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Homemade Laundry Detergent

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It seems the latest "craze" has made it here to my house. Most everyone I know is beginning to make their own laundry detergent, anti-static dryer sheet alternatives and dishwashing detergent. I have spent the last couple of weeks making and trying various recipes of these so I thought I'd share with you my opinion on them. I'll start with the easiest first: Anti-Static Dryer Sheet Alternative (other than the failed aluminum foil ball...lol:): 2 sponges cut in half 1 bottle of cheap Ocean Mist type of hair conditioner Pour conditioner into a tub that has a lid and place sponges in it. When you throw your clothes into the dryer you throw in a conditioner soaked sponge. I honestly really liked this and loved the smell. It seemed to work just fine as far as an antistatic too. I didn't like the conditioner being all over my hands when I threw the sponge into the dryer. I'm not sure about the cost - I forgot to start keeping track to see how many conditione

How Much is TOO Much???

I've been struggling lately...really it's been a struggle within myself. I've been asking myself, "How much is "too" much"??? I can honestly say the last 2 years we have been feeling the pull of the world towards worldly "stuff" (iphone's, flat screen tv's, etc) and the pull towards putting our treasure towards godly "stuff"...investing in lives, souls, hunger, helping those in need, etc. (BTW, I do have an iphone that a friend blessed me with...thank you friend!:)(We still do not have a flat screen tv and I'm not judging you if you have these things...we'd really love one...we just haven't gotten it yet:) So that has brought me to a question that I'm so glad to see I'm not the only one dealing with...last night I saw this post from Shannan @FlowerPatchFarmGirl Obviously...she has been wondering "How Much is Too Much" too. The pairing down/weeding out the useless spending seems to have all