Update - This and That & That and This - Simply Rurban

Over the many blogs so far there have been times when I have said I will let you know or I will update when it is done, etc – so I decided last night as I was pouring the vanilla extract that I made that I would do some updating to previous blogs.

Vanilla Extract

After 3 weeks the extract was done. It turned a beautiful vanilla bean brown and smells wonderful (wish I could put a smell button on here – I am sure that is coming…). I will be using it this weekend when I make our weekly batch of pancakes. I brought a bottle down to Will who owns the wine store I frequent – that is where I bought the organic vodka. Will is also going to try it out this weekend and maybe we will do some cross marketing – that would be fun. I purchased some brown bottles to store the vanilla extract in and also so I could give it away. I am also going to try and freeze a bottle and see how it goes – will update you on that in the future. This was so easy to make and so much more economical than buying it at the health food or traditional market.

Bathroom Mirror

Last fall as I was trying out different homemade cleaning solutions, I had come across in my research that if you rub a bathroom mirror with dish soap and then buff it it would not fog up for 2 weeks. I tried this and it did not work for me. Maybe I did not use enough soap, but I don’t think I will try again.

Coffee Dyed Yarn

Stella needed to bring in some brown yarn for a school art project – but I did not have any brown yarn in my leftovers bag. Instead of going out to buy some we used coffee to dye our own. The yarn was used for a mask she was making and it was sent home about a month ago. We will definitely be putting this in a shadow box and hanging on the wall. I just love it!

Enzyme Cleaner

It has been 2 months and I still have another month to go until I can use the solution. I feel lucky that it did not explode in the first couple of week, since I did not always remember to shake it and let the gas out. It does not smell at all. I shake every once in awhile and am now just counting down the last month until I can use it. Will update you again once I have tried it out!