Categories: Household/Garden

• Household Uses for Butter (the end of “The Butter Trilogy”)

  ok. I’ve almost finished talking about butter. LOL! I seriously don’t think about it as often as it must seem! I figured that since we’d talked so much about it, I should just make a “butter trilogy”. Today’s article is very Non-Stepfordian… I’m going to talk about butter’s household uses.
  I’m no Paula Deen, believe me. LOVE the woman. Absolutely LOVE her cooking, but it’s all so rich! Not that I [...]

• Natural Flea Remedies

  Charlie had fleas this time last year. It was aweful. She was miserable, and we were kinda grossed out. lol! If you happen to notice a flea or two on your dog, you should immediately attempt to eradicate them. Flea problems can get out of control nearly overnight, so if you’ve only noticed a couple of them, go ahead and treat the problem naturally. If you have an all out infestation, I’m sorry to [...]

• Emergency/Hurricane Check List

  Well, we’ve had our first Gulf storm of the Hurricane Season. Hurricane Alex was rough down in southern Texas and Mexico, but thankfully Houston was spared the full brunt of the storm. I realized that now is a great time to get a checklist of supplies ready for those of you out there living in a region prone to hurricanes. Of course, this list is fairly universal. It’s good for any kind of emergency which would [...]

• Thyme for an Herb Garden!

  ohhhh SUPER LAME joke! That was the kind of real stink-bomb Rick is known for… No, but it IS time to start to get your garden in order! There are so many wonderful things to plant, but I thought that today I’d focus on herbs. Because I live in an apartment in the city, I don’t have a nice big yard to do gardening in. Because of my limited space, I mostly grow herbs because [...]

• Tips on Finding High Quality Essential Oils

  I love this new blog layout because the comments box is right there. SO much quicker than the forum. Carrie asked a great question about the Natural Fabric Freshener blog. She wanted to know where to purchase high quality essential oils.
  Oh man, what an excellent question! It’s worth taking a moment to talk about essential oils because they are just SO amazing, but the quality does matter. When you walk into a Natural [...]