I'll just make it myself

So I was perusing some blogs this afternoon and somehow I ended up on one where the lady was talking about actually making her own deodorant and soap. I mean, seriously, I totally support recycling the plastic bags, and I do grow my own strawberries (all 5 of them), but I draw the line at deodorant. Even knowing that Mathew McConaughey doesn't use deodorant (might as well post a gratuitous topless picture if I'm going to mention him, right?) will not sway me from my chemicals. It did remind me how my grandma used to make her own soap - which I think was made of lye and some other chemically things. The last straw on this other ladies blogs, was that, of course, she also was composting their food waste into her compost heap that she could use if she needed it. Then like 5 minutes later, Martha Stewart comes on tv and is talking about composting your banana peels, etc and then using it in your garden. Now I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one not composting and making my own deodorant. I WANT to like this idea, but I am just not sold yet so I'm not doing it!

The kids have actually been enjoying their time back at school and we even did Brooke's piano lesson today. Main problem with this week is that I have had to work out in the evening two days in a row. It is SO hard to get motivated after dinner, but I am proud of myself for doing it. Lauren is on a messy kick lately. It seems like if I turn around she spills or gets into something. Today it was smearing hummus across the counter (she inherited her love of Costco's hummus from me but she doesn't like the pine nuts so she had to spit it out). Yesterday it was the unmixed Crystal Light, then the mixed Crystal Light, then her yogurt. Should I take this as an indication that I need to do something differently since all these incidents happen when she is eating at the counter? hmm, i'll have to consider that. On a positive front, Ashley finally likes school. She doesn't love it, but they are using the computers, which she likes (thank you Webkinz) and now that she can read a little better I think she finds things a little easier to do.