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The Best Air Purifying Plants That Are Safe For Pets

Even if you switch to 100% natural products throughout your entire house, there is still going to be bullshit in the air. An easy way to help is with air purifying plants. They do the hard work for you and look good doing it. Plus, your house will be brag-worthy when someone walks in and sees green leaves and colorful flowers instead of useless abstract statues and side tables with no other…

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The Best Lima Bean Recipe You Wouldn't Expect

Looking for something to do with lima beans? This lima bean salad recipe not only looks beautiful on the plate but the light refreshing flavor will be the talk of the night. The tang of the lime and tomatoes against the salty greens gives this big scoop of health an amazingly addictive taste – even for my family of carnivores. The best-served-cold dinner is the perfect summer meal after spending…

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How to Make Toilet Cleaner at Home

Listen. I never buy toilet bowl cleaners. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sanitary, I swear! Every area of the home needs to be clean…even the jobs nobody wants to do. But honestly making toilet cleaner yourself is by far cheaper and easier. Just pour the ingredients into the toilet and walk away, plus the two whole ingredients are common household items. With busy lives, everyone has things to do so…

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How To Make Glass Cleaner

How To Make Glass Cleaner

This week I was in full swing of cleaning the whole house. I mean the kind where the windows are open, music is playing, and the air just feels lighter. The kind where cleaning is enjoyable. I’m about to do the mirrors and go to grab the glass cleaner. I’m out. Do I really want to stop and go to the store? No. Good thing all you need to make glass cleaner is alcohol, vinegar, and water. To…

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I hate New Years’ Resolutions.

I hate New Years’ Resolutions.

They’re always unrealistic and just forgotten a few months later. If you have a whole year to do something, you’re not going to do it. New Years’ Resolutions are this huge deal, yet people say the same thing every year. There’s that mindset where you have so much more time and then you end up rushing at the end of the year if you even remember at all. But going by seasons? So much…

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Gift Christmas Cookies, Not Things

Gift Christmas Cookies, Not Things

Christmas is stressful. I don’t care how much you love it or how excited you are about it. There are still those panic attacks about being late putting the decorations up or having a hard time finding a gift or the worst: the obligatory gift. That’s the time when you find out someone got you a gift, and it didn’t even occur to you to get them one. So now you’re scrambling trying to find…

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Why Using Brown Wrapping Paper Is Better

Why Using Brown Wrapping Paper Is Better

The holidays are filled with so many things. The decorations, the gatherings…the shopping. Giving gifts is a Christmas tradition about giving out of goodness to loved ones and it feels so good to watch them open your gift, regardless of how expensive it is. It’s the smile that wipes across their face and the warmth of the endeavor. You don’t typically just hand the present to someone; it’s…

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How to Use Sage

How to Use Sage

Sage is a shrub in the mint family that grows in Mediterranean areas with even temperatures all year round. It grows all over the place in California, including just naturally popping up in my garden! It’s a perennial, so it keeps coming back. There’s so many uses for sage, boosting its popularity around the world. There are over 900 different types of sage, so just to be clear I’m talking about…

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How to Make Your Own Toilet Spray

How to Make Your Own Toilet Spray

The creators of ‘Poopourri’ are geniuses let’s get that on the table right now. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s toilet spray that you just spray a few times before you do your business, and it traps the smell. But have you ever wondered if you could DIY toilet spray? You can! Whether you are trying to be sustainable, or you just plain ran out. There are minimal ingredients and this way you…

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What is Mormon Tea? It's Not a Drink.

What is Mormon Tea? It’s Not a Drink.

What the hell is Mormon Tea? If it’s not a drink, is it a cultural thing? Plot twist: it’s a plant. Ephedra Viridis aka Mormon Tea is a bright green shrub with tall stalks perfect (and popular) to add contrast to landscapes. It thrives in zone 9 but honestly can live in colder places too. They just like well-draining soil. In winter, it has bright green berries that stick out through the snow,…

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So my friend and I made about 50 tamales and I have so many corn husks left over, I’m so excited to try to make corn husk dolls

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Superstitions!

The following list are some of the superstitions that I’ve heard or learned about over the years, in no particular order: • Throw rice in the air to make it rain • Carry a potato during winter to ward against colds • Smell dill to get rid of hiccups • Lay thorn branches by your doorstep to keep evil away • Place chips of cedarwood in a box with coins do draw money to you • Hang seaweed in the kitchen to ward off evil spirits • Burn allspice to draw money, luck, and healing • Place a piece of cotton in a sugar bowl to draw good luck to your home • Scatter chili flakes around your house to break a curse • Scatter salt/sugar to purify a room • Put a pine branch above your bed to ward off illness • Carry a chunk of dried pineapple to draw luck • Ask an orange a question before you eat it, then count the seeds. Even # = no. Odd # = yes • Toss oats outside your back door to ensure beautiful crops/plants • Place lilacs around the house to rid unwanted spirits • Add salt to bath for purification • Write your sigils on stones and carry them with you • Put sigils on medication bottles to help quicken their efficiency or for added healing benefits • When guests come over, light a white candle by the door; it will take their negative energy and purify the home. • To get rid of guests overstaying their welcome, turn any broom in your house upside down (bristles up) • Toss salt on the front porch every Friday for good luck and prosperity • Carry a blade of grass to increase psychic power • If something or someone is bugging you, write it on toilet paper, wipe, and flush it down the toilet

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Add Dandelion to Your Life in a Quesadilla

Add Dandelion to Your Life in a Quesadilla

Try this dandelion recipe to spruce up dinner or cut into small squares for a bright color popping appetizer. Dandelion adds a sharp taste to the classic quesadilla and looks good doing it. Skip to recipe Sometimes, all the toddlers want are quesadillas. Or cereal. Or crackers. If you know, you know. I’ll take it where I can get it and theyll eat this with (an extremely healthy)…

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Rebloggling to save for when I’m NOT at work with my phone under the desk 💀

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How To Make Tile & Grout foam Cleaner

How To Make Tile & Grout foam Cleaner

There’s a difference between a clean bathroom and a clean bathroom. The secret’s in the details. Yes, we clean the toilet, sink, bathtub, and shower. Maybe even dusting. But what’s the one thing that you always forget about? It gets overlooked until…well, it doesn’t. Look at the grout in the tiles, and the detail around the shower. Even the trim and windowsills get forgotten. I love having a…

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