Fun Finds for June 2024

Good morning, friends! Happy Wednesday to you! I am here today with a handful of fun finds I’ve happened upon this month. Perhaps you’ve heard of some of them. Perhaps others will be new. Either way…enjoy!

1.       The Billie Razor. Here’s a fun weird fact about me. I won’t think twice about investing in a scrapbook, but I hate buying razors. I’m the cheapest person in the world when it comes to buying razors and refuse to spend on them. But I finally reached my saturation point with switching out razors every three uses. When I was perusing in Walmart one night, I saw the Billie razor and decided to try it. I’ve seen some of the people I follow on social media talk about how great it is, so I decided to try it. (I know they have a subscription service and I did not sign up for that; I’ll just buy refill blades as I need them.) I love it. Works so much better than the cheapie razors I’d been using! I’m sold!

2.       Air fried turkey bacon. We have a freestanding air fryer appliance, but our lower oven in our double oven also has air frying capabilities. We have found it doesn’t work super well on some things – like tater tots, for instance. It doesn’t get them as crispy as we like. But I have started making bacon in there and it’s amazing. We have an air frying pan that has a grill-like basket for air flow, and it sits on top of a pan that catches drippings. We use turkey bacon, and I just put that on the grill piece and stick it in the air fryer for a few minutes: no grease, no popping, no turning, and it comes out nice and crispy!

3.       Jacob Bible Study. I know I shared about this new Bible study on Jacob in a previous post, but I have actually been going through it this summer and am finding it to be tremendous. It’s not a strenuous study, but it is meaty and weighty in ways that matter in a good Bible study. I highly recommend! (It’ll probably show up in a book recap later, but I just wanted to give you this recommendation for now!)

4.       Styrofoam Trim.  When we bought our lake house, some previous owner had used Styrofoam trim in the basement, and it was destroyed when we took out the flooring. It was the first time I’d ever seen such a thing and I wasn’t all that impressed. But this month I watched a home tour of a tiny apartment in New York, and the person who rented it had put up some Styrofoam trim as crown molding, because it was something she could easily remove when she moved out. Her version was definitely an upgrade from what I had seen. (Here is an example, though you could search other types and see lots of design options.) I was so impressed at the huge difference it made in her space!

5.       Individual Greek Yogurt Cups. Obviously I know you can buy individual yogurt servings, but I did not know until recently you can also buy plain Greek yogurt in individual cup servings. We got some for our vacation and they were the perfect size for a hotel snack. I took my own honey to sweeten it, my own homemade granola, and some berries for on top, and I ended up with a healthy, protein-laden snack. So easy! We still buy regular tubs of yogurt for everyday life at home, but this was so perfect for travel!

6.       Cinnamon as ant repellant. I haven’t tried this one yet, but I just learned about it and plan to see if it works. We have ants in our hummingbird feeders, and I saw on Facebook where someone had sprinkled cinnamon at the base of her hummingbird feeder to keep ants from climbing the holder and getting inside the feeder. I’m going to see if it really works. Have any of you tried it?

So those are my fun finds for June. How about you? Run across anything we should know about?