Once again the week just blew by. While most of my neighbors depart for sunny beaches or hilly snowy slopes during Spring break, this busy soap maker prefers the comfort of her home.
I performed a week of doggy sitting for one traveling neighbor, friend. While Lennis enjoyed the big season opener baseball game with friends just like he's been doing for some thirty years.
Our annual Easter Egg hunt at my Dad's was threatened with a spring rain, but was spared and held off until the very last minute as I notice one or two fat rain drops falling just as the last egg was being picked up by little hands.
All in all a memorable Easter enjoyed by my family.
I hope your Easter was memorable too.
In between Easter break too, the first of three shows is fast approaching and my inventory is not at capacity.
Lot's of soap making and wrapping going on in my kitchen lately and more planned ahead.
Oh, and an update on the cookbook! It appears, the cookbook will be published sometime during the summer months and ready to send out late summer early fall. My plan was to have it published early Summer, but it's not working out as planned. If I hurry the process, the end results won't be satisfactory to my liking, you know what a perfectionist I am, don't you?
I haven't forgotten those of you that are going to receive a signed copy once it's off the presses. I'm so excited about sharing this book with you and you won't be disappointed in the collection of vintage recipes.
Yesterday at dinner my Step Sister, Jill, yes her name is Jill too, can you believe that?
Anyway back to that, Jill served Mac & Cheese and it was the best Mac & Cheese, and who doesn't like Mac & Cheese, really?
I asked for the recipe and my Step Mom said that I already had the recipe among the ones she had given me. I hadn't listed her recipe's in the cookbook yet. I am thrilled to have this recipe, one that her Mother used, and another wonderful vintage recipe.
While searching for my soap table displays, the ones I used to use while doing shows, never found them, probably tucked away in the shed, which is on my to-do-list for an overhaul once I get the Spring shows underway.
I did however find this, a wooden dish rack that I thought would be perfect for displaying soap.
The pink grapefruit, geranium soap is a huge hit! Even though it has a couple of weeks curing time left, customers were placing bars of the aromatic soaps in their baskets on Saturday planning on sticking the bars in their drawers until the soap was ready to use. I have to say, it is a wonderful blend and probably will be a favorite soap to grab from the rack to take upstairs to the bath.
Back to early morning routines and busy working, creating days.
Enjoy caring and sharing Spring days.
Happily,
Jill 00 (Two hugs are better than one)
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