. Near the end I started to get the  hang out it and had a fairly good ride... AKA I went about 50 feet before falling again  hahhaha

The next day I was SOOO sore. Snowboarding is a lot of work, especially when you fall a lot!

No bake energy balls!

I have been making this recipe for a few weeks! I usually grab a few and eat them for a quick and easy breakfast or as a snack!. There is no sugar in them and they are super tasty!

Try them out!

No-Bake Energy Bites  -

1 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter)

1/3 cup coconut oil (or honey)

1 cup coconut flakes

1/2 cup ground flaxseed

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

1 tsp vanilla

(add a little stevia or real maple syrup if you want some sweetener)

Mix everything above in a medium bowl until thoroughly incorporated.  Let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour.  Once chilled, roll into balls and enjoy!  Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Combine all ingredients in a bowl

Mix together

Roll into balls

Enjoy!

Keep Calm..

Great advice of the day!

Validation

This is a awesome video, it is 15 minutes long, but its definitely worth your time.

Are you going to Validate anyone today?

Smile!

Finallllllly.

I FINALLY got this in the mail...

after graduating Months ago....

It's funny that all the hard work I did in school and all I got was a piece of paper!
But I'm excited that I finally got it.  I know plan to work towards my Bachelors degree... sometime.

Conner's family party!

Last Monday we had a family party for Conner's bday!

Here are a few pictures!

These are the blocks I gave him that were about as tall as him!

Cake time!

Conner getting ready to "Sneeze" out this candles! 

Cute brothers!

Conner's happy face after eating cake!

Happy Birthday Conner!

Yesterday was Conner's 3rd birthday!!

To celebrate, we went to the park and played, got lunch, went bowling and went for frozen yogurt!!

I sure do love this boy! He is such a sweet, smiley boy!

Cute, silly brothers!

Song of the day!

I have been listening to his artist the past few days, I love him. He is very chill and relaxing!
I particularly like this song.

Tub time

The other day I went over to the Wilson's for dinner and game night. We grilled up some yummy hamburgers, then played some fun games.

This is my favorite conversation from that night:

Rachel: Brayden, what do you want on your hamburger?
Brayden: Mom, I want it Animal style!

Hahahah! Someone has been to Inn & Out before!



While we were playing games Bryan got Conner ready for bed and put him in the tub..
Oh boy,  he's such a cute little noodle!

This is Conner's new Pirate face!  ARGH!

Big BOOM!

Last week we went shooting, Yes, again!
One of my friends came with us and brought a few of his Big Guns, one of them was a AR15...

It looks kind of like this

This is a video of me shooting that gun and shooting a Star Target!

BOOM!