Armpits and Duct Tape Coin Purses

I tried making homemade deodorant last week.

I know. Trust me, I know.

A few years ago I tried the homemade deodorant thing, and it did not go so well. First I tried plain baking soda, which was horrifying. My skin had a bad reaction to it, and it was a painful and overall unpleasant experience.

Because I never learn, the homemade deodorant experiment was attempted again last week, this time based off an actual recipe. Baking soda, cornstarch, and coconut oil. Easy peasy. I thought the oil would relieve any weirdness with the baking soda and I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG. My underarms became twin pits of fiery hatred.

So yeah. Back to the drawing board.

My win for the week was a duct tape coin purse. My sister made a super cute pink argyle coin purse, and I had to try it myself. Mine has mustaches. Of course.

It takes about 6 minutes to make one of these, by the way. If I had spent 7 minutes on it, the pattern might have lined up.

Here's the video tutorial we used:

A whole world of duct tape crafts has been opened to me. I have seen the light. Look out, world.

I'll see you in a few!
 

Photo Friday: Frogs

They've quieted down a bit now, but the last few weeks have been so loud around here. Frogs. Being raucous since...hell, I dunno, THE DAWN OF TIME.

I went out and peered into the swamp and saw this guy. My apologies if you don't like frogs.

Ribbit. 

See you on Monday!

Books That Need Reading

Lately I've been seeing list after list of books everyone is supposed to read. While part of me wonders who in the hell comes up with these lists and more importantly how can I get in on this action, the other part of me knows I've been slacking off with my reading lately. These lists are as good a place to start as any.

My intentions when it comes to reading are good, but my follow through stinks. It usually goes like this: I should really read this classic, it's a Gothic one I'm sure to like, HEY IS THAT CAKE?!

Therefore, in today's edition of 'I Don't Know Why I Do These Things to Myself', we have this: 65 Books You Need to Read in Your Twenties. Now this is according to BuzzFeed, so don't get too excited.

I haven't read a single book on this list. Which could be a good or a bad thing. There's no way I'm reading all 65 of these, some of them sound like either narcoleptic or I'm-So-Pissed-I-Spent-Money-On-This rage episodes waiting to happen. 

There is also this list: 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die. This list was published in book form by Peter Boxall, but the entire list can be found in the link above. I read roughly 50 books a year, which isn't shabby, but it would still take me 20.2 years to read every book. I've already read about a dozen, but that's it.

There are entire groups online dedicated to reading every single book on that list. People be crazy. If I started today, I would be damn near 50 by the time I finished.

And then (I know, the mind reels) there's this one: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge. Yes, that's right. A list of every book ever mentioned by Rory Gilmore during the duration of 'Gilmore Girls'. I've read 32 of the books on this list, and am feeling very full of myself.

For now, I'm sticking with the classics. A lot of them are available for free (because the copyright expired) via Project Gutenburg, or can be downloaded for free from Amazon if you have a Kindle or Kindle reading app.

If you want to keep up with what I'm reading, click on the 'On My Bookshelf' tab up yonder.

See you in a few!

I Apologize in Advance

I was checking out craigslist last night, because that's what I do, when this popped up.

You have no idea how much I want to email that guy. With something like this:

I DON'T CARE IF SHE'S BROKE, BUT DOES SHE SMELL REAL PURTY?

Because if you can't traumatize a complete stranger via email, what's the point of life?

The other recent developments...my mother-in-law showed me this video. Blame her. You will be walking around singing 'WE WILL FIGHT FOR BOVINE FREE-EE-DOM.' Guaranteed.

  That's pretty much it, by the way. Oh! This one is pretty good too actually. Those crafty Germans. 

Ok, now there's really nothing else worth mentioning. It was a cold, lazy weekend and I ate so much lemon cake that I got heartburn. That's the news, folks.

See you in a few days!