DIY Household products

Hey, freedom! How've you been? This is a really great topic and I'm surprised that there haven't been a ton of people sharing! Well, I'm right there with you on making my own! Hubby got laid off work 2 weeks before Christmas! How's that for a Christmas bonus, huh? Well, he has work since he started his own business months ago, but was doing that as a sideline, now it's full time but the pay isn't coming in on a regular weekly basis, so I've started, once again, to cut back on expenses. I use baking soda for so many different things! I know that bleach isn't expensive, but if you put a cup of baking soda in the wash instead of bleach, it does almost as good a job at getting whites whiter! And, it sanitizes, too. I use it to scrub down the shower walls and bathtub, I use it for hand-laundry and just about anything that needs to be washed. Baking soda is CHEAP, too, especially if you buy an off-brand. You can buy a less-expensive brand of toothpaste, sprinkle on some baking soda and it'll clean your teeth as good as, if not better, than the high-priced toothpastes. Here's a link to some ways to use baking soda: http://hubpages.com/hub/AmazingUsesForBakingSoda Here's another one: http://www.essortment.com/home/bakingsodauniq_sbpa.htm If you do a search, you can find hundreds of ways to use baking soda that will cost less than whatever it's replacing. I also save slivers of bar soaps and put them in an old shampoo bottle, add some water and shake, shake, shake! I make my own liquid soap and use that to do hand laundry or to fill liquid hand-soap bottles. It's kinda stinky, but vinegar makes excellent glass cleaner. Put it in a spray bottle, spray it on and wipe it dry with crumpled up newspaper. Those windows or glass surfaces will shine like new. I'll check out your links because I'm sure they have some things that I already do so I don't want to repeat them here. Also, I might learn a thing or two! Thanks so much for the links!!! BTW, how's school going? Hope all is well! Happy Holidays!!!