Laundry Time..

So I just had to share about my fabric softener. First I made my own dryer sheets but they did not work very well at all. I had to use like 5 for a large load. They are just pieces of fabric that I can reuse but it just wasn't working as well as I would have liked. So I went to re-search for the liquid softener recipe Josiah found a while back. I found it..well at least one with the same ingredients but I think it was a different site. But the point of the matter is that it is amazing! All it is, is baking soda, water and vinegar. I just use it like regular liquid softener in my downy ball. I have barely had any static and my clothes and towel are very soft.
                                                                  The Recipe
Baking Soda Distilled White Vinegar Water Essential Oil (optional) Large Bucket/ Container
A large Stick Instructions
First of all, you need to get a large bucket or container, which is enough to hold at least one gallon of liquid. Put 1 cup baking soda in your bucket or container. Thereafter, add 1 cup of water to it. Mix it well. Next, you need to pour in 6 cups of distilled white vinegar to the water-baking soda mixture. Make sure that you pour the vinegar very slowly, into the mixture. You will notice fizz forming in the bucket/ container, because of vinegar reacting with baking soda. Let the mixture fizz for a few minutes. Add 6 cups of water to the mixture. With this, the fizzing process will come to an end. With help of a large stick, mix the ingredients properly. Next, add 10-15 drops of pure essential oil. It will help give the fabric softener a pleasant scent. Mix the ingredients again, with the help of the large stick. Your fabric softener is ready! All you need to do is put it in a clean container of your choice and store properly.


I encourage everyone to use this it is so inexpensive and works so well. I did not put any sent in mine but that was only because I couldn't find my essential oil at the time. But either way it is great! I also just store mine in an empty gallon jug :) Another plus is that one website said this can actually help towels become more absorbant which also works well for the cloth diapering. For the diapers I use you are not suppose to use fabric softener and all kinds of other things but this is working just fine for the cloth inserts so far! Another side note I did not use a big stick I used a wooden spoon. Well actually Josiah made it lol :)

Here Comes the Flood..

Okay so it has been FOREVER since I have posted anything on here. Well since my last post we have gotten in an accident in which we lost our amazing red Jeep. Then we had to get the blue Honda fixed which was an ordeal for the poor people who had to fix it. There were pack rat nests in it and it had to be handled in a special way because the pack rats carry a virus that I have never heard of. But the dirty little blighters chewed pretty much all of the wiring in our car. So all of that has been taken care of thankfully. But now I am scared to drive anywhere, and now I freak out all the time because I think we are going to get into another accident pretty much every minute we are on the road. Our accident had a total of 4 cars. We were at a light waiting to turn left when a big truck that was coming towards us on our left (which was a turning lane on that road) jumped the curb because they tried to take the turn too fast. The truck slammed into us pulling us back a few feet which made us hit another car with our back end (they were able to drive away) then the truck who was now in on coming traffic hit another car head on. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt and the women did apologize. I am just still very shaken up by this. Thankfully Haddie was in the middle of the car and the door was only dented in on the exterior so she was okay but we did get her a new car seat. So we still use the road often and I get scared pretty much every time we go near the intersection, but hopefully that will fade. This all happened right before Thanksgiving. So Josiah's parents  drove all the way here with all the food and everything which was a blessing. Christmas was nice to. I was able to Skype with my family and Josiah's parents came up again and we had a nice time with them. Now we are going to Maine on Tuesday to have Christmas with the rest of my family. So prayers for safe travels will be greatly appreciated :) When we come back Josiah should be starting his internship which is GREAT! Well I love you all and Goodnight!

Internship

So things are starting to come together for Josiah's internship. So pray, pray, pray everything goes through. He would start in January and it would end in July. It is perfect because it is with our church. So we are pretty excited that the only think holding Josiah back from his degree is about to be accomplished!
In other news we are going to Maine in Jan :)  to spend christmas with my family! Well sorta Christmas since it is Jan lol. Super excited and of course they are as well. Especially to see our little bundle of joy, who unfortunately isn't so little anymore. Well that is all for now love you all :)

Oh Halloween

So Josiah and I decided that we do not much care for Halloween. Too much creepy stuff and people dressing way too inappropriately. But I do want to dress Haddie up cuz well I do. We wanted her to be a mouse but we were not able to find everything we wanted. So I think I am going to dress her up as a cat. Maybe an angel not sure yet. I am basing it on whichever is easier. I know I seem to be contradicting myself by saying I don't care for Halloween then saying I want to dress Haddie up. The thing is we don't mind the fall decorations and things like that but we don't like all the creepy things that come along with Halloween. We are fine with dressing up long as it is appropriate and everything. When Haddie gets older I hope there will be a church near by that will be doing something so we can take her there and maybe around our little neighborhood if they even do anything around here. I think I have only seen one kid outside so far still in the age range for trick or treating. Well I just hope no one tries anything funny tomorrow. That is always my worst fear this time of year but this seems to be a very good neighborhood so I don't for see any problems. Well off to make Haddie some kitty ears :) I will try to remember to post pics tomorrow :)

Cleaning Schedule

After three years of marriage I finally made a schedule for cleaning. I am pretty sure my husband has been telling me I should do this for the whole three years or at least most of it. Not in a mean way or anything just in a this would be helpful to you kinda way. See I have this thing in my head that I have to do all the cleaning in one night then I am so burnt out that I don't want to clean for a year. Okay a year is a little exaggerated but you get my point. It is an ugly cycle which leaves my house in a usual mess. This of course drives me insane but that is going to change. I have my schedule to go by and things will be much easier. Thankfully all the dishes are done and there is only one load of laundry in the basket well it isn't even a full load yet so there is no point in wasting water on a small load when my husband is going to come home with his sweaty work clothes that need to be done by tomorrow afternoon. I feel good though the dishes are done pretty much all the laundry is done like I said above the stove is cleaned off to :) Now the cast iron pan is in the over I am trying to re-season it. Oh and I almost forgot the bed is even made with clean sheets. Not that clean sheets are a problem we try to wash the sheets every week. But I don't usually have the bed made. Although my Meme told me that she read in a magazine that it is better to not make your bed everday because dust mites I think it is can't live in cold environment or something like that. Okay well I don't remember what it was exactly but I know it is actually better to not always make your bed. Well I think I am going to go read and hopefully go to bed very soon :) Night All!
 Here is my schedule:

Weekly Cleaning Schedule

Sunday       Monday      Tuesday      Wednesday      Thursday      Friday         SaturdayOf f            Laundry       Laundry        Laundry          Laundry      Laundry       Laundry                   Dishes         Dishes            Dishes          Dishes         Dishes         Dishes                 Sweep K                       Sweep L&D                    Sweep B&B


 This is what I have so far :)                                     Mop K                             Mop L&D                      Mop B&B                     ....................................Clean off counter tops...................................

Starting to Feel More like Home

Josiah and I did some yard work the other day. There is still more to be done. We want to cut down a dead branch from a tree but we need to ask permission first. If that is approved we are going to plant a butterfly garden. I am very excited about this. We got the seeds yesterday so I can't wait til the ground is ready for us to plant them :) We have signed a lease for our house so that makes me feel more comfortable to truly unpack everything. There are still three or so boxes that need to be unpacked I was just kinda scared to get it done. I had it in my head that if I unpacked everything and made this house "my own" that someone would come and buy it and we would be out of luck. But we have a lease so that makes me feel much more secure. The house is still for sale and Josiah and I would love more than anything to buy it. Not in the cards yet though it is too much money for our budget, but hopefully one day it will be doable ( ya no idea if this is even considered a word but it gets used lol) :) Well I am going to go check on my little one. It seems like she fell asleep faster than normal which is good though, but I am going to go make sure that she is actually asleep. Plus I always check in on her anyway. She just looks so cute when she sleeps :)

My Two Cents

So I am bored so I thought I would give my two cents on cloth diapers. We have been using cloth diapers on and off for about 5 months and using them pretty steadily for 2 almost 3 months. I must say I love the one size diapers I think they are great. I also have to say that I hate snap closure diapers. I love the velcro closure diapers soooooo much better. The snap ones make little red marks on my babys back because I have to have it sorta tight in order for the diaper to fit properly and the way they are made makes then tighter in the back than in the front. The diapers I am using are a mixture of the BumGenuis 3.0 (love them!!!!) and a couple different brands my mother-in-law found cheaper on e-bay. They are good diapers and some of them are velcro so that is good. In my opinion thought BumGenuis is the way to go. Now some of my friends had some problems with them with their boys before they got to about 9 lbs. I have had great luck with my little girl. I don't think she had leaked out of any of her diapers unless we didn't put it tight enough or something like that. I am now using Charlie's Soap powder detergent. Before I was using the BumGenuis brand but I like Charlie's better and I get more soap for the same price. So I love the one size cloth diapers that have a velcro closure and they are easy to use. We still use disposable diapers at night cuz she does actually leak through the diapers at night I forgot about that. I know I can put different liners in at night but it is just easier for us to use the disposables. But ya I like them and they aren't s hard as I thought they would be. Especially when they get older and poop less..It gets much easier then :) I will try and put pics up of her dipaers later. I tried to but it wasn't working for some reason. So hope you like my rant :0)