Soap Making...

Ok, now I realize I shoulda taken pictures.....next time.
Laundry Detergent Soap Making.....went great! It wasn't too hard, took less than an hour, and the hardest part of the whole thing was the strong smell of the soap (my nose is rather delicate right now).
Been using it for 3 days and I think it's great....the clothes are clean and smell good, and that's all I want.  For a fraction of the $$$.

Haven't been on the computer in a few days...Mario had surgery on his head yesterday and had a lump removed from the back of his skull.  They don't anticipate it being anything more than fatty tissue, but the surgery ended up taking an hour longer than they'd told me, because it was so deep. I was a little freaked to be sitting in the waiting room for over two hours when they told me it was only going to be a 1/2 hour procedure.  And then Mario took a really long time to wake up from the anesthesia.  So I was at the hospital a lot longer than anticipated.

But it's all good.  He's still alive. 
Ahhh, now if I could just get some good sleep.

Shopping at DI and making laundry soap

I actually went to DI of my own free will, and bought a pot for $2.00 and a wooden spoon with a really long handle.  Why would I buy a pot at DI?  Well, I'm going to be making my own laundry soap, and I didn't want to use any of the ones I use for cooking.  I've got all the soap bar shaved into tiny bits, and I think I'm going to wait until Saturday to do the actual cookin'.

Kinda excited....it's kinda fun to get back to our "roots" and away from all the commercialism...(being a Tide-a-holic..I hear that laundry actually DID exist before Tide did).  I'm excited to do something good for the budget and the family.

I may even try to make other things, too....like....bar soap and other stuff...

Holy Cow

Really, at this moment, that's all I have to say....