2 More Down, too many more to go

As of December, I have marked two more items off my list!

Back in December we had a fun little get together over at the log house.  To add to the merriment, Nancy, Tony, Kellie, Jason, Aaron, and Mitzi decided that I was going to get at least one of the to do's marked off my to do list.  Thanks to the marvelous musical stylings of Tony VanWinkle - I can now play Down by the Riverside on banjo!  It's probably the easiest song anyone could learn on the banjo, but I know it.  I am so thankful to have friends that are so supportive!

Also in December, I had an adventure in soap making.  The 'rents bought me a soap making kit to complement the components I procured from the Hobby Lobby.  I'll try to load some photos later.  I made both glycerin based soaps and an goats milk base soap.  I mixed in lavender, orange pill, Shea butter, and various oil to make numerous soaps.  It was actually fun and made the house smell like a clean laundry mat(think lovely mingling of soap smells, not college basement washroom).  I gave away much of the soap as Christmas presents, but if you are ever by the house and want some soap I think I still have 7-8 bars left (I made a lot of soap).

Making those bars of soap actually made me get back into making my own household products.  Before that I was being lazy and just buying conventional soaps and cleaners.  Now I'm making shampoo, hand soap, body wash, lotion - if we need it, I'm making it!

More updates coming soon (I'm on vacation, so don't be alarmed by the massive number of blog post coming to a neighborhood near you)!