On we go!

I've decided that I really want our family to live simpler lives. I really believe that God didn't intend for us to stress so much over how much products cost, to worry about where our food came from and what is in it or put so many things into/onto our bodies that aren't natural. I do understand that this process isn't going to be so 'simple' at first and I'm going to have to remind myself that I need to take it one task at a time and that I may have to modify each task for it to fit our lives.

Once I get a better hang of this blogging thing, I will most definitely add links to where I am getting this information and/or recipes so credit can be given.

With that being said I have already simplfied our lives by removing all air freshener sprays from our home. If you read the labels on some of the produts out there you may see that they are banned in CA due to causing cancer (not to mention all the chemicals that they contain). Scary, scary, scary.  There are so many ways to get rid of odors; open a window, get rid of the source, buy some plants, etc. but if you need a quick fix here's how.

This is a "simple" one to do, these are the ingredients I used and this is where I found how. Are you ready for it????

• One cup of distilled water
• Roughly 5 drops of lavendar oil (any essential, antiseptic oil will do)

Wah-lah! That's it. You can put this in any spray bottle but since it's on display in the bathroom I put mine in small, glass, blue spray bottles that I found at a garage sale. I'd say that this cost me roughly less than $1.50 to make a bottle for both bathrooms.

Our review: This is great. Not only is this incredibly inexpensive but I don't have to worry about the kiddos ingesting all those chemicals in the store bought sprays. I really like the way it smells and it seems to have gotten the okay from the hubby.