Adventures of a Cat Lady

  • Citrus Shower Steamers

    I’m in love with shower steamers, a few weeks ago I posted about Shower Steamers for congestion. They work really well and I even use one in the shower if I’m not congested. I’ve gotten a lot of postive feedback on them and they seem to perfect for winter (and a great party favour!). I…

  • Guacamole – not vampire friendly

    Warning: if you are a vampire or allergic to garlic, this recipe is not for you 🙂 Up until about three years ago, I was really not avocado friendly, at all. I saw them as green grenades and to be avoided as though my life depended on it. As you get older your tastes change…

  • DIY: Soothing bath bombs for dry skin

    Winter skin is not only a REAL thing, its painful. My skin is somewhere between tree bark, elephant skin, and the dessert. I woke up in the middle of the night with pain on my back from dry skin, where it hurt to just lie in the bed, that was really not pleasant. In addition…

  • Ageing disgracefully

    Birthdays, I’ve always enjoyed celebrating other peoples but never my own. Theres something great about everyone else getting old around you, sadly the same sentiment doesn’t lie within adding another candle to my cake. A few things about me: I’ve lived a very privileged life (even though I don’t admit it often) I have many…

  • Shower Steamers – fighting congestion in the shower

    My shower is my haven. It’s a small cubicle (apparently large by Dutch standards) that seems to have magical powers that allow me my finest and best thinking. Sadly, it seems to be that time of year where the flu, colds, and stuffy heads are common on these long cold dark days. When I’m ill,…

  • Southern American Biscuits

    My younger years were spent in the mountains of North Carolina, this is a part of my life that I dont often reflect on. Every time Im back in NC, I always visit Chimney Rock, its  like a ritual and every time the views are more stunning than I remembered, theres something very calming about…

  • DIY natural lip plumping cinnamon lip balm

    DIY natural lip plumping cinnamon lip balm

    On the same night I made my yummy fruity strawberry lip balm, I also decided to make another sweet lip treat. I think one of my life mottos should be ‘life is better with cinnamon!’. So this is a cinnamon lip balm which works as a natural lip plumper, you will feel it gently tingling…

  • DIY fruity Strawberry lip balm

    DIY fruity Strawberry lip balm

    A all natural tinted yummy lip balm. I know Ive previously done two other lip balms but this weekend I had lip balm on my mind. I wanted something different and yummy, something that will leave you wanting to lick your lips whilst nourishing them at the same time. Ive come up with a fruity…

  • DIY Pimp your KitchenAid Mixer with Hello Kitty tutorial

    Even though I am now WELL into my thirties, I still secretly (or not so secretly) love Hello Kitty.  Being a crazy cat lady has a little bit to do with it but I grew up with Hello Kitty and to be fair, she has had very few scandals, making her a rather wholesome character.…

  • Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes

    Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes

    A few years ago I had an idea to make cupcakes and to make them awesome, so I came up with the following idea:  Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes. A traditionally British desert with a twist and well cupcakes are trendy and everyone loves them, right? I went to several sites and couldn’t find anything to…