Duchess Sitting Pretty

Duchess Sitting Pretty
Originally uploaded by anneofavonlea_99

My number 1 puppy

Busy Week

This has been a crazy week at work. As soon as one client is finished, there is another waiting. I don't have any time to reflect between clients. I also haven't been able to work on my own return. But I do enjoy the fast pace and meeting so many new people.

The freezing cold snap is finally lifting here in Minnesota. Boy, has it been cold the last few days, like -20 cold. But it is getting better. I had to take Kaitlynn and Cynthia to the doctor yesterday, it's not fun taking kids out in that.

I also soaped last night. A nice batch of odor eating coffee soap. Made with freshly brewed strong coffee, all vegan, and no colors or fragrances. Great to use after gardening or chopping onions.
Still working on website, check often for updates!

Making Soap With Annie

Today my sister, Annie, and I made some soap. She is home on leave from Iraq and we spent the day together. First, we ate at the Oak Inn in North Branch, it was pretty good. Then we came home and made soap. I helped her create the recipe, Then we measured and made it together. She chose Cupid's Arrow (cherry almond) for the scent. It's turned our really nice so far. We then worked on a Ukranian egg puzzle. She ate dinner with us, we had pork roast with carrots and saurkraut, she had her leftover pasta since she is a vegetarian.
We've really missed Annie, she went to training last summer in Oklahoma, then came home and went to Iraq in August. She is home until February 9th, then hopefully she will be home for good in August.
Kaitlynn talked up a storm with Annie, Matthew was pretty shy.

Diaper Cake

Diaper Cake
Originally uploaded by anneofavonlea_99

A new project I am working on. If you are interested in having one of these for your next baby or bridal shower, just get in touch with me. 100% useful, non-returnable gift- perfect!
Still cold up here, 4 was the high today. I finally made the spring soap, Strawberry Shortcake, will post photos tommorow.
Stay warm!

Christmas present from Ohio

Christmas present from Ohio
Originally uploaded by anneofavonlea_99

Bingo!

Scratch the dual-posting blog, now I have my website set up with blogger.com, enjoy! I sure am.

Brrr

As I drove into work the other night, I felt so cold, but at the same time the sun was shining on the trees, it was a beautiful sight. I felt warm. Not too much longer and it will be March, the snow will melt, and we can have outdoor picnics again.

Today was pretty cold here in Minnesota, -14 when I went to work at 9am, quite bitter. Then there was the slight "breeze" to contend with, brrrr. Tonight is a hot cocoa night.

Last night I made a 4.5 lb batch of unscented Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey soap with Goat's Milk. It looks really good. The new soap mold kept it pretty cool, so it didn't turn weird colors. I think it will be quite nice after the cure. Tonight I will make the soap for my spring swap, I will let you know how that turned out! Here are some pictures of my new soap, and you can see all of my photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnsoycandle/

This is my dual published blog, the sister site is http://www.jasonandgracescountrycottage.com/store/blogIndexWs.asp

I can't wait for us to become acquainted.

Work

I am getting started with tax season 2008. So far it is slow, worked 3 nights with no customers. For those of you that don't know, I work for H&R Block part-time. Hubby comes home and I go to work, much better than day care, free!Kaitlynn is getting so big, she has 2 bottom teeth and is cruising on the couch and coffee table. Daisy's handwriting is also coming along, and she is recognizing lots of letters, numbers, and colors.

Bill Payment

I would have preferred to keep the babies home today, but I had to pay my Target and Kohl's bills, so out we went. Overall, it was not too bad, even though it was cold, it was also sunny. We got some small items that we needed at Target, and I took my mother to the dog food place. She bought some treats for our dogs.I then took inventory of my soaps. I updated the soaps page, much easier to pick out soap now.Matthew has figured out how to open dad's tool chest with the key, that kid is growing up too fast.

Busy Day

We got a lot of stuff done yesterday! My husband barbecued 15lbs of pork shoulder, and made a soap mold for me. Well almost, it just needs to be glued and nailed together, can't wait to use it. The kids and I got a ton of cleaning done, then my parents came over for dinner. Mom brought salad and homemade beets, yummy. I also got alot of redecorating done on this site. Let me know how you like it. Today I have been doing laundry, and cleaning, that never ends. Daisy also has a Girl Scout meeting, we will be making bird feeders. I will also be doing more work on the site ;)

Website Updates

I am busily working on updating this site so that it is much more pleasing. I am redesigning the graphics and taking new product pictures. I am also working on making the shopping cart more user friendly. So bear with me, there may be some missing graphics at times.Jason and I went shopping today. We got a ton of groceries and some business staples. He also bought the supplies to make me a couple great soap molds, I can't wait.

Hello

Hello, I figured I'd start writing this blog to let everyone know how my family and I are doing. Today I got some fragrance oils and molds, yippee, I love getting stuff! We spent the day at my parents house, Daisy was out of school. We went shopping and I found some great books and some glasses. We went to pick up Jason and Cynthia, then my dad. We told the kids we were going to eat some mushroom and beet burgers for dinner, Cynthia was not thrilled. They were all happy when we ended up at Chuck E' Cheese, it was a blast. Matthew just about fell over backwards when he saw Chuck E'. Kaitlynn enjoyed riding on a cute caterpillar. Daisy rode the helicopter a few times. Cynthia played all the games, except the baby ones, LOL. We then stopped by Sam's Club to pick up supplies. I plan to take more product pictures tonight before bed.