Rainy Laundry Days

It is a lazy and rainy Wednesday at the Greatsinger home today. Harvey has been sleeping on my lap since Josh left for work and before that he was following us from room to room sitting on the various soft surfaces he could find. Days like these are some of my favorites. When nothing is forcing you to leave the house and you can just catch up on the things that need to be done, today that means laundry.

I shared in my “Puppy Supplies 101” post that I make my own laundry detergent and I kind of just brushed passed it and shared the link to the recipe I use. And if you missed the recipe, here it is again, http://aprons-n-pearls.blogspot.com/2012/11/homemade-laundry-soap.html

Before I got married I had seen my mom make it once and after Josh and I ran out of our first container of liquid detergent, I opted to give it a try myself. Seriously, I will never look back!

This recipe makes SO much detergent that the financial savings alone are completely worth it to me. The first batch I made was when we moved into our Madison apartment at some point in late August. From that first batch, I was able to do roughly 3 (sometimes more) loads of laundry per week and we didn’t run out until mid-June! Isn’t that amazing! 10 months of laundry, 3+ times per week, and it only cost us about $20 bucks!

And the clothes get really clean. They smell so good that I don’t even kind of miss using a store bought detergent.

I made my second batch last week before we got Harvey, and marked on the jar I store it in the exact date, I cannot wait to see how long this detergent lasts us. So please just give it a try! You will be impressed; I am sure of it. (Besides, whipping it together takes less time than the multiple trips you would have to take to the store to replace your empty detergent anyways).