Living Life On Purpose!

I have a goal, I want to be a stay-at-home mom. I want to volunteer in my kids' classrooms or in the community. I want to go eat lunch with my kids on their birthdays or just because. I want to help my husband more with FCA. In order to do these things I need to be at home, although right now I love daycare and thank God for the opportunity, it limits me with my own family. And my daycare kids are really starting to hold a little place in my heart, so I'm going to stick with this profession until they are all in school. But once they are gone I'll have a decision to make, go back to teaching to have an income or get things figured out so I can stay at home without an income! I've already started buying the large majority of my family's clothes from consignment stores. And we hardly ever eat out. Now on to some more ways to save! I've decided to make my own dryer sheets, laundry soap, and hand soap refill.

DIY Dryer Sheets: Bottle of liquid fabric softner and white washcloths!
Put the washcloth in a small bowl and pour a capful of fabric softner over. Let it soak for a little bit then hang to dry! Super easy!!! I've been doing this for months now and still have lots of my bottle left. Make 2-4 of these to have handy. Once you notice the clothes aren't as soft wash the cloth and repeat!

 Here is the blog I got this idea from. I have been very satisfied with the results. DIY Dryer Sheets


DIY Hand Soap refill: Dishwasher soap and hot water!
Put about 1/2-1 inch of the dishwasher soap into a foaming hand soap container. Then turn the hot water on low and pour in. Leave a little room at the top to put the top back on. Slowly turn to mix! Worked great!! I've read that you could also use body wash or shampoo.

Finished product! I think I may have added a little too much dish soap this time around because mine is super sudsy! So next time I'll use a little less.

The dish soap I used, I like the idea of using a hand rejuvenating brand. I can't stand dry skin and I wash my hands a lot with little ones around!

DIY Laundry Soap: I haven't made this one yet since my bottle of Tide Sport isn't gone yet. I'm going to give it a try next week though!! Here is the blog where I found the idea. From what she has posted and people have commented it looks legit!! I'm excited to give it a try! DIY Laundry Soap