A Concoction!

I made Hair gel!

Now your suspicions are confirmed; we're strange! :D

Probably so. But we also try to be healthy and frugal! I wanted to find a natural hair gel to get away from all the the chemicals and perfumes in the regular stuff! But buying natural products can get pricey very quickly. As with most things I assumed that it was likely healthier and cheaper if we made our own. With a few minutes of research I found a recipe and ordered a pound of gelatin.

Here's the recipe:

1/4 teaspoon gelatin

1/2 cup boiling water

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water and let set til it thickens. Get it into a container and keep it in the fridge if it's not used up withing a couple of days. You can add some essential oil or extract for a scent.

It seemed like it took a while to thicken up, but that's no biggie.
And here it is after a few hours in the fridge. Very jelled.Now the real question: Does it work? When I told a dear friend that I'd made the stuff I'd told her about she quickly said, "Oh no!" Haha! With great anticipation I slathered it onto my clean wet locks and waited and watched. And... I really like it! It even did pretty well overnight! And since it's 100% natural I have no reservations about using in on our curly headed Babe!

My calculations (which do not include the price of digging our well or the cost of the electricity to pump the water or to run the stove etc.) show that this hair gel costs four cents ($0.04) per cup! Now we like that! I compared the cost to equal amounts of a similar hair gel that works well for me and learned that we could save $418.56. Now we really like that!

The gelatin has protein so it's actually good for your hair! Thank you Lord for creative ideas to be healthier and to be wiser with the money You've entrusted to us! :D

Firsts!

Lilian had her first adventure with "dress-ups" tonight! I was getting out her next size in clothes and she loved helping! She really wanted to wear the floral dress and kept putting everything else on her head! Thank you oh SO much Adina for the hand-me-downs!!!!!
Once on, she determined that the pantie-Beret was not optimal.
We are so thankful for our precious blessing! She is such a delight! It seems like she laughed a lot today and that is so wonderful! A little while after we finished sorting the clothes she was so tired and totally crashed stretched out across my lap! I love it when she sleeps on me!

She's walking now! WOOHOO! She started almost a month ago now! It's so fun having her walking! I love how when we get down on her level she comes to us and the last couple of steps she practically falls into us with a huge smile on her face! 8D

My Beloved and I were in the garden planting potatoes on Saturday and in the course of the conversation he quoted 1 John 4:7-8 to me. "Love" has been the summation of many of our conversations lately, so I'll share those verse here!

"Beloved, let us love one another:
for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love."
1 John 4:7-8