This is a re-cap that was written on
Monday, November 29th, 2010!
Am I the only one who has to gag these puppies down? The taste of the vitamin on my tongue or even the smell automatically makes me gag, so I've worked out this whole system where I get my orange juice ready, put the vitamin in my mouth, gag and take a swig while gaging again which coaxes the vitamin down.
I've also realized that the best thing to do for my tummy before bed is to have a piece of toast with a big pat of pastured butter all melty on top. When God made pregnancy, he also invented toast. Amen.
I'm happy, healthy and 9 weeks pregnant.
Life is good, even if I am Queen Gag-a-lot.
Last week I got a shipment of packaging for my upcoming bath and beauty product line. I hesitated to open it for a few days, just because I was distracted with Christmas-y things and truthfully didn't want to mess with the packing peanuts in the box!
Here's a peak at what I ordered:
The white jars are going to hold Organic Whipped Body Butter! I really want to create a lotion to sell, but I'm having an internal struggle with using preservatives (the body butters don't need any because there's no water in my recipe!), so for now, I'll see how this stuff does.
The jars are white glass (SO HARD to find -- no plastic!) with gold lids that I totally love, and I don't even normally LIKE gold. I bought 30 of them and I feel so official having such a large box of little jars.
The tinyclear glass jar below (I just bought one as a sample) will do such a good job holding my Solid Essential Oil Perfumes.
Everything is so pretty and I can't wait until Christmas is over so I can put on my dainty little apron and start working in my pretty apothecary.
Eeeeep!
How is it Thursday already?
I've been lucky enough to have the luxury of just loafing around all week while all of my loved ones are either working at their jobs, working on their new and old businesses, finishing up the school semester (Brother, Sister and cousins!) or healing (my poor Momma broke her arms).
And me? I've made some phone calls, I went grocery shopping, I napped like a large cat (even though the sun is on vacation), I've almost completed my Christmas shopping and watched movies -- lots and lots of movies. I am so dang lucky. SO lucky. My Sissy never ceases to remind me just how so I am as she's rushing off to one of her two jobs or trying to complete essay after essay. I'm thankful that she serves as a reminder for just how lucky I am and I hope (hope, hope!) that one day, if she'd like, she gets to be a stay at home wife/Mom. (I love you Sissy!)
What's up with this blog? I have two amazing new series that I'm dying to share with you guys, but they're both gunna need a couple more weeks worth of work before I share. I can't WAIT!
Also, I have another series that I'm thinking of starting and it will have to with diet and healthy eating and will be laced with more practical recipes and tips. I'm still in the brainstorming stages of that one, though.
Oh, also, I now have 24 followers on here! I'm 76 away from achieving my "100 followers goal" and each time I see that a new person has joined, I do a little dance, laugh a little laugh and check out their blog.
I've been getting about 350 readers a day which just blows my mind! I know it might not seem like a lot to our more super fantastic bloggers, but I squee like a little girl each time I check and see that I've had a bunch of readers each day! Teehee!
On the home front, I need to show you guys our Christmas tree, large and in-charge, but we ran out of lights (we've never needed more thant two strings!) and we're having a heck of a time finding another string of yellow mini lights. I think we're gunna try the hardware store tonight.
I have the mantle all decked out with a garland and pretty beads and bows and twinkle lights that feel like they're gunna give me a seizure at any moment. We've been burning fire-logs and eating peppermint taffy and watching movies at nighttime. Totally romantic and just what we need!
We also need a new couch, a real couch because this guy is kind of weak-sauce. We're totally scouring Craiglist in hopes of finding a great piece at a good price.
On the body/mind front, I've decided to just let go and let God. I can only control so many things (even though I'd like to control most everything), so these past few months have been a lesson in just learning to sit back and let go. Let things happen when they're meant to. From cancer to babies to jobs and money, I can only do so much, you know?
I found this awesome quote on a wonderful little blog and though that it was entirely appropriate for what's in my heart.
"I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns." —
- Anne Lamott (Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith)
This was today's list, minus all fo the Christmas wrapping that eneds to be done:
If you're anything like me, for every one thing you check off, you really do four additional things. And, also, if you're anything like me, you grocery shop in a wheelchair and push a regular cart around the whole dang store. You also do the lanundry in your chair -- I can stand up and balance/hop/boogie and do. Bring the clothes in the garage, stand up, put them in the washer, fish for and dispense the soap, turn the machine on, sit down, turn around, take fresh clothes out of the dryer and wheel them into the house with one hand holding the basket and the other trying to steer. Stand up with basket, dump clothes on bed, sit down, fold all laundry, carry with one hand to the item's respective homes, stand, up hang clothes, sit down. Does that sound like a lot of work? That's ONE load of laundry. You'd think I'd have a better ass from all that up and down!
Anyway, I'm pooped and even though I wanted to post a different post for today, this one will have to do.
I hope your to-do lists are a lot smaller than mine!
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