The Secret Life of "B's"

Last Friday some good friends took me to Eggingtons for breakfast. Yes, I know, it was my birthday on the 10th not the 24th but please I'm celebrating my birth-MONTH and when you were born in February you get short-changed a little. I realize it's leap year but still, we can't seem to hit the 30th in this month. I digress...so we were at Eggingtons and we had all eaten and were chatting and I remembered something important that happened a week before. I had stopped in at M's house and she greeted me with a feathery something in her hand. (That girl is always cleaning and I was pretty sure I had stumbled upon one of her secrets.)

"What's that?" I asked.
"A Swiffer Duster."
"Does it work good?"
"It works really good"

Then she went on to tell me that she had gone through two of the Costco size boxes when she cleaned her house after having their roof redone and then the whole inside painted and fixed up. She said that the little swiffer feathery thing picks up the dust and doesn't just move it around.

Hmmm, I'm always looking for things that make cleaning easier. So I bought a box next time I went to Costco. They come with the little "wand" in them and I am here to tell you it really does work. I used it to clean the blinds and shutters in my house. It took half the time and did a much MUCH better job. This got me to thinking....what other secrets do my friends know that I don't? So back to the breakfast, I thought why don't I share the swiffer experience and see if they have any secrets they want to share.

Oh my, I was not disappointed, and I thought to myself, "instead of me just hoarding all of these great secrets why not share!"

So here they are in the order they were given to me:

1. Dead Sea Cuticle oil…put it on your cuticles’ and it makes them soft and pretty (like R’s)

2. Spray on hair shampoo buy it from Ulta OR at Wal-Mart by Tressamae or Suave (It seems like there might be a bid discrepancy between Ulta and Wal-Mart but all who were telling about this gave very convincing testimonials...I believe them.)

3. Sharpie Pens are the the Bomb (I have purchased five in the last week...they are GREAT! they write really smooth and you can get them in the usual colors. There are two different styles the click-ee pen or the pen with the cap)

4. Use Thermal spray, or Moroccan oil or coconut oil for your hair and it will help
straighten it and make it feel really soft and smooth…I found Thermal Spray and went to buy one of the oils and couldn't find them at Ulta. I have a feeling it is in certain products but I'm not sure which ones. Feel free to help out with this one.

5. Leave in Miracle for Hair. Got some (yup F dropped it by, such good friends) it really does work amazing. I used it today and tonight Dennis asked me if I had gotten my haircut today. Usually my hair only looks good when the girl who cuts it styles it. So it must look pretty dog-gone good.

6. Use Windex window cleaning pads for cleaning outside windows for touch-ups after
doing #7.

7. Use Jeff Millard to clean my windows. He is starting his own window cleaning business.

8. Buy Retin-A from an overseas pharmacy (I have no idea how to do that but it sounds
exciting and exotic and I’m going to try googling it, hope I don’t get arrested for illegal transport of a strange substance) this will help get rid of my deep wrinkles...maybe. It may take a needle and thread to do that!

9. Cetaphil clear cleanser works great to get make up off and it’s nice to your skin.

10. DON’T USE ANYTHING WITH PARRABIN IN IT. Can’t remember why but it’s bad.

11. Use an eyelash primer and maybe a fiber builder although the builder might make it
feel like you have sand in your eyes.

12. If you want to not wear sunscreen you can wear a shirt called Rash Guard, but when
you are old(er) you have to wear a swimsuit under it…

13. I didn't share this that morning but a friend shared with me that she rinses with Hydrogen
Peroxide to whiten her teeth. One mouthful for 10 minutes daily (while she showers) keeps her teeth that brilliant white. I’ve researched it a little and I think it’s safe, plus the bottle says for mouth rinsing.

So, I have spent the last few days collecting some of these interesting things! It has been really fun. I can hardly wait to go out with those women again and learn even more secrets. Next time I'm taking my Ipad so I can type a little faster.