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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Basic Lotion
Ingredients: 1/8 tsp borax powder 1/4 cup distilled water 1/2 cup oil (or mixture of oils) 1 tbsp beeswax Directions: Combine beeswax and oils and heat until wax is melted. Add borax to water and heat. Slowly pour water into beeswax/oil mixture and beat until emulsified.The best thing about this recipe is that it is [...]
Posted in Recipes, Toiletries
Peanut Soap
Ingredients: 27 oz Peanut Oil 6 oz Coconut Oil 6 oz Palm Oil 2 oz Castor Oil 5 oz Olive Oil 6.8 oz Lye 16 oz distilled water Directions: I used a crock pot for this recipe. You could also do a cold-process method. The 5oz of Olive oil is added after the cooking is [...]
Lavender Soap
Ingredients: Wheatgerm 0.5 oz Cocoa Butter 8 oz Coconut 4 oz Castor 2 oz Palm 6 oz Shea Butter 4 oz Almond, Sweet 3.1 oz Sesame Seed 1.4 oz Flaxseed 3 oz Lye 4.1 oz Water 10.6 oz Directions: I use hot process usually. But cold process would work. After the cook, I added 1 [...]
Sage and Honey Syrup
Ingredients: 2oz of dried sage 3 cups distilled h20 Honey 5 drops habanero tinc or a pinch of cayenne 1 Lemon (zested & juiced) Directions: 1. bring the water to a boil and simmer sage and lemon zest in it until the liquid is reduced by about half. 2. strain out sage leaves and add [...]
Comfrey Clove Salve
Ingredients: Beeswax (grated) 1 oz. Clove infused Olive Oil – ½ cup Comfrey Root Tincture – ¼ cup Directions: Melt beeswax and add clove oil and comfrey tinctures. Mix rapidly, using a wooden spoon, until there are no lumps and the mixture takes on a smooth creamy appearance. Set the mixture aside until it has [...]
Antiseptic Mouthwash
Ingredients: 6 Tbsp clove infusion 1 Tbsp cardamom/mint tincture 1 drop peppermint EO 1 drop tea tree EO 1 drop eucalyptus EO 1 drop wintergreen EO Directions: Add the EOs to the tincture first, mix well. It will be a beautiful green at this point. Then mix in the 6 Tbsp of clove infusion. Now [...]
Writing vs Printing
I’ve been scan/copy-ing Sam’s spelling and grammar worksheets from master copies… time intensive and toner hogging. But, what else to do? Well, the printer broke. *grrrr* And it has almost been a blessing. For spelling, he writes down the words rather than getting a print out of them. Its almost like a pretest. I have [...]
Posted in Homeschooling
Learning
Ok, I seem to be figgering things out a bit. That “About Me” thing has to be edited manually… or rather that is how I’ve gotten it to change. That “the_author_description” php tag only works within the post “loop.” Seems there should be an automated way to update that. The “Photos” link is showing up [...]
Posted in WordPress
Hello world!
I’m trying to figure this thing out. There’s a lot of whiz-bang-gee-whiz stuff. There’s also a few glitches. Like the “about” blerb to the right. Can’t get it to change at all. Can’t change the password either. Well, I can change it, but then I can’t log in any more and have to reinstall the [...]
Posted in Life