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A Moment of Soapy Zen
Meditative laundry. A good book and my Toms!
There are few things I hate more than having to drag my stinky work-out clothes to the laundromat and eat up a precious 2 hrs of my week. Our new apartment is inconveniently located a grueling 15min walk from the closest laundromat. It's painful. Last week's load was even worse because it contained all the extra moving day gems like bed linens, curtains, dust rags, and towels. After lugging it down 4 flights of stairs, I had to bungee the load onto our hand truck to take it on it's 15min walk. (All the while thinking to myself, "This is so not cool.")
Yes, I know a civilized Brooklyn-ite would just use a pick up/ drop off service. I've heard it from all my friends. Someday, I hope to afford myself that luxury...or better yet have my own W/D!
My solution to the madness was to make the dreaded process into a meditation. I took a good book, decided to not check my phone and tried to zen myself out while my sports bras and yoga pants happily twirled in their suds.
I noticed a woman using what looked to be homemade detergent and broke my no phone rule to google laundry soap recipes. I'm dying to try! It seems like a much better solution to the artificial fragrances and chemicals that are in my usual detergent.
2 gallons Water (hot)
1 bar Soap (grated)
2 cups Baking soda
- Melt grated soap in a saucepan with enough hot water to cover.
- Cook on medium-low heat, stirring frequently until melted.
- In a large pail, pour 2 gallons hot water. Add melted mixture, stir well.Then add the baking soda, stir well again.
- Use 1/2 cup per full load, 1 cup per very soiled load.
Do you or anyone you know use natural/ homemade laundry soap? Do they work? I'm intrigues and excited. (Dork alert!) Leave your comment, tweet (#HealthUpYourHome), or post on the Motivated Nutrition Facebook page!
In naturally sudsy health,
Joanie
Joanie Johnson, CHC
Motivated Nutrition
814-442-5311
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