Powdered Homemade DIY Laundry Soap

I haven't tried this recipe yet. I have all of the ingredients but am using up some store bought soap. I wanted to post this to ask if you have tried homemade soap and what did you think? I figured it would be a good thing to have these ingredients on hand in case their is a soap shortage. I like that it is a powder you add directly to the laundry, so you don't have to cook it down into a syrup. I have also heard that it cleans incredibly well. Let me know if you have tried DIY laundry soap and what you thought of it?

Ingredients

Bar of Zote or Ivory soap, grated
3 C borax 20 mule
3 C washing soda

Steps

Mix it all together in a large container, and store covered
Use 1/8 to 1/4 C per load

Easy 3 Ingredient Homemade Kombucha

 Kombucha is so good for your gut health but, it can be expensive. This homemade kombucha is so easy and I always have it on hand as I drink it every day. It is only 3 ingredients (I don't count the water!) and really fast to make.

Scoby is the a living culture of yeast and bacteria that helps turn sweet tea into kombucha. A new or 'baby' SCOBY is produced each time you make kombucha (like sourdough). Your kombucha batch should lighten in color and develop a yeast smell.

Ingredients

8 C boiled water

6 teabags (black tea, green tea or ???)

2 C sugar

1 bottle of raw kombucha 

1. Pour boiled water over top of teabags and sugar. Stir to dissolve. Let steep and cool. Pour into a large glass container with the bottle of kombucha. Cover with a teatowel (to keep out dust or bugs). You can put a rubber band around the tea towel to hold in place if desired. Put your jar of kombucha somewhere dark at room temperature to ferment. In about 7 to 10 days, you should see bubbles - this means your kombucha is brewing/fermenting and is ready to serve.

2. Drain off no more than half of your kombucha to clean glass jars (I use screw top wine bottles) and refrigerate for use. I love it plain over ice, with lemon or sometimes I add a drop of almond extract (yummy!) 

3. To the remaining kombucha (in your original glass jar) repeat Step #1 but I only use 2 ingredients - water and teabags  - each week and then also add sugar and raw kombucha every other month or so when you feel your SCOBY needs to be fed.

Sunday Chat: Your Prayers / This Crazy World

 Lead me in your truth and teach me, 

for you are the God of my salvation; 

for you I wait all the day long. 

 Psalm 25:5 

 Those whom I love, 

I reprove and discipline, 

so be zealous and repent. 

 Revelation 3:19

Show me your ways, Lord, 

teach me your paths. 

 Psalm 25:4 

But for twenty-one days 

 the spirit prince of the 

 kingdom of Persia blocked my way. 

 Then Michael, one of the archangels, 

came to help me, 

 and I left him there with the 

 spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. 

Daniel 10:13

Many are the plans 

 in the mind of a man, 

 but it is the purpose of the 

Lord that will stand. 

Proverbs 19:21 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, 

 and do not lean on your own understanding. 

 In all your ways acknowledge him, 

 and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

“These things I have spoken unto you, 

that in me ye might have peace. 

In the world ye shall have tribulation: 

but be of good cheer; 

I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

For I know the plans I have for you,”  

declares the Lord,  

“plans to prosper you 

and not to harm you, 

 plans to give you hope and a future. 

Jeremiah 29:11 

What has been is what will be,  

and what has been done is  

what will be done,  

and there is nothing new under the sun. 

Ecclesiastes 1:9  

“After this time had passed, I,  

Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven.  

My sanity returned, and I praised 

and worshiped the Most High  

and honored the one who lives forever. 

His rule is everlasting, 

and his kingdom is eternal. 

Daniel 4:34 

“Do not lay up for yourselves 

treasures on earth,  

where moth and rust destroy  

and where thieves break in and steal,  

but lay up for yourselves  

treasures in heaven,  

where neither moth nor rust destroys  

and where thieves do not 

break in and steal.  

For where your treasure is,  

there your heart will be also. 

Matthew 6:19-21  

“Go into all the world and proclaim  

the gospel to the whole creation. 

Mark 16:15  

If we are thrown into the blazing furnace,  

the God whom we serve is able to save us.  

He will rescue us from your power, 

Your Majesty. But even if he doesn’t, 

we want to make it clear to you,Your Majesty,

that we will never serve your gods or  

worship the gold statue you have set up.” 

Daniel 3:17-18 

 I have told you all this so 

that you may have peace in me. 

Here on earth you will have 

many trials and sorrows. 

But take heart, 

because I have overcome the world.” 

John 16:33 

In every thing give thanks: 

for this is the will of God 

in Christ Jesus concerning you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18