Miscellaneous and random: Coconut Oil

This post is about coconut oil and how I use it.

This is the brand I use. I use it because it is the first one I found to experiment with.

You see, last year, every so often, my husband would mention to me how he had read that shaving with coconut oil worked really well. I should try it sometime. I guess he said it enough times because I finally did. And guess what? It does work well.

I found some coconut oil at the grocery store. It seemed like an awful lot to keep in the bathroom, especially if it didn't work out. I didn't want to be cooking with something I had been dipping into in the tub. You know? :P

So I did a little recycle with a Gelato Container (delicious and FYI, Target carries it) and I keep that little tub in the tub.

 A few things to note:

• Wet your legs (or face men) first. I tried a "dry" run and had mild razor burn. Nothing like I normally get shaving with shaving cream and water, but there nonetheless.

• Use a good razor. I have tried about 6 different razors and the cheapest ones 1 or 2 blades still left razor burn. If I use a good quality 3 blade or more razor I rarely get any burn. I can buy the Up&Up Brand "Women's Razors/Five Blade/Compare to Venus Embrace" and be fine. They are on the pricey end of the "cheap" razors. :)

•  Be generous. I probably scoop about 1-2 tablespoons onto each leg. Rub it around well for a minute or two.

Pros:
(I like this much better than shaving cream because:)

• The coconut oil lasts way longer. I think I started using it in October or November of last year and I am still on the same little tub and am about halfway through it. (NOTE: I only shave once a week or if we are going to the beach or pool.)  

•  My skin is softer and I use less lotion and rarely get razor burn, which with shaving cream was a frequent occurrence.

• There is no odor.

• I rub it into my feet while I shave and they are nice and soft when I get out. Sometimes I use it as lotion after I shower as well.

• You can cook with it! Just don't get it from the same container you shave with.  :)

Cons:

• It will leave residue in the tub/sink. Use something that cleans oil to clean it up.

• If you are allergic to coconuts you can't use this (I assume).

• It makes the tub slippery! Be careful!

 

Yesterday

Yesterday I was mostly patient with my family.
Yesterday I finished  2 baby gifts.
Yesterday I was not terribly kind. :P (Need to work on that)
Yesterday, I took a very brief, and very ineffective nap.
Yesterday was a pretty good day.

You can still enter to win a tutu and headband set at Insanity Rules!

 (Honestly, I don't really want to remind you of this, cause my chances are awesome right now. But again, I am nice that way.) ;)

For all you ladies out there

This is an amazing, postive and very uplifting message, no matter what your religion is.
I hope you will go read it and take whatever touches you into your life.
Hugs!
FORGET ME NOT

You can also view the whole message HERE,  as it was broadcast which is even better!
Click on President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's links.

Of course you can listen to all of them. They were all wonderful messages.

Sweet Music!

This is too awesome!
Thanks to Bloom for sharing it.
for posting it.

A quick post

We made it to California with truck # 1 and hubby is headed back to start round 2 of moving. All our junk would not fit on one 26 foot truck even with all the donating, selling and chucking I did.

We are comfortably squeezed in to the new apartment, though my kitchen is going to be arranged and re-arranged several times before it is functional. I even managed to bake cookies last night to put in the kids' lunches today.

I saw my sewing machine briefly once the other day in the garage and it will probably be a week or two before I have time and space to rescue it and do any sewing. My papercrafting supplies are buried at the bottom of the stacks of boxes and who knows when they will see the light of day.

Now that I have my blogging itch scratched, it will probably be a while before the next post, partly because the computer is in temporary mode as well. The bumpy trip damaged the hard drive or something and my darling and incredibly smart/handy/gifted husband had to do some repairs. We are up and running (obviously) but not in full force.
And the other reason of course, is that there won't be much to blog about, unless it is a new recipe.  What with the lack of crafting and all.

Have a great day!
:)

Trying to catch up

I am a teensy bit behind in all the quilt alongs I am participating in. So I tried to catch up on at least one while we have been stuck in the house for a week. I got my 4 sets of coins for the Sliced Coin Quilt Along organized and even got one set pieced. It ended up too short though so I need to make some adjustments. But, then again, I may just piece all of them and see how they end up.
I forgot to take a picture of the pieced strip, but here are all the coins laid out.

I also got my vinyl labels put on the toy boxes.

I got these from Piccadilly Peddler as a custom order. I still have a couple more that I asked her to make for me.
I have had the boxes labeled with words, but the little people who can't read just throw things in willy-nilly so I am hoping this will help keep things a little more organized.

Beanies and stuffed animals, dress up, and building bricks.

Dress up and bricks, Megablocks, wood blocks, and miscellaneous toys, games and balls.

Megablocks, wood blocks, and miscellaneous toys, games and balls, Little people sets, wood trains, and cars. On top of the shelf there is one more with action figures and dinosaurs. The vinyl is an army man.

Little people sets, wood trains, and cars, puzzles, dolls.