I'm on my way home soon! Wednesday! Back to making sense. Back to making crunchy things (as time and new-baby schedules never allowed for the making of many things here). C34M2F2WF7P7 As I prepare to leave Kansas City, though, I want to share one tip I gleaned from my sister that I'm in mad, dirty, ecstatic love with. It's quick. Easy. And I promise you'll want to start doing it today. The Genius Thing My Sister Does With Her Butter Wrappers You know those odds-and-ends tips you ... Continue Reading
Archives for May 2011
10 Kelly’s World Famous Winners … and a New Niece!
The whole clan here has spent an inordinate amount of time in the basement since I've been in Kansas City. Wednesday, at 11:00 a.m., we were down there again. Tornadoes popped up all over the KC Metro area unexpectedly and woke me from a mid-morning, all-the-nephews-are-sleeping-too-so-I-have-an-excuse nap. After what just happened in Joplin, when you hear the sirens, you don't goof around. It wasn't always like that, though. In the small towns where I grew up (which ... Continue Reading
Quick Homemade Vapor Rub
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. I think you'll agree that quote is, perhaps, the most eye-crossingly, nose-whistlingly boring saying ever. And ... also ... so annoyingly true. Despite my kajillion ideas of things to do in Kansas City with my nephews, not a single thing has been seen through to completion yet. Until today, when my youngest nephew, Sully, decided it was time to get ill. And not Beastie Boys style. He woke up this morning with a ... Continue Reading
Kelly’s World Famous – The Most Incredible Natural Lotion Ever. 10 Of You Will Win!
Hello, fellow Betties! I'm Britt. First off, I'd like to say that it's been a fun time just wandering around CB here. Betty is my favorite color crayon, and I type in awe of the knowledge and experience this website and community have amassed around her. I have a little bitty blog of my own that's just kicking off over at NiftyNaturals.net if you'd like to take a look. There isn't much there yet, but what is there are some in depth henna instructions should you be interested. I work in the ... Continue Reading
3 Conveniently Crunchy Things to Make Your Next Road Trip Awesome
Clothes are clean. Bags are packed. Alarm is set for 6:00 a.m. And three superbly convenient new things have been made for my all-day road trip with my mom tomorrow to go tend to my sister's two little boys while she's busy having her first baby girl. (There's also a brother-in-law somewhere in that run-on sentence, but I can't figure out where he goes yet.) I highly recommend making these things. One to help your mood, one to help your hygiene, and one to help your ... Continue Reading
Food For Your Soul: Stories
"Sister, it's not like we were singing Don Gato or anything...go eat some Hot Tamales." - My sister, Facebook, May 9, 2011 This means nothing to you yet, but it will in a minute. When I was a kid, my mother would sing the song Don Gato. If you're not familiar with this happy little ditty, it's about a cat who sits on a roof to read a love letter, becomes so overwhelmed with joy that he jumps around and eventually falls off the roof. Then he breaks all the bones in his body, which are ... Continue Reading