I grew up with my family using herbs and essential oils, and Lavender was one of the staples we always had. Lavender is the oil that can do just about anything. My son had a hard time falling asleep at nights and we’d put a few drops of lavender on some cotton balls and place … More Oooh for the love of Lavender!
It’s interesting to me, that what my grandmother used to do from cleaning, to cooking, to even being thrifty, is now the “the new thing”. I’ve grown up using the chemical stuff to clean with and I’ve also used homemade products. I prefer to use the most minimal chemicals that I can. It’s 100 times … More Chemical Free Cleaning
Bread crusts.. blahhh…I’m not a bread crust girl, never really have been. Yet, Like every other kid growing up, you were told to eat your bread crust. Unless of course you grew up in the late 90’s, where Wonder Bread finally figured it out kids don’t like crusts. I grew up eating it, but not … More “Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”
In my attempt to reduce my usage of chemicals, and processed items, I tried my hand at making facial cream. Quite the experience. 🙂 If you google it, a million recipes come up. If you look on pinterest a million images and recipes come up. So I kind of made my own. Here’s the recipe: … More Oiling it up
Titan was our boy. We found Titan at our local Humane society. He was an owner surrender( which most shelter dogs are). He was 30 pounds under weight and because he was a big black dog, most everyone passed him by. I personally wasn’t thrilled with getting such a huge dog, but my husband and … More Saying Good bye too soon
I love the feeling you get, as a foster dog mom, and volunteer of a rescue, when you know you finally find a home for one of the foster dogs. Emily, the Rescue Director,had it right, when she told me, ” it’s the hardest work you will do but it is also the most rewarding” … More Light the fire
Yesterday after my chiweenie decided to go through the litter box and then for dessert dump the garbage out, I went to get my vacuum out to clean up the mess. Needless to say, it died on me. Then on my way to get my much needed gray hairs covered and some much need hairstylist … More The Zen of be stressed
or·gan·ic [ôrˈganik] ADJECTIVE of, relating to, or derived from living matter: of or relating to a bodily organ or organs. denoting a relation between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole. (oxford dictionary)
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