What can't coconut oil do?
It can cook. It can keep my pits smelling fresh (with the help of another faithful, baking soda).
And now I have discovered (via the internet) another use for the wonderful fat (WHO THOUGHT THOSE TWO WORDS COULD BE USED IN THE SAME SENTENCE?!).
You can SHAVE with it.
It's pretty rad, actually. You just rub the oil all over your legs and shave like normal. It's a GREAT lubricant AND it moisturizes while you shave. I shaved yesterday and my legs STILL feel insanely soft.
Please, do yourself a favor. Stop buying icky shaving cream, stop resorting to soap (or shampoo in my case) and just pick up some coconut oil.
You will NEVER look back!
Soft shaven peace,
Mrs. H
Friday, August 5, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Focusing on the good!
So this weekend I went up to Gainesville for a friend's birthday.
It was super funsies!
However, yesterday, I was so tired (2 hours of sleep) and so hungry (hadn't eaten in 8 hours) and thusly so impatient...
...that I ate out.
I know, I know. It is disappointing. But! I can proudly say I went a month without eating out!
Hooray for me! That's actually a HUGE achievement.
But I will be starting my 100 days over starting tomorrow.
And I WILL prevail!
Peace,
Mrs. H
PS I'm writing this post from my PHONE!!!
It was super funsies!
However, yesterday, I was so tired (2 hours of sleep) and so hungry (hadn't eaten in 8 hours) and thusly so impatient...
...that I ate out.
I know, I know. It is disappointing. But! I can proudly say I went a month without eating out!
Hooray for me! That's actually a HUGE achievement.
But I will be starting my 100 days over starting tomorrow.
And I WILL prevail!
Peace,
Mrs. H
PS I'm writing this post from my PHONE!!!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Detergent Review
Okay, so Mr. H did some laundry with our homemade laundry detergent. When it was all said and done, he wasn't as itchy (still a little itchy, so I'm wondering if there might be something in the kind of soap I used to make the detergent...). It got our clothes just as clean as other detergents. There wasn't that "pretty smell" like you get with other detergents; it just smelled...clean. It was cool.
All in all, I'd say success.
Peace,
Mrs. H
All in all, I'd say success.
Peace,
Mrs. H
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Chef Boyardee is calling...
No real post today. Horrible day with the muggles. Need to relax. Eating Chef Boyardee and playing LEGO Indiana Jones.
You don't get to judge me.
NO PEACE TODAY
Mrs. H
You don't get to judge me.
NO PEACE TODAY
Mrs. H
Monday, July 18, 2011
Water to Wine!
Not really, but I needed a cool title, because today's post is about how I used WINE BOXES to make shelves in my kitchen! Wooo!
Okay, back story. I went to Goodwill the other day (How I love Goodwill!), and they had a bunch of wine boxes. By the way, I love that people literally give their trash to Goodwill. "Hey, here's an empty container from like 6 years ago. You can find a use for it, right?"
Why, yes, yes I can.
So I bought like ALL of them (totally 4, 3 large and 1 small), and it came out to about $7. $7? For wooden boxes? Girl, you must be crazy!
Crazy about THRIFTINESS.
So I actually had NO idea what I was going to do with them at first. I brought them home and almost immediately regretted my decision.
And then I saw it.
That GIANT BARE SPOT above my kitchen sink. All that space, going to WASTE.
I knew then what I was going to do with these boxes.
SHELVES. Lots of awesome SHELVES.
Because my kitchen and my bathroom FAIL for storage space. I mean, my kitchen has a nice big pantry, but it's narrow and I have to like climb into it to get anything. It makes cooking a hassle and I want to be able to just GRAB my spices as I cook.
So I didn't want to just nail them up as is, because it was like this huge canvas with which I could make pretty! So I ran to Joanns and picked up some cheap paint (yellow, orange, and blue all together) and some cheap paint brushes and endeavored to PAINT SOMETHING PRETTY.
More story time. I can't paint. To save my life. I try to paint and it comes out looking like a 3 year old dipped it's hands into a bucket o' paint and just went nuts. That being said...
THESE BOXES ARE MY MASTERPIECES.
Like, oh my God, it's as if the world said, "You know what, Liz, just this once (twice even), we're going to give you adequate ability to paint, so that you're kitchen looks semi-decorated."
So pretty *cries*
So the first one I did, I hung up above the kitchen sink using screws. Mr. H was adamant about screws being better than nails, though I imagine whenever we move from this apartment and there are 4 giant holes in the wall, he will possibly regret that decision.
Though considering I spilled paint all over our closet floor, that deposit may be long gone anyway...that's a story for another day!
So up it went! And I'm keeping soap and pretty things there...though I'm not quite sure what pretty things yet! Ideas, anyone???
The second one had a little addition to it. I decided to use the second one for spices, so it needed an extra shelf. I took the small wine box, which I had tried to paint and miserably failed at and therefore must assume the world decided 2 boxes was plenty of talent wasted on me, and hammered off one of the sides. I hammered out the nails and REUSED them to hammer the box side into the big wine box for a shelf!
God, I'm thrifty. Go, Me!
So I put it all together and hung that box above my stove, resulting in an AWESOME spice shelf! The best part is that the shelf I made from the small wine box was shorter than the length of the big wine box, leaving room for me to also store oils and other cooking items!
It's been a good day.
Peace out!
Mrs. H
Okay, back story. I went to Goodwill the other day (How I love Goodwill!), and they had a bunch of wine boxes. By the way, I love that people literally give their trash to Goodwill. "Hey, here's an empty container from like 6 years ago. You can find a use for it, right?"
Why, yes, yes I can.
So I bought like ALL of them (totally 4, 3 large and 1 small), and it came out to about $7. $7? For wooden boxes? Girl, you must be crazy!
Crazy about THRIFTINESS.
So I actually had NO idea what I was going to do with them at first. I brought them home and almost immediately regretted my decision.
And then I saw it.
That GIANT BARE SPOT above my kitchen sink. All that space, going to WASTE.
I knew then what I was going to do with these boxes.
SHELVES. Lots of awesome SHELVES.
Because my kitchen and my bathroom FAIL for storage space. I mean, my kitchen has a nice big pantry, but it's narrow and I have to like climb into it to get anything. It makes cooking a hassle and I want to be able to just GRAB my spices as I cook.
So I didn't want to just nail them up as is, because it was like this huge canvas with which I could make pretty! So I ran to Joanns and picked up some cheap paint (yellow, orange, and blue all together) and some cheap paint brushes and endeavored to PAINT SOMETHING PRETTY.
More story time. I can't paint. To save my life. I try to paint and it comes out looking like a 3 year old dipped it's hands into a bucket o' paint and just went nuts. That being said...
THESE BOXES ARE MY MASTERPIECES.
Like, oh my God, it's as if the world said, "You know what, Liz, just this once (twice even), we're going to give you adequate ability to paint, so that you're kitchen looks semi-decorated." So pretty *cries*
So the first one I did, I hung up above the kitchen sink using screws. Mr. H was adamant about screws being better than nails, though I imagine whenever we move from this apartment and there are 4 giant holes in the wall, he will possibly regret that decision.
Though considering I spilled paint all over our closet floor, that deposit may be long gone anyway...that's a story for another day!
So up it went! And I'm keeping soap and pretty things there...though I'm not quite sure what pretty things yet! Ideas, anyone???
The second one had a little addition to it. I decided to use the second one for spices, so it needed an extra shelf. I took the small wine box, which I had tried to paint and miserably failed at and therefore must assume the world decided 2 boxes was plenty of talent wasted on me, and hammered off one of the sides. I hammered out the nails and REUSED them to hammer the box side into the big wine box for a shelf! God, I'm thrifty. Go, Me!
So I put it all together and hung that box above my stove, resulting in an AWESOME spice shelf! The best part is that the shelf I made from the small wine box was shorter than the length of the big wine box, leaving room for me to also store oils and other cooking items!
It's been a good day.
Peace out!
Mrs. H
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Mrs. H...for Hippie!
Today was a great day for my hippie side! I took a shower (yes, hippies take showers), washing my hair with baking soda and conditioned it with coconut oil! Usually when I go hippie-fabulous on my hair, I condition with apple cider vinegar, but I read that coconut oil was a great moisturizer for hair, so figured I'd give it a try.
Then I made HOMEMADE DEODORANT. Which I have done before, but it's always fun! Right now, it's sitting in the fridge so it won't melt. It's made with cornstarch, baking soda (I love baking soda!), and coconut oil (coconut oil, you are making a huge break into my life!). Unfortunately, coconut oil melts REALLY easily. As in, I bought it in a solid form several months ago, and it has been sitting in my mildly warm apartment and melted. Crazyyyyyy. But since it melts so easily, I keep it in the fridge.
Short story time! The first time I made homemade deodorant, I took it with me somewhere (for some reason) and left it on the passenger seat in my car. Come back an hour later, and after it sat in my hot car in the hot Florida sun, it melted allllll over my seat.
Lesson learned.
Lastly, today I also made homemade laundry detergent! And it was so easy to make. I'm hoping that it will make Mr. H less itchy, because we are thinking he is allergic to the detergents we usually buy. We will see what happens!
Baking Soda Hair Wash
2Tbsp baking soda
1 Cup water
Put the baking soda in a squeezie bottle, trust me on the one. You don't have to, but it makes it easier. When you're in the shower and ready to wash your hair, just add about a cup of water. If it's a little more or a little less, it's not gonna hurt. You might actually want to play around with the math. I add a little extra baking soda and a little less water because my hair is so thick. The mixture is going to be VERY watery, which is why the squeezie bottle is best. If you just do it in a bowl, you basically dump the whole bowl on your head. The squeezie bottle lets you do it gradually and where you need it.
Coconut Oil Conditioner
You do this AFTER you are out of the shower. Put a VERY small amount on your finger and rub it between your hands to melt it a bit and then rub it through your head, paying special attention to your scalp. Since mine was melted already, I just dipped two fingers in and whatever came out I rubbed around on my hands and then in my hair. In either case, start off with a small amount. If you need more, you can add more.
Deodorant
This stuff is SO awesome. I got the recipe for it here. But if you don't want to go to a different site, it's all good! Here you go:
5-6 Tbsp Coconut oil
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup arrowroot powder or cornstarch
Combine the cornstach. Start adding the coconut oil a little at a time until it's a good consistency for rubbing under your pits (teehee). I liked mine a little mushy, but the first time I made it, it was fairly firm. Pack the stuff into an empty deodorant container, and BAM! Instant deodorant. Remember to keep the stuff in the fridge...
Laundry Detergent
4 cups pure soap, grated
2 cups baking soda
2 cups Borax
Mix 'em all together. Done. Now, when I grated my soap, it was very much like grated cheese. It was still a little too big for mixing in with finely grated borax and baking soda. So I tossed everything into my food processor, which finely ground up the soap. Now it's perfect!
Like I said, I haven't tried the laundry detergent yet, but when I do, I will let you know how it does. Actually, I might have Mr. H tell you how it does, since he's always the one who does the laundry...
Peace!
Mrs. H
Then I made HOMEMADE DEODORANT. Which I have done before, but it's always fun! Right now, it's sitting in the fridge so it won't melt. It's made with cornstarch, baking soda (I love baking soda!), and coconut oil (coconut oil, you are making a huge break into my life!). Unfortunately, coconut oil melts REALLY easily. As in, I bought it in a solid form several months ago, and it has been sitting in my mildly warm apartment and melted. Crazyyyyyy. But since it melts so easily, I keep it in the fridge.
Short story time! The first time I made homemade deodorant, I took it with me somewhere (for some reason) and left it on the passenger seat in my car. Come back an hour later, and after it sat in my hot car in the hot Florida sun, it melted allllll over my seat.
Lesson learned.
Lastly, today I also made homemade laundry detergent! And it was so easy to make. I'm hoping that it will make Mr. H less itchy, because we are thinking he is allergic to the detergents we usually buy. We will see what happens!
Baking Soda Hair Wash
2Tbsp baking soda
1 Cup water
Put the baking soda in a squeezie bottle, trust me on the one. You don't have to, but it makes it easier. When you're in the shower and ready to wash your hair, just add about a cup of water. If it's a little more or a little less, it's not gonna hurt. You might actually want to play around with the math. I add a little extra baking soda and a little less water because my hair is so thick. The mixture is going to be VERY watery, which is why the squeezie bottle is best. If you just do it in a bowl, you basically dump the whole bowl on your head. The squeezie bottle lets you do it gradually and where you need it.
Coconut Oil Conditioner
You do this AFTER you are out of the shower. Put a VERY small amount on your finger and rub it between your hands to melt it a bit and then rub it through your head, paying special attention to your scalp. Since mine was melted already, I just dipped two fingers in and whatever came out I rubbed around on my hands and then in my hair. In either case, start off with a small amount. If you need more, you can add more.
Deodorant
This stuff is SO awesome. I got the recipe for it here. But if you don't want to go to a different site, it's all good! Here you go:
5-6 Tbsp Coconut oil
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup arrowroot powder or cornstarch
Combine the cornstach. Start adding the coconut oil a little at a time until it's a good consistency for rubbing under your pits (teehee). I liked mine a little mushy, but the first time I made it, it was fairly firm. Pack the stuff into an empty deodorant container, and BAM! Instant deodorant. Remember to keep the stuff in the fridge...
Laundry Detergent4 cups pure soap, grated
2 cups baking soda
2 cups Borax
Mix 'em all together. Done. Now, when I grated my soap, it was very much like grated cheese. It was still a little too big for mixing in with finely grated borax and baking soda. So I tossed everything into my food processor, which finely ground up the soap. Now it's perfect!
Like I said, I haven't tried the laundry detergent yet, but when I do, I will let you know how it does. Actually, I might have Mr. H tell you how it does, since he's always the one who does the laundry...
Peace!
Mrs. H
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Still Dying
Please note that I am still sick from the weekend. Blech. So I haven't done much in the way of creating. I did however find out tonight that frozen blueberries make AMAZING sorbet. Big success there. I also discovered that powdered sugar actually does work better than granulated sugar in the fruit sorbets because it gives it a smoother, creamier texture while granulated sugar just gives it a grainy feel. The powdered sugar helps soak up a lot of the moisture so it isn't just a mass of melting fruit.
So powdered sugar = best for the sorbets.
I am also in the process of
1. Crocheting a lunch bag
2. Hand sewing an actual bag
3. Making a bracelet.
So I should have some better posts when those are finish.
Send me soup,
Mrs. H
So powdered sugar = best for the sorbets.
I am also in the process of
1. Crocheting a lunch bag
2. Hand sewing an actual bag
3. Making a bracelet.
So I should have some better posts when those are finish.
Send me soup,
Mrs. H
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