Soap Making at Home

Setelah lama tidak bereksperimen, kami turun ke dapur dan membuat Sabun Jelly. 

Berikut link yang menginspirasi kami:

Ini hasilnya:

Teksturnya lembut dan kenyal, utk satu kali mandi, cukup dg 1 buah sabun jelly.

Kami hilangkan pewarna makanan, krn sabun yang cair yg ada di rumah sudah berwarna. :)

Selamat mencoba.

Berikut beberapa links yang kami pakai utk referensi membuat sabun rumahan.

Kami mencari resep yang tidak menggunakan soda api (caustic soda/lye).

Belajar dari buku sains, kulit adalah organ tubuh manusia yang paling lebar.

Untuk pasien yang terkena kanker, bahkan pasta gigi dan sabun juga perlu diperhatikan.

Pemikiran saya adalah, jika tidak baik utk penderita kanker, pasti juga tidak baik utk orang sehat.

Itulah sebabnya kami sedang dalam proses penelitian dan mencari resep utk membuat sabun buatan rumah,

yang aman dipakai.

natural soap recipe
http://www.eaudrey.com/milled2.htm
http://maryamchin.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-produce-cold-pressed-avocado-oil.html
http://www.soapmakingfun.com
http://www.soapyhollow.com/how-to-make/
http://www.soapqueen.com
http://www.soapcalc.net/
http://www.teachsoap.com/forum/
http://www.brambleberry.com/
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soapmakingbasics/Soap_Making_Instructions_Soap_Making_Recipes_Soap_Making_Projects.htm
http://www.orthogonalthought.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/homemade-natural-soap-basic-recipe/
http://www.thesage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.php
http://www.soapcalc.net/
http://teachsoap.com/
http://www.millersoap.com/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/130008-ingredients-castile-soap/
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soaprecipes/a/castrecipe.htm
http://www.ecolivingexperts.com/homemade-soap-recipes/
http://factery.net/oo/howto/How-to-Make-Liquid-Olive-Oil-Soap
http://www.ehow.com/how_12121282_make-organic-liquid-castile-soap-lye.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_6308205_make-soap-using-potassium-hydroxide.html
http://www.ehow.com/list_7546104_lye-alternatives-soap-products.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_6942346_make-pure-castile-soap.html
http://www.northcountrymercantile.com/soapmakinglibrary/cindys-gentle-thymes-soap/
http://www.soap-making-essentials.com/soap-making-questions.html
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soaprecipes/a/hardwhitesoap_2.htm
http://www.soap-making-essentials.com/homemade-soap-recipes.html
http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/soap-recipes.html
http://www.millersoap.com/soapanimal.html
http://kampungtki.com/baca/29891
http://ourlifesimplified.com/house/hp-soap/soap-made-the-old-way/#axzz1sHW4qPxe

Hot Ice Experiment yang GATOT

Keren banget ya! 

Semangat 45 kami mencoba buat dan hasilnya....

Setelah menanti 2 jam... dan sudah dingin, lalu kami mengikuti langkah berikutnya.. Meletakkan sedikit bubuk sodium acetate dan hasilnya: GAGAL TOTAL... tidak ada reaksi endotermis yang kami harapkan. Huhuhu. Apa yang salah ya?

Tidak putus asa, sayang jika dibuang, kami biarkan panci dan perlengkapannya tetap di dalam kulkas sampai semalam suntuk. Besoknya kami coba dan GAGAL lagiiii..

Clay mengamati dan memain-mainkan air yang membeku (padahal diletakkan di kulkas bawah lho, bukan freezer) dan tiba-tiba berkata, "Oh.. aku tau. Gelembung udara ini yang membuat air membeku menjadi expand (: memuai) ukurannya, Ma. Airnya ketambahan gelembung. Liat tuh, kecil2 bubbles itu yang bikin es yg beku ukurannya jd lbh besar drpd waktu kondisi cair."

Ha! Gagal di satu percobaan, ternyata masih tetap bisa belajar hal yang lain. Good thoughts, Clay! No grumbling, but observing!

Onion Dissection

Onions come in layers.
They are roots.
They are used for cooking and herbal medication.
They are hot if we look at them too close.
We love onions for cooking fried rice!

Evan, Freggy and X-Frog

After a loooong pause, I started to typing on again on this page.
We skipped a lot of lessons written here, because of so many reasons: health condition, trips,guests around, problems with server (this what looks to be the main reason!)

Anyway, here we are now.
We are learning about frogs. Yuck! A slimmy, woobly, jelly-like creatures which croacks and jumps around. In our front garden, at nights usually we find one ot two toads (not frog) jumping around.

Last week, when we went to Mekarsari and spent two nights at Rumah Pohon there, we looked for tadpoles in the nearby pool. Actually what we found was a tiny frog. It was about 1 cm long. Sadly, after 3 days, it died. We put Freggy (Evan named it himself) in a plastic cookie jar for his temporary house. We planned to observe it for about a week and would let it go in a river near our house. But... :( Evan was pretty sad about it.

Yesterday, we went to a supermarket to buy things we need for our tea party with Joel and Jason. What happened, we bought not only the groceries but also a living Bullfrog! We bought a plastic canister (chose the cheapest one possible!), put it in and brought it home.

This morning, Clay and Evan woke up early since they concerned about X-Frog. They were afraid if the frog die as Freggy because lack of food. After getting up, the three of us cleaned our old aquarium and put the frog in.
Mom put in some waterplants and rocks. Clay took plenty of drinking water (yes, not tap water!) and put it in. Evan did the most horrible job: moved X-Frog to the aquarium from the plastic canister. Ooohh! He did a marvellous job!
I opened the lid of canister, he put his right hand in, and took it out!
Whoa! I was surprised to see his gentle grasp on X-Frog! He didn't squeeze it, but very carefully hold it and put it in its new house. Wow!
Hurriedly, I put the carton box on the top of the aquarium and seal the sides with a broad seal tape. Phew! Nicely done Evan!
Evan didn't want to hurt it by squeezing him because he knows that a frog breathe by its skin. If it is hold too tight for a long time... then game over!

Scrutinizing A Hen's Body Parts

"Hii.. telor kok empuk ya? Kayak jelly.. Kalo kita beli telor kan keras. Ini kok ga ada kulitnya? Ada di mana ini? Mama dapet dari mana?"

Clay bahkan sempat tidak berminat memegangnya. Jijik katanya. Cuma diliatin. Diperhatiin. Ternyata banyak banget ya telur2 yang belum ada cangkangnya. Setelah puas memegang dan mengamati telur2 yang masih empuk (dan ada yang kecil buanget warnanya belum orange, masih bening...), kita buka website tentang poultry dissection.

Komentar mereka lucu2 lho...

"Ooo.. jadi ada di dalam situ tampatnya kalo masih empuk. Dilindungi tulang ya, Ma?"

"Kapan ya mulai terbentuk kulit kerasnya?"

"Kasian ayamnya dibelah gitu. Mati dong, Ma?"

"Terus telurnya keluarnya lewat pantat ayam? Hii! Jorok amat!"

Wuahaha.. senengnya belajar sama anak2! Awet muda lah saya selalu! Kekekek...