Third grade math, housekeeping, and the smell of lavender...

I was determined to clean yesterday. I usually have some kind of ritual to work up to the task. Years ago I would start with the hamster and bird cages, then give the all my kids haircuts. Now, my pattern is related to buying cleaning products. So I took a trip to the Dollar Tree and stocked up. When I got home I remembered that I had the supplies to make my own lavender lampe berge oil. I got all the supplies gathered on the kitchen counter and set to work. That took a while because I forgot where I put the 3 ingredients. They were they were in at least four places.  I had to convert e-how recipe from ounces to teaspoons. The recipe calls for one quarter of a bottle of a 1/4 ounce bottle of oil, and 1/8 of an ounce of distilled water to be placed in 4 bottles of 90 % (not the 70% grocery store variety) isopropyl alcohol. Here's the link, don't trust my math.

Once I figured it out I decided to write it on the bottle so that I would have it handy for next time. I have made this recipe two or three times already and am weary of googling conversion charts. I kept getting mixed up so my isopropyl bottle looks more like a chalk board in a third grade classroom than a recipe. I got my fragrance made, switched out the wicks that I keep soaking in a plastic container (once I found it), and lit my lampes to create the right ambience for cleaning and cleaned the kitchen.

Today, I'm excited to be making recycled bottle ornaments with a group of special needs high school students. Next week I work with Altamonte Christian and the following week with a homeschool group. In between I am going to teach a fifth grade class at Lake Orienta Elementary school around the corner from my house which, while not entirely clean, smells lovely.