Eternal Hippies A Year Homemade and Beyond

 So it’s mid-month and time to check on my goals for March. It will be rough going and I am not looking forward to how brutally honest I must be. -Drink at least a gallon of filtered water a day – Still struggling with this one. I don’t understand why. I used to drink almost 2 gallons a day, but now I don’t. -Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night – I might as well take this off of the list. Except I know just how important getting enough sleep is. Take last night, we didn’t get to sleep until 12:30am, I woke up at 4:30am for a restroom break ( I had to pee!) and then just a I was starting to doze off, the alarm clock went off. It was 5:30am. So about 4 ½ hours of sleep. -Make own shampoo-   Okay, this is becoming a joke. What am I using for shampoo? Right now just Dr. Bronner liquid soap mixed with water and an apple cider vinegar rinse. It does okay, but it can be drying. -Walking 15 minutes at least twice a week . – I’m doing better with this one. -Make ...

Lisa Bronner, Dr. Bronner's granddaughter, has a wonderful and insightful website and I highly recommend it. I subscribe to Dr. Bronner's emails and it always has useful information and special promotions. But that's not what I want to talk about. I posted a comment of her site in regards to the laundry detergent recipe I use.  http://www.lisabronner.com/sal-suds-in-the-laundry/ Laundry Detergent. I make my own. the recipe is: 1 bar of Dr. Bronner's tea tree soap 1 cup Borax 1 cup washing soda I finely grate the bar of soap ( don't recommend using any other soap than castile soap), then add Borax and washing soda. I mix it well then store in an airtight container. When using, I put 2-4 tablespoons of the detergent in the washing machine, then start adding water and then the clothes. Tip: I used to keep the open containers of Borax and washing soda in the laundry room. But I got tired of having to take a hammer to break them up when I needed to use the...