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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Homemade Clorox Clean Wipes


A few months ago I was researching homemade cleaning wipes for my kitchen and bathroom, and I ran across several recipes for them.  The first was from Instructables - How to make your own (cheap and green) cleaning wipes and the other one was from One Good Thing by Jillee's Homemade Clorox Wipes.  I liked the idea of being able to clean my counters and table without throwing away wipes every time.

One Good Thing by Jillee's Homemade Clorox Wipes uses rags, and I did not have any rags around so I kept looking for different ideas.  I then came across the idea at Instructables - How to make your own (cheap and green) cleaning wipes which uses Mr. Clean Wipes.  The store had Handi Wipes on sale, so that was great and then I also found Fabuloso in a Citrus and Fruit Scent, which I love.  At that point I had what I needed to make my own Homemade Clorox Wipes.  I found that the directions from Instructables used too much Fabuloso for the wipes.  It was too soapy and took too long to rinse off of my counters and tables.  So I cut the soap to water ratio.

Here are the directions for:

Homemade Cloxox Clean Wipes



Ingredients:

1/4 cup Fabuloso ( any scent that you like, I like the Citrus and Fruit Scent)
1 cup water
2 6packs of Handi Wipes
Old Clorox Wipes container

Directions

Cut your Handi Wipes in half width wise rather then lengthwise.

Next lay first wipe flat and then lay the next wipe over the left 1/2 of the first wipe.  Fold the single half of the first wipe over the first half of the second wipe.  Then lay a third wipe over the right half of the second wipe ( so it is on top of the first wipe also).  Fold like previously and keep going until all of your wipes are folded.

Next roll your wipes up so that they fit in your old clorox wipes container.  You can trim them down if necessary to fit in your container.  Make sure to pull the very center sheet up to start your wipes.

Then mix the Fabuloso and water and pour over your wipes inside the container. 

I then turn the container shake the container several times, so that all of the cleaning mix gets absorbed into the wipes.

Next use as you would your usual wipes.  You should have 24 wipes.


After I use them, I just rinse the wipe and let it dry.  I then put it in my laundry, and I have a basket on top of my dryer to put them in until I make my next batch.

Let me know what you think of these wipes.  I try not to use chemicals in my cleaning supplies, but I have not found something that is chemical free yet, that I like as much as this.  When I do I will post an update.

Enjoy!!!
Debi
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Monday, July 30, 2012

The Harbinger Book Review

Hi Everyone.  I'm a little late today, but finally up and going.  I've been working so hard on the couch that I had not gotten today's post done yet.  The couch should be done by the end of the week.  Today, I am reviewing the book The Harbinger.


The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn

I finished the book, The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn while I was in Mexico, and I really enjoyed it.  It is based on biblical scripture in the book of Isaiah verses 9:10 - 9:13.  Though most of Isaiah 9 is used throughout the book.  The one thing I would like to say before I go any further, is that even though this book uses biblical scripture to make it's points, it is a work of fiction, and we must remember that.  I would not want to recommend this book, and have people think that this book is fact and that Jonathan Cahn is foretelling the future.  I am recommending this book purely as a work of fiction.  Jesus was very clear in Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

This book opens with a journalist receiving an ancient disc in the mail.  He does not know how old it is or where is came from.  He does some research, but comes to a standstill, until he meets a man by a river in New York City, who starts to give him clues to this disc.  It is actually called a Harbinger and was used by the prophet Jeremiah when he would give God's warnings to the people of Isreal.  The man turns out to be a mysterious prophet, who is giving the journalist warnings or harbingers about the United States, and September 11th and all of the events following September 11th. 

There are 9 harbingers or 9 warnings that America supposedly overlooks, as did ancient Isreal.  This is when I remind you again that this book is fiction, even though there is biblical scripture quoted throughout the book to make to make it case.  I found the book fun and fascinating, and I thought that Jonathon Cahn made good points.  He takes us from 9/11 through the country's financial meltdowns, and tries to lead us to a point that God is trying to get our attention, with all of these harbingers.  

The point of this book, which is a good point, is that instead of turning to God in times of trouble, we tend to think that we can fix things with our own strength.  The Harbinger is telling us that we must turn to God to help us.  Only with God's strength, we can overcome life's difficulties, and I think that is a good point.

I would recommend this book, though a little slow at times, it is very interesting.  There were many historical events that I did not know, which also help make for a very interesting story.

I hope that you enjoy this book.  Let me know what you think.  I love hearing your comments.

Enjoy!!!
Debi

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Retro House in Malibu Photo Series

Yesterday, I told you I was going to show you the house that inspired my new section Retro Recipes Saturdays  here is the link to that post Mary Mac's Brown Bacon & Retro Recipe Saturdays.  Today I am going to show you this wonderful house, that so many of my childhood memories come from.  I had most of my birthday parties there, and I can remember New Years Eve's, and Passovers, and taking my wonderful husband to meet my aunt for her approval.  This is one of my favorite places on earth.  When I see it I breathe a sigh of relief,  it is kind of like all of the stress leaves my body when I get there.
Okay, so on to the pictures.


This is the big rock ( I wrote about it in Otters - Photography Series 5 )in front of my aunts house, and a picture of the house.


 This is my mom and my cousin Jack talking out on the front deck.




 These are some houses on the beach.  The house on the left was Tony Danza's and the one on the right is one of the newer homes.  A lot of people are buying the older homes and tearing them down to build larger one.  So you don't see as many of the older beach cottages.


 

The house on the left is one of the older houses on the beach, and the picture on the right is looking down the beach.

 

 These pictures are of the dining room and the stained glass window at the end of the dining room next to the built in cabinets.
 
 
 

These are some of the retro serving pieces that my aunt had in her cabinets.  They are really beautiful.  It was really fun looking at all of these things.  I love the bowls.

  

The picture above left is the kitchen with the original appliances, a the picture on the right are the inverted champagne flute Murano glass light fixtures.




 I love the den on the left.  It has a bar, which is always well stocked.  Jack and his wife Dede had this couch custom made for the living room.  It totally fits in with the 50's theme.  Just beautiful.


The first two pictures are of the guest bathroom's soaking tub and the counter and sink. The third picture is part of the master bathroom.
 

 Finally, Jack and Dede found an original Don The Beachcomber menu, and framed it with glass on both sides, so that you can look at it from either directions. 

I hope that you have enjoyed this little tour of my Aunt Charlotte's house in Malibu.  I have such great memories of growing up there. 


Enjoy!!!
Debi

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Brown Bacon & Retro Recipe Saturdays


I was recently in California visiting my family. I grew up in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley, and it is always great going home. My whole family still lives there, so I got to see everyone. I had a really great time, but now I miss them all tremendously.

I went to visit my cousin Jack at the beach house in Malibu on Old Malibu Road. That is where I spent most weekends as a teenager, also every birthday, 4th of July, New Years Eve, and every other party that my Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Ed used to throw. It was one of the best places in the world to hang out. They built their house in 1958, and at that time is was very modern, but now is considered totally cool and retro. It was like the GE House of the Future at Disneyland. I don’t know if any of your are old enough to remember that ride, but I certainly am. It had Clarkson electric cooktop and oven and the Nutone appliances built into the counter. They even had a thing that looks like a speaker, but had all of the electrical cords for appliances built into the wall. The house was featured in Sunset Magazine in 1958 after it was finished.

My aunt passed away about 8 years ago, and my cousin restored the house to back to its original style and décor. My aunt had kept all of the original appliances in good shape, so it was mainly paint bathroom fixtures, tile, carpet, even a Murano glass light fixture that had to be remade. The house is beautiful I will post pictures of it in tomorrow’s blog, but for today I want to talk recipes.
All of this background is for a reason. My aunt and uncle loved to have parties. She loved to cook, and she also shared her recipes. After my aunt passed away, my cousin Jack, gave my mom all of my aunts cook books and recipes, because my mom and I love to cook. It was 4 boxes of cookbooks, so we have gone through some of it, but since we both already have so many cookbooks, it seemed overwhelming at time. I was telling Jack about my blog, and that I was having a hard time feeling like my weekend posts were cohesive with my blog. They just felt random. He suggested that since I was doing recipes, and since we have all of the cookbooks and her written recipes that I do a Retro Recipe day, and I thought that was a great idea. So we now have Retro Recipe Saturdays. We just went through one box of her cookbooks this time and I brought home quite a few along some of her handwritten recipes, which I will provide copies of in my blog. It is pretty fun trying to do this. I can’t wait to hear what you think of these new recipes. I have some cookbooks dating back to 1940. The pictures and graffics are pretty cool. When I have a cookbook I will scan in the front and the copy write page so you can see it also.
Today though I am going to do one of my aunts handwritten recipes. I hope that you give it a try. It is a really simple recipe and it came from her neighbor Mary Mac. By the way, Mary still lives on the beach also. So here it is, Mary Mac’s Brown Bacon.

Mary Mac’s Brown Bacon


Ingredients

1 lb bacon cut in half
½ box brown sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cover cookie sheet with foil. Spray cake rack with non stick cooking spray.

Dunk bacon in water and then dredge the bacon in the brown sugar.



Put on a foil lined cookie sheet.


Bake for 20 minutes and remove immediately with a fork.

Put on sprayed cake rack to drain.

This can be made ahead and stored in a plastic container in the refrigerator until ready to use. Then just reheat. They of course wrote if not eaten first.


I hope that you like this recipe. Let me know what you think. It can be used for breakfast or as an appetizer. Send me your comments, and I hope that you like this new series, which is called Retro Recipe Saturdays.

Enjoy!!!
Debi

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