All of the productivity of a summer can seem to disappear in the blink of an eye. And we did have a mostly busy and productive summer, almost right up to the end (I think most of us consider summer over when school starts, even if it’ll be warm for a while yet). Our Rottweiler, Artemis, had to have emergency…
I need your time – just a moment of it! One of our puppies has need of a new set of hips! Because we’ve already written the story out, I’ll refrain from doing it here too, so could you watch our video and check out Calli’s fundraiser, then give it a share? A share has the ability to reach an…
I fell in love with Rottweilers longer ago than I want to think about, but only started caring for one, 6 years ago. Our Artemis is a wonderful companion – loyal and stubborn and smart and gives not one care that she’s too big to be a lapdog. Once she got passed her land-shark stage, we started keeping an eye…
Sitting at the kitchen table on my new laptop makes updating the website a lot easier (than hiding in the computer room on a desktop). The mister and I bought gaming laptops last month (because we are giant nerds but need to be mobile) and I love how easy it is to keep an eye on dinner or sit down…
It’s been a while since I posted anything. The past year has been a hectic mix a bunch of adjectives that aren’t very optimistic or positive. We’ve come through the roughest part and things are definitely looking up… (aside from this head cold that has given me time in bed to sit here and type away, in between demolishing several…
What with farming, helping with house repairs, the puppy, kids and all their related stuff, and getting back into my other primary profession, Amy Garrett Design (check it out if you need an awesome website), I’ve had no time to catch up on soapmaking. I still have stock but I expect December-March is going to be very limited to what…
I get comments occasionally – from folks used to paying less than a dollar for store bought detergent “soap” bars – who range from confused to downright angry that I dare sell soap so expensive. A few points I’d like to make: ~ My costs, even buying supplies wholesale, are NOT cheap. I don’t cheap out and buy from whoever…