Baked Ranch Macaroni

So, it was the eleventh hour and I had nothing  planned for dinner.  Great.  I finally decided on something simple: chicken breast, carrots, and macaroni and cheese. The only problem was the fact that I didn't have my go-to box of Kraft.  So I looked up a couple of recipes, and found I had pretty much everything needed to make THIS RECIPE.  The only problem was that I had no sour cream, only a dip that STARTED as sour cream, but I mixed in a packet of ranch.

I decided to try the recipe anyway.  I followed it to a "T", except that I used the ranch dip instead of sour cream, and omitted the seasoned salt.

The finished product:

Homemade Dishwasher Detergent

I have found several recipes across the web for homemade dishwasher detergent, so this is nothing original or new.  I have personally tried three different recipes, and this is the one that works the best for me:

All you need is Borax, Super Washing Soda (you cannot substitute regular baking soda), Kosher Salt (it's kind of for scrubbing, you cannot substitute regular salt.  Sea salt didn't work for me either) and this:

Inbox for Snail Mail (and any other papers that leak into the house)

The idea behind this system is simple: Quickly take control of all the paper that floats into the house, and know where it all is because it's organized.  Every paper that comes in gets put into an "Inbox".  That can be a bin, basket or drawer.  It doesn't matter, as long as everything gets put there.

When you get five or ten minutes to sort through it all, you put it into its corresponding file (the action files).  This is separate from your usual filing space, which we'll talk about later.  

Now, I just happen to have an extra drawer in my filing cabinet (which is right by the front door) and that's where my inbox is, as well as my "action" system.  Its just a few file folders to sort through the mountain of paperwork and keep it manageable.