Pioneer Woman at Heart

This is the list of ingredients in the make up remover wipes my girls use.  We can't afford "organic" or natural remover, but we found another substitute now.

I wanted to share, that I have made and used the homemade "lime-away" recipe that Nancy shared over at A Rural Farm .  Thank you Candy for telling me about it.  It's awesome.  There are three simple ingredients - vinegar, lemon juice and dish detergent.  We have well-water, and even though we have a salt softener tank, we get build up. The kids are responsible for one bathroom, and I the other.  My shower is tile, and my homemade tile/grout cleaner does the job very well.  However, over in the other bathroom, the shower is a stand-up version, and a cheap one at that. I sprayed it down, and cleared a spot clean.  I waited for the kids to come home and showed them.  The response? "That really comes off?"  Sigh... "Yes kids, that really comes off."  Now they have no excuses. Recipe: Fill a spray bottle half-full with white vinegar; add 1/4 cup lemon juice, then fill the bottle the rest of the way with dish detergent.  ...

I never thought I would use the camper as my opportunity to find useful homes for things I had stored away in my house. I bought these red dishes about 16-17 years ago, and have moved them twice, and just dug them out.  They will be perfect for the camper.  I'm not filling the landfill with stryofoam and plastic, and I'm not packing glass (which Hubby doesn't want packed in there, and I agree).  Also in my dusty pie safe, was my grandmother's can opener.  I washed it up and it's going on the camper too (you never know).  Grandma would be proud to know it's still being used.  Another item in my pie safe, was this vintage cup rack. At our last (city) home, I had a "coffee house" theme in my kitchen.  I had all sorts of coffee house signs, espresso cups and stand, and all the decor you could imagine.  After moving to the farm house (with very little wall space in the kitchen, and counter space), I put this in storage....

I have to say than k s to a blogger friend over at farmgirls am.blogspot for this recipe.  She posted about a book Do It Gorgeously, How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive and More Beaut iful P rod ucts , by S ophie Uliano. I tested this recipe out, and I have to say it get s two thumbs up.  It wor ked immediately on my tile bath room shower.  I will never again have to buy those nasty smelling sprays that choke me while cleaning.