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What soap opera do you watch regularly and how long have you been watching it?

Mine is AMC and I've been watching it from the beginning in 1970. 

I don't have a dishwasher so I have to use liquid soap.  I never throw the bottle away because I can't squeeze anymore out.  When I'm running my next dishwater, I run water in the bottle and use every last drop.  The cap even has enough residue on it for 1 load.  Same goes for shampoo and conditioner.  Even laundry soap.

I'll often use shampoo for body wash.  If you use Suave or VO5 it's usually only .99 a bottle and when it's on sale for less than that I'll buy a few bottles.  It's a lot cheaper than bodywash.

I try to do errands and appointments on the same day.  Mapped out right so I save gas. 

Never buy infant, toddler, preschool kids clothes brand new.  Buy at thrift, second hand stores or garage sales.  They outgrow them faster than the bank statement arrives.  They also tend to stain and ruin clothes pretty darn easily and quickly.

HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT

Ingredients:
3.1 oz bar Ivory soap or 2 regular bar sizes(Ivory is chosen because it's all natural. You may use a soap of your choice)
1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax

½ cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda or Baking Soda (I used baking soda since I couldn't find the washing soda)
Water

Tools:

5 Gallon container
Knife
Pot large enough to hold 5 cups of water
Long stirring stick/spoon (for 5 gallon container)

Instructions:

Shave the soap into small strips or grate it up finely with a grater and place in the pot with 5 cups of water. Bring the water just shy of a boil and stir until the soap is completely melted. When the soap is just about melted, pour 3 gallons of hot water into the 5-gallon container and let it sit until the soap in the pot is totally melted. Once all of the soap shavings are melted, pour the mixture into the 5-gallon container and stir.

Once the soap and water are thoroughly stirred, add the ½ cup pf washing soda and stir until dissolved. Once the washing soda is dissolved, pour in the cup of borax and stir again until dissolved.

***You can add essential oil flavors for the smell but I prefer without.

I found this online and it's the closest to my own recipe.  It also includes the directions and the pricing comparisons included are also very similar to prices in my area.

The only difference is, in my part of the country, Arm & Hammer wash soda isn't common on the store shelves and I have to order it online.

Since one of the kiddos is sensitive to perfumes, I will sometimes divide part of one batch into a couple of smaller bottles and add a drop or two of lavender essential oils just for the master bathroom towels and bedsheets.

against pit bulls in particular.  I think all dogs can be dangerous given different circumstances.  I don't think it is right to single out a particular breed and just take away an animal from its home without just cause.

However, my elderly mother, who suffers from MS, has been plagued by horrible neighbors with many dogs.  They do not keep their dogs in their own yard.  Not only do they tear out my mother's trash, but they use her back yard as their own personal bathroom.  Their one dog bit their own daughter and nothing was done.  They are always barking at us when we are in my mother's yard.  I had one come at me and I picked up a shovel that was thankfully near me to protect myself if the dog continued it advance.  Their little dog frequently gets under my mother's feet and her balance is not good due to her age and medical issues.  We have called the Humane Society and they will do nothing. 

I personally think that people should have a right to shoot any dog on their property that shouldn't be there.  If it weren't for getting in trouble for animal cruelty, I would have shot any or all of the neighbor's dogs in my mom's yard.  A 60-some, widowed woman with health problems has no rights to keep destructive, mean dogs off of her property but hey....don't shoot a dog or you will get fined and maybe even jail time.  Sad when a mut as more rights than my mom.

Any irresponsible owner shouldn't have a dog no matter what breed.  I will get off of my soap box now.  LOL.

How is the economy crisis effecting you?
Your budget, your retirement, your family, your FRIENDS families.

How is it effecting the circle you run with? Do you discuss this with family or friends?

It is effecting my family. The gas thing alone is cutting our budget! My youngest started college and is driving back and forth. I've called my aunt who lives close to the school and asked if he could stay with her a few nights a week to save gas money. The drive for him one way is 1 hour. It has already saved us $$$. The fact that he can't find a job isn't helping either. There are no jobs for young people. Even in fast food!

Food prices have effected what we eat! Have you priced CHEESE lately? A 2 cup packages of shredded cheese cost more than a gallon of milk! Food has gotten outrageous.

We have our primary home and we have a small cabin that we go to on weekends. Our primary home is paid for and has been but we do have a mortgage on our cabin. LUCKILY and by the grace of God, we are in a fixed rate situation but it's still difficult. Did we spread ourselves to thin? Sometimes it is tough but we budget and try to be careful with what we spend. Our payment is nowhere near the $1500 per month mortgages people are talking about - and at that price point with an adjustable RATE - I don't know how people are living.

Also lucky that we do not have credit card debt. I've read where the CC companys are raising limits to increase spending while increasing the payment interest as well? I see more and more credit cards being used at the grocery store.

It's all just very scarey for me.

We have some friends who are building their dream home. They have worked and saved for 15 years. The economy is blessing them in some ways since there are a lot of people looking for work but hurt them in others as the price of materials skyrockets!

Does anyone have any personal experience with subcutaneous lipomas?   I have one the size of an egg in my left lower quadrant and the doctor says it must come out pretty quick; thinks it is attached to the muscle so open surgery is in my future.  Anycomments or anything about it?   I sure would appreciate it!

mom:  I am in my 40s and grew up back in the old days when discipline for kids in school and at home was okay; however, methods used then are now taboo.  It looks like *traditional* discipline (which I feel was not necessarily always sensible) has been replaced with an either hands-off approach (due to fear of lawsuits, retaliation, etc.) or extreme measures, as described in the above post. This brings to mind the question:  How much more effective are we these days with these approaches? 

I feel for kids these days as well as future generations - looks like they'll have their hands full, if society continues this way.

a lot of the people you hear bragging about their refunds are those on some form of public assistance or single parents who are getting the earned income credit.  Although I think you can get an advance on this, most do not. 

Personally, I like to get around $2000 back for the year.  I know I could be saving that on my own, but it's not always that easy.  If it were in my account, I'd probably end up spending it.  The small amount of interest I'd make on it for the year wouldn't be worth the stress of having to save it.

I haven't done my taxes yet this year because they're probably going to be a mess.  We lost our house in a fire in October and were underinsured.  Now we have to file some sort of tax deduction for that.  It'll probably be more paperwork than it's worth, but we'll see.