Homemade Laundry Soap

     I know we are probably all trying to save a little money, so I thought I'd try to make my own laundry soap.   How hard could it be, right? As it turns out, not hard at all.  The great thing is, you can save quite a bit of money too!  I found all of the ingredients at Walmart.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda
1/2 bar Fels-Naptha Soap
2 cups water

Heat 2 cups water in sauce pan.  Grate the 1/2 bar of soap (this is important!) It will not work if you just chop it into chunks!  Add the soap to the water and stir on medium heat until the soap is dissolved.

 Using a 5 gallon bucket, fill it about 1/4 full with hot tap water.

Add the Borax and Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda to the 5 gallon bucket of hot water. Stir until dissolved.  Then add the soap mixture (from the saucepan) to the bucket and stir well.  Add more hot water to the 5 gallon bucket until it is 1/2 full. Stir again.  Cover bucket with lid.

Let sit overnight.  It will be thick in the morning. Stir again and use a funnel to put the detergent in containers. I used old Hawaiian Punch bottles and a used laundry detergent bottle to store the detergent in.  Fill the container to about 3/4 full and then add water to top it off. Shake well before using.

It may be a little work, but I got about 3-1/2 gallons of detergent for less than $2.00!

Give it a try!!!!

Cajun Winter Wonderland

     I couldn't help sharing some of these photos from the past couple of weeks here in South Louisiana.  Sorry about the quality of some of the photos.  My camera broke, so I had to use my cell phone....

     For those of you who live further north, this is a common sight.  Down here,  we RARELY see anything like this!  This is about as close to a winter wonderland as we get... just beautiful!