Crunchy Betty
Food on Your Face
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 …
Life is what happens when you're 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 …
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 …
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 …
I am at war. With these shoes.
In a take-no-prisoners, no-man-left-standing kind of way.
But I love them. I don't want them destroyed. I just want them to not be so offensively mean to my feet.
Summer's coming, you …
It was a simple housewarming gift.
He was a fair-trade importer, and she was a society girl of the most extravagant degree. Together, they were light and laughter embodied. I had nothing but pure adoration for them.
So …
Lest you think I'm suggesting my mother will actually come to your house and wrap her loving arms around you - I am not.
Not that her hugs won't cure you. She's just not much of a hugger. Unless you call her Mimi. And …
My mom is pretty awesome.
See, she's one of those people that's really hard to buy for. She has just about everything she wants at this point. That's what happens when you live (something)-ish years, and live it …
Sorry for the alarming headline, but honestly, would you have paid attention if I'd said "Let's Talk About Water Preparedness." Probably not.
Because we kind of take our drinking water for granted. It's there, magically, …
There's no top story here, because they're all super top stories.
Things you'll love.
Or hate.
I can't predict your moods. WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL?
Ahem. Let's get started.
Nobody knows but your purse.
That would be my tagline, if I were smart enough to market and sell this homemade carry-along freshener (for your underarm regions).
If I were a multinational corporation hellbent on ruling …
This is a story about planting with EarthBoxes, a clueless first-time gardener, and a great big thought that came from a tiny seedling.
The part about the girl goes like this: She has never had a green thumb, or so she's …
"My family thinks I'm crazy!"
"My husband's threatening mutiny if I replace the fabric softener!"
"I've been locked out of the house with unshampooed hair, waving a bottle of lavender essential oil and a jar full of …
In this super-fast connected incredibly high-tech day and age, we all know that dryer sheets are bad, right?
I mean, really bad. For you, for your kids, and for the environment.
But they make for soft, cuddly-teddy …
If ever you wondered. If ever you doubted. If ever you questioned whether or not anyone ever reads the comments you leave, please stop doing that right now.
You have affected someone's life - right here on this blog. And, …
You guys know how when you're late with your tax return, you get fined, right?
And you know how if you never, ever do taxes, you get thrown in jail?
Well, if the government required us to clean our ovens once a year, …
Ideas. They are everywhere.
Helpful hints litter the internet. In a good way. Not in a bottle-full-of-urine-by-the-train-tracks way. (I just saw one a few weekends ago. The horrible image burned in my brain. It is now in …
I almost cannot believe that I'm writing this post.
It's not to scaremonger. It's hopefully to help.
See, This Wall Street Journal article points out that potassium iodide retailers are inundated with calls (and …
You know how it goes around here, right? I post great big giant resource pages of things to do with natural ingredients, and you read them all. (Thank you ... thank you for being so voracious.)
So, as I mentioned, I've …
There's more than one way to skin a soapnut.
While you can use the nuts directly in your washing machine to clean your laundry, you can also glean the magical nectar from inside the soap nut by turning it into a tea-type …
I've been futzing around with soapnuts for a few weeks now. They've gone straight into the wash, they've become liquid, they've washed my hair and my face.
Somehow, in all this nut jostling, Fiance (whose name is Skip and …
You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!
Okay - I'm crazy in the coconut. As you can tell. I've just spent 37 hours obsessing about coconut oil.
In the homemade toothpaste post, Karen from Abundance on a Dime posed a …
You might've heard the big controversy swirling around fluoride these days.
It's not new.
But it's heating up lately. A lot.
In fact, Natural News just ran a very impassioned op-ed piece about the dangers of …
She sinks onto the sofa, forlorn.
Inside, a fire burns - an ache so deep, no man can touch it. No music can heal it.
Clutching her stomach, she turns this way and that, her raven hair tossing like leaves in the wild …
