Home made laundry detergent

ISo I had couponed a bunch of laundry detergent but after seeing the cost and being as I have a very big family plus cloth diaper my lil kay, I decided to make my own. There's the liquid and the powder but I prefer the powder because it will last me much LONGER!  So I got all the supplies at walmart. The painrwrs bucket and lid to mix it in and store it. Then I got a cutw plastic container with a scoop. With powder all u need is one scoop per load so I bought the coffee scoop also at walmart.
I cute the zote bar of soap and grated it in my ninja blender. 
I poured half or the borax half lf the super washing soda and half of the baking soda and mixed it all in. The pjt half of the zote. I used a wisk and then poured alll the remains and mixed it again.  Then had to dig my hang into the batch and break up any clumps.
Boom in less than 30 mins I have about 6 months worth of laundry detergent.  Cost with all the extra materials was about 35 bucks.
The photos are below. Enjoy and remember theres no shame in being frugal! 

Free app must have!

I came across this free app for apple users and want to share it with my readers. It's called 12 days of gifts feel free to download and see what apple gives you! It can give you music, books and even other free apps! Take care and have a happy New Years! 

Free app must have!

I came across this free app for apple users and want to share it with my readers. It's called 12 days of gifts feel free to download and see what apple gives you! It can give you music, books and even other free apps! Take care and have a happy New Years! 

The kids chore chart

When things don't get done and kids refuse to do what they need to do then you definitely need to make a chore chart! After a long year of "clean that up!" and "why are your dirty clothes on the floor?" was driving me totally up the wall. So I needed to implement a chore chart and everyday it gets changed to a different task so they won't get bored. The chore cards are laminated and no I don't have a laminator so I use the business card laminator and just use my trusty iron and a shirt to laminate (leave pressed on for 30 seconds). They have each an individual card that I will whole punch after all chores of the day are completed. Once their Chore card is fully punched they will receive a card from the rewards with specific rewards for doing a job well done. I don't believe in giving children an allowance for doing household chores. I believe in giving them positive rewards so they can grow up not thinking that everything is about receiving money. Here's the results to my little project. Hope it inspires others to also create a chore chart for their little ones. p.s mommy can always use the extra help around the house!

ready to laminate!

completed result below

the kids chore card are ready to be punched!

a close up of their chores for the day

below I have enclosed a chore card and the printables I used that I didnt create.

emjoy!

chore card whole punched

chore cards

rewards cards