Home Made Dishwasher Soap

A few days ago my daughter loaded the dishwasher and was about to turn it on when we realized we were out of dishwasher soap.  *gasp*

Could there be anything more gross than a dishwasher full of yucky dishes and no way to clean them?  Okay, technically we could wash them by hand. Or I guess we could have just gone to the store and bought more soap. But neither of those options sounded appealing, so I decided to take the plunge and try home-made dishwasher soap.

I already make my own laundry soap, and I've just been putting off trying homemade dish washer soap.  Luckily this grand opportunity presented itself. So I went on Google and found this website:  Link to great dish washer soap recipes!

I see no point in re-inventing the wheel here, so let me just say you should go to this lovely woman's website by clicking on the link above and see what she found out.

I will tell you I used recipe 2 (because I had most of the ingredients on hand), but I didn't have any sea salt so I used regular salt. And I didn't have any lemonade, so I used orange kool-ade (the label said it had citric acid which is the important ingredient).

And.... 

IT WAS GREAT!
My dishes all came out super clean!

Good luck!

Marcia

Something else...

Ever since we started this blog, I've been more and more interested in finding out how other moms do it - how they get through their days smoothly (or not), how they see themselves, what advice they have to give.  Here are some links to just a few of the articles I've been reading lately.  Plus a cartoon, which is always fun!

Enjoy,

Kate



Seven Surprising Things About Having a Big Family - A really great article written by a mother of five, who was an only child.  An unusual perspective, but what she writes sounds really familiar to me.

Mom of 16 Kids Shares Tips on Raising a Family - Wow, sixteen kids??  I could probably learn a thing or two from her!  (Although it is really interesting to me that she only recently put her family on a budget...)

Families: When Bigger is Better - This one is written by a practicing physician and mother of seven.  It's nice sometimes to read a few reasons why having a large family could be a *good* thing.

And finally, a little cheese for your day.  Awww.