Happy Friday! Can you believe how fast March is flying by!? I can't. Before we know it, Easter will be here! It's been an absolute dream week here with temperatures staying around 80 degrees. I love Springtime in Arizona! I've been spending my lunch hour outside soaking up all the Vitamin D I can get :)
So last Spring, I started to learn about ways to live a more natural lifestyle. Paul and I watched the movie, Food Inc, and our eyes were really opened to the importance of knowing what goes into our bodies and around our home. I started making goals, and I've really stayed true to one of them, which is that I make a lot of our bread/pizza dough.
But to be honest, the more I learned, the more I felt overwhelmed (and the more Paul started to see $$$ adding up). Because really, when you're talking about eating clean, cleaning green and living naturally, it's a huge can of worms! Finally I just basically stopped. I pretended to not know anything and just carried on as I had before. I almost wished I didn't know so that things could be more "simple" again. That's just the honest truth!
Still, this subject has been in the back of my mind and I can't deny that I really do see the benefits of these types of changes. I believe in it and I really want to offer my family and people who come into our home the best and most healthy situation that I can. Over the past year I've struggled with wanting this, but not being consumed with it. And finally, I'm beginning to feel more free in this area. Free to make one natural choice at a time. Free from the pressure and the lies that if I don't change absolutely everything, I might as well change nothing. That's so not true!
So when we ran out of laundry detergent this week, I decided this would be a great area where I could gradually transition into a more natural product. I did lots of research and there are a few great options out there. But I chose Nellie's Laundry Soda after reading lots of reviews and comparing brands. I'm super excited to put this new find to the test! And Paul's happy that the price beats many of our grocery store options. Win-win! I'll let you all know how it goes and give you my very own review as well :)
Hope you have a great weekend ahead, friends! Our weekend plans include having friends over for pizza tonight, picking up a chair I bought at our secondhand store this week, cheering on the Duke basketball team, making plans and dreams for our backyard landscaping, church on Sunday, and maybe a corn-beef + cabbage sandwich or two :)
Cool - I've never heard of this product before so I'll be interested to hear how it works for you (as you might imagine, we go through a great deal of laundry ;) I've been making my own laundry detergent for several years now after I discovered how cheap it is to make (and bonus, it's eco-friendly as well). If you're interested in the recipe I'd be more than happy to share... but looks like you're covered for the next 100 loads ;)
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DeleteMy ultimate goal was to make my own (ULTIMATE goal haha) but my mom discouraged me because she said she couldn't see me doing it (haha again!) Right now I feel like I don't do enough laundry for making it to really make that big of a difference in the budget. I imagine this will last me at least six months. But long term I bet it would be helpful. That's a lot of laundry soap talk!! But I like it ;)