Homemade Laundry Soap: Take Two

A few months ago, I made my first batch of homemade laundry detergent. I went with the powdered variety and was really happy with the results. My laundry came out fluffy and clean and all the other things that you want laundry to be. There was one problem. I wash pretty much exclusively with cold water [...]

Make way for ducklings!

You know it’s springtime when you pick up five new ducklings at the post office. Jumbo Peking ducklings. Fuzzy, cute, yellow ducklings:

Let’s just say I’m pretty excited about it. The ducklings are a joint effort between my boyfriend and one of his friends, and for the first two weeks, they’ll be staying with me! One puppy [...]

Valentine’s Day Laundry Supplies

The best gifts are the gifts that you didn’t even know you desperately wanted until you got them. And I got exactly this type of gift this Valentine’s Day. In a red bag filled with candles and Stick Um to make said candles stay up straight, I pulled out five dense, baseball-sized, woolen balls. [...]