Cup Half Full - Homeschool Blogger

Lime Mint Sugar Scrub

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 23:50:00 -0600

Yes this is a repeat of last year's. I drug out this recipe for a friend and thought...hey, why don't I repost this? I am going to make some and this recipe was on my old computer which will no longer... umm- turn on. =0) Sooo glad it was here!

Next week-ish I will share some photos of when we went up to Lassen Volcanic National Park...yes a volcano. Since we have a very small baby we couldn't hike into some of the really good spots and some were closed off for the winter. But we did drive up Sulpher Works and checked out some stinky fumerols. It's amazing these things are hot steamy ...steam with stinky rotten gas coming out from downnnnn under. I'll post nearly all scenic pictures with very few people or I will try to crop them out. If you'd like to show your kids the pics and then do a quick search on the net to learn what a fumerol is. Very educational! The kids had a blast...I am telling you though- it was stanky!! LOL

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Lime Mint Sugar Scrub

1/3 cup virgin coconut oil

2 cups sugar

20 or more drops lime essential oil

3-5 drops peppermint essential oil

*3 drops grapefruit essential oil

*3 drops bergamot essential oil (it's from a bitter orange)

*1 drop green food coloring

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (approximately)

Mix all up excluding the olive oil. Then I started adding extra virgin olive oil until I got the desired consistency. You may use all olive oil, but using some coconut oil does add depth to the fragrance and is also very good for your skin. The olive oil does color the scrub a weird greenish color but adding the one drop of green food color greatly masks the weird greenish tint. As I said with the asterick, it is optional. You can vary the essential oil types and amounts. I stuck with citrus essential oils. *All starred items can be completely left out.

I have used this scrub mostly on my hands- it feels and smells delicious! Rinse with warm (not cold and not hot) water. Pat dry and if you like, follow with a good quality lotion or cream. I have also used it on my body and feet. If using on feet, just don't go immediately running around on linoleum or shiny hardwood floor. You will also need to stir this prior to each use.

This recipe fills 1 whole 8 ounce jar and about 2/3 of a second 8 ounce jar. The full one for a gift and the less full one for me. Mmmm!

How about some pictures?

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:08:00 -0600

Instead of posting a bunch or words- how about I say with pictures? =0) We had a great Thanksgiving, hope you did too. Here are pics of our Thanksgiving (we went on a nature walk instead of the typical Turkey Day). We ate the previous weekend.

Here are my beauties and handsomes!

Tis The Season!

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:50:00 -0500

To catch a cold!! All 4 of my kids and myself have a nasty chest cold. My house is wrecked, school is abandoned for another week and the laundry is piling up. Still the best job in the world! Hope everyone else is healthy! =0)

Amy

Menu Plan Monday

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:54:00 -0500

I was hoping to make it 2 weeks without going to the grocers, but I will have to go to pick up some milk and bananas. Unavoidable. I have 2 fridges and to get through 2 weeks - I'd need to buy about 8 gallons of milk. I still couldn't fit that many jugs of milk in 2 fridges. Yipes! And bananas (which hubby must have daily) has to bought weekly or they is nassshhhty. They come out tasting like nanner wine or something. Yick! But other than those 2 items, we need nothing.

Monday- Beef Stew, Fresh Bread and Veg

Tuesday- Chili, Corn Bread, Veg

Wednesday- Roasted Chicken, Yellow Rice, Veg and leftover breads

Thursday- French Toast, Eggs and Berry Fruit Smoothies

Friday- Homemade Pizza

Saturday- Enchiladas, Veg (they were a huge hit last week- all the kids loved them - I think it was the addition of the mashed kidney beans- weird!)

Sunday- Egg Fried Rice, Egg Drop Soup, Veg

(we missed this last week, will post recipes for these tasty Asian dishes later this week)