Simple Simplicity: Homemade Laundry Soap

Well here I sit months after that first post. I have thought often about why bother putting my time into writing and posting pictures? Who will read what I write? Why will it matter? I am not a great writer and I can not spell to save my life.

What has got me thinking is that one person that may need to hear what I have to say, may learn from what I am doing, and maybe just turn their lives completely around based on what they have read...That is why I am committing to sharing, committed to being open, committed to the time it takes to share what I have to say.

In present day America, we are lacking real woman leaders. Ones that share the journey of life from a biblical point of view. The highlights as well as the trials.

Let's start out with me being clear. I will not write to please anyone but God. I hope to glorify him in my journey. I believe that in most cases a woman should be at home tending her children, keeping the home, and available to serve her husband.

I am not the best at this, but it IS my purpose.

I am kicking off this blog with talking about my homemade laundry soap. I know, I know there are so many posts already in the blog world about this topic. It just so happens to be what I am working on today. If you want to follow me there will be some posts about mundane tasks. But think about it, isn't most of what we do in a day mundane? Therefore, I may shed new light on the mundane for you.

I have very sensitive skin so making my own laundry soap helps a lot. It is also very frugal which I am all about. Not because we have a shortage of money at the moment, but much more for the fact that we don't spend more than we need to. That is a waste, a big one.

Also this week I will be working on finishing some machine quilting on a small wall hanging. I will be doing my monthly menu plan and grocery list. Next week I will be making bedding for an American Girl doll bunk bed for a birthday gift for a very special friend of my daughters. Happy reading and I hope you can enjoy my ramblings.

On to the Laundry Soap!

I have been making laundry soap since about 2007. When I first did an internet search I found this recipe. It is the one I still use today. I do sometimes in the summer when our clothes are dirtier, go heavier on the borax and washing soda.