cheap stuff | homemaking | new to me | soap
Updo and Update
(365 day 71 photo) Ok, it’s been about 15 days since I went shampoo-free. I’m using boar’s bristle brushes to comb out my hair in sections each day and massaging…
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cheap stuff | craft | new to me | soap
More Green Stuff
I finally used the last, little, microscopic shred of my castile soap on my face a couple of nights ago, and knew it was time to make more. Procrastination, again….
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No ‘Poo for Me
(365 day 52 photo) I read on this blog how the author had been shampoo free for 2 years now and was intrigued. I’ve been trying to stretch out the…
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Truck Tires and Tubers
I’d pretty much given up on growing potatoes this year since we didn’t have a new garden plot for the mounds. Then I happened upon a solution that, though old…
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cheap stuff | garden | homemaking | new to me
Seed Savers Anonymous
I harvested seeds heads a few months ago, put them in paper bags, and carefully avoided them and the mania I knew would ensue if I got started separating them,…
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dutch oven | food | garden | new to me
Corned Beef Sounds Gross
Had that cabbage in the garden so I thought I’d try an old fashioned sounding recipe from this book: Corned Beef and Cabbage. I could tell my son was grossed…
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He Who Controls the Spice…
By the time I realized I was out of curry powder for this Moosewood sweet potato soup recipe I had, it was too late to run get some and my…
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New Years Resolution, Sort of
When I joined a 365 photo pool, I thought it would just be a fun little outlet. I had no idea how time consuming and frustrating taking a photo of…
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droids | dutch oven | food | homemaking | new to me
One Happy Pot
I got to christen one of my Christmas presents yesterday (thanks Grandmommy and Papaw!) It’s a 6 qt. enameled, cast iron dutch oven and when combined with this book, it…
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Why is This so Hard?
Joined the 365 Days and Shutter Sisters 365 had a tough time finding a shot I even sort of liked for my first 365 self portrait.