Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Hi! I'm Blogging! I'm a Blogger! Wheeee, Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog! (http://www.dontknockmysmock.com/) Bloggity Blog Blog!
Welcome one and all to... a Blog! From the desk of... a Blogger!
Today and perhaps forevermore, I, a Blogger, shall be Blogging about:
How You Can Stay out of the Grocery Store (and the Drug Store)
My first Blog that I am Blogging will be Blogged:
The First Day of Your All New Life not Spent in the Grocery Store
First off, why would you not want to spend any time in the grocery store ever? Well, because it sucks at the grocery store.
Secondly, why all the white space, random caps and annoying enthusiasm in my Blog? It's because I'm a new Blogger. New to the Blog lifeway. I may calm down with this stuff presently: we'll just have to see what kind of Blogger of Blogs I turn out to Blog. I know one thing though: Don't dog my Blog or I'll flog your clog. (Please refer to the above hyperlink.)
Thirdly, now that I'm well underway with my new Blog, I'll begin with a tip for how to stay out of the grocery store. But except I don't want to call it a "tip." This is a Blog, so advisory nuggets herein should be called Blips.
Blip One:
Luckily, there are other places to buy food besides the grocery store. These include: farmers' markets. Roadside vegetable stands. Farms. People you know at work who raise backyard flocks and will bring eggs to you at the office. Weird, off-the-grid outlets like the Friday meat sale at the meat lab at the local land grant university. The new bakery that opened up right in the neighborhood thank God finally.
Others? Surely you can think of something. Can't? At a loss? Go here: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/.
Bye! Blog a little Blog of me!
PS: Okay, technically I didn't "start" this Blog so every time I Blogged "my Blog" or "my new Blog" up there it was "inaccurate," or "totally obnoxious" or whatever the tech-y terminology is. What. Everrr! New to the lifeway! GOOJF!
PPS: The new HABA produits sont wondrous fair. Also, this Blogger would like to take the opportunity right now to give a big shout out for the produits de the sewing machine of a certain talented seamstress. Basically I'm saying that if a certain somebody has made a dark promise to use up all her previously purchased fabric before taking another trip to Joanne's, I know a certain somebody else who happens to be a real fan of fabric and who can always use a thing or two made out of, say for instance... fabric. Quelle coincidence jolie!
Welcome one and all to... a Blog! From the desk of... a Blogger!
Today and perhaps forevermore, I, a Blogger, shall be Blogging about:
How You Can Stay out of the Grocery Store (and the Drug Store)
My first Blog that I am Blogging will be Blogged:
The First Day of Your All New Life not Spent in the Grocery Store
First off, why would you not want to spend any time in the grocery store ever? Well, because it sucks at the grocery store.
Secondly, why all the white space, random caps and annoying enthusiasm in my Blog? It's because I'm a new Blogger. New to the Blog lifeway. I may calm down with this stuff presently: we'll just have to see what kind of Blogger of Blogs I turn out to Blog. I know one thing though: Don't dog my Blog or I'll flog your clog. (Please refer to the above hyperlink.)
Thirdly, now that I'm well underway with my new Blog, I'll begin with a tip for how to stay out of the grocery store. But except I don't want to call it a "tip." This is a Blog, so advisory nuggets herein should be called Blips.
Blip One:
Luckily, there are other places to buy food besides the grocery store. These include: farmers' markets. Roadside vegetable stands. Farms. People you know at work who raise backyard flocks and will bring eggs to you at the office. Weird, off-the-grid outlets like the Friday meat sale at the meat lab at the local land grant university. The new bakery that opened up right in the neighborhood thank God finally.
Others? Surely you can think of something. Can't? At a loss? Go here: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/.
Bye! Blog a little Blog of me!
PS: Okay, technically I didn't "start" this Blog so every time I Blogged "my Blog" or "my new Blog" up there it was "inaccurate," or "totally obnoxious" or whatever the tech-y terminology is. What. Everrr! New to the lifeway! GOOJF!
PPS: The new HABA produits sont wondrous fair. Also, this Blogger would like to take the opportunity right now to give a big shout out for the produits de the sewing machine of a certain talented seamstress. Basically I'm saying that if a certain somebody has made a dark promise to use up all her previously purchased fabric before taking another trip to Joanne's, I know a certain somebody else who happens to be a real fan of fabric and who can always use a thing or two made out of, say for instance... fabric. Quelle coincidence jolie!
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Yesterday was a good day for making bath and beauty products. I tried the lotion recipe again and had better success with it -- made a really smooth, creamy, white lotion with an Allure for Men dupe. I'm making a series of products for a friend of mine, and tried out this fragrance in body spray, lotion, and castille soap.
The bath and beauty products production started as both a hobby and a way to save money on things like shampoo. The hobby part is fine but I'm not sure if I really save money, at least on shampoo. I have to admit, Suave makes a damn fine shampoo that costs practically nothing. Even so, making your own bath and beauty products is a way to get away from things like extra packaging because you can reuse your old corporate containers. It is also a way to get away from branding, because you can take the labels off the old containers and/or use your own.
Some friends who I make products for are totally into the "lather, rinse, reuse" philosophy and give me their old bottles to fill for them. I'm even collecting old deodorant tubes for when I start making lotion bars/deodorant. With other friends, like the one I made the products for yesterday afternoon, I give them new bottles to start with and ask them to return them when (and if) they want more of the products. I know this contradicts what I was just saying about reusing old bottles, but when you think about it, reusing old containers is a radical idea and takes some getting used to. We're so used to throwing away or recycling containers through city waste management.
I'll get into more of recycling part of this later, as well as posting some recipes and techniques for getting started in making your own heatlh and beauty aids, or HABA (as a friend once called it).
The bath and beauty products production started as both a hobby and a way to save money on things like shampoo. The hobby part is fine but I'm not sure if I really save money, at least on shampoo. I have to admit, Suave makes a damn fine shampoo that costs practically nothing. Even so, making your own bath and beauty products is a way to get away from things like extra packaging because you can reuse your old corporate containers. It is also a way to get away from branding, because you can take the labels off the old containers and/or use your own.
Some friends who I make products for are totally into the "lather, rinse, reuse" philosophy and give me their old bottles to fill for them. I'm even collecting old deodorant tubes for when I start making lotion bars/deodorant. With other friends, like the one I made the products for yesterday afternoon, I give them new bottles to start with and ask them to return them when (and if) they want more of the products. I know this contradicts what I was just saying about reusing old bottles, but when you think about it, reusing old containers is a radical idea and takes some getting used to. We're so used to throwing away or recycling containers through city waste management.
I'll get into more of recycling part of this later, as well as posting some recipes and techniques for getting started in making your own heatlh and beauty aids, or HABA (as a friend once called it).
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
sewing projects...
I've been itching to do some sewing -- Jo-Ann's is a-calling, but I've vowed not to buy any more fabric until I've actually used some of the fabric I already have. So little time, sigh... one thing I need to do is make more underwear. I've started using old T-shirts and a basic underwear pattern in my size. The great thing about using old t-shirts is you can find some pretty goofy t's at the thrift store and put, like, Alice Cooper on your butt -- which I did (it was actually an old t-shirt of my old man's). So, instead of finally parting with that beloved KISS baseball concert tee you can put those dudes right smack on your butt. You'll be smiling all day, I promise.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Darn, I just couldn't wait to create this blog. There are two other women who will join me in this endeavor, and already I'm setting the tone by choosing the template. The name of the blog comes from one of the as-yet-unamed bloggers and she has graciously consented to let us use it as the official name.
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