Buskins Leggings- Possibly the next best thing since Betty White.

I have been waiting for almost two weeks, keeping a lid on my excitement. Wanting to be sure I could give these things my seal of approval before sharing the 'too good to be true' opportunity (and leggings).

It has paid off. I LOVE these leggings!

I mean, look how cute these are! Look at me LOOKING at how cute they are! And they were my least favorite in my starter pack.

They are made of surprisingly thick, durable, breathable, super soft fabric.

I'm currently wearing the pair in the photo (Minty Jester, $15) and I may only take them off to clean and put on another pair. They are that comfortable.

I feel awesome wearing these. They are more like pants than leggings- and some even come with pockets!

Husband is quite happy as well. He's my photographer. 

Here's his favorite shot. 

Clearly, Husband and I  are perfectly happy with my sexy ass in leggings.*

Thank goodness, 'cause now I'm getting paid to wear 'em. 

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Leggings after the Click!

If you end up deciding, like I did, to opt in for the one or four-pack of surprise leggings to your door, get me your confirmation code ASAP and I'll set you up for awesomeness. Oh! Don't forget to put my name in the Sponsor box :Carrie Allen.

 

And one last action shot. Okay, I was falling, but that snow was deceiving!


I love photo shoots, Husband, new leggings, the Oxford comma, and getting paid!

Pop on over and check out the newest styles. Here's a little taste:




www.mybuskins.com

*Bet you scrolled down just to see what that was all about. I would have.
Click here for the skinny:Lustful Leggings


May your tomorrow be beautiful and the rest of your today simply grand!

Small Batch- Laundry Detergent

Greetings all!

Per request (kinda) I have made and taken pictures of me making laundry detergent.

I've been using this little recipe for several months with no problems. If you have dirty children or are a bit on the dirty side yourself you may have to increase the amounts of ingredients. No biggie. I'm sure you'll figure it out. :-)

Now. On with the show!

First thing first: Ingredients.

This is a pretty easy list:
Borax, Super Washing Soda and a bar soap (I use Dr. Bronner's in liquid form, cause I can)

Seriously, though, I use liquid form so  I don't have to deal with shaving the bar soap down. ICK!

The Borax and Washing Soda can be found in the detergent isle and shouldn't run you more than a few bucks each.

Dr. Bronner's is a bit more expensive, but worth it and lasts FOREVER. If yer into saving the dough, just grab a bar soap (I'd stick with a castile  version though).

Next: Utensils.... Very sexy.... wait. What? Nevermind.... going on.

I use that square bucket with a lid to keep from splashing all over the place. I've learned that this project is much easier with tall sides. You could also do this directly on the stove in a TALL pot. To each their own :-)

Oh, also you'll need a tablespoon, a spatula and a container to hold your homemade laundry soap in.

I've been using a  small TIDE container. This makes about 15 loads or so. I end up making this often, but that way I don't forget how. :-)

Oops! You may want an extra bowl at this step :-)

Measure 3 Tablespoons of Washing Soda and Borax.
Make sure there are no lumpies. This will just cause you problems later.
Set that aside for a second.

Okie dokie!!!


Step One:

Measure 3 Tablespoons of your liquid (or painstakingly shaved) soap into your container.
You may have noticed that all ingredients are in equal parts....Brava!

Carrying on...

Step Two:

Add about 1/2 cup of boiling water. I use this handy tea maker thingy maboob from Toastmasters.You could also just do this on the stove, keeping the heat very, very low.

Stir. Stir. Stir. Especially if you're dissolving bar soap.

Step Three:

Grab that blue (or whatever color) bowl of Borax and Soda... Go on... Throw it in there.

Now. Mix. Mix. Stir. Smash. Whatever you gotta do. This will take some elbow grease. It does help the hotter the water is.

Once you feel you have gotten rid of all (most all) of the little dots, you will have a pretty thick gel-like substance, which clearly you cannot see in the above photo. :-)

Now add about a cup of boiling water.

Stir I tell you! STIR! Like you have never stirred before!
*This may be a good place to put the lid on and stick your hand inside to run amuck.

Excellent. Bubbles. Just what we want. And lots of 'em. That way you know you've been stirring.

Now walk away for awhile. Time to let the bubbles become one with the gel.

Here it is starting to gel at the bottom:

And... Here it is about 20 minutes later, ready for the next step:

At this point the soap is GEL. Really. It's pretty thick (if you've been successful). I pour a little bit more boiling water in, just to make it easier to pour.

Step Last:

Pour into your container of choice and fill with hot water. Put the lid on ;-) and shake.

I use a lid (about 1/2 cup) per load, extra if there's something particularly dirty going in.

Always give it a good shake before using. This can gel up when just sitting around.

Be proud of your thriftiness!

For #2, Let's Talk About Poo...

It's been a hot minute since my last (and first) post. My life has been fabulously busy with tons of topics running through my head. Alas, I am the most indecisive bitch you will meet. Unless of course the decision has nothing to do with me... then I know everything. 

Anywhooo...
I have decided to discuss poo for my second blog.  Why in the world would I want to talk about poo?
Oddly enough, there are several reasons, but today's topic covered will be

Jenkem is an alleged hallucinogenic recreational drug composed of noxious gas formed from fermented sewage.

Basically, getting high and hallucinating by huffing fermented poo and pee.  WTF!?!?

Come on people, you can't be serious right? Right?

I recently heard about this alternative recreation practice by stumbling upon a news article about this happening in Zambia.  Kids and teens are huffing butthash, runners, Jenkens, Winnie and waste, to name a few of the terms used to describe it.

Upon further investigation I found that most of these articles could be proven false or forged (including the above pic). Unfortunately, once the idea is out there, someone, somewhere will or already has done it.

 I decided asked what others thought about this, and if they thought people did it here (in the US).

To my horror I was told that kids out in the country (let's say... Kansas) had done this and it even has it's own name : Tent Party.

Well, here's the story (or at least what I remember, including embellishments)...

High school kids would get a 5 gallon bucket and #2 and #1 in it for a while. I hear that mostly #2 is used, but it's good to add in the occasional #1.

One suggests hiding the bucket somewhere in the back of the barn so no one would be the wiser.

When the bucket was almost full of some super awesome doo they would go set up a tent, far away from civilization, and first thing in the morning set the poo cocktail in the middle of the tent and seal.

The teens then go about their day, returning around 4 or 5pm.  They all enter the TurdTent, the smell I can only partly imagine, and proceed to deeply inhale for 5-10 minutes, or until they can no longer stand it.

During this process there is much vomiting. Once you exit the tent there is more vomiting. And then a short bout of euphoria and hallucinations, which lasts maybe an hour, if you're lucky.

Then (this is the best part) you 'smell or taste' the jenkem for up to 3-4 days after the deed.

I can honestly say that I would not try this. I'm pretty willing to try lots of different things, but an immense amount of discomfort followed by a short stint of 'maybe awesome' hallucination is not gonna make it on my list of "Things to Do".

I guess the purpose of this blog is to inform you enough to draw your own conclusion.

To sniff or not to sniff?


Namaste

And so it begins...

I have been trying, for the last several days, to figure out the perfect first post.  I roll ideas in and out of my mind, never quite deciding on exactly what I'm looking for.  

I could write about that silly preacher-man in Florida. 

I could write about the wildfire spreading through Colorado.

I could write about Republicans or Democrats or Liberals.

I could write about food. Mmmm... how I love food... 

Shoot! I suppose this first entry could be dedicated me. You know, my likes and dislikes, shoe size, etc. That seems too easy, yet sometimes the hardest thing to do is talk about yourself.

Ooo ooo ooo!!! Aliens. Wouldn't that be and interesting first topic?

I could write about the vaccines in other countries becoming illegal because they are doing bad things to the youngins.

I could write about sunshine. (Yes, I can do  a blog on sunshine.)

But what I've decided to do...  This. I'm just going to do it. Post my first blog. Now it will be all out of the way. No more worries on what to write or how to introduce myself. 

Maybe my second post will be why I started this thing anyway. Hmmm... I suppose that may have been a better first choice.

Namaste