well its been a while ...

Fresh from our 12 hours drive at night while the kids sleep, I was thinking I haven't updated the blog in a while. In my head it had only been a few months... Sorry I guess a few months these days means 16 months! Anyhow moving on, for anyone who doesn't know I am staying home with the kids this year. What we are doing next year is yet to be determined. So I intend on trying to update more, however now that Michael is pulling himself up on everything and Ellen is crawling everywhere Claudia leads her, I may still not find that much time. So in light of me staying at home I have decided we need to trim expenses, here is where you come in. I am working on ideas and ways to trim expenses, I would be willing to try any you may be aware of too. So many of the upcoming adventures I will be bloging about will be our adventures trying these items/methods. Ready for the first attempt: homemade laundry detergent. I know, I know, I know, why create more mess when you have 3 little kiddos? Because we have three little kiddos - who seem to create an immense amount of laundry. I have scanned through pinterest, and found other blogs from homesteaders. So the plan is to use borax, washing soap, and felsnaptha. The project will start friday : ) don't worry I will try to keep you updated. Remember send me those ideas!!!!