Whiten up Dress shirts and Other Whites

Quick little laundry tip I just discovered. 
 

Once a year our church has a big ladies dinner.  This year it was 4 nights in a row.  The dinner is served to the ladies by the men of our church.  My husband is one of them.  For this dinner, all of the men are required to where White dress shirts and black pants with a black bow tie that is provided for them.


My husband usually wears colored dress shirts so this white one was waiting in his closet since last year.  We pulled it out and it had that dreaded “ring  around the collar”.  I washed it once with detergent poured directly on the stain.  Still yellow! 



So I thought well what about bleach.  I mixed bleach with a little baking soda to make a paste. 




I use an old princess toothbrush to scrub the paste onto the collar.  If you have, say a Buzz Lightyear tooth brush I am sure that would work too.




I saw it start to work right away and then washed the shirt.  It came out sparkling white.  Ready for another year of dinner service.


I am sure this would work on anything white but test it in a small part of the garment that will not be seen.

Jeannie

How Hospitable is your Home?

We received, what I thought was a great compliment the other day.  My oldest daughter asked if a few of her friends from college could come and stay with us for Easter since they lived so far away. 
During a late night talking session, one of them, who goes to a Christian college but grew up in an unbelieving home, said that our family was way more normal than they thought we would be.  I guess they thought that Christian homes were stuffy and unfun.




I took this as a compliment that someone would come to the realization that being a Christian can be a fun and “normal”.  We did have bunches of fun, going to the park to play basketball and tag, also playing games at home and just hanging out.  I hope that we gave them a good picture of what their family life could look like one day, in their Christian home.


I wanted to remind you all too, to have a home that has boundaries and rules to follow and yet is still a great place to be.  After all getting down and playing right at the stage that they are in is they best way to have the opportunity to teach them.

Jeannie

On American Motherhood

I found this speech from Theodore Roosevelt the other day when I was looking for material for my son’s schooling.  As I read it I knew that I needed to share this.  He puts, the way that I feel about Motherhood and what I feel is the problem with our society today, so well.  It's just amazing, this was written in 1905.  It is a little long but so worth reading.
Head over here to read.
Enjoy!!

Jeannie

Homemade All-Purpose Cleaner

This is my all time favorite household cleaner.  I use it for everything.  It is especially great on Carpet stains.  The main thing I use it for is my kitchen cleaner.  Between the alcohol and the tea tree oil you have a great disinfectant.
  plus   
I am currently out of the Castile soap.
This is the recipe:
1 cup Castile soap with Tea tree oil
1/4 cup of Rubbing Alcohol
1 teaspoon Baking soda
Fill the remainder of the spray bottle (32 oz.) with water.  Fill very slowly or you will end up with tons of bubbles.
Once you have add the Water, put the top on the bottle and then gently shake until baking soda is dissolved, check the bottom.

Jeannie