Monday Message

"Our Heavenly Father created this beautiful earth, with all its abundance, for our benefit and use. His purpose is to provide for our needs as we walk in faith and obedience. He has lovingly commanded us to ‘prepare every needful thing’ (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors, and support bishops as they care for others." (All is Safely Gathered In pamphlet)

Hope everyone is doing well. This week finds me working out in the garage aka workshop for hubby. It is a huge undertaking. I tell myself to work for one hour a day. If I feel like I can keep going, then I do and I have still an awful lot of work.

Also had our very old freezer go out. It was a blessing I was right next to it when it did so nothing was ruined. It could have been way worse plus they were having a sale on freezers that ended the next day, I had no idea.

The other thing is it fit in our car amazing - we could do a commercial I say.

So a very busy week.

Since I am cleaning the garage, I thought I would talk about making your own cleaners...

https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/house-cleaning/cleaning-products-tools/homemade-cleaners/ - great ideas here.

I use baking soda to clean surfaces you do not want scratched. I use it on my stove and I use it for drain cleaning.

To help with slow drains, I put a fourth a cup of baking soda on the tub or sink drain (I like to do both at the same time). Then take vinegar and I just dump a third of a cup and follow this with boiling water. It takes care of it but if it's still slow just repeat. So much better than chemicals which could harm you or your pipes. I have done this for years.

My favorite stain remover is shampoo - work it into the stain, rinse and repeat if needed.

If you have a favorite cleaner let us know in comments below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74pGhEq_fPs - great video.

https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/green-living/natural-cleaning-recipes - it is way cheaper to make your own of just about everything.

Thought you would like to see how the fabric changes when you weave it into the mug rugs I am making...

This first picture you can see what the fabric looks like, then when you weave it in you get a very different and pretty effect.

Missy is very nonplussed but Llama is very happy.

Tippy Longstockings says which is longer me or the cat tube? But which is cuter??

My seedlings continue to grow. At the time I am writing this two weeks ago, we have a frost advisory tonight so don't be in a hurry to plant till after your frost date. Mine will just sit here happily looking out the window.

Missy says cleaning means making your bed, she is demonstrating.

Tippy Longstockings says if you said she was cuter than the cat tube you would be right.

These are the cookies I made for the solar eclipse day. I thought they would be the closest I could come. They are peanut butter cookies I made and rolled in tubes so they were slice and bake, near the end I added the chocolate and tada! - eclipse cookies.

Missy and Tippy Longstockings both want to remind you to continue to stock your pantry, build your skills and find thriftier ways of doing things .