Elm street life: DIY life. I'm a sucker for anything made from scratch. For the most part, I've found that it's usually cheaper and better tasting if it is homemade. I've been reading and thinking a lot recently about simplifying life and being more frugal, and I think making things from scratch is one way to do that. While I can't really grow our food or grind our own flour in our current situation, there are several little things I have been able to do that make a difference. Today, I decided to do two projects along these lines. My first project of the day was to make homemade laundry detergent. I found a recipe online and went to buy the ingredients: 1/2 cup borax 1/2 cup washing soda 1 cup grated soap Just mix the ingredients well by hand or in a food processor and you're good to go!
In the end, I made this entire jar full of detergent as well as another jar like it that is half full. I only paid about $4.50 for 76 ounces of borax, $3.50 for 55 ounces of washing soda, and $1.50 for 3 bars of soap. Pasta. Some rules i try to live by: Everybody Farts. Here’s a story for you: Not so very long ago, I was a teenager, and read magazines. I know! I know! It was exciting for me, too! But the thing is, these magazines were often not so great for my self-esteem. Because here is what I remember about those magazines: 9,000 articles by girls about why their bodies were disgusting. Sometimes, there was a whole section: readers would contribute “stories” along the lines of “One time I dropped a tampon in front of a boy and I was soooo embarrassed,” or “One time a boy found out that my bra was padded and I was soooo embarrassed,” or “This one time, I found out that I have a body, and I’m not just a cloud of pure consciousness, and that means that I have to eat and sleep and stuff.
I was soooooooooo embarrassed!” My theory at the time was that if these apparently normal girls were embarrassed by their bodies, I clearly needed to be super embarrassed. But here’s the good news: I grew up. Your period is going to come whenever it wants. It’s true! Everyone's Mixtape. Svbtle : The essence of blogging. Pugnacious Puffy Pants. Volume I of 'De Arte Athletica' by Paul (Paulus) Hector Mair (mid-1500s) is online at the Bavarian State Library.
It is more than 600 web pages long. Weapons featured above include the halberd (a variation of pole-axe), long-sword, quarterstaff (maybe short-staff), sickle, dagger, dussack, scythe and a decidedly painful looking enlarged variation on a flail. There are said to be only three copies of Mair's enormous manuscript, which belongs to the Fechtbücher tradition, left in the world. They are owned by the Bavarian Library (I'll probably sift through Vol. II in the future), Dresden Library* ('Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica') and the Austrian National Library ('Opus Amplissimum..' AKA: Codex Vindobensis). The Mair biography from the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (copied at a number of sites, including Wikipedia) [site includes microfilm scans of the Austrian manuscript): Art by wiley. About Today. Emeli Sandé - Next To Me. A jane day. ::The Beetle Shack:: Vintage Weight Gain Ads. Image 6 scanned by Jacque Nodell (Sequential Crush)
Safe Sleeping | Sids and Kids. How to Sleep your Baby Safely: 1. Sleep baby on the back from birth, not on the tummy or side 2. Sleep baby with head and face uncovered 3. Keep baby smoke free before birth and after 4. 5. 6. Safe Sleeping Resources You can download the following Safe Sleeping resources as PDFs by clicking the images below: SIDS and Kids Safe Sleeping app The SIDS and Kids Safe Sleeping app for iPhone is available free of charge. Click the App Store logo below to download the app through iTunes. The app includes options for the following languages: English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi and Arabic. Cot to Bed Safety app The Cot to Bed Safety app for iPhone provides information on when to move a child from a cot to a bed, what type of bed to use, and how to provide a safe environment for a child. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources from the Northern Territory Taking Care of your Baby.pdf About SIDS and Kids Safe Sleeping Alert: Dangers of Using Baby Bean Bags as Bedding April 2013 Co-sleeping and SIDS.
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Advice. Plain Old Cute. Pintrest Pretties. Hilarity. Art. Blog Loving. Books. Sky. Photography. Unusual. Quotes. Father Rabbit's Blog. Writer and stylist LeeAnn Yare is a big fan of Father Rabbit, a regular ”borrower” of Father Rabbit products for her wonderful photoshoots and styled homes. Not keen to be the master of just one special thing, LeeAnn is also an international pilot for Air New Zealand flying every second month to the Australia and the Pacific… allowing her to keep an eye on the gorgeous shopping and style haunts across the Tasman. She regular works for Your Home & Garden, Urbis, Homestyle, Viva along with Inside Out, Real Living and Home Beautiful Australia. She has a crazy facebook page where you can check out photos and inspiration from interiors she loves. Here is some of LeeAnn’s styling work. Styling by LeeAnn Yare, photography by Wendy Fenwick at Flash Studios. Styling by LeeAnn Yare photography by Vanessa Wu.
Styling by LeeAnn Yare photography by Wendy Fenwick at Flash Studios. Best Fatherly advice handed down to you… Why settle for something mediocre when you can aim for the top of your field.