{"id":515,"date":"2014-03-17T15:42:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T22:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2014-03-17T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T22:48:24","slug":"around-our-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"around our house"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"orange-vinegar<\/a>To celebrate my reunion with our stolen camera, I snapped a few shots from around the house today. I got a few small projects completed recently, but it’s been challenging to make a dent in my to-do list without consecutive days off. It’s much too tempting to loll around the house with no agenda, like these<\/a> furballs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although I kind of miss the romantic nature of line-drying all our laundry, I’m not sad to see the stiff socks and crunchy towels go. We’ve had a dryer for quite a few months now, and until recently, the luxury of freshly tumbled laundry (in any weather) has been enough to sustain my enthusiasm. Now that I’m inured to the idea, I figured it’s time to take it a step further and bring some dryer balls into the mix. I spent an hour or so putting together those woolen spheres in the top photo. They’ll tumble around with our drying laundry, soften it, and knock out static electricity. I followed this tutorial<\/a> but used polyester fiberfill for the middle of mine. I also ended up wet felting them some by hand after they took two trips through the washer, which helped make them a little denser. Next time I run a load, I’ll put a few drops of essential oil on one of the balls, and pop it into the dryer. The question is: do I go with a typical scent, like lavender, or do I try out a weird one, like rosemary? And will it make me constantly hungry to have herbal-scented clothing?<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers on date night, Nick brought me the two cacti in the second photo (and an air plant which is not pictured). I love receiving plants that can keep on growing! That guy really gets me.<\/p>\n

I finally slapped a couple coats of paint on the cedar compost bin Nick made me for valentine’s day. We’ve been tossing yard clippings and some vegetable scraps in a designated compost spot, but it’ll be nice to contain it in this lovely bin. Although bugs will find their way inside just fine, I want to pick up some red wigglers<\/a> to kick-start the composting (and also because I miss having worms<\/a>). The only other thing I’ll need is a tiny pitchfork for tossing and turning the bin contents, and I’ll be good to go.<\/p>\n

I ate A LOT of oranges this winter. Since the rinds are too acidic to compost in large quantities and throwing them out seemed wasteful, I started to slip the peels into a jug of plain white vinegar. After a month or so, it turned a deep shade of orange and took on a much improved aroma. I mixed it with an equal amount of water and a few drops of lemon essential oil to make a citrus-scented cleaning spray. It smells much nicer than my usual plain vinegar and water concoction, and the lemon and orange oils contribute to its cleaning powers.<\/p>\n

I’ll be back with more soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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