Homemade Laundry Detergent

We are now going on our second month of using our homemade laundry soap... we are liking the way it cleans and brightens, the way it smells and the fact that it is only about .05 a load makes it over the top wonderful!
-Brenda

Laundry Detergent (Liquid)

Ingredients:

1 bar Fels Naptha Soap

1 cup Borax (in the green box)

1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (Yellow box)

Instructions:

Grate Fels Naptha Soap into pot of hot water on stove top (5ish cups of water). Stir until Fels Naptha soap is dissolved. Pour hot liquid into 5 gallon bucket. Add more hot water to fill half way. Add Washing Soda and stir until dissolved. Add Borax and stir again until dissolved. Top off bucket with water and stir again. Put a lid on the bucket and let it sit overnight. It will be thin and runny. Don't panic. Next morning: Open bucket and stir coagulated mixture. Break up the big white clumps of detergent. Use 1/2 cup per load. Great for high efficiency washing machines because it is low sudsing.

Laundry Detergent (Dry)
Grate 1 bar Fels Naptha Soap into 2 cups Borax and 2 cups Arm & Hammer Washing Soda. Store mixture DRY. Use 2 Tbs per load.

The Deal

I woke up wondering what day it was and then I realized it was Saturday and I stayed in bed a little longer and smiled. It was nice.

Katie & Conrad spent the weekend here while Ransom got to spend time with his best buddies Cord and Seth having guy time. We made homemade chicken alfredo pizza, worked on projects and puttered at home on this cold snowy day. It was extra nice.

Katie tried to talk me into sewing the binding on her quilt and after much deliberation, we created and signed our contract... we both work best with deadlines. I sewed her binding in exchange for chores around the house. I know I came out on the better end of the deal :)
-Brenda