Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
I used extra virgin olive oil in my oil cleansing routine, and I broke out like a 13-year-old would if they washed their face with bacon pizza.
That is not an uncommon complaint, although it's not the rule. Occasionally, …
Guess what? We’ve already passed the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. And that means – hooray! – Spring is really on it’s way.
You may be looking out your window now at piles of snow, but it’s not …
Dear Crunchy Betty,
I need for you to come up with a way to deceive my kids. Yes, indeedy. So many nights during bedtime I get the "Mommy, my hand is aching" or "Mommy, my toe feels weird. I need medicine."
And so I …
I wrote this when I was 36 years old.
By the time you read it, I will be 37. In mere hours, I will have aged an entire year.
It's high time we start marking our passing of time not in years, but in minutes. The …
During the winter season, my house is never empty of ginger. It's a must-have for cough and cold season, as well as any tummy upsets that might sneak up. Also, it's delicious. And spicy.
Spicylicious.
It looks like …
Today we have a special treat from Bonnie at Hungry Chicken Homestead. I first met Bonnie at a local community swap, and she's a vivacious urban homesteader with an infinite amount of homesteading wisdom behind her. Here's …
Somewhere around 10 years ago, the saying "everything in moderation" probably meant something different to most of you than it does now.
Back then, "moderation" was eating low-fat chips and drinking nonfat milk while …
Imagine if you took the amazing cleaning power of grapefruit, combined it with the kazowwy wowwy magic of baking soda and added in some supercalifragilistic borax? (Yes. This is my interpretation of a cheesy cleaner …
Fickle.
I'm pretty sure that's what I am. Fickle. Because at some point, I said that this was my favorite project, and this, and then probably this. Really, you can assume that any project in which I don't totally screw …
I'm on the outs with biscuits right now.
Biscuits are the reason I am burned. Biscuits are the cause of all of my corporeal suffering in these last few days. But, dang, were they good.
I was going to take a picture and …
The holidays bring me to a full stop.
For an entire year, your life is going ... you have direction. Things are flowing in a neat and organic order. But without fail, every year, my life comes to a stop while I deal with …
Ahhhhh ... it's now time. Time for the craziness and the traveling and the family.
And the Quelf.
(You want to play that game. I promise.)
There will be a post here and there around these parts over the next couple …
In the Myers-Briggs world, I'm an INFP. This means I'm crazy, but in a mostly self-contained way. It also means I think for a long, long, long time about really deep things that probably have no applicable meaning in the …
As the finale for the 40 (what's ended up to be much more than 40) homemade crunchy gift ideas, I give you a plethora of ideas for the ladies in your life. We're so blessed, as women, to be so easy to make things for. …
With their love for electronics and things that go vroom-vroom, it may seem like men are hard to please with homemade gifts. On that note, it was really difficult (at first) to come up with a list of crunchy things you can …
Yes. You heard me. FORTY gift ideas - and not just the best present ideas from Crunchy Betty, but from all over the internet. All spread out over this week.
Last year, as a gift to you, I offered the free printable recipe …
You know how holidays are supposed to be relaxing and fun, but in actuality they're pretty stressful and full of chaos and planning?
Well, here's some news for you: You can't wish it all away. Here's some better news for …
Sometimes, being crunchy can be lonely. You need a little love and support (which a few people commented on yesterday, even). A little something to remind you that there are MANY of us in this with you - right along beside …
Submitted for your approval: The ingredients of Robitussin Adult Multisymptom Cold (Dextromethorphan, Guaifenesin, Phenylephrine, Anhydrous Citric Acid, FD&C Red 40 (CI 16035), Glycerin, Menthol, Natural Flavors, Artificial …
A couple of weeks ago, early in the morning, my friendly postman rang the doorbell. And I trudged. And trudged.
And trudged.
Down the 10 stairs to my front door.
(TRUDGED.)
He handed me a pretty box and said, …
My dad had a heart attack.
On Wednesday.
As far as heart attacks go, and after a previous triple bypass 11 years ago and hundreds of steaks (not the grass-fed kind) later, it was only a small heart attack. He's okay. …
Yes, the title is a little misleading. Clearly 10 remedies aren't going to cover everything in the whole entire world.
But right here are my top 10 go-to treatments for whatever ails you problem-wise. They're my staples. …
That's it. I'm done. There are no more things on my bucket list.
HOMEMADE BUTTER? CHECK!
It was everything I dreamed it would be. And more. Creamy, delicious more.
Okay, the truth is, I don't have a bucket list. Or, …
Remember that time I disappeared for a week? Somebody thought I fell off the face of the earth, abducted by aliens and stripped of the law of gravity (which allowed the falling, tumbling, and screaming). That didn't …
