My mom found a recipe for chocolate soap, so I thought I’d give it a try with a few friends, because, be honest with me ladies, who wouldn’t want to bathe in chocolate??? So here it is–chocolate soap: 40 oz olive oil24 ox coconut oil1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate4 TB cocoa powder8 oz lye4 cups […]
Happy Mother’s Day! A Song for Moms
Here’s a Mother’s Day treat for all you moms out there! (I never sound like this by the way. Really. Just don’t ask my kids to verify that.) Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for updates and special deals. Please be sure to follow
Planting and Transplanting Seedlings
Approximately 4 weeks ago I started some seedlings for my vegetable garden. (That’s how far behind I am–I’m just now putting it on here!) Gardening is not really my forte. I am a lover of the greenhouse and their perfect little plants, and have always been a bit intimidated at starting my own, so I […]
Dehydrating Onions
Today we’re making dried onions in a dehydrator. Dried onions are super handy to have around because they don’t go bad and they’re ready to use in whatever meal you’re making. Drying onions is easy and requires no cooking/blanching. So here’s how to dehydrate onions. I bought a sack of onions last fall because, well, […]
Guest Post–Feminine Hygeine: The Keeper, Diva Cup
Today I’m going the easy route and posting an email I received from my sister who lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (hurricane land). Men, if you are still reading, this letter is women specific, so unless you want to read on for the women in your lives, TURN BACK NOW. Okay, you have been warned, […]
Obligatory Swine Flu Post and Quarantine Thoughts
JUST IN CASE you haven’t found or heard any information on this Swine Flu deal yet or want more, here’s a quick list of a few places with good information (and if you’re sick of links about the Swine Flu, just cruise on past this first part–there’s more): Utah Preppers has a 3 part (so […]
Happy News!
Well, I said Thursday that I had some exciting news I’d share with you all “tomorrow”. Well, what “tomorrow” actually means is sometime in the future, just like “lasterday” means sometime in the past. So since I missed the real tomorrow, and don’t have a ton of time today (like none), I’ll just keep this […]
Chickies!
Our local farm/ranch store was supposed to get a boatload of little chicks yesterday, so I was going to pick me up a few, but when I called them in the morning, they said the shipment wasn’t coming until next week–bummer! But it just so happened I had to go “over the mountain” yesterday to […]
Basic Firearms Part 2: Ammunition
Hooray! More firearm fun today! In case you missed part 1, go read here. We’ve also got part 3 and part 4 when you’re done with this one. Today we’ll be covering the basics of ammunition, so we’ll discuss three types of ammunition (pictured left to right): Handgun, Rifle, and Shotgun. Handgun and Rifle ammunition […]
Wheat Practically Grinding Itself . . .
A little update: I have in the past ground my wheat and then taken the grinder down and put it away, but when I did the Country Living Grain Mill post, I thought I’d leave it up since I wanted to grind a few more things. Well, I keep having to stock it up with […]