There Ain't No Fleas On Me...or Mice

Oh Dear.  I've done it again.  Let me back up.

Never one to shy away from "all natural" and "eco-friendly", (I think Americans are extremely wasteful, me included so trying to make small changes at a time) last year I was cleaning out our junk drawer and found these little packets of nicely scented burlap.  I had no clue where they came from or what they were for, but I could tell they were filled w/ cedar & eucalyptus.  not wanting to throw away something so delightful to my senses, I thought, "hey, why not toss these in w/ my undergarments to make them smell pretty?" So I did.  When my Hub's got home from work that night, I was telling him all about my day and said, "To top it all off, I found these AWESOME little bags that smell SO GOOD and put them in my dresser drawers."  He began to laugh hysterically. I looked at him quizzically and through his chuckles he told me that those "pretty smelling burlap bags" were actually an all-natural MOUSE REPELLENT he bought to put around our basement!  We STILL laugh about that to this day.

Fast forward to this morning.  I've had another...hmmm...'faux pas' for lack of better terminology.  I've been researching lots of different ways to recycle things we toss out on a daily basis.  For example, old/used coffee grinds.  I found a site that listed the endless possibilities and uses for these things.  1 idea that got me excited was, "put on your hair to make it shine".  So this morning as I showered, I took my old coffee grinds with me to exfoliate my skin and shine up my hair.  IT. WAS. A. TOTAL. MESS.  I WILL say, using it as an exfoliant was wonderful. My skin feels AWESOME.  But I'm STILL seeing coffee grinds fall out of my hair and it left it feeling thick and unmanageable.  Wondering if maybe I was supposed to mix it w/ something I got back online and realized what I did wrong.  I re-read it and this is what it actually says. "Use it on your DOGS hair to make it shine"...scroll down..."Can be used on your DOGS hair as a natural FLEA REPELLANT."  So, all you jealous peeps out there...THERE AIN'T NO FLEAS ON ME!  I bet YOU can't say that today!