Homemade Swiffer Wet Jet Cloth

Today I have hit a wall. An ick wall to be exact. I was pushing through full steam until lunch time when I just went downhill quickly. 

Fortunately, I start my day at about 5 in the morning, so a large chunk of my work was already finished. 

Unfortunately, part of that work came to fruition because my Swiffer cloth I made 2 years ago bit the dust this morning. It was simply worked to death. 

A few years ago I decided to find a frugal way to replace the never ending purchases of wet Swiffer cloths. I was going through them at a ridiculous rate. 

So here's what I came up with:

It's not perfect stitching by any means, but I don't think my Swiffer minds. 

I really, really stink at tutorials, so just bear with me. 

Materials:

Velcro strips (enough to cut into four 2 inch pieces) 

Durable washcloth

Sewing machine/or needle

Thread

The first thing you need to do is find a high quality, durable washcloth. 

Fold it in half and sew along all the edges. It should look like this:

Once you have that done, you get yourself some Velcro. Walmart sells long strips. 

Cut into four 2 inch long strips. 

(I forgot to get a picture of this. I told you I'm not good at this.)

Make sure you're using the soft side of the Velcro. 

Pin each piece in the corner of your washcloth. 

Yay! Look at how awesome you are. So nifty, you. 

Sew each piece on making sure you see the edges so they don't pull off. 

Once you have all 4 sewn on, you're ready to attach the cloth to your Swiffer and get to cleaning!

Congratulations. You are now a frugal goddess.  

Good on you.

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Throwback Thursday

This isn't your average Throwback Thursday where I post old pictures of myself. 

 No one wants me to do that. I grew up in the 80's and 90's, enough said. 

Nope, I figured since my blog is about the South somewhat  after all, I should, you know, post about it every now and then. 

I have every intention of posting some things I learned while reading Bittersweet Country by Ellen Cray Massey. 

It's a book I inherited from my great- grandpa about the early years in the Ozarks ( the area where I'm from).

Every post will have some facts and day-in-the-life examples. I've read it before and it was so interesting to me, but it's been awhile, so I need to re-read. 

I know personally, by the time I cared where my family came from and southern traditions, the people who would have answers had already passed on. 

This way I can start new and teach my children. 

Whether or not we use these skills everyday or not, it's still nice to know how. 

Oh, and just to be a good sport, here's my kindergarten picture. Note the acid wash dress and the untamable cowlick. 

I'll see you next Thurdsday!

Be excited. 

=0)

Manic Monday

This title truly describes our Monday.

I was so busy yesterday sewing, cleaning, running, and babysitting that I didn't have a chance to blog. 

We had a plan on Monday, and some things we stuck with, yet other events were thrown in randomly. 

Our first stop was out to a farm to get some fresh milk and free range chicken eggs. We had never had raw milk and quite frankly, we scoffed at it. I'm not against store bought and I wouldn't pay extra for raw milk. This purchased saved me money, plain and simple. The eggs were $1.50 a dozen and the milk was $3.50/ gallon. But, the milk has a layer of cream on the top that filled a pint jar. I used it for my creamer and on my next purchase, I will be making butter with the cream. So... A gallon of milk and a pint of cream for $3.50... Yeah, count me in. 

After that we headed out to Ponca to see how high the water was when we discovered a preserved farm that we had never noticed before. Being the adventurers we are, we decided to check it out. 

This is the barn. 

Hoops anyone? Josh had to explain to me why this bucket was nailed to a tree, you know, cause I'm oblivious. 

This is the actual cabin. I really want our next family portrait shoot to be here. 

Like, desperately. 

This is the smokehouse. 

Back porch. 

Root cellar. My Nanny's house has one of these. My mom said scorpions used to run rampant in it. 

*shudders*

Pretty sure we all know what this is. 

And finally, the Chicken coop

Sawyer was grumbly at this point. He doesn't really care for nature or the heat. 

We headed about a mile down the road and went to one of the viewing areas for Elk spotting. We only got to see a baby one from really far away, but Sawyer got to read about them and Sofia got to climb and run.  

After we left there, we went one of our good friend's homes to pick wild blackberries. I intend to make some blackberry vanilla jam with them later. I didn't get any pictures of the picking because the kids were purple and cranky at this point. 

After some naps were over, we headed to my dad's to vacuum our vehicles and let the kids play in the sprinkler. 

I love our Monday adventures! 

What day does your family like to have adventures on and what are some of your favorite things to do? 

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Happy hump day!