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I awoke this morning, went into the bathroom, and found one of my pepper plant mini-green houses on the floor! It was traumatic. A few of the sprouts were beyond repair, but I was able to salvage most of them; I hope they'll survive the incident. :P We suspect it was one of the cats that knocked them off of the window sill but we can't press ( Read more... )

I ordered a shampoo soap bar from Prarieland Herbs in Iowa a couple days ago, and it got here today! I'm pretty excited to try it; it smells heavenly! I ordered the peppermint and tea tree formula. They even sent me two free samples: a little pot of lavender body balm and a small sample of a different kind of soap. And I have my vinegar rinse ( Read more... )

Well Monday I fell off the wagon big time.  I ate red meat, ice cream and drank a huge soda all in one day.  And I felt horrible!  Aughhhh.  I don't know why I did it but don't plan on doing it again anytime soon.  I think when I'm stressed it sends me into self-destruct mode.  Tuesday I hardly ate anything because I just wasn't hungry.  And today ( Read more... )

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Well it's been a rough few days.  I've not been sleeping well at all due to very bad dreams...  I don't even remember what they're about, just feelings of tension and anger and sadness.  I think it might have to do with hormones since I just got off my period/started the pill.  Also, I never, ever feel right around a full moon.  It sucks hardcore ( Read more... )

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Okay, so lesson learned...  baking soda and washing soda are not actually the same thing.  Ahem.  I found Arm and Hammer Washing Soda at Kroger today;  they definitely didn't have it at Wal-Mart.  So what I am going to do is take some of the soap mixture I already made out of the bucket, heat it up in a pot and dissolve the washing soda in it, then ( Read more... )

Today in my internet exploring I discovered a recipe for making your own laundry detergent.  So I went to Menards and then Wal-mart and bought a five-gallon bucket, 20 Mule-Team Borax, Ivory soap, and a big thing of Arm and Hammer washing soda.  The website says that the recipe will make enough detergent (three gallons)  for 110 loads at a cost of ( Read more... )

My sweet peppers are sprouting!

I'm thrilled.  Tomorrow I'm going to get some more mini-green houses and plant my tomatoes.  I'm pretty psyched about the possibility of tomatoes; I can eat cherry tomatoes like popcorn.  The snow all melted today and the back yard is a treacherous mud pit, but once it all melts I'm going to start working on making ( Read more... )