CARAVAN OMAN - Trip preparations!

SO the last few years have been busy!  Moving countries... Completing a degree in psychology and another in family studies... Working on slowly selling jewellery again... Adding crochet rugs, soaps, body products, candles and other items to my list of items to sell!!

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But I have finally decided to return to blogging!  ESPECIALLY with our upcoming CARAVAN trip through OMAN!  And NO not camel caravan - tow your own caravan!  Caravans are only just starting to appear in Oman!  And what better way to spend a couple of weeks travelling around and not having to worry about packing and unpacking all our camping gear every time!

SO our Christmas holiday adventure has us all excited!!  It certainly will be an adventure as we work out the logistics of towing a caravan through a country that has no facilities for caravans!  Luckily we know the place very well and have some ideas about where we can go!

Stay TUNED to find out about our preparations!

Some of the items I have been making!  ALL HANDMADE!

DIY HAND / BODY Liquid SOAP

I love to browse through http://pinterest.com/ and came across this great recipe for hand made liquid soap or body wash.  Well yesterday with hubby and kids help (I'm only allowed out of bed for short amounts of time), we made the recipe.  Then all I had to do today was give it a quick blend up with a hand blender and pour into empty dispensers that we already had!

Here is the recipe I based ours on -
http://familyoffarmers.blogspot.com/2011/11/liquid-hand-soap-diy.html

Here is the way I did it
2 bars of dettol soap (grated using a hand grater)
2 tablespoons of glycerine
1 US gallon (3.78 Litres) of water

Add the soap and glycerine to a big pot on the stove and heat up until melted.  You don't need to boil.
I then left it for a day (although you only need to leave it for 10-12 hours).
Then used a hand mixer to blend it all up and poured it into containers.

There seems to be a little bit of controversy online over the "shelf life" of this type of soap - however I think if you store it correctly and use it within a few weeks there should not be any problem!

BIGGEST BONUS - is this is soo easy to make and it only cost a couple of dollars - great when you have two small boys who think there is an endless supply of liquid soap in the bottles!  Next time I think I will only make half a batch as it does make up a huge amount!

You can use any type of soap - although you may need to experiment with consistency and amount of water added!