I showed up to my board meeting for Girls on the Run last night and they had put together a fun shower to honor Eleanor (our future GOTR mascot!) Carrie made delicious cupcakes and there were snacks and these wonderful peanut butter bars!
Of course then we got down to business and it was time to talk budget. It can't always be all fun, you know!
Today is a laundry day of sorts. I know it isn't Monday...but I'm tackling the stash of cloth diapers, stripping them in super hot water. If we thought our water and electric bills were insane last month...wait till I make it through all these loads!
There are many different theories and ideas on stripping cloth diapers. Mine may not even need to be stripped at this point, but I am doing it so we will have a fresh start. All of our diapers are used and stripping them takes away any detergent build up they may have. It probably also disinfects them really well. I am simply washing my diapers 3 or 4 times each in super, super hot water (no detergent). I turned our water heater all the way up for this project. (I hope I remember to turn it back down so I don't scald myself while doing dishes!) I have read you can also use blue Dawn dish detergent, just a little bit, in each load of diapers to strip them of residue. I don't have Dawn, so I'm just doing the hot water treatment. Other suggestions include bleaching or using vinegar. I may try vinegar later on, but right now just hot water.
Just for fun I decided to look back at last year's blog posts to see what I was doing then (versus washing diapers now!) Exactly one year ago today I was hosting Beertoberfest. Oh what I would give for a pumpkin beer today! All the same, we are planning to host a really fun party for our friends this weekend...so I'm not a completely changed woman. Not yet anyway!
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