Ok let me clarify something before I even start this thing:
I HATE SNOW! I'm a California girl through and through. I hate winter, snow, ice, cold and slush. I don't ski, snowboard or do cold weather stuff. I prefer to not even deal with outside unless its at least 50 degrees. Ok, I lie, 60 degrees. I hibernate during the winter. DJ will go biking and hiking and I'm looking at him like he's crazy. That is not my idea of fun at all. My goal in life is to move somewhere I don't have to own a jacket. Are we crystal clear on my feelings on snow? Good! Now for the crazy part... I LOVE SNOW DAYS! Crazy right? Let me explain. I have a very busy family. On any given day we are all running around doing different stuff. We are often not all home at the same time. Clubs, playdates, friends, babysitting, appointments, naps, hiking, having people over, work, work from home, cleaning, cooking, laundry, church, life group, errands.... it never ends. The beauty of a snow day is no one is going anywhere. It's a bonus day. A forced sabbath from life's insanity. Yes, we are still doing some chores at home, but everyone is home to help.The kids and i got to wake up with DJ in bed with us with no reason to jump out of bed. The littles were so happy! We snuggled, laughed, looked at the snow outside and lazed in bed for a bit. Trinity and Sierra slept in late. It's a bonus day. A day unplanned and you cant avoid it. So enjoy your day! If you are an emergency worker or have to work today, I know what that's like, I used to have to do it as well. I appreciate all of you!! For those at home, stay home! Enjoy your family. Treat it like a bonus day, a sabbath day. I've got to run, I've got tiny people on top of me and I have to get ready to prep 20 dinners. Everyone is home to help!
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Poor Caleb. Winter finally got him and he's chapped under his bottom lip. I tried every lip balm in the house, but they were all stinging and hurting him. Also, they weren't working. So I knew it was time to make my own! I know I make better lip balm than I can get at the grocery store... I used to sell it. I still had some of the key items needed, so with some recipe modifications to reflect what was in the house, I began! OH! I Should post the recipe! 1/2 block of bees wax (I don't remember how many ounces a block was... sorry!) 2 tsp coconut oil 2 tsp olive oil 1 tsp medical grade lanolin (the non medical grade stuff tastes gross) lip balm containers of some sort some way to double boil (I used a small mason jar in a pot of water) Let's go! First put some water and jar or whatever into a pot and set to boil. Once boiling, put in your bees wax. It takes the longest to melt. Look at that awesome bees wax! I am showing a whole one so you can see the full size. Once the beeswax is completely melted, add the coconut oil. Ahhhhh coconutty.... Then the olive oil next. Then the lanolin. It should melt together pretty quickly. It should look like this. Now its time to put it in containers! I have lip balm containers but you can use anything really. I also have these handy disposable pipettes to get the oil into the containers. In the end I got 11 tubes worth. Not bad for 15 minutes of effort!
The nice thing is that you can experiment with the oils you like. My original recipe called for cocoa butter and grapeseed oil. Since I didnt have those, I used olive oil instead and omitted the cocoa butter. It's super flexible! You can even add in drops of flavoring oils like peppermint if you want. I went without this time but since the coconut oil was extra virgin, there is a slight coconut flavor. It's excellent. Have fun with it!! |
AuthorI'm so tired. The children are so not tired. |