Jif, Nutella, Clipart, Crochet and Stumbleupon... Odd?

There are a few things in my life that just make me happy. You might ask why my family and friends aren't on this list. This isn't a list for that. Plus, duh, they make me happy every day These are things that I seek out that make me feel good and squishy inside. 

Jif and Nutella Togetha Foreva

Eating Jif peanut butter and Nutella straight out of the jar with a spoon on the couch for dinner.

Those are hearts of love and happiness exploding from my spoon.

Clipart Makes Me Swoon

I believe that anything can be made better with a little visual help from the Microsoft Office Collections vast database of clip art. How else am I supposed to convey to you, my dear readers, my true feelings about Jif and Nutella without a clipart explosion of hearts coming out of a clipart spoon? Maybe with an image of me eating said creamy treats you say? Not so much. 

Trust me on this... when I am sitting on my couch eating Jif and Nutella with a spoon for dinner, you DO NOT want to see it. 

I feel so sorry for Jimmy sometimes.

I Crochet So I Wont Kill People

You know how they say idle hands are the devils playthings? Well I totally get this and respect it's old wives tale proverb. I feel when I am crocheting (or crotcheting as Jimmy calls it **eye roll**) I am less likely to lash out at those closest and usually nearest and dearest to me. 

When you have a one year old, 60 lb dog who thinks she is a Chihuahua; 

a cat who is a total treat hound (it's like kitty crack or something); 

a three year old who's favorite thing to say is, "Why?; 

and a husband who's favorite game is making normal words sound stupid (see above);

 having something in your hands is usually a good thing.

I do knit as well, but with all of the stressors noted above, I don't think that having two pointy objects in each hand is going to do anyone any favors. 

Stumbleupon Will Kill Me One Day

If you have never used Stumbleupon, DON'T! I warn you that it is addictive and dangerous. I am the kind of person who requires at least eight hours of sleep every night or else I am a zombie the next day. But no matter how many times around ten at night I tell myself, "just one more Stumble, then I am going to bed," I just can't stop. Then all of the sudden it is one in the morning, I have been Stumbling for three hours looking at NOTHING, and I have to get up in six hours. And I still don't want to stop... It's a problem.

So these are a few of my favorite things. What are your favorite things? What am I missing? I will be posting tomorrow about my favorite blogs.

New Awesome Hair - The Natural Way

OK... day one of my natural hair regimen, not regime, as J wanted to call it. dork.

Anyway, I have decided that I no longer want to use shampoo and conditioner because there is just too much stuff in them. Of course this all came about because I was Stumbling and came across THIS website. I have a problem with Stumbling. It leads to a few really good ideas and a lot of really bad ones. If you dont know what I am talking about, visit www.stumbleupon.com and check it out. It is REALLY cool!

So I have decided to start cleaning my hair with a mixture of 1 TBSP of baking soda and 1 cup water and conditioning with 1 TBSP apple cider vinegar and 1 cup water. I did it for the first time this morning and it was kind of weird but it should work. I think I want to go get some super cute bottles to have in my shower to hold the concoctions. I have this overwhelming idea in my head of this gorgeous bathroom with cute glass bottles in blues and whites holding all natural cleansers and home made loofahs with scented candles and plants everywhere. Sort of a bathroom utopia. This bathroom utopia has not really come to fruition though. Instead, my bathroom has assorted bottles from many different manufacturers in various states of fullness, cheap plastic puff balls from Walgreen's, the overwhelming scent of kitty litter and cat poop (because my life revolves around poop) and the only thing that is growing is coming out of my drain. Needless to say, I have a lot of ideas an little follow through.

The hair, is my first step. If I can succeed in going shampoo and conditioner free, then I can get rid of all of the bottles in the shower. It is going to take a few weeks to figure out if it is going to work though. I read that there is a "detox" period where your hair can turn into an oil slick until it gets used to not having its own oils stripped off and fake ones put on. So, lets cross our fingers and hope this works. This can also save some money. I figure I spend about $250 a year on shampoo and conditioner. This would only cost me about $10 for the WHOLE YEAR! Holla! So I have to work now... Day 2 update tomorrow.