Chickens and Rabbits

With my friend Crystal Mabb we are raising chickens and rabbits. Chickens for their eggs and rabbits for their meat. There are 5 chickens and just 4 rabbits so far. We hope to have more rabbits soon. There is a buck named cracker jack and he is a pure breed of New Zealand and the other buck, cupid is a holland lops. One doe, Clover is 3/4 New Zealand and a 1/4 california. While the other Doe, BB is a California. Today we made a rabbitry in the backyard. It looks pretty good if I say so myself. It was hot and crazy but well worth it. This is another way we are trying to go natural. We will have fresh eggs and fresh rabbit meat.

Homemade Laundry Detergent

One of the solutions I found to allergic reactions to laundry detergent with myself and family was making it myself. I thought it was this long drawn out process that was going to drive me insane, until my good friend Jeanne showed me her recipe. Its quick, simple, cheap and keeps your white pristine and your colors bold!

The ingredients you will need are:

Borax Powder

Super Washing Soda

1 bar of zote soap

(all of these products can be purchased at Wal-Mart)

Directions:

measure out 2 1/2 cups each of the Borax and Super Washing Soda and put in a container

grate zote soap into powder mixture and mix well.

for one load of laundry you only need 1 tbsp of laundry mixture. For extra soiled clothes add 2 tbsp of laundry mixture.

One batch makes 150 loads and costs about $5-$6 to make. Alot of our eczema flare ups have subsided after using this mixture it has been a life saver, thank you Jeanne!

Going Natural/Homemade

So, what do you do when your family has many sensitivities to a variety products you buy at the store. Especially when a major problem is laundry detergant and medications? Our solution was to turn to natural or homemade cleansers, detergents and remedies. I was skeptical and worried about how hard it was to go natural or homemade. In this blog I will be posting what I have learned along the way of trying to make my family more comfortable and trying to eliminate skin flare ups and keeping them healthy!

Job Searching

Job Searching is frustrating, time consuming and just plain stinks....you get your hopes up especially when there are so few jobs in your particular field and then they crush you with we thought someone else was better than you...even though they dont know you and dont know how good you are at what you do.

I finally started applying Spencer in Utah, New Mexico and Idaho

Truths Come to Light

I am so grateful for our current trial. When you are going through something you really do need friends there to help. I am sorry if it sounds stupid, but having people there for you makes a big difference how you are able to deal. We have had a few friends that have made it so much more bearable and making the days fly. But we have also been able to find out who our real true friends are. As soon as this trial hit, we had some friends and family that treated us like the plague. Its sad because I figured if you are friends at least you would stay friendly. Not asking anything from anyone. I have been there so many times for these people as well so it was extra sad for me. But I am glad to know who my true friends are. Thank you for your kindness!

Dobson Alumni Choir

I was able to take part in something beautiful this weekend. We got together all generations of choir members from Dobson High School to celebrate Mr. Evans' 30 yrs of being there and retiring. He was amazing and we will never forget him. The choir was so amazing!!! The music was beautiful and perfect and the right emotion flowed into it. It made me realize how much I missed being on that stage and singing my little heart out. Choir was one of the few places I got to go to get away from it all. I got to partake in the medicine of the soul. How lucky was I to have been able to experience this and not only with just any teacher, with Mr. Evans. I wish the whole world could stand in front of him and unite and sing for him and feel the amazingness that comes from this man. He truly had a gift from God with music. And we will always love him and always be touched by his wonderful gift.

Friends

Wow the more time goes on the more I realize why I had more guy friends growing up. Thank you guy friends for being you. No pettiness with you, you never treated your friends like crap and always made them feel special. If you were going through something you didn't block your friends out of your lives without giving an explanation. We always communicated and I didn't have to worry about you PMSing. Thank you guy friends!