Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Frugal Bugle, Pt. 1

Hi there! I sure hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did have a good, thankful dinner. However, our littlest granddaughter was in the hospital most of last week with "viral" pneumonia. 0.0 
Um, I didn't know there was such a thing. Did you? She (and her mom) spent several days in ICU, but is home now and on the mend, and for that we are grateful. 

I'm tryin' to be more frugal these days because it just seems right. I'm concerned about wastin' anything that I could use for another purpose, and I'm really concerned about paying the high dollars for cleaners that aren't even safe to breathe or handle. So, I've done some research and found homemade cleaners are actually easy to make. A few months back I read about a homemade cleaner that could be made with white vinegar and thinly pared orange peels. I love the scent of orange oil so I'm giving it a try.

I've put the peels of 5 or 6 oranges in this quart jar with enough vinegar to cover them well and set it aside to steep for 2-3 weeks. It's starting to smell very nice after 1 week.
If you'd like to try your hand at making this cleaner go here for full directions from the person who came up with this nifty cleaner.