In early September I decided to make my own laundry soap. Emma's always had adverse reactions to most laundry soaps, and smells, and dyes. Her skin seems to be doing better now, but I wanted to try a homemade kind and see how I liked it. I used this recipe and I have to admit, I LOVE it!! I made about a 1/3 of a batch the beginning of September and I have still have enough to make it until January. So a full batch should last you a whole year, and it cost around $40 to make (depending on the scent things you get), and it doesn't have all the harsh chemicals. Its awesome! I love the smell, the way it cleans, and how it leaves my clothes.
Next in my weird granola lady stuff....
See this
This is my forehead and the lumps and bumps that have been on it for the past year (sorry about the bad picture. They're there, I promise). They are mostly around my hair line and they will not go away. They are not pimples or boils, I really have no idea what they are. And all I can figure is they must be a reaction from chemicals in my shampoo. So the other day I came across this site. That's right, I'm going to no shampoo. It sounds crazy (it may very well be crazy), but I'm hoping by getting rid of chemicals and using natural things that these stinking bumps will go away. Also it's suppose to make your hair super awesome (after about 3 weeks), and that would be nice too, since my hair naturally dried is psycho.
Here it is today-
(hello white face)
Last granola thing--
Fox is suffering from some type of yeast infection. Wahoo? So for the past 2 weeks we have become a no sugar no white flour family. Let me tell you it is NO FUN! We enjoy making delicious foods and stuff, and no sugar or white flour kills a lot of what you want to eat. However we have found some pretty cool recipes like hot chocolate made with agave, whole wheat pizza dough (I used all wheat and honey instead of sugar), and we switched out wheat flour for white flour in a lot of our other recipes. It's been working out pretty well, but still hard when I want those cookies or cakes (of course I still eat some of those when the kids go to bed, wahahaha!)
My favorite part though, was today Fox was in the bath and making me pretend food to eat. When I would ask him for cookies, candies, cakes or ice cream he would deny me those foods because "dey will make your bottom hurt"and "dey have sugar in them." I have trained him well...we've got to get him over this junk ;)
3 comments:
I have always worried (deep down inside) that Moab had rubbed off on you when you lived there for those 3 months~ and it did 0_o OH NO not a crazy granola lady, next what will it be~ cats???? heeheehee laughs the mom who drinks tea with mushrooms growing on the top of it :) guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Can't wait to see if the no shampoo deal works! xoxoxox
I love this post!
I've been making my own dishwasher soap and I've been wanting to try the laundry soap but haven't dared since my skin has a hard time with soaps. I'll have to try this one!
I also did the no shampoo this summer. I only lasted 5 weeks. My hair did really great for the first 3 and weeks 4 and 5 were awful and I finally caved and just washed it. I hope it works for you and you can let me know in on the tricks to stick it out.
I too tried the no shampoo thing for andee and I, it only lasted a few weeks though. AnDees hair is way too much like Andrews. Maybe if I went for no shampoo and no brushing it would work?? But the baking soda/apple cider vinegar thing made her hair impossible to brush/comb.
I would LOVE to do the no sugar thing. We have been mostly off of white flour for a while now. Mostly means... We still eat cookies and cakes and chips and all sorts of things with white flour. But our bread is whole wheat as well as tortillas and pancakes and whatnot. I even sprout my wheat and then dry it and grind it myself. How's that for granola? ;) I secretly wish I had the self control of the edgecombs. Unfortunately I don't and I'm still a slave to my sugar addiction.
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