Your Winning Homemade Glass Cleaner – Now With Video
A year and a half ago, I tested several homemade glass cleaners.
Some of you may be aware of this. Some of you who saunter over here from Pinterest (bless its internety heart) probably came here just because of that particular pin.
The best homemade glass cleaner ever, which I dubbed Alvin Corn, was my shining glory in the moment. I had dreams of every person in the entire world trying this and oohing and ahhing at their newly crystal clear visage. We’re talking back when Crunchy Betty had 20 dedicated readers. I thought we could take over the world.
It didn’t exactly go like that. We had to wait a year and a half for Alvin Corn to gather up the buzz – and it has. Oh yes, it has.
Here’s what it looks like, in all its cloudy glory:
When Your Extra Virgin Olive Oil Isn’t So Wholesome
I used extra virgin olive oil in my oil cleansing routine, and I broke out like a 13-year-old would if they washed their face with bacon pizza.
That is not an uncommon complaint, although it’s not the rule. Occasionally, extra virgin olive oil receives raving results on the oil cleansing page. This problem is more than vexing, because we’ve all heard – for years – about how healthy extra virgin olive oil is, for your insides and your outsides.
But, finally, after a year of pondering this quandary, science has come through and delivered what I think may be at least part of the answer to the extreme ranges of success that extra virgin olive oil exhibits.
Lest you think the information I’m about to share here only applies to you if you use the oil cleansing method, it does not. What I’m about to present to you should absolutely, 100% change the way you shop for olive oil … even if you’re just eating it.
Start Crafting Your Perfect Crunchy Herb Garden – Now!
Guess what? We’ve already passed the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. And that means – hooray! – Spring is really on it’s way.
You may be looking out your window now at piles of snow, but it’s not too soon to think about getting your hands in the dirt. AKA getting cozy with some plants.
If you’re into creating crunchy goodies – whether it’s a home remedy, a facial scrub, or some a natural cleanser –there’s nothing more satisfying than stepping outside and snipping some of the ingredients off your very own plants.
No garden? No problem! You can grow an entire herbal cornucopia in little pots near your window. Those plants may not get super big, but look at it this way: you don’t have as far to walk with your shears.
Homemade Ginger Beer: The Happy Birthday Drink
I wrote this when I was 36 years old.
By the time you read it, I will be 37. In mere hours, I will have aged an entire year.
It’s high time we start marking our passing of time not in years, but in minutes. The passing, then, will be less significant – less of a badge to where, whether it’s honor or shame, depending on your outlook.
Numbers become significantly less important the higher they are. Take the national debt for instance; 15 trillion means nothing to you, really, does it? It’s just a crazy big number to which you might attach anger, but really it means nothing to your brain.
Instead of 37 years old, maybe I’ll be 324, 335 hours old. (Holy frick! THAT is old.) Maybe this wasn’t such a great idea.
To mark my new year-that’s-really-only-a-few-hours-when-you-think-about-it, I wanted to make a cocktail that was a little bit crunchy, and a lot a bit fun. So I tried ginger beer (to which I will add rum and lime juice, and it will be the ubiquitous Dark & Stormy).
How Chickens Lead to a Better Life
Today we have a special treat from Bonnie at Hungry Chicken Homestead. I first met Bonnie at a local community swap, and she’s a vivacious urban homesteader with an infinite amount of homesteading wisdom behind her. Here’s an insightful introduction into how she made the choices (and chose the chickens) she did. If you’d like to hear more from Bonnie and how she manages her chickens and crunchy lifestyle, let her know in the comments!
“Are you happy with what you’ve given up?” Crunchy Betty posed this question to her readers once. Living a Crunchy lifestyle means revising your priorities. We have to make space in our lives if we are inviting something new.
When I gained my flock of chickens, I gave up a corporate job and salary to make space for them. I no longer wanted to work hard at a job I did not enjoy so that I could buy things I didn’t have time to make myself. I could see this confirmed in the choices I made when the birds and the job were not compatible.
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