The WE2's

Book #3 The Long Way Home by Lorraine Snelling.

Letting it sit out to dry...or allowing it to sit in water over night...BOTH good ideas!!! It sure ends up being a thick concoction! I'm thinking about adding a few drops of lemon juice to sort of spice things up. Guess you could add whatever you want? I still am dealing with the lack of suds in my dishpan. Guess I'm spoiled? Got any ideas ladies how we can improve this and not be costly or irritants to those who have allergies? This is "our" batch...we can do whatever we want! LOL

Love this...

Tuesday...hubby's trying to finish two work projects before he hitch up our travel trailer for a much needed "bug out". Watched a video a bit ago, thought some of you might enjoy this as it's dealing with the use of herbs. Have a wonderful day friends!

Monday...son got the job! This has been such a stressful few months, with him separating from wife (lived in AZ) and moving back to home state. Helped him get a house only to get fired by the company he transferred in with. Had to make a BIG U-Turn in our life, re-model the upper apartment at the homestead (Mom lives in lower apt.) so he could have a place rent free for the time being. Then found all the plumbing (which has been sitting for 30 yrs.) was shot and had to spend dollars we couldn't really afford, to get him a toilet, faucets, and shut-offs etc. Now only have to get the hot water side fixed...thank God Mom's downstairs (his grandma) so he's able to shower. BUT...he got the job he had applied for! Hallelujah!!!

PHILBE'S HOMEMADE LIQUID DISH SOAP (for hand washing dishes) What you'll need: Wire whisk 1 bar of Yardley's soap (whatever fragrance you like) or Ivory Medium sized stock pot w/lid Empty gallon bleach jug 3 Tablespoons of Super Washing Soda 1) Shred the soap (use food processor or grater) as fine as possible. I prefer almost to a powder. 2) Fill bleach jug a little less than half full of water and then pour that amount into your stock pot. 3) Bring water to a near boil (DO NOT BOIL!) and reduce heat. 4) Add soap shreds and whisk vigorously, and frequently until soap shreds are totally dissolved. 5) Add Super Washing Soda, turn off heat, and continue to whisk. 6) Fill the bleach jug again, a little less than half full of water and pour into stock pot of soap mixture. 7) Wisk vigorously and put lid on. Let sit overnight. 8) When morning arrives, pour finished mixture into bleach jug, but leave room at top of jug to shake before each use. I like to write "Dish Soap" on the jug with my magic marker.

Applause!!! An apple a day keeps doctors at bay??? Apples are always something wonderful for us. Read a book once where he said "eating the seeds of an apple fight cancer"...something about them drawing bad cells into their mass and destroying them...??? Just passing it along, have absolutely NO documentation! LOL

I buy tons of "vegetable medley" bags of cauliflower, broccoli & carrots in the frozen section of our discount grocers (Aldi's) for about $1.50 a bag. I'm able to add chicken chunks for a stir fry and then use different "seasonings" for different taste. They also work great in my crockpot along with some beef, onions & celery. They also steam up great just for a side. My deep freeze is always chucked full of them because they're so economical for us (2) all year long. They are absolutely wonderful laid out on my dehydrator and then vacume sealed in a mason jar with the attachment. We've downsized our budget ALOT with just that one little item. I also believe "sometimes" better is truly better...in toilet paper. I spend a bit more on the "stronger" brand and use alot less of it! Paper towels...half sizes. I also make my own laundry soap. I practice the spend less method because I want to...I need to know how to should I need to. I'm betting you're gonna get tons of extremely good and important advise within these pages!

Lunch was 2 cans of "miscellaneoius" soups and left over mac & peas from supper...sound weird? VERY tasty! Served up with toasted french-type bread!

'bout the silliest thing I've seen is the thingamajig that hooks on the rim of your thunder mug and "sprays" away toilet stains??? That could be "Bidet" gone bad if you're not careful!

Do all the stairs at Cabela's count?

Let's hope nobody practices this after a HTF episode...wouldn't want it exiting up into my "end of the line"...LOL

DID YOU KNOW...I save money on my coffee by perking it in my microwave coffee pot, taking the "guts" out for cleaning, and what I don't drink I just set the whole pot in my frig to neuk the next morning! I also have a microwave coffee pot in our RV. Love those little buggers! Had to search high and low to find them though.

Went to garage sale on hubby's lunch break (screening in a exterior hallway for a client) and found some items we've been watching for...a folding clothesline $4 (to give my dryer a rest), several popcorn tins (to store foil pouch foods in) $2 for all, an area rug for the homestead apt. upstairs $4 (son just moved in) and...hubby just "had to have" a near new canvas work pouch $9 (you know how men are with their "toys"...LOL Makes us both happy!

Friend had some "cutie oranges" that were headed south and she froze them...gave them to me. So...got out my "Bullet" blender/chopper and made them into OJ...had lots of pulp left so debating on whether to fire up the dehydrator and make "leather" out of it or...orange marmalade. The limes I think I'll just put in my citrus jug in the frig.

Don't have a kindle...my reader is another brand.

Pretty much a scraper. I save the ends of lemons, limes & oranges, freeze them and use for citrus water or zest's. Veggies etc. I put in vacume sealed bags and freeze for soups or to boil down for vegetable broths which I vacume seal in mason jars and put in spare frig. Peanut butter...I put in microwave for a few seconds, pour into a small mason jar adding some honey and vacume seal it for frig. I even save the heels on my bread, toast them REAL well, cut into cubes and vacume seal for dressing. I'm like most of the rest of ya's...I just don't throw out. If I just cannot find an edible, storable or ??? use...to the compost barrel it goes!

Just gave my new dishwashing soap a test...dipped my sponge in and gave it a quick squeeze or two...LOOKIN' GOOD! Sudsy!!! That's what I'm after. One sponge full washed 2 saucers, a small bowl, a small skillet, a small plastic storage container & lid, some misc. flatware, and some cooking utensils and still have a sponge full of soap and suds! The previous versions just had too much water I guess, and too much washing soda. Kept the soap from being sudsy??? Anyway...for me, I think I'm good to go! I've got a gallon of dishwashing soap for the cost of a bar of Yardley and a bit of washing soda...all of which I had! Oh...they say NOT to use Fels Naptha on your dishes etc. I didn't like some of the previous recipes because it called for adding oils (T-tree...essensials etc.) and I think it reduced the sudsing also. Anyway...just my own concoction! LOL

Anybody got a nice recipe for making liquid dish soap, for handwashing dishes? I've tried several and just can't find one that I like enough to continue making it when I can buy regular stuff for a buck at our $Tree store. Suggestions? Update...I think perhaps I've found one that will work for me. Here's what I've got mixed up for in the morning... PHILBE'S HOMEMADE LIQUID DISH SOAP (for hand washing dishes) What you'll need: Wire whisk 1 bar of Yardley's soap (whatever fragrance you like) or Ivory Medium sized stock pot w/lid Empty gallon bleach jug 3 Tablespoons of Super Washing Soda 1) Shred the soap (use food processor or grater) as fine as possible. I prefer almost to a powder. 2) Fill bleach jug a little less than half full of water and then pour that amount into your stock pot. 3) Bring water to a near boil (DO NOT BOIL!) and reduce heat. 4) Add soap shreds and whisk vigorously, and frequently until soap shreds are totally dissolved. 5) Add Super Washing Soda, turn off heat, and continue to whisk. 6) Fill the bleach jug again, a little less than half full of water and pour into stock pot of soap mixture. 7) Wisk vigorously and put lid on. Let sit overnight. 8) When morning arrives, pour finished mixture into bleach jug, but leave room at top of jug to shake before each use. I like to write "Dish Soap" on the jug with my magic marker. Here's a pic of my stock pot that sitting in my breezeway...waiting for it's final results!

Had oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon & honey with sides of sausage patties for breakfast, instead of omelet or ??? (truthfully...I was out of eggs! LOL) But...it did save $$!

Way too far from me....but you gotta a great deal! Just saves us tons of $$$ when we can buy like that! I have a meat slicer so I even buy my cheeses bulk and put them in the freezer for a little bit, then slice them myself and then seal them with my food saver. I can almost smell your chops from here!

About a 30 minute drive from Warsaw proper...my Dad & his wife live there. We absolutely love the Berry Bend area for camping...just to name a few! It's so lovely in the lakes area. We often take a motorcycle ride for a "day trip" to the lakes area.

We purchased (at a stiff price) heirloom seeds for our square foot garden. They fared no better than what I bought at big box stores...soooo...I stocked up on seeds instead of trying to preserve seeds. Also, I told hubby that with the draught etc., I felt seeds would be hard to come by...especially corn. Well...when seeds went on sale in late August (5 to 10 cents a pack) corn was no where to be found, except at our local ACE. I had to pay over $4 a scoop!!! But, went ahead because I reckon it won't be any cheaper come spring.

Not too bad considering we goofed and planted Yukon Golds...found out they only sprout one level no matter what! Grrrrr!

Y'alls from my vicinity! Hugs...