Homemade Laundry Soap – easy – still!! Posted on December 31, 2008 By pamela I’m using the ingredients (above) + water to make “homemade” laundry soap – and after several months of doing so, I’m still pretty satisfied with the results. I’d still use Tide if it showed up on my doorstep and I’d still use Downey if someone forced me to. ~wink~ … Read more
A Newsletter reprint Posted on September 25, 2008 By pamela [Reprint of Doc Shillington’s Newsletter – http://www.organicsolutionsstore.com/ ] Organic Solutions, Inc. Volume 8 – Issue 1 The Future We live in interesting times. The failure of World leaders to bring about World Peace has never been more evident than it is today. The problems facing man look as if they… Read more
Best Canning-Freezing-Preserving-Dehydrating Site Posted on September 13, 2008 By pamela I’m in the midst of canning, canning, canning… and I needed some pickle info… and so looked around and found my answer. Wow! What a great site I discovered. It’s full of many, many helps, illustrations, photos, recipes, tips and more. Here it is: pickyourown.org ! I think you’ll be… Read more
It takes a mama… Posted on September 9, 2008 By pamela I don’t get out much… some, but not much. And, for the most part, I like it that way. O, don’t get me wrong: I love to go places, I love to do things and I love to see new things. But I love being home. When I do go… Read more
Restorer of the Breach(es) Posted on August 19, 2008 By pamela I’m still pondering: The old paths… A few days ago I was looking at photographs and was trying to recollect those days… actually, those and a lot of other “days gone by” and I began to consider and ask myself: what good things did I do in those days do… Read more
Homemade Laundry Soap – easy!! Posted on August 15, 2008 By pamela For several months I have been using ‘home-made’ laundry soap and have been very pleased with the results! In addition to the ease of making the soap, the dollar savings has been a great help to me/my family! This may sound terrible, but I’ve never attempted to be very thrifty… Read more
So, about that laundry… Posted on May 8, 2008 By pamela I have to smile this morning about the “No answers; just get me results, please.” piece I wrote yesterday. I just finished a second load of laundry this morning… more thankful than ever for the washing machine and dryer. The delightful smell of fresh clean laundry is to be filling… Read more
No answers; just get me results, please. Posted on May 7, 2008 By pamela The longer I live, the more I think that when people ask questions, they’re not truly looking for answers. Not really. O, they may want results or they may want things to be different than they are — and they may ask questions regarding how to get there —… Read more
Not a ‘depression era mentality’ at all Posted on March 19, 2008 By pamela It used to be that when someone refused to waste a drop or when someone would save everything from produce baggies to cottage cheese containers to newspapers to bacon grease — people who never threw anything away after the originally intended use — they were thought to be products of… Read more
Kitchen Fire Safety Posted on February 10, 2008 By pamela Kristen sent this mail… I’m including the text of the mail and a copy of the video clip she sent along with the mail. Subject: Kitchen Fire I never realized that a wet dishtowel can be a one size fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan! This… Read more