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Wisdom of the Moon's blown eggs

...A-MAZ-ING!

Her and her family should be professional eggs colorers!

They are so beautiful.

Foaming Soap Answers

I have had a few people ask me questions about my foaming soap. I wrote about it in December, you can see it here.

The first question was asking where we got the foamer bottles...

I actually ended up buying foaming soap from the store, poured the soap out (into a container for us to use later) and replaced it with ours. However, there are many websites online where one can buy foamer bottles, such as this one.

The second question was asking what oils are in Thieves Oil...

You can actually buy premade Thieves Oil, but it gets a little spendy. Websites like this one have it. Otherwise, you can make your own like I choose to!

These are the ingredients:

Clove† (Syzygium aromaticum)

lemon† (Citrus limon)

cinnamon† (Cinnamomum verum)

Eucalyptus radiata†

rosemary† (Rosmarinus officinalis)

Mix equal parts into a glass bottle and add to soap. It can also be mixed with a carrier oil, such as jojoba oil or almond oil, in a spray bottle and be used and antibacterial hand spray.

The last question was asking where I purchased the soap online...

This is where I purchased the soap I used this time. I think the next time I will try Dr. Bronner's Castile soap. The one I used this last time was a little too picky for me and some of the soap separated. I think I could use less of the soap and more water with Dr. Bronner's.

I hope this helps answer your questions!

If you have any more questions, just let me know!

I have been majorly slacking on the blogging lately!

Sadly, I don't really have a reason.

Just being lazy, I guess?

Nothing exciting to say?

Haven't done anything good to blog about?

...A combination of all of those!

Even though I am writing right now...

I still don't have anything exciting to say!

I just thought I would let you know that I'm not dead, haha.

I can tell you two friends and I were in a home based business show this past weekend.

They make jewelry and one of them also sells Scentsy.

It was a fun weekend!

All of my sales were to people I knew!

Haha.

It wasn't really the type of thing that people would take time to specifically go to.

It was just in a small mall, so it was just people who happened to be at the mall that day.

It was worth it thought to just hang out with friends and have fun!

For a pretty kitty....hansome one too!!!

For those of us who do not have children, our pets become our kids.

Bob and I totally fit that!

Mostly me, because I'm just a cooky cat lady these days.

(with only 1 cat though, instead of 30.)

I say that because I spoil our cat like she's a child...

• She has more toys than China has rice! Some of which are store bought, but most are homemade though.
• She is now the proud owner of a motorized water dish.
• She eats only all natural holistic food.
• She has at least 3 or 4 blankets to call her own, which are scattered around the house on her favorite spots to lay on.
• She owns her own personal small tent! (Thank you Vic! She loves it! It stores her toys beautifully when she's not using them.)
• She has a cat tree that extends 8 ft tall

(Pretty sure there's more that I can't think of right now...I'm sure Vic will remind me of other ways this lil girl is spoiled!)

AND thanks to this wonderful lady, Gidge is always sporting an amazing cute collar!

Kristen's Cat Beds is the perfect place to find an amazing collar for your favorite feline friend! She has so many adorable styles and AMAZING prices! The quality is great too! She also has kitten collars, cat beds, blankets, toys, charms for collars and purses for cat lovers! You should go check her site out and acceessorize your pretty kitty or hansome cat!

(no, she did not ask me to post this or pay me to...I just fully believe she has a great thing going on!)

The first one I purchased from her was this tie dye collar...

I took the bell off and replaced it with a peace sign charm from a necklace. She gets so many compliments on it!

This is what she's sporting right now until St. Patrick's Day is over, we just received it the other day...

I searched Walmart, Target and Michael's the other day looking for a four-leaf clover to replace this bell with...no such luck! How strange is that?! I've got a few other places to hit up next time I'm out and about, hopefully I can find one for her! Right now, she's accessorized with a 'G' charm on this collar.

I already know that I will be purchasing the cute carrot collar she has for Gidgey for Easter! : )

So, a while back, I turned in a resume

and application for a job back in our hometown.

I did this because it is a good paying job and it would be good in case we did have to move back there for the job Bob was trying to get.

Tuesday I received a message from a lady at the company.

I called her back and left a message.

Wednesday she called and left me a message.

I called her back, left another msg.

This little game of phone tag continued until Thursday morning.

I finally talked to her when she called Thursday morning.

Yay phone interview!

She then told me they would send me the links to take the

2 assessment tests I needed to complete via email.

I received the email Friday morning...

I started taking the basic can-you-navigate-a-computer-test...

at one point I must have hit a wrong button or something and

it seemed as if it skipped a question or two.

Oh crap!

This was they type of test with no "back" button

and no re-entry if you exit.

I continued the test until the end and then the screen says "this session has ended"

I immediately think "OH NO!!! There was supposed to be two!!

Did I fail so miserably that I don't even get to do the second test?!"

At this point, I'm panicking.

Freaking out.

Angry with myself.

How could you be so dumb?!

How could you not pass this SIMPLE test?!

I calm down barely enough to call the lady I had

spoken to the day before and leave her a message explaining the possible

skipped questions begging

asking for a second chance to take the test.

She calls me back 5 minutes later and explains to me that

I'm stupid the tests come in separate emails.

I jump for joy calmly say thank you and hang up.

I get the second email about 10 minutes after that conversation.

I take the test and feel relieved that all I have to do now is wait

for the phone to ring in a few days.

30-45 minutes after I finished the test, the phone rings...

it's a different lady from the company asking me for an interview on Monday!

: D

I make my appointment for my interview...Monday @ 3pm.

I can't wait to tell you how the interview went!

About and hour after that...the phone rings again, it's a phone call for Bob this time.

It's someone from the company he took the assessment test with, asking

him to come in for an interview on Wednesday!!!

Yesterday was a great day for Bob and I, as you can tell.

We both scheduled interviews for jobs we are both really hoping to get.

We then celebrated by both of us going to work!

Haha.

New machine!

Since the old machine punked out on me,

I hadn't been able to do any sewing.

I was so sad!

However, my mother is amazing and she found a used machine

that her and my father decided to give to me as an early birthday gift!

THEY ROCK!

Here she is...

(not the best photo...it was getting dark in the living room [only one window in there and it faces our neighbors house]and I was getting impatient with the pictures not turning out well)

Isn't she purdy?!

Singer Quantum XL-1

She's a lil old, but she's amazing! So many options! There are TONS of stitches, letter, numbers, pictures, etc. it can do! 208 options to be exact!

I posted some new pics at the orange room.

to better display my products...

What do you think?!

Bob was bottling up some homemade beer the other day.

Before you know it, this is what we saw...

(Don't mind the shaved belly...she was just spayed.)

...lots of Gidgey posts lately!

R.I.P.

Do you remember her?

...she's broken.

She was old, it was her time.

She had a great run though!

It's a tension problem aka pretty spendy to fix.
Might as well get a shiny new one right?!
Nope.
My aunt told me I wasn't allowed

to buy the Brother machine I wanted.
(she's big into sewing and wants me to get one that is built well)
So...

I'm borrowing her old one!!! : )
It's a Husqvarna!

(I guess that means it's really good, haha.)
I'm so excited to get it, I've been really motivated to sew lately.
Of course this motivation would come when my machine poops out!

So once I get the "new" one
I'll be able to unveil my red, black and white scarf

in the orange room.!!!