It's Getting Crunchy in Here!!!!

It's getting hot here in Cali, yes I am a California kid and many of my friends are still digging out of snow in other states. Before you start thinking about beaches or big cities, we are in Central California; ag-land people! Home of the falling over right, blue dogging left, almond growing, milk making families.

Orchard at our ranch

We also have some other great areas we place top on the list for too like obesity, diabetes, breastfeeding, vehicular death rates; I could go on and on. Sometimes I feel out of place as a crunchy, moderate leaning....wait what am I? Refer to my very first post and tell me what you are and maybe next time I will explain more about myself.

One thing I can say for sure is I will find a way to save a dollar but I reason about risk vs. benefit. Let me further explain that this risk is both why is it bad for me or us and how much work do I have to put into it. My recent explorations have met with crazy a lot of, "oohhh tell me more" or "say what?!" and I promised I would write about it so here goes. A few years back I had a large cyst like thing in my right underarm area (yes men, I mean my boob area) and of course I panicked. My wonderfully amazing doctor assured me it was nothing and so on I went but it kept bothering me. Then another doctor told me to change deodorants so off I did what all mamas do. I googled it. Wowzers! Who knew there was so much talk about this stuff. So I went off my regular Costco bulk buys and changed at first over to Toms. Eek, I stunk after 2 hours. Nope, no way. Some told me it was my "purging time" which is about as pleasant as it sounds. Then someone turned me onto Primal Pit Paste, which sounds horrid but worked amazing until I started breaking out. Customer service even sent me some new stuff to make sure it was not the batch but it came right back. Most would have stopped by now but the painful cyst I had was gone! I also noticed the stench was getting less and less. Sorry to any of my clients or friends who had to endure that portion of my life : )

Anyhow, I found another brand that I do like, but damn this stuff is not cheap. None of the others were too but this stuff was even more. So I made a promise to myself to take the next leap that many facebook friends had swore by and I bought my last stick and told myself the next batch I was making. Everyone online swore by coconut oil but like the song says, its getting hot in here and that stuff melts! So off to Pinterest I went...damn you friend who made me start pining for my upcoming wedding you know who you are...and found a "summer time recipe." I made some changes based on my needs so here is what I did but followed her directions. Day 2 and no breakout so far and no stench even after doing intense work in the garden and yoga. I will keep updating this but so far I am sold! You can now call me crunchy or whatever name you feel fits the bill, my recipe is after the in the making pics so you know that I actually did it and see how easy it can be. Peace out.

Yes that is my son's math homework under the bowl...but it is old and already graded do not judge me.

Who needs a fancy smancy double boiler when you have an old peach jar?

Lemon Blast All Natural Stink Blaster

1/4 cup baking soda (thank you Costco)
1/4 cup Arrowroot Powder (yeah good luck, just do Amazon of whole foods)
2.5 Tbsp Coconut Oil (this was because I just scoop with the tablespoon and toss into the melting pot so it is usually a little more or less)
1 Tbsp beeswax pastilles (mountain rose herbs)
8 drops Melaleuca oil (AKA: tea tree oil from my doterra stash)
10 drops Lemon oil (my doterra stash)