Mother’s Day For the Birds

You might think by my title that perhaps I had a horrible Mother’s Day yesterday. I had a pretty good day, actually. We left church a bit early and had a delicious lunch at Jose Pepper’s around 11:30 – before […]

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Back From Florida

Did you miss me this week? We surprised our girls with a Disney vacation! We took them to the airport last Friday after school, and didn’t tell them where we were going until we were getting ready to land in […]

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Where’s the Fire?

It was 12:35am this morning when all the smoke detectors decided to go off in our house. Talk about a rude awakening!! It took me a minute to clear the fog in my head and realize what that horrendous sound […]

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I’m Not Cool

I had a conversation with my baby girl (who will be six in August) two days ago. It was one of those sweet moments where she was snuggling up next to me as we were sitting on the stairs, and […]

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Spring Snow

You might recall earlier this month when I was so excited to see signs of Spring coming up in our landscaping beds. I was also pretty vocal about not wanting any snow this Spring. Well….recent weather conditions have changed my […]

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Lip Butter…For Dogs?

I recently had a conversation on Facebook with one of my high school classmates who bought some soap from me. I had included an Orange Cremesicle Lip Butter in her order, and she was telling me how much she loved […]

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Goat Farm Adventures, part 2

My girls and I had a very fun time at the Screamin’ Oaks Farm on Saturday. We went to pick up some fresh goat’s milk for soap, and ended up experiencing so much more! I mentioned that I would show […]

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Goat Farm Adventures, part 1

Several of the soaps I made had fresh goat’s milk in them. However, finding fresh goat’s milk in my area was difficult. Screamin’ Oaks Farm was owned and operated by Roxane McCoy who had been in the business for over […]

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25 Random Things About Me

I just made a list similar to this for my friends on Facebook, and decided you might like to know a little more about me as well. 1. I have lived in Olathe, Kansas, for almost 7 years, and yet […]

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A Little Vacation

I’m taking a little vacation the next four days. I get to visit my friend Summer in Ohio! She’s one of my very best friends, and if I didn’t have a soap business, we never would have met. Summer bought […]

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