Healthy Household Tips

We all have a desire to eat and live healthier lives but sometimes it just seems too overwhelming and time consuming to tackle it all. So... I will be posting periodic tips on eating and living healthier lives. Sometimes it might be a recipe, or a household cleaner - you never know what you might find here so check back often! :-)

One little thing I do to save time is write the recipe for my homemade cleaners with a Sharpy marker on the outside of the container that I keep them in so I don't have to pull out the recipe each time I need to make it.

Healthy tip #1: Multi-purpose Cleaner

Save the environment as well as money by making your own multi-purpose cleaner. It is quick and easy and does a great job. Use it just as you would your old stuff. This costs pennies to make and is MUCH safer for the environment.

Purchase a spray bottle or use the empty one from your last bottle of store bought cleaner.

Add the following ingredients to the bottle and shake well:

1 tsp borax (in the laundry detergent isle of the store)
1/2 Tsp washing soda (it is by Arm and Hammer and is in a box just like baking soda but is in the cleaning isle of the store)
2 Tbs lemon juice
1 cup hot water

Healthy tip #2: Homemade Fabric Softener

You may not be aware that in addition to being very expensive, most of the fabric softener and dryer sheets you buy in the store contain cancer causing ingredients. They are also horrible for your clothes as well as the environment. Here is a very easy and inexpensive homemade fabric softener that works great.

In a one gallon jug (an old vinegar jug works great) mix together...

6 cups of water
3 cups of vinegar
2 cups of hair conditioner (any kind you like but it's best to use an all natural conditioner to keep it as healthy and environmentally friendly as possible).
Shake it up and use about 1/3 cup per load in the rinse cycle (adjust the amount if needed).

Don't forget to write the recipe on the container to save you time the next time you make it!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Crisson Gold Mine Trip








Here are some pictures from our field trip to the Crisson Gold Mine. We found real gold and gems while we were there and really had a great time. After we got home, the children sat at the table for about an HOUR looking at all they found.
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Baking Cookies


Here are my little munchkins as we bake cookies in school today. I'm not sure how much of the batter we ate but we sure had fun!
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Surprise visit from Grammy and Papa


We had a wonderful surprise visit from Grammy and Papa in January. What a treat! Here are some pictures from that visit as well as a few others (one that Nathan will KILL me for one day!) :-) Enjoy!






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Wow - I've not posted to this blog in WAY too long. We are all going great and the children are doing wonderful in school. We've been busy with gymnastics, baseball, softball, homeschool trips and just all around fun. We had a little bit of snow today so that was a treat to be able to go out and play in it a while. Here are some of our latest pictures. They are from our valentines party for our homeschool group, baseball practice and some here at the house.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Turkeys in school






These were the turkeys we made in school last week. The craft not the children!!! :-)
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My Dramma Queen!



The child knows how to pose! :-)
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Cagel's Dairy Farm







Here are pictures of our field trip with our home school group to Cagel's Dairy farm. The dog in the picture of the man and the dog in the truck was amazing to watch! That little dog herded all the cows and made them come right up to the hay ride were were watching from. In the picture of me in the pink hat - the children are putting their fingers in the thing that milks the cow to see what it feels like. They all thought that was very funny!
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Big Mean Mountain...


This is the giant leave pile that I made for the children. We have a book about a little cloud that encounters a "big mean mountain". Nathan calls all of our leave piles "Big Mean Mountain" and he attacks!
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Mommy and Robbie















We had a mother/son camping trip with our home school group and Robbie and I had an absolute blast!! Here are the pictures from that. The boy that is with Robbie and most of the pictures is Ken. We met Ken on this trip and those boys became wonderful friends that weekend. Although, Robbie called him "Mike" the whole weekend and Ken kept calling Robbie "Ronnie". Even today, when Robbie refers to him - he often said "My friend from camping - his name isn't Mike - KEN!" :-)
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