Pet peeves

Three of my top pet peeves...

not changing an empty toilet paper roll...laziness. 

When I do not get your undivided attention while speaking to you...there is no quicker way ro let someone know what they ate saying does not matter...disrespectful.  

And driving with your turn signal left on...it's like one of those things you can't just not look at it. It's like you have to look at it...irritating. 

Upset.

Where does my hubby get all his energy?! I wish I had even half of it..

Heartbroken

Sitting here heartbroken. I just don't know how these pet foster parents do it. Peanut, Nibbles, Stitch and Muffin I miss you and will always love you. I pray your new owners give you as much attention and love as we gave you. May God Bless those little kittens and keep them safe, happy and healthy.

Fabric Softner

I've totally been on this new homemade everything kick lately. I want to use less chemicals in my home. I want to help keep our planet cleaner. And I of course want to save money! So far I must say I've been very happy with the results of everything I have made. 

Here is the recipe and directions for making your own fabric softner. 

Ingredients:

• 3 cups White Distilled Vinegar
• 2 cups Hair Conditioner 
• 8 cups Hot Water

Directions:

Mix ingredients together and pour into a storage container.  Recycle used containers. Use about 1/4 cup per load in the rinse cycle.

Here is my recipe for homemade dryer sheets.

Whatcha need:

 

1. fabric (I cut an old towel up into rectangles.)

2. fabric softner - use your homemade version or store bought

3. some type of storage container - a rubbermaid bowl with a lid worked perfect for me

4. water

 

 

Directions:

 

I placed my cut up fabric pieces into my storage container. Then I poured 19 ounces of Ultra Downy into the container. I added water to the empty Downy container (half full) and poured that into the storage container. My little helper enjoyed taking a wooden spoon and squishing it.  Then we really had some fun and took each rag piece and squeezed it. Then we tossed the rags back into the container and closed it up. You certainly don't have to do this, we just wanted to have a little more fun in the process.

 

When it's time to dry a load of clothes I will just throw in 2 rung out rags and dry.  After your load is dry, toss the rag back into the bucket to soak up more goodness. Viola!

 

Since I'm new to this I'm still in the experimental phase.  I plan on eventually using my own homemade fabric softner instead of Downy but first I'll use Downy and continually add more water with each batch I make.  I'm really interested in how much money this can save me. I do love the Downy scent so it might be hard to break away from using it but I'll get there. I'll post again when I make another batch (with more water) to see if the strong smell stays as strong. Right now I'm sure it'll be nice and strong since it is so concentrated but I won't get as many uses as I should.  The whole idea is to not have to spend outrageous amounts of money on box after box of dryer sheets. This is especially bad for me because I am a dryer sheet freak. I never use 1 sheet. I must use two sheets, always. The smell is just so good.  There is nothing like wonderfully good smelling, clean laundry.

 

Stay tuned for price break downs as I start adding up the final results.

Ferritin

My afternoon doctors appointment went well. I guess I could have figured it out on my own but I must be in denial or something.  While most of my blood levels are great there's my sneaky little ferritin level that is critically low. 2.45 to be exact. So while my hemoglobin and other levels are good, having no iron to transport what I do have, does me no good. I cannot take iron pills because my small bowel doesn't absorb them. It only causes major problems for the small bowel I do have left.  And well iron infusions, ha, I'm allergic to them. 3 out of the 5 types put me into anaphylactic shock. Joy! Sadly I don't have much of a choice though. I need iron so four rounds of infusions here I come. I just need to mentally and physically prepare myself for the 2-4 days of reactions that I will undoubtably have following each infusion. I must stay focused on just how amazing I will feel after being refueled and how much more I can enjoy my family and they can enjoy me. I can do this!

Oh how I wish my hands would stop cramping up. At first it was annoying but now it's down right painful. :-(