Leaving Hawaii

Today we are leaving Hawaii. O'ahu is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and we have loved living here for a month. I will miss the warm mornings and nights. I will miss the Coffee Bean coffee shop. I will miss the North Shore. I will miss the friends I have made here, especially the Tatofi family. I will miss hearing my Dad preach every Sunday. I will miss the great worship that Kahale leads. I will miss the beach. I will miss the local food. I will miss the laid back, come-as-you-are, aloha attitude found ihere.

BUT....I am going home. I can't wait to see Scott and all my friends in Sebastopol.

Homemade Dishwasher Powder

I've begun to really get into natural/homemade cleaners. I've scoured the internet for recipes and had fun using them. Here's what I use instead of Cascade:

1 cup borax
1 cup baking soda
1/4 sup salt
2 packages of lemonade kool aid (may use 1/4 cup citric acid)
30 drops of essential oil (I don't do this)
Put all ingredients into a large plastic container with a lid and shake it up.
Use 1 tablespoon per load.
I also use white vinegar in the rinse dispenser instead of Jet-Dry.
** When my last containers of Comet run out, I'm going to try using this as a scrubbing cleaner.

Here's the website I got this from: www.thenewhomemaker.com/dishwasherpowder