How about making homemade Lip Balm?

I was thinking about making homemade soap sometime, but I have read a couple of articles on how to be safe when using Lye/ what happens when you aren't and I have decided to put off until a later time when I have more time and do more research on safety, how to make soap, what I will need, etc.

After a while of thinking about soap making I came across people who made their own lip balms! Now that is something I will likely do!! :D 
Looking around I found many many helpful articles and videos on making homemade lip balms.
One of the videos I am including in this blog post.


If anyone has any ideas, places to buy things for making them that has good prices, or *anything* else to share on this topic of making lip balm I would appreciate to know, either comment on this blog post or email me at: knoctuary6@aim.com
 (Of course, if you just want to just check in or/and say hi you can email just for that reason! I like getting emails...)

Here is a great video I found on making lip balm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxXWF62Osa4

Goodnight all and God bless!

Goodnight and have a blessed Lord's Day tomorrow! (Keeping His day holy.)

Psalm 59:16~"But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble."

"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night."~Psalms 92:1-2
  

"If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words."~Isaiah 58:13

Have a blessed (and holy) Lord's Day tomorrow everyone!

Are the gas prices high enough for ya?

Well, I was going through the news and saw this video. Kind of mind-blowing how fast the prices go up.

(Maybe we should move over to horse and buggies...then we wouldn't have to pay for all the gas...lol, or go anywhere not local! Haha, just kidding.)  :P

On another note, this is very serious and not funny when you get down to it.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/diane-sawyer-gas-prices-abc_n_1297705.html?ref=media

Thoughts on Blueberries

I have been thinking about getting blueberry plants this year, because my whole family likes blueberries, but they cost a "ton"! I have heard that you will need two plants per person and since there are four of us we will need eight. I have a feeling though, that we would have to grow many more plants: in case we eat all of them and not have enough to bake, cook, or freeze, or in case some die. I also have to figure out where on our property would be a good place to grow all of them. I have a feeling that we will have to fence the plants in due to the chickens, wild birds, and our Jack Russell Terrier dogs eating all of them. :P Then I have to figure out what kind I want. I was going through a fruit and veggie, etc. catalog and there were so many different kinds of blueberries to choose from, but I am sure I will find one that suites me well.

Today I spoke with a wonderful woman that I know on the phone and she said that blueberry plants take seven years to get full grown!
Then she said, "You might not still be there in seven years, though."
I answered, "I was thinking the same thing! haha!"
Then she stated, "You know, your father (and mother) would enjoy them! You could grow them and always come by once in a while to pick them. That way you can visit him and your mother often and pick berries while you are at it."
I answer: "You know what, I like that idea!!"

So after talking with her, I think I will do just that, plant them and pick them when I can and if I am married by/in seven years then I can go over and pick them!...Yeahh!! :D

~Blessings!