Month: June 2026

The Enchanted Nomad

On By thefunkyfrugalistaIn The Enchanted NomadLeave a comment

So what I’ve been working on for a few months is a small online business. I had to jump through so many hoops to get my tax id number and my EIN. Then when I went to order I had to jump through even more hoops on one of the bigger stores I am using. Here is my logo.

I’m selling boho/Hippie(ish) clothes and jewelry. The only place that sells anything like what I have is Earth Bound. My goal is to either have a step side van to do popups or a physical store. I have a booth at our convention center for the 4th of July celebration so I’ll see how that goes. Anyway, here is some of the inventory that I have.

The silver cuffs are mine. I was just snapping some quick pictures.

I have several different styles and colors of these tops.

This can be worn as a harem jumpsuit or harem pants.

This is just a sample of what I have. Everything is ethically sourced from Nepal and India. After the 4th I’ll have my website up and running. It’s theenchantednomad.com

My Instagram is the_enchantednomad

I hope this does well because I love all of these clothes and jewelry so much. They are all so well made and it’s not something you see everyone else wearing.

Penelope

On By thefunkyfrugalistaIn chickensLeave a comment

Penelope is one of our OG chickens. Last week Donny noticed that she was walking funny, almost like she was drunk. He thought for sure that she was going to die by morning. The next morning when he went out she was walking normally so we just thought that she must have gotten into something but was fine. On Wednesday when I was mowing the backyard she was sitting just inside the coop. When I was putting the mower up she had moved to right into the doorway which was unusual for her. I picked her up and noticed that she had poop caked to her butt.

My first thought was that she was egg bound. I took her in and gave her an Epsom salt bath. I checked her to see if she was egg bound but that didn’t seem to be what was wrong. We’ve had chickens twice and have never had any of them have these symptoms. I gave her another epsom salt bath that night and ready that wet cat food could help her regain strength.

We put her in a laundry basket and she did eat some of the cat food. During her next bath we noticed that she had maggots on her. After a Google search we realized that she had fly strike. That’s when an animal gets poop stuck on them and flies lay their larva in the poop and the maggots start eating the animal. We immediately went to Tractor supply to get some supplies to try and help her. We were told to get ivermectin. Because it’s made for horses we only give her the size of a pea. We also bought some Betadine and antiseptic ointment. You need to get the one without pain killer in it because for some reason it hinders the healing.

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After administering the ivermectrin, we loaded up the warm water with Epsom salt, got the Betadine ready to go and started bathing her. To say we were not prepared for what we were finding was an understatement. The maggots did not like the Betadine and started crawling up her body. We were pulling them off left and right. Then Donny had the most brilliant idea: permethrin. I did a quick Google search and it’s safe for chickens. In fact, a lot of chicken owners dip their flock to keep bugs off. He went outside to get it and mix up some more. As soon as we sprayed it on her they maggots started dying. There were over a hundred on her. We worked almost an hour making sure we got every last one off of her.

She was exhausted. We didn’t know if she was going to make it through the night. Fly Strike can be deadly to chickens. But as Donny said, “she was going to die if we didn’t do something”. The next morning she was still with us but still not moving around much. Fly Strike causes the chickens to become incredibly weak and not able to walk. We gave her fresh food and water and she ate a drank a little bit.

Donny gave her a thorough examination and there wasn’t one maggot to be found.

She is still getting a bath a day and wound care, but still not one bug to be found. We moved her into a large tote and added some hay. She has been eating, drinking and moving around so much more.

We’ll be keeping her inside until she is strong enough to return to the coop. I know that permethrin is probably not the way most people would handle a fly strike, but it worked so well for us and Penelope is feeling so much better. If we wouldn’t have done anything she would have 100% died. She is also my favorite Chicken and only 2 of 7 that actually has a name so she’s pretty special.

WTF Sally

On By thefunkyfrugalistaIn Home lifeLeave a comment

Monday was my errand running day and it included picking up my hair dye from Sally’s. Autumn, the sales person, walked me over and got my color which is and has been 8A light ash blonde. I love this color.

Fast forward to yesterday. I mowed the front and back, weeded the front beds and garden and planted some plants. When I came in I did my 1 1/2 hour workout. So, needless to say, I was tired. Tired or not I knew I needed to dye my roots. I always do my roots first and then add the rest of the color all over, thank goodness. When I was 40 minutes of the 45 minutes processing time Hannah looked at me funny and here’s how the conversation went.

Hannah: What color are you dying your hair?

Me: The same color I always use.

Hannah: Are you sure about that?

I go into the bathroom and pull the bottle out of the trash and get the box it was in.

My first thought was OMG, what in the world am I going to do. I immediately call Sally’s and luckily Autumn answered the phone. She remembered me and she also started freaking out. She got her manager and the manager told me to immediately wash it out with Dawn dish soap. I don’t use Dawn, but we had a little left from killing the ants. The manager told me that she would get together products to help me fix it. I told her I was sending the kids to pick it up.

During this time I wash my hair 3x with Dawn, leaving it on my hair for 30 minutes. The kids get back and Sally’s has charged me 36 dollars for these products.

I did use the deep conditioning masque, but after I talked to several people they told me not to use the stripper because it will damage my hair. So I will be taking it all back today and just praying that everyone is right and the color will fade because I’m outside so much. So here’s my hair.

The ONLY saving grace in this whole debacle is that my hair was so light to begin with.

The moral of the story is to always make sure the product in the box is what it is suppose to be. At least I didn’t cry.

Amish For the Win

On By thefunkyfrugalistaIn product reviewsLeave a comment

Week before last Donny and I went to Sasquatch in Gladewater. It’s the surplus grocery store that has the most amazing products. We get our ground beef, gourmet cheeses and are always surprised by new items. Let me start by saying that I could never imagine putting beef tallow on my face. Nope. Hate the word, Hate thinking about what it’s made of. My daughter Bethany loves it as does my friend Lisa. They have been urging me to try it for so long and I’ve always had to cut them off because just the thought grossed me out so badly.

Well, there was a new display at Sasquatch that was from Amish Farms Soap. One of the products was tallow face cream. I know how they got me. It was the yellow, my favorite color, packaging. So, needless to say, I gave in a bought a tube. I used it that night and the next morning. Y’all, I love it. I love it so much that I went back to Gladewater and bought the whole line that Sasquatch had.

My face feels so soft. I’ve been using it twice a day since I bought it. The soap is amazing. When I get out of the shower it feels like I have already put lotion on. It smells like Caress and my skin loves it. The deep cleaning soap is no lie. I use it about twice a week because it DEEP cleans. I mainly got it for the kids to keep any acne at bay.

If you happen to see this brand in a store I highly recommend trying it. They also have a website if you decided to go that route. I still can’t call it tallow though.