Crazy K Bath and Body

New Soaps This Week!!

2011-04-25T09:15:00.000-07:00

I listed a few new soaps in my shop.

I will also be listing the following soaps in the next week!

~ Soft Serve Ice Cream Cone

~ 3D Heart

~ Tiki

~ Bowl of Cereal Rings

~ Tooth

~ Mushroom

~ Eggs and Bacon Skillet Breakfast Set

~ French Fries

~ Slice of Pizza

~ Hamburger / Cheeseburger

~ Corn Dog

~ Chicken Nuggets

~ Mac & Cheese

~ Brownies

~ Rice Krispie Treats

~ Rose Cupcake

~ French Macaroon

~ Frog

~ Tall Cupcake

~ 3 New Sandcastles

Chickens

2011-04-07T20:31:00.001-07:00

We are getting a chicken coop. Don't ask why, because I don't even like eggs! We had chickens growing up and I thought it would be fun for my boys to have them. My mom offered to take any eggs my boys do not eat off my hands and I can give them to other egg eaters, so I guess that is a good reason to have them. So, we have 3 chickens so far. They are so cute and growing so fast. My son, Jayden, named the yellow chick Woot. I named the other two Tender and Nugget.

My Son Loves His Garden

2011-03-13T10:05:00.000-07:00

My son has a garden. He is really into it! It's cute to see him so excited about his fruits and vegetablkes now and he loves to eat them because he grew them all by himself.
Here's his strawberry basket:

His first strawberry of the season:Checking out his peas:
Watering his blueberry plant:

There were aphids on his lettuce so he got some ladybugs. Here he is cowering in the background while my brother-in-law releases them:

The aphids are all gone now:

Now he's playing with the ladybugs:

Check out his huge pea!!!

$5 Box of Crap

2011-03-12T11:05:00.000-08:00

I ordered a $5 Box of Crap. No, not literally crap, this. I can't wait to get it, I hope it's good. I ordered one for my sister too.

Of course, I had to order the boys some stink bombs.

New Soaps

2011-03-12T10:12:00.001-08:00

I made a few new soaps I will be listing today or tomorrow. First I have to get to the store to buy a battery for my scale so I can weigh them.

Kittens

2009-06-09T23:39:00.000-07:00

My cat finally had her kittens! She had 4. They're so cute!

More New Soap

2009-06-07T10:13:00.001-07:00

I got a few new molds in the mail yesterday.

New Soap and Bath Teas

2009-06-05T00:26:00.000-07:00

I got the cutest mold the other day. It's a little baby angel in an egg. Isn't it cute?

I also made some bath teas for my long soaks in the tub! They're made with oatmeal and dead sea salts. This one is Red Hibiscus and Acai. It smells so good. It's my favorite.

This one is Chamomile:
This one is lavender. I use this one before bed. It's very relaxing!

Sad, Sad Day

2009-06-01T20:41:00.000-07:00

All weekend I promised my son a root beer float from A & W if he was good. He was! So, we got in the car and went to get it only to find that A & W packed up and closed over night! Now I'm going to have to find something else to bribe him with.

As if that wasn't bad enough, I then went to Sonic to get us Cranberry Vanilla Sprites and they were out of Cranberry and Sprite!

New Reed Diffusers, Soaps and Bubble Bath

2009-05-31T21:57:00.000-07:00

I listed some new stuff in my shop. My sister took the pictures of the reed diffusers for me while we were up camping. Isn't she nice? Of course, she wanted one in return!

More Yummy Soap!

2009-05-31T15:18:00.001-07:00

I only bought 2 bars of soap on Etsy last week (but this week will be a different story). This time I bought from Burnt Mill Candle & Soap. I ordered Strawberry Cheesecake and Honey Coco Mango. I could smell them as soon as I opened my mail box.

I opened the box and they smelled so good. I even got a little sample of Cherry Cola soap ~ my boys loved that. They've been bugging me to order them some. So, I ordered Cherry Cola and Blue Raspberry Icee....hopefully those will keep them happy for a while:-)

I am using the Strawberry Cheesecake one and I love it. My whole bathroom smells sweet after my shower.

Camping

2009-05-29T09:12:00.000-07:00

I sort of went camping. I went Wednesday night and came back last night. That was long enough for me! It was very pretty and green but cold! I couldn't take the cold. We saw lots of animals ~ mostly elk and turkey.

I got home around 11:30 last night. I openend the front door and I hear the voice of my alarm (which I didn't set before I left.). I tried to turn it off but forgot how so my alarm went off. The alarm company called asking for a password and I had no clue what it was, so they sent the police over. After proving to the that I do indeed live here, they finally left and I took a shower and crashed out.

My First Giveaway!

2009-05-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

And the winner is ........Jo Whitehurst!!

For my very first giveaway, I picked soap from my favorite soap shop on Etsy, Bare Bumm Bath. So far, I've bought 45 of her soaps. I give them away as gifts, my poor little college student sister snags them for her and her friends and my kids take them. Everyone who has tried them loves them! I love the way they lather (I love lots of bubbles!) and they leave my skin feeling so soft, I rarely need to use lotion. Once you try these soaps, you'll be hooked!

To enter, visit Bare Bumm Bath and then come back here and post a comment by June 5th with the three soaps you would like to try. On June 6th, I will put all the comments in a bowl and have my son pick the winner. I will then post the winner and I'll need an address and have 3 wonderful soaps sent to you!

Here are just a few of the available soaps from Bare Bumm Bath!

Acai & Mangosteen: Diamonds in the Sea:

Purple Passion Fruit & Guava:White Tea & Ginger:

Green Apple Soap:

The Soap Queen Blog and an Upcoming Giveaway

2009-05-26T15:47:00.001-07:00

My soaps were on the Soap Queen Blog today! Check it out here: http://soap-queen.blogspot.com/2009/05/flaunt-your-swirls.html

I've also decided to do my first giveaway! I chose soaps from Bare Bumm Bath to start with because I am seriously addicted to her soaps! Here are just a few of the wonderful soaps she has available! Watch for the Giveaway to be posted in the next few days!
Sweet Lover's Crack:

Honey Washed Toffee:Chocolate Coconut Yummies (Smells just like a Mounds without all the calories!):

Kukui Nut Oil

2009-05-26T14:50:00.000-07:00

Several weeks ago I bought some Kukui Nut Oil. I absolutely love it! My favorite oil used to be Macadamia Nut Oil, but Kukui Nut Oil beats it by a long shot. I've made lip balms, lotions and cremes and even shampoo with it. It is great and my skin, hair and lips have never been softer.

What is Kukui Nut Oil??
The Kukui Nut tree is the state tree of Hawaii. Kukui nut oil is cold pressed from the nut of the kukui nut tree. Hawaiians use it to protect their skin. When used in lotions, creams, ointments and balms, it lays down an emollient layer of lipids. It is readily absorbed by the skin and has been known to provide effective relief from the symptoms of eczema, psoriasis, dry skin and acne.

1000 Sales!

2009-05-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

I can die happy now!

My Soaps Were Really on the View and More Treasuries

2009-05-25T11:52:00.000-07:00

The first part of this post is for a friend, who watched The View on the day my soaps made their appearance and totally missed them! See, I wasn't imagining it after all:-)

Here are 4 beautiful treasuries my soaps are featured in today!

Happy Memorial Day

2009-05-25T11:04:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day always makes me think about my Grandpa. My grandpa was in the Army and fought in World War II. He was part of the group known as the Bushmasters. He didn't talk about it much at all so I don't know a whole lot about what he did. I do know that he spent most of his time in New Guinea sleeping in fox holes. That was pretty much all he ever said about it.

Growing up, I always thought it was weird that my Grandma and Grandpa has their own rooms. I found out later it was because if my Grandpa was asleep and you touched him, he would pin you on the ground! I guess that was one of the effects from the war.

He liked to camp and fish. He was a campground host for a long time and we'd go visit him every summer. I remember one year there were bears that would come into camp at night. One night one came into our camp and I remember looking out of the window of the trailer and seeing it right there. Then my grandpa got up, in his long johns, and went out and scared it away. At the same time there was a sonic boom. So, I don't know if the sight of my grandpa in his underwear or the sonic boom scared it away, I just know it never came back! Then he took us fishing and my sister and I went off on our own a ways. I was fishing and I looked up and across the river were three black things. I took off screaming "bear". When I finally made it back to my Grandpa, he went to investigate and came back and told me they weren't bears, just three black cows. From that day on, no one in my family calls a cow a cow. It's a Kaylee Bear!

Shortly after my Grandma died in 2004, he found out that he had lung cancer. The doctor gave him months to live. Almost two years later he was still going strong. Then in July, 2006, I called him and he sounded like he was having trouble talking. He told me that he was having trouble swallowing. I told him to get to a doctor right away. He did. The cancer had spread to his brain. He went to hospice and he appeared healthy and alert until his last 2 days. He died peacefully on September 12, 2006. He was 90.

Here he is proving that a 6 1/2+ foot man can fit into a little sports car:

I Took My First Jelly Bath

2009-05-24T22:43:00.000-07:00

I had this Jelly Bath that I bought a while ago and after a long day of babysitting the little monsters, I decided tonight was the night to use it. I filled the tub half full with hot water and sprinkled some in. I waited a few minutes then stirred it up with my hand and then slipped in. It smelled good, I got Herbal Mint, but it felt like I was soaking in a tub of snot! It had the consistency of snot. There was snot all over me! I started grossing out at the thought of snot, so I stood up and snot was clinging to every part of my body. It was seriously the grossest thing I had ever used. I added the dissolution (stuff that dissolves it so you can drain the tub) and hopped into the shower to wash the bath snot off of me. That was the biggest waste of $24 ever. I'll stick to bath salts from not on.

Never Answer the Phone While Sleeping

2009-05-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I was fast asleep and the phone rang. I don't remember much about the phone call except it was my brother. When he calls and I am awake, I don't pay much attention to him. I pay even less attention to him when he wakes me up with a phone call. Apparently, I agreed to watch his kids for him today. All 3 of them. I have to watch them until their mom gets home from Laughlin. I don't know when that will be. I think today just might be the day I go crazy:-)

New Stuff

2009-05-24T10:48:00.000-07:00

I made my Lil Green Soap Invaders with Olive Oil Soap base and different scents. There's now a set with Galactic Grape, Cosmic Cherry, Orbit Orange and Blast-Off Blueberry Scents.I also made some shower gel and foaming hand soap.

One More Hour

2009-05-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

Unlike some mothers I've seen crying on the first day of school, I cry on the last day of school. I'm sitting here crying right now. My kids get out of school for the summer in less than an hour:-( Don't get me wrong, I really love my boys, but they drive me crazy!! All they do is play video games and fight. Summers here are terribly hot (over 100 degrees!) and the boys are cooped up in the air conditioned house all day unless they are out back playing in the water.

My 7 year old is playing baseball this summer and he has 3 games a week for the next month. My 12 year old didn't want to play baseball this year, he would rather sit around and play video games and text girls on his cell phone all day.

Hopefully, I can survive the next 11.5 weeks!

New Soaps

2009-05-22T09:03:00.000-07:00

I've listed lots of new soaps in my shop the past couple of days. Here are a few of them. Okay, more like 10 of them!
Summer Melon Spritzer:Lemon Poppyseed Cake:Love Spell (Type) Olive Oil & Shea Butter Soap:

Tangerine Oilive Oil & Shea Butter Soap:

Southern Belle Shea Butter Soap:

Tae Kwon Do Bear Shea Butter Soap:

Chocolate Hedgehog Soap:

Owl Family Shea Butter Soap:

3 Treasuries and The Storque

2009-05-20T18:16:00.001-07:00

I'm in 3 treasuries today!

One of my candles was in The Storque. It was about The Office. I don't watch that show. Now because I don't like it, I just don't watch much TV. So, I had to call and ask my sister the story about Serenity by Jan was. Thankfully, she watches every episode over and over and knew exactly what it was.

I Can Grow Flowers!

2009-05-20T16:47:00.001-07:00

Last year, I thought it would be nice to have flowers in the flower beds under the 2 bay windows in the back of my house. I planted flower seeds and watered and waited. They started to grow and just as they were starting to bloom, the dog dug them all up! So, I gave up. Well, this year I didn't plant anything and some flowers came up. This time the dog didn't dig them up. I have no idea what kind of flowers they are, but they look nice.

I'm Going To Be A Grandma!!

2009-05-20T08:36:00.000-07:00

I'm not very happy about it either! We got our last cat, Jackie Chan, and on the paper that came with him the neutered box was checked off. I assumed that meant that he had been neutered. Apparently it didn't. I have a cat, Miley, that hasn't been spayed yet. We had an appointment but the vet cancelled and I hadn't gotten around to making another one. I didn't worry about it because she never goes outside and all the other cats are fixed. Or so I thought. About 6 or 7 weeks ago I caught my cats in a compromising position and I yelled at Jackie Chan and he ran away. Jackie Chan is scared of me because when we first got him I roared at him and he still hasn't forgiven me for that.

Well, about 3 weeks ago, I was sleeping and Miley starts pestering me. She always does that when I am trying to sleep. I should learn to close my door at night. So I pet her for a bit and she rolls over and I thought I felt a tick. I jumped up and flipped on the light and discover it wasn't a tick. I google cat pregnancy and see she is displaying signs of pregnancy. I did consider taking her to the vet for an abortion but couldn't do it. The good news is that I have already found good homes for 3 kittens.

She has gotten really fat the past couple of weeks so it won't be long now. Cats are only pregnant for about 9 weeks. Jackie Chan is getting neutered tomorrow!

Here's the bad boy Jackie Chan: Miley:

Swirling M&P Soap

2009-05-20T00:10:00.000-07:00

I love the look of the colors and swirls in cold process soap. I tried it with my M&P soap and although it is not the same effect, I really like how it turned out.
This one is scented with Lemon Sugar and Candied Violets:

Black Tie Affair:Salty Mariner:

Top of the Salty Mariner:
Jeweled Citrus:

I'm Back

2009-05-17T13:39:00.000-07:00

I've been cleaning and organizing my soap stuff. I got lots of shelving for the garage and finally am getting everything in order. I found so many molds I bought and never used. Now I am making soap with them and trying to get it all listed. I bought a few new molds this past week and I've now told myself no more new molds for a while!!

Here are a few of the new things I listed in my shop over the weekend.
Whipped Creme Soap (I love this stuff!!):
Sharpei: A Mouse in a Honey Jar:
Ships and Icebergs:
Soap Gems:

Almost 1000 Sales!

2009-05-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

My goal was to hit 1000 sales in my first year on Etsy and I'm almost there! I have 2 more months to go, so I know I'll do it.

Teacher Appreciation Week

2009-05-04T20:52:00.000-07:00

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week at the schools here. Monday is Flower Day, Tuesday is Relaxing Day, Wednesday is Note Day, Thursday is Candy Bar Day and Friday is Classroom Supply Day.

My older son is not interested in giving his teachers anything at all. So, I'm going to have to make up a gift bag and drop it off at school for him. He'll probably be mad at me for that too!

My youngest son can't wait to give his teacher stuff. His teacher this year was probably the best teacher either one of my boys have ever had. He picked tomorrow (Relaxing Day) to give her a gift and you should have seen all the stuff he wanted to give her! We finally narrowed it down to a reed diffuser, a candle, 2 lotions, 2 lip butters and 2 soaps.

I promised to take him to the store tomorrow so he could get the candy bar and classroom supplies. I'm just afraid he's going to eat the candy bar before he gives it to her. I wouldn't put it past him to give her the empty wrapper!

New Stuff In My Shop

2009-05-03T14:14:00.001-07:00

I've been working on new stuff for my shop. I'm in love with my new Lemon Poppyseed Cake fragrance oil. It's a blend of Lemon, Vanilla, Lime and Cake Batter. I can't get enough of it! I smells good enough to eat. So, everything I made this weekend is scented with it.

Here's a solid lotion bar:

A sugar scrub bar:
Macadamia Nut Body Creme:

Lotion Sticks:

Hydrating Salt Soak:

My Sunday Morning

2009-05-03T11:31:00.000-07:00

I always spend Sunday morning cleaning my fish tanks. That way I can get out of going to church. I'd rather spend three hours cleaning my tanks instead of falling asleep at church. My big salt tank is starting to look really good. I ordered a bunch of new corals that should be here on Tuesday. Now that I got new lighting for the tank, I can get the pretty, colorful corals I couldn't get before. Once I got done cleaning the tank, testing the water and adding the supplements, I fed the fish. That's when they all popped out of their hiding spots long enough for me to snap these pictures.

I Think I'm Addicted To Soap

2009-05-02T22:23:00.000-07:00

I went on a little soap buying binge this past week. I don't know if I would call it little, I bought 26 bars of soap! Oh well, soap never lasts around here. My mom raids my soap stash for last minute gifts and my poor college student sister raids it too. I offered her $5 to go to Wal-Mart where she could get 10 bars of soap and she declined ~ she's hooked on hand made. I'm going to have to start hiding it in my closet or something!

My latest order to arrive was from Bella Luna.
I got Coconut Milk, Chocolate Bliss and Honey Almond:

And I also got Blueberry Muffin, Eucalyptus Mint and Oatmeal Milk & Honey:

I love the Blueberry Muffin the best. It smalls so good. I also really like the Coconut Milk soap. I'm using that one now.

I'm still waiting for two orders. One is from Hartley Soap Company. I ordered Berries & Cream, Confetti Lemon grass and Vanilla, White Truffle Raspberry, Cinnabun, Yuzu and Energy scented soaps. The other from Bare Bumm Bathworks. I ordered Diamonds in the Sea, Lime Coconut Verbena, Georgia Peach & Honey Almond, Purple Passion Fruit & Guava and Aqua Spa scented soaps.

Camping

2009-05-01T16:21:00.000-07:00

My sister always plans two family camping trips every summer ~ one right after school gets out and the other right after Labor Day. I love where we camp out at. My grandma and grandpa were the campground hosts there for a long time and I've gone there every summer for the past 34 years. Growing up, we always talked about how we would bring our kids there and now we are. However, they don't seem to enjoy it as much as we used to. They can't stand to be away from the TV, computer or video games for more than a day or two!

1st Grade Track Meet

2009-05-01T11:52:00.000-07:00

I spent the morning at the school for the 1st grade track meet. My son got 1st place in the sack race! He also did the softball throw and 50 yard dash. Then I took him out to eat Mexican food and dropped him back off at school.

Black Pepper Soap and Soap Shots

2009-04-30T10:58:00.000-07:00

I got more soap today in the mail. This one smells just like black pepper! I'm going to give this one to my son and order another one for my brother in law ~ it smells that good! Just a little reward for him for saving my sister from the shopping cart!

I made these little shots of soap. The green one is Lime Margarita scent with sea salt, the pink one is peppermint schnapps scent and the orange one is fuzzy navel scent.

So I Made This Thing...

2009-04-29T23:09:00.001-07:00

I made this bath bomb shaped like a popsicle. I don't know what to call it. The only thing I could come up with was a bath bombsicle, which is not very creative at all.

A Funny Story

2009-04-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

My sister called me this morning. She promised her husband she wouldn't tell anyone this but she couldn't resist.

Last night they were walking their dog at around 10:00. They saw a dark shadow in the distance and she said it looked like it had moved from one side of the sidewalk to the other. They thought it might be a dog or something and she asked him if they should go the other way. Her husband said no, he would take care of it. As they got closer he puffed up and yelled, "Hey, get out of here" at the shadow. It didn't move. When they got closer, they realized why it didn't move. It was a shopping cart!!

Now I have an image in my head of my brother in law protecting my sister from the killer shopping cart!!

I Love Soap!!

2009-04-29T10:58:00.001-07:00

I went on a little soap buying binge over the weekend. I got my order from Dirty Girl Soaps this morning. I ordered 5 soaps and they are all really nice.
This one is the Cassidy soap. It smells like Watermelon and has cranberry seeds in it.

This is the Gabriella soap. It's black raspberry vanilla ~ my favorite!

This is the Norine soap. It's a blend of nectarine, jasmine, orange, honey and soft musk.

This is the Sophie soap. It is a blend of milk, oatmeal, honey, musk and amber. This is the Sophie soap. It is a blend of milk, oatmeal, honey, musk and amber.

This is the Gwen soap. It sort of smells like Yuzu, which is an awesome scent.

I Have The Worst Luck

2009-04-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

I have the worst luck when it comes to lights for my aquarium. I've gone through 2 different light fixtures in the past year and then over the weekend, the lights went out again. So, I finally decided to upgrade to metal halides ~ that way I can start getting hard corals. So, I shelled out the big bucks and ordered a new light fixture on Monday. I got it yesterday. Only half of it works. For $1200+ you would think that it would work! I figured out that I got a bad ballast. I called the number on the sheet that was inside the light fixture. The one that says "Please do not return this product to place of purchase". They gave me another number to call. I called that number and got yet another number to call. I called that number and they were going to give me another number to call but it was already one I had called. I finally got someone who could help me. They are going to send me a replacement ballast. I hope it doesn't take too long to get here. My aquarium looks kind of funny with one bright side and one dark side.

New Soaps

2009-04-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

I made some new soap over the weekend. They turned out pretty cute!
Monkeys: Two Sandcastles and a Castle:
An ice cream sundae:
A Hermit Crab and Fish & Coral:

A pirate soap set with 2 pirates, a treasure chest and a pirate ship:

The Missing Burrito and a Beautiful Yellow Treasury

2009-04-25T13:25:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning and went out back to find the Albino Burrito was gone! I searched all over the back yard and he wasn't anywhere. So I got the boys and we searched out front. No sign of him. Then we drove and walked around the neighborhood looking for him and still couldn't find him. A few hours later he was out front chomping on the rosemary we planted in our herb garden. I've got to go to Home Depot later and get some bricks to keep him from going under the gate. We were using big rocks and it worked but my mom kept moving them when she would clean up the yard. Hopefully she won't move the bricks!

My wax melts were in this treasury. I love the colors in it!!

Now Invading Your Bathroom...

2009-04-24T13:47:00.000-07:00

I found some fun ice cube trays and decided to try them out for soap. This is the first one I finished today, little soap invaders. They look like the little Atari aliens.

Could It Get Any Worse??

2009-04-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

As if the new house without a warranty wasn't bad enough, we now have a useless $12,000 hot tub sitting in our back yard!

A few months ago the pump in the hot tub started getting really loud. Like wake-the-whole- neighborhood-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night loud. Of course, the place we got it from last year has gone out of business. So we called Shoreline Spas. Since the hot tub was still under warranty, they said they would send a replacement pump and once we got that we were supposed to call them back and they would set up installation. A few weeks pass and still no pump. We call them back and they said they were waiting on some parts we would get it in two weeks. Two weeks later, no pump. So we call again., They promise the pump is on the way and will be here the next Thursday.

We called again Monday because we still hadn't gotten the pump only to be told that Shoreline Spas has gone out of business, the pump had never been sent, our warranty is no good but they do have pumps that we can buy from them. No thanks. I'll find the pump somewhere else.

My mom was really upset. I told her to look on the bright side ~ her car is still under warranty, at least until GM closes up shop:-)

I Made A Pie

2009-04-22T20:45:00.000-07:00

I made a pie tonight. Of course, it was made out of soap. It smells good but I'm not sure I like the way it turned out. The colors on the top aren't perfect.

I'm Having A Sale!

2009-04-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

Today is my sister's birthday. She's almost as old as me. She's 33 today, we're only 11 months apart. Since I missed having a sale on my birthday (I was relaxing at a condo on the beach in San Diego!), I'm having one for her birthday:-)
~~Sale~~Tuesday April 21st - Wednesday April 22nd~~
All Soy Wax Melts ~ Buy One Get One Free
All Smelly Jellies, Candles, Linen & Room Sprays and Reed Diffusers ~ Buy One Get One 50% Off
Discount will be refunded to your PayPal account or you can request a revised invoice during check out.
You can get them here.

6 Ounce Peppermint Cocoa Soy Candle:

6 Ounce Vanilla Bean Soy Candle:

Buttered Popcorn Scent Soy Wax Melts:Grape Soda Soy Wax Melts:

Peppermint Cocoa Soy Wax Melts:

Lost Tapes on Animal Planet

2009-04-20T22:21:00.000-07:00

My 7 year old loves to watch Animal Planet. Usually that's okay with me but last weekend he watched two episodes of Lost Tapes. One was about the Chupacabra and the other was about the Monster of Monterey. It scared him to death. He slept in my room for 2 days before I finally convinced him they were not real and he went back to his own room. He agreed that maybe he shouldn't watch the show again if it scared him that much.

Well, he watched the show again this past weekend. I didn't watch it with him so I don't know what it was about but he said something about a Death Worm. He slept in my room again last night and promised that he would sleep in his own room tonight. When it came time to go to bed he didn't even want to go upstairs by himself. So, I told him to lay down on grandma's bed. I went in to check on him and found him fast asleep with the cat stretched out at his feet.

I'm going to have to make sure he doesn't watch it again next weekend.

What Muppet Am I?

2009-04-20T20:18:00.001-07:00

I took the What Muppet Are You quiz on Facebook and this is my result:

You completed the quiz "What Muppet Are You?" with the result Statler & Waldorf.
You are the kind of person who delights in taking the piss out of others. You never grew out of being the high-school bully. Even though this may seem a negative trait, people love your up-front honesty and down right humour! You maintain a sense of importance and always seem to get the best seat in the house..

Of course, once I posted it, every one agreed with it!

Drunk Drivers Suck

2009-04-20T15:53:00.001-07:00

Last night I was filling my car with gas and this guy pulls in and nearly hit my car. He parked and went inside. After I filled up my car, I went inside to get a Pepsi. I ended up in line behind this guy and he was having a hard time counting his change. He turned around to leave and the smell of alcohol on his breath was so overpowering! I paid for my soda and went outside just in time to see him back out and almost hit my car again. Then he goes to leave and comes inches from hitting my side mirror. I yelled a few choice words at him and then watch him pull out onto the street, in the wrong lane and go on his way. Too bad I didn't have my cell phone with me, I would have called the police.

My Latest Etsy Purchase

2009-04-17T22:38:00.000-07:00

My family only uses soap I make or soap that I buy on Etsy. I have tried a few different soaps from different sellers and the one I keep going back to is Bare Bumm Bathworks. Not only is she the sweetest lady ever, her soaps have all be wonderful ~ and right now she has free shipping too! I got nine soaps today and my sister ran off with all but three. The three I managed to keep for myself are (from front to back) Kumquat and Black Raspberry Vanilla, Pinky Sweet and Disco Queen. Kumquat and Black Raspberry Vanilla ~ smells amazing. I love kumquat scent and adding the black raspberry vanilla to it makes it smell even better.

Pinky Sweet ~ is a blend of cherry, strawberry and banana. The first thing you smells is cherry. The strawberry and banana are not as strong but when you're using the soap those scents come out and my kids love it!

Disco Queen ~ I'm not crazy about patchouli scents (thanks to those Haloween scratch-and-sniff stickers I used to get when I was little) but this one is great. It's a really soft scent. This would be a great soap for a guy too. I love the sparkly color as well.

New Reed Diffusers and Bath Oil

2009-04-17T00:18:00.000-07:00

I finally got my 8 ounce bottles! I made this reed diffuser today. It's Tiramisu scent. It smells so good. I put it on top of the entertainment center and every time I go up or down the stairs, I catch a whiff of it.
I also listed bath oil. It is the best bath oil I have ever used. I love that it doesn't just sit on the top of the bath water in little pools ~ it disburses throughout the bath. It's available in over 450 scents too!

Our House Is A Lemon!!!

2009-04-16T23:18:00.000-07:00

I'm about to paint it bright yellow and hang signs in the windows and front yard warning people not to buy a crappy house in this development. The sales office is directly across the street. Everyone will see it!!

We bought this house last January:

After paying nearly $300,000 for it, we expected to live happily ever after. Now we're wishing we never bought it!

The day we moved in there was a water leak in the garage near the water heater. They came out and fixed that. Six weeks after we moved in, the things we noted during the walk-thru at closing that needed to be fixed or finished, still had not been finished. Then the builder packs up one night and leaves!!

Then the AC upstairs starts blowing hot air. I call the warranty company only to find out we have no warranty. Our house was supposed to come with a warranty, but the builder never paid for it. So, we called someone out to come and fix the AC. He tells us that he is unable to completely fix the problem because of the way the unit was installed. It wasn't installed up to code. By this time, there is no way to get a hold of the builder ~ their number has been disconnected and their office closed.

Then we get notices in the mail that several liens have been filed on our house because the builder never paid the contractors. I called the title company and those were finally taken care of ~ turns out they were all filed illegally.

The new builder that took over the development said they were going to take care of things. We were promised a warranty on the house. That still has not happened. They come over and look at things that need to be fixed and say they'll be back to fix it and they never do.

So here we are just over a year later and tile still had not been installed around the tub. Around the tub was just drywall and then the tub ~ it wasn't even caulked to keep water from going behind the wall! We finally got tired of waiting for the new builders to come and do it, so we called someone ourselves. Well, it turns out that the faucet on both the tub and shower were installed with missing parts and there was a leak. The guy cut away some drywall to find that the whole bathroom is done in plain drywall, not the moisture proof drywall required in bathrooms and kitchens here. I don't even know how that passed inspection!!

So, I have to fill out a complaint form for the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. We had the contractor who did out tile look at the rest of the house so we could list every problem on the complaint. He found a lot of issues with the house. All the faucets leak and were installed wrong. The stucco is cracking and the paint on the outside is peeling. I'm pretty sure there is a problem with the electrical wiring in the house because the circuit breaker trips a lot and we have to go outside to the box and flip it back on. The list goes on and on.... Then we have to fill out a recovery fund claim so we can get up to $30,000 to fix everything the builder screwed up!

I guess it could be worse ~ almost every other house in our development has had problems with their sewer lines backing up. At least that hasn't happened in our house...yet.

Six More Weeks

2009-04-14T22:19:00.000-07:00

Only six more weeks of peace and quiet left...then the boys get out of school for the summer! My oldest thinks he is going to hang out with friends and play XBox all summer. He decided he didn't want to play baseball this year but my youngest wanted to. Now that he's not in T-Ball, I hope he can hit the ball!

I'm signing the youngest one up for swimming lessons and the oldest one wants to be in swim team. After baseball is over, the youngest is going to take karate. They both want to take some classes with College for Kids this summer.

My sister likes to plan camping trips at the beginning and the end of the summer. I really don't like going anymore. I'm really scared of bears. Or cows. Or bears and cows. Don't ask..... I might skip out on that this year.

We'll probably end up going to San Diego sometime this summer. The boys are dying to go to LegoLand.

My Soaps Were On The View This Morning!!

2009-04-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

My soaps were shown on The View this morning! It doesn't start here in Arizona for another hour but I had my sister in New Jersey watch it. She said she saw the rubber duckie in a tub and my milk and cookies soaps shown on a table of cool stuff you can find on Etsy. Then my brother in law called to tell me he saw a link to my shop on The View website.

Then I found out my cupcake soaps were featured on the front page of Etsy. That would explain the jump in hearts I got this morning!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T22:40:00.000-07:00

I spent the day making bath bombs with my sister. She got pretty good at it!

The boys got their Easter baskets this morning ~ the youngest one still sort of believes in the Easter Bunny. The oldest one announced that he had seen all the stuff in bags in the closet and that I was the Easter Bunny!

New Soaps

2009-04-12T00:48:00.001-07:00

I Was Going To Make Easter Cookies.....

2009-04-10T22:16:00.001-07:00

My nephew came over to spend the night and I thought it would be fun to make some Easter cookies. He wanted to make soap instead. So, he made his dad a chocolate alligator soap! He did want to make his dad a dog poo soap but I've given my brother enough of those! Here he is with his soap:

Mom's Birthday!

2009-04-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is my mom's birthday. She's going to be 57!!
She started asking last week if I had gotten her a present yet and I told her I wasn't getting her one this year. I think she really believes I'm not getting her anything! I bought her an end table to match the new coffee table and entertainment center she got in January. There wasn't a spot for it before but she rearranged the sectional and recliner and now there's an empty corner. She's mentioned a few times she wanted it but just hasn't gone to get it. So, I got it for her. I have to go pick it up tomorrow.

A Dead Cat and My Son's Lunch

2009-04-07T22:19:00.000-07:00

I was half asleep this morning and my mom comes in my room to tell me that my cat died under her bed. She said my cat had gone under there a few hours before (she never goes in my mom's room, so that was weird) and she hadn't moved at all. My mom said she touched her and the cat didn't move and felt stiff. My mom went back downstairs to get the cat out from under the bed. I came downstairs a few minutes later (I was almost in tears too!) and it turns out the cat was just sleeping:-)

My son has an Easter party at school. They're going to the park to eat lunch and have an Easter egg hunt. He was so worried I wasn't going to pack him a lunch for it so he made it himself. I found it hidden under his bed. Now I know why he hid it from me.

It's all junk!! He packed a CapriSun, some Mac & Cheese crackers, a pack of donettes, a pack a skittles, some frosted animal crackers, a package of gushers and 2 Tootsie Rolls. He's probably going to be a little disappointed when he opens up his lunch at the park and finds a sandwich, carrot sticks, apple dippers and juice!

What A Nice Surprise!

2009-04-05T23:56:00.000-07:00

I just checked Etsy one last time before I got ready to head to bed and saw my soapsicle on the front page!! It's in the Children's Gift Guide.

Soapsicles

2009-04-05T23:11:00.000-07:00

I made soapsicles today. My kids were impressed. They likes the one that smelled like Fruit Loops the best. My youngest wants me to make one that smells like his favorite cereal ~ Lucky Charms.
S'mores:
Coconut Banana:

Neapolitan:

Cherry Cheesecake:

Cherry Vanilla:

Chocolate, Vanilla and Cherry:

Berry Vanilla:

Fruity Loops:

New Cat

2009-04-03T21:59:00.000-07:00

We got a new cat yesterday. He's already made himself at home.

New Soaps

2009-04-02T00:49:00.000-07:00

Busy Day

2009-03-27T10:03:00.000-07:00

I just got home from my son's school. The 1st graders put on a musical play. All the little kids sing and dance around...except for mine! He just stood there like a statue. He didn't move his lips, didn't dance around...nothing. He didn't even wear his bunny ears!

I'm off to Phoenix in the next hour. I need to go shopping and get my kids some summer clothes and my lizards need some crickets. Then we are going to the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy graduation. A friend of the family is graduating, he's going to go on to work with DPS.

Telemarketers!!

2009-03-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

I don't know how my dad's name got matched up with my phone number. We bought our house and got our phone number a few months after my dad died, so he's never lived here, his name has never been connected to our house or our phone number. But somehow, telemarketers are calling my number and asking for my dad. Most of the time I just tell them that he is dead and they say sorry and that is the end of it.

However, there is one company that won't quit calling here for him. It's DIRECTV! Even more annoying is the fact that I have DIRECTV and it's in my name and my account has this phone number on it. They call and ask for my dad. I ask them what they are calling about and they go into their sales pitch. I tell them that I already have DIRECTTV at this house and I tell them that he is dead. An hour later, they call back and I tell them that he is still dead. They say they'll take him off the list. Then they call again and again. After a few days, they stop calling.

A month or two goes by and they start calling again. The last time it happened, I didn't answer the phone the first few times but after 6 calls in 3 hours, I answer the phone. They ask for my dad. I tell the lady that he is dead, we already have DIRECTV and that I have been told many times that he would be taken off their list. She hangs up on me. Five minutes later the same number calls again. It's a guy this time. He asks for my dad. I tell him that he died over a year ago. He hangs up on me. They call again 10 minutes later and I give them the number where my dad is at. Ten minutes later they call back again and say I gave them the wrong number ~ the number I gave them was to a cemetery. I tell them that is the right number, that is where he is at. Like I've been telling them for the past year, the man is DEAD! They hung up on me again.

They haven't called back since.

Look What I Got Today!

2009-03-25T22:30:00.000-07:00

I got the cutest earrings today from CuteAbility.
I got 2 pairs of cake slices and ice cream
cones. Aren't they so cute??

I have ordered lots of earrings from this shop and I have never been disappointed. They are always well made and shipped quick. Of all the earrings I have bought, I get the most compliments on the Tacos!

Busy Weekend and New Stuff

2009-03-23T00:16:00.000-07:00

I've been so busy this weekend. I worked on the yard Saturday. I planted 5 citrus trees, honeysuckle, jasmine and an herb garden. Next weekend I will plant my garden. So far, I'm planning on planting tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers and melons. Hopefully they will grow. I have a week to figure out how to fence it off and keep our dog out of it, otherwise she'll dig it all up.

I also spent time making new stuff for my shops!

I made a body spray and lotion set and some puzzle soaps.

I opened up a new shop for stuff to scent your home ~ Crazy K Home Scents! So far, I have listed Linen & Room Spray, Smelly Jelly Air Fresheners and Soy Wax Melts. I'm burning the Summer Melon Spritzer melts right now and they smell awesome! That scent just might be my favorite scent yet.

Phoenix Suns Game

2009-03-19T01:14:00.000-07:00

I just got home from the Phoenix Suns game. Santa got the boys tickets for Christmas :-) We sat in the 12th row and at center court. I always knew Shaq was big but seeing him in person he is ginormous! Thankfully the Suns won. Here are some pics I took at the game with my cell phone..

Back to Making Soap

2009-03-13T20:49:00.001-07:00

I haven't made soap for a week ~ I felt like I was going through withdrawals! So, I whipped up this sandcastle soap tonight. My son picked Cotton Candy scent for it and promptly jumped in the tub after I took pictures of it.

Back Home Again!

2009-03-13T16:04:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun on our vacation! I was sad to pull into my neighborhood last night but so happy to see my car sitting in the driveway! I missed my car so much ~ I wish we could have taken it to San Diego instead of the TrailBlazer. There were so many times we were driving in SD and I caught myself wishing we had the convertible. Maybe I'll take it next time when I don't take the kids. They hate the small back seat and there's not enough room in the trunk to take much of anything with us.

We went to the aquarium in La Jolla. I have never been there before so I didn't know what to expect. Well, 15 minutes after we got there we had seen everything and were ready to go. I made my boys get in the shark head so I could take a picture before we left.

Then we went over to La Jolla shores and the boys were surprised to see so many seals. They were all over the place. I guess they come up to the children's pool to give birth. Thankfully, none of them were giving birth while we were there (that's not a discussion I am ready to have with my 7 year old yet) but there were lots of babies swimming in the water!

Spring Break

2009-03-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

We're spending Spring Break at a condo on the beach. It is so nice just to sit and relax and watch the waves. This weird looking thing washed up on the beach yesterday.
This little place on the end of the pier has the best fish tacos. We went and ate lunch there yesterday. People were fishing all along the pier and someone caught an eel.
This is our view of the sunset every night!!
This is taken from the balcony door of our condo.
My son, trying to look cool...

Donations for Zachary Michael Cruz

2009-03-05T22:03:00.000-08:00

I usually lurk on the Etsy forums for entertainment, but yesterday, I found this thread. I'm usually pretty in control of my emotions, being a nurse I kind of have to be, but I found myself sitting at my computer with tears in my eyes.

I have 2 boys and I don't know what I would do if anything happened to them. A few months ago my 1st grader announced that he wanted to start walking home from school. We only live 2 blocks away from the school but he would have to cross 2 streets without a crossing guard. There are a lot of college students around here who aren't exactly the most careful drivers (I can't tell you how many times I've almost hit one pulling out of the college apartments without looking or stopping) and my son would have to walk down that street. He finally begged me to let him try it just once and I did ~ but I drove to the school and followed him home. He did okay but hasn't walked home since.

There are a lot of shops that are donating to the Zachary Fund. A complete list can be found here. I am donating 50% of all sales from March 4th to March 9th. So far, I've donated $50.

**Update 3/14/09 ~ I have donated $75 so far and have decided to donate 50% of my sales next week (March 15th-March 21st) as well.

Thirsty?

2009-03-03T23:58:00.001-08:00

I made some new soaps tonight. I had a beverage theme going on.
Here are some milk and cookies:
Root Beer Floats:
Lemonade:
Raspberry Lemonade:
Strawberry Lemonade:
I have some limeade and cherry limeade soaps waiting to come out of the molds. Tomorrow I am going to be working on cookies and cake. Yum Yum!!

Sugar Scrubs

2009-03-03T00:14:00.000-08:00

I love sugar scrubs, but I hate when I get one and open it up to find a thick layer of oil on top of it. So, I've been working on a scrub that won't separate and I've finally done it. This one has been sitting in a jar on top of my refridgerator for nearly a month now and I opened it tonight and it looks just like I did when I first put it in the jar. I used it tonight and it works so good! My skin feels so soft and it didn't leave me feeling like I bathed in a tub of oil.

Candles

2009-02-26T20:01:00.000-08:00

I love candles. I've always got a candle or tart burner going. I've gotten back into making them now too. My mom has been looking for something to do ~ she is bored out of her mind since she retired. I tried to get her to help me make soap, but it wasn't for her. She decided she wanted to help me make candles. So, I've been teaching her how to make them the past couple of weeks. So far, she's done a good job. Tomorrow I'm going to show her how to add color and make layered candles. Once we get them made and tested, I'll start listing them.

50 Available Scents:

Almond Cake ~ Amaretto ~ Apricot ~ Banana Nut Bread ~ Black Cherry ~ Black Raspberry Vanilla ~ Blueberry Muffin ~ Bubble Gum ~ Butt Naked in Bed ~ Butter Pecan Pie ~ Caramel Toffee ~ Carrot Cake ~ Cherry Pie ~ Chocolate Mint ~ Cinnamon Bun ~ Coconut Vanilla ~ Cucumber Melon ~ Endless Love (VS Type) ~ Espresso ~ Eucalyptus ~ Fresh Baked Bread ~ Fresh Comfort ~ Fresh Linen ~ Hot Apple Pie ~ Jack Frost (Type) ~ Lavender ~ Lemongrass Sage ~ Lovespell (VS Type) ~ Magnolia ~ Milk & Honey ~ Oatmeal Raisin Cookie ~ Passionfruit ~ Peach ~ Peanut Butter ~ Pear Glace ~ Pineapple Coconut ~ Pomegranate ~ Pumpkin Pie ~ Red Currant ~ Red Velvet Cake ~ Rootbeer ~ Strawberry Cheesecake ~ Strawberry Shortcake ~ Tropical Fruit Salsa ~ Vanilla Bean ~ Vanilla Hazelnut ~ Warm Vanilla Sugar ~ Watermelon ~ Wedding Cake ~ White Tea & Ginger

I Wish I Was A Little More Crafty

2009-02-25T17:40:00.000-08:00

I'm not a crafty person. Not one little bit. So imagine my dismay when my youngest son brought home a paper from school about the upcoming play the 1st graders are doing. I have to make him a costume. He can choose to be a forest animal, a nut or a bird. He decided he wants to be a skunk. That should be easier than some of the other choices to make. Thank goodness I have a month to get this ready for him.

My Favorite Soap on Etsy!!

2009-02-21T22:17:00.000-08:00

I love getting packages in the mail and today I hit the jackpot! I got my soaps from Bare Bumm Bathworks!! Not only does this lady make the best soap I've found on Etsy (besides my own), she is the sweetest seller too! Her soaps always smell wonderful and they create tons of fluffy lather (I love lots of lather!) and leave my skin feeling so clean and soft. They also last a long time ~ I hate when I buy soaps and they melt away in a matter of weeks. The scents last and last too! I've bought other soaps only to have the scent disappear after sitting in my shower for two weeks, but I've had one of her soaps in my shower since Christmas and it still smells as good as it did when I got it. Even my mom, who doesn't appreciate handmade soaps like she should, absolutely loves her soaps. She's always commenting about how soft her skin is and how she doesn't even have to use lotion anymore since she started using them.

Here are the three I got today:
The one one the left is I Want Candy. It smells just like a sucker! My boys loved it and took it upstairs to put in their bathroom.

The soap in the middle is All Juiced Up. It does smell like Juicy Coture and it smells wonderful!! I love the color of this soap, it pops!

The soap on the right, the Breath of Fresh Air, is my favorite. It's minty (I'm a sucker for anything minty) and fruity and very fresh.

My Other Obsession (Fish, Not Soap)

2009-02-20T20:57:00.000-08:00

I got some new mushrooms for my tank today and managed to get pictures of some of my camera shy critters too!

These mushrooms are my favorite ones so far. They're teal with purple around the edges.

This starfish usually hangs out on the glass at the back of the tank or in the rocks, but it was out in front today.
I got this big rock with 11 green mushrooms on it today. The shrimp came out of his rock cave to check it out.
My Mandarinfish. He usually hangs out on the back of the rocks so I was surprised to see him out.

This is Spike. He's my meanest looking fish.

Hungry?

2009-02-19T12:58:00.000-08:00

I know not to order molds when I'm hungry because this is what I end up with!

Carmel Latte Soap and New Scents

2009-02-17T07:33:00.000-08:00

I made coffee soap. My whole house smells like Carmel Latte. I almost want to run down to Starbucks and get one now! I got my new fragrance order today. I've been reading the comments on A Giveaway A Day and have a few more I want to order now too. The fragrances I got today are:

~Acai Berry
~Apricot & Honey
~Be Delicious (DKNY Type) - A blend of green apple, grapefruit and white amber.
~Breathe Happiness (BBW Type) - Citrus Watermint (My absolute favorite from Bath and Body Works)
~Brown Sugar
~Buttered Popcorn
~Candy Corn
~Caramel
~Caramel Popcorn
~Cheesecake
~Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcake
~Cookies & Cream
~Curve Crush (Liz Clairborn Type)
~Deep Cool Water (Davidoff Type)- Notes: Mandarin, Kiwi, Cactus, Clary Sage, Cedar, Elemi, White Musk, Hinokiwood, Smokey Gaiacwood.
~Drakkar Type
~Dried Bud
~Dulce de Leche
~Fresh Comfort (Yankee Candle Type) - My favorite from Yankee Candle. I almost cried when they discontinued it.
~Fresh Dirt
~Graham Crackers
~Kama Sutra Aphrodisiac
~Toasted Marshmallow

I'm off to make more soap before the boys get home from school!

My Fish

2009-02-16T18:41:00.000-08:00

It's been a year since I switched my big tank from fresh water to salt water. I can spend hours looking at my tank. Every fish has its own personality and habits. There are always new things coming out of the rocks like starfish and snails. My corals and mushrooms spread and end up in new places. Here a few of my favorites from my tank!

This is my Pink Spotted Goby. He lives in a cave under these rocks with a Pistol Shrimp. He spends the day perched outside the entrance to his cave. Every once in a while he darts out and picks up a shell or a rock to take inside his cave.This is my favorite hermit crab. It's an Electric Blue Hermit Crab. This is my Harbour Goby. He stays in the back of the tank under the rocks that the starfish like to stay under. He rarely comes out except to eat.
This is the Bi-Color Blenny. Most of the time he just kicks it in a hole in the rocks with his head sticking out. It's cool to watch him move from hole to hole. He swims pretty fast and backs into the hole.
These are my Clown Fish. The stick to the group of rocks in the middle of the tank. One of them sleeps on his side. The first time I saw it, I thought it was dead.

Ready for Spring!

2009-02-15T09:29:00.000-08:00

I am so ready for Spring! I love the warmer weather. I am so sick of having to brave the bitter cold just to take my kids to school in the morning. Okay, it's not the bitter cold when it's 40 degrees outside, but it seems like it. I can't wait to drive my car around with the top down without having to turn on the heated seats and the heater, or having the boys beg for me to put the top back up because they're cold!

I can't wait for my grass to come back. It's so brown and ugly right now. I want to plant some flowers and work on the backyard a bit. I might even plant a little garden. My trees will get leaves again too! Right now it looks like I got some dead branches and stuck them in the ground out back.

My favorite part about Spring is Spring Break. It always falls around my birthday! We'll probably do the same thing we always do, kick it in San Diego for a week. The kids love San Diego. They love the beach and Sea World. It's close enough for me to drive to and I know my way around. It's always fun and relaxing. We found a beach where whole sand dollars wash up (not just broken pieces) and the kids will stay out there and collect them for hours. One time a surfer dude gave my son this huge clam ~ it was like 8 inches across. I didn't realize he kept it and by the time we got home to Arizona in 110 degree heat, it stunk!!

I've been ordering new molds for Spring. I really need to stay away from EBay:-)

I Really Hate Snow!

2009-02-10T07:45:00.001-08:00

There was a storm moving in last night and it was supposed to rain. I love the rain! I watched the 10 o'clock news and it said the snow level could drop to 4000 feet. We're at just under 3000 feet here, so I thought I was safe. I woke up at 3 this morning because the wind was blowing really hard against my window. I looked outside and everything was covered with snow. Not just a light dusting of it but inches of the white stuff! I pulled the covers back up over my head and went back to sleep.

I got up later to take the boys to school and it had already started melting. I did still manage to throw a couple snowballs at them as I was clearing the snow off the windows of the car to take them to school.

I got back home and all I want to do is crawl back into bed but I can't because I have so much to do today.

Fruity Soaps, Easter Eggs and Broken Flip Flops

2009-02-09T17:09:00.000-08:00

I made soap today. First I made some fruity soaps. The red and cream color is Cherry Pie, the yellow is Lemon and the green and white is Coconut Lime.

I got my Easter Egg molds today, so I had to test them out. They turned out pretty good.

I have lots of spring and summer molds I need to get out. I made these flip flop soaps today. I made them in the colors of my favorite pair of flip flops that I just happened to break yesterday:-(

Beautiful Day For A Picnic

2009-02-07T22:18:00.000-08:00

Today was a great day for a picnic, so we took the kids and headed up the mountain. Only one of mine wanted to go, the other one was too busy playing Halo 3 on the XBox. My brother and his 3 kids went too. They has fun throwing rocks in the creek and going on little hikes. Thankfully, they didn't find any frogs this time. Last time they found a frog and decided to take it home ~ it got out on the way home and started jumping around the car!

Jayden coming back from one of his hikes.

My nephew

My niece. She looked like an alien for the longest time, she's finally starting to look cute!

We stopped at the cemetery on the way home. The headstone for my Grandpa's grave finally arrived and we wanted to see it. When he died, the mortuary was supposed to handle getting one from the VA, but they never did. So we finally just went and bought one ourselves.

I'm So Excited!

2009-02-06T22:32:00.000-08:00

My brother was over tonight and we cooked hot dogs and s'mores out back for the kids. We were sitting around the fire pit and he mentioned that he wanted to go see David Spade at the Improv. David Spade is one of my favorites! I saw him in Vegas many year ago and I laughed my ass off. I've always wanted to go to another one of his shows.

In high school, we had this Spanish teacher who would teach for the first 5 minutes of the class and then pop Saturday Night Live into the VCR for the rest of the hour. Every single day! He recorded them all so we would watch them over and over and he would sit at his desk and drink coke after coke and eat. Needless to say, I didn't learn much Spanish....but I could recite every skit from that season ~ Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, It's Pat, Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley, Cajunman and Operaman, Coffee Talk, Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker & The Gap Girls.

I came inside and bought tickets and now I can't wait until Wednesday!

New Soaps

2009-02-05T14:23:00.000-08:00

I made a few new soaps this past week. They turned out good.

Yuzu ~ Japanese Grapefruit

Love Spell

Smells like Polo Blue.

Making Man Soap

2009-01-28T21:34:00.000-08:00

I made some man soap last night. My son wanted some soap that doesn't smell like girls. So, I got some fragrance oil that smells like Polo Blue.

First, I mixed up the lye and water and let it cool a bit. Then I melted the oils and butters.

Next, I dumped the melted oils and butter into a stainless steel bowl. Then I slowly added the lye water. Then I blend it all up.

It's ready to go!

I took some of the soap batter out and mixed blue color into it and then dumped it back into the bowl and swirled it a bit. then I dumped it all into the mold.

24 hours later...
I unmolded it, cut it and will let it cure for at least 4 weeks. It looks a little purple in the pictures, but it is blue.

Feeling the Love

2009-01-27T17:29:00.000-08:00

I'm in 4 treasuries tonight, which is a record for me!!

Fresh From The Mold

2009-01-27T15:04:00.000-08:00

I've been busy making CP soap this week. Here are a few I just cut today.

These are Plum Apricot and Geisha. Geisha smells so good! It is a blend of exotic white tea leaves with a sparkling accord of mulberry, fragrant mimosa, and plum wine. Notes of Peony and rare white flowers accentuate the heart of the exotic white tea. Whispers of airy petals and soft white musk round out this fragrance. These are Lavender Vanilla and Crème de Cassis - which is a luscious black currant-flavored liqueur enveloped with a froth of fresh cream.

I still need to cut the Lavender Vanilla then they're off to the closet under the stairs (AKA The Harry Potter Closet) to cure for 4-6 weeks.

Etsy Treasuries

2009-01-23T01:40:00.000-08:00

I stayed up late to try and get a treasury and I finally got one. I'm in one too.
Here's the one I'm in:

Here's the one I made!

Babies in Booties

2009-01-20T13:27:00.000-08:00

I've been patiently waiting for my new molds. I was so excited when I finally got the package this morning. I ran off to the kitchen to make soap and they turned out so cute!
This one is a baby in a ruffled heart: This is the baby girl in a bootie. It is so detailed, I am amazed I made it!!

Here's the baby boy in a bootie:

Brownies!!

2009-01-20T07:20:00.000-08:00

My aunt told me to ask my grandpa how he liked his Christmas present. I know my mom gave him some soap, I just didn't know which ones other than a set of denture soaps. Well, I asked him how he liked his Christmas present. He said it was awful!! In the back of my mind, I'm thinking what a jerk. He went on to say that he got all situated at the computer with his brownie, unwrapped it and took a big bite of it. My mom had given him a brownie soap and he didn't read the label! I couldn't stop laughing..

Valentine's Day Soaps

2009-01-15T11:26:00.000-08:00

I've been working on some Valentine's Day soaps the past couple of days. I got a few done and listed. They turned out pretty good.

CP Soap

2009-01-06T08:02:00.000-08:00

I'm always amazed at the beautiful CP soaps I see on Etsy. After months and months of reading all I could about how to make CP soap and taking a class on it, I finally attempted to make it myself. These three batches turned out the best! I still have a lot to learn and a long way to go before I can sell them, but I've been using them myself and I have to say, they are great!

This one is a whipped soap in ginger lime scent: This is a shea-mango soap in Love Spell Scent:

This one is a sunflower-sweet almond oil soap in Rise and Shine scent:

New Soaps for the New Year!

2009-01-05T17:34:00.001-08:00

The boys went back to school so I got to make soap today. I got a few new molds and here are a few new soaps!

I Know I'm A Little Late But...

2009-01-04T22:27:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!

I'm usually so happy at the end of the year, to be able to put an awful year behind me and start new again. This time it was different, 2008 was such a good year, I was sad to see it go.

Snow!!

2008-12-27T06:36:00.001-08:00

It snowed last night! Not a whole lot, but for the Arizona desert, it's enough.

Getting Creative

2008-12-13T13:56:00.001-08:00

I've been very busy making soaps and redecorating the Christmas tree every morning (stupid cats!). I've had a lot of left over soap so I decided I would play around a little and add more color to my soaps. I think they turned out pretty good!

I still haven't finished Christmas shopping. I've been asking the boys for months what they wanted for Christmas and they couldn't come up with anything and then they do at the last minute. My older son just decided he wanted an XBox 360 and the Halo 3 game and the other one wants a Robo Raptor and some Wii games, which they don't have at the only store in this awful little town I live in. So, I'm going to have to find time next week to go to Phoenix to shop or shop online.

Christmas Tree

2008-12-08T17:45:00.000-08:00

We finally got our Christmas tree. It feels more like Christmas now! We put it in the archway between the living room and family room. It looked big at the store but when we got it home it was so small. The boys had fun decorating it! My youngest son made these pine cones at school and insisted that we set them on the table in the entry. So here they are: