Laundry Soap

1 quart Water (not boiling)
1 Bar soap grated...choose your favorite...
1 cup Borax
1 cup Laundry Soda and/or oxyclean

Add finely grated bar soap to the hot water a little at a time and stir until soap is melted. You can keep on low heat until soap is melted. Do NOT Boil.
Put 3 gallons hot water in a five gallon bucket. Pour the soap water into bucket of water and add the Borax and Washing Soda. Stir well until all is dissolved.
Stir until well mixed, it may become foamy. If it get close to the top stop stirring and the foam should go down.
Let sit over night. The compound will gel. Cover.

Use 1/8c or 1/4c with each load of laundry.

Personal note: I prefer this soup for my front load washing machine. I am going to try fabric softener next.

Monday Memory Moment

For most people using the restroom is not a memorable experience. I don't usually pay that much attention. Most of my foreign language teachers expressed the need to be able to ask for the restroom in the native language. I have seen a variety of different colors and creative methods to indicate location and designate gender. The following may, however, remain I favorite:

I believe it was under the direction of Dr. Kip Jenkins these restrooms where labeled in such a manner. It didn't take long for new comers to catch on..."I am going to visit with Eve."

I do have one favorite memory. It is not very detailed. The Relief Society and Priesthood where having a competition to see which organization could complete the greatest percentage of visits in this particular month.

Of course, it was the last or second to last day of the month. The Institute was full of people trying to visit with  their designated people.

Thus, there was no where left to visit privately. I suggested the shower in the women's restroom. There is a good size bench in there.  Although it was not ideal...I can say I have been visit taught in "Eve" at the Moscow Idaho LDS Institute of Religion.

Song of the Year

if you are reading this in Facebook or via e-mail you will want to go to my blog: alwaysmee.blogspot.com Last night I had the Country Music Awards on for noise while I was puddering around the house. When they announced the nominees for song of the year I took note. I don't remember all five. The two that caught my attention were: In Color & Then. Follow this link to my sister's blog and it will tell you why "In Color" caught my ear: "In Color" by Jamey Johnson "Then" by Brad Paisley and others caught my attention because it is most likely the song my sister will be asked to use when she makes a musical / pictoral presentaion for the beginning of my happily-ever-after.