Life on the upside

Things are going ok for us. We have been busy busy busy, almost nonstop action here. As of late my days start at 4:30 am (central time) and end when ever I collapse usually around tenish sometimes sooner.
I spend my mornings deleting spam, drinking coffee and promoting my websites. By 6:45 am i am getting the kids up and ready for school. By the time I get home I delete more spam answer some real e-mails then off filling orders or creating something new.
As of right now I have a OOAK Corset, A no boning bodice on the cutting table to be sewn. I have 22 candles and 3 bars of soap to make (not including my mom's order!).
Get the kids by 3:15 home by nearly 4pm then the real chaos starts for a few hours.
Snacks, Running around, dinner, baths, story and bed time. Its really busy until they fall asleep. Then I go and finish as much as I can (answer e-mails or work). I don't watch T.V anymore I dont read the paper, I bearly catch headlines on line about whats going on.
Then I get a phone call that ticks me off. Have you ever had one of those? I dont mean tellemarketers or the autamated messages. This is from a family member that is letting you know that your dad is being a jerk. Which isnt anything new to me, but I really wish it would just stop. So it looks like I will be cutting ties with him again, becuse i just dont have enugh space for double crossing jerks. My kids need me and I just dont think it would be fair if they see me always upset.
Well my son's next MRI appointment is in May lets hope he will be able to do this one. The other appointment we had to reschuduale becuse he was ill to oftain and to quikly.
Heres to crazy parents that think we dont listen!

Playing catch up!

I am so behind on updating this blog!
Lets see since the last post we have:
had the flu, strep, cold, allergies
I have been working on Soap, Candles, Jewelry, Incense, New packaging for our items.
Been working on Fliers, Brochures, Business cards, and tons of other things.

Well this was a short post :P

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http://sacredoak.webs.com

Just an update

Well I just wanted to thank all who called, e-mailed me to see if I was okay. I am now, I am feeling so much better now.
The last week I have dug my hands into the suds department, that is I have been makeing Ritual Soaps, Old Fashion good for your skin soaps. No fancy molds or designs yet but I am getting there it will take some time. By the end of the week one should see some of the soaps i been working with. They should be dry and firm enugh for pics.
I am also making Bath salts of all kinds, we will no longer use the glass jars as in our pics they weigh too much for shipping purposes but they will be available for Local customers or those who attend the fairs we vend at.
We will also have ritual kits, Bath Gift sets and more by the end of the month just in time for valentines!
Over the christmass break our tv died it was only 4 years old but been through hell (little fingers pushing buttons). 4 days later of crying, kicking fighting and biting we caved and bought another one. We use the game systems for our music cds which keeps the peace around here, without it, lets say it wasnt calming at all lol.
On Thursday our washer decided to do the old I will fill up but wont agetate anything for you. The moter finnally kicked the bucket. The washer is just 2 years younger then me (28) I was hopping at least 1 more year, now its only a matter of time before the dryer decieds to follow suite. Washing clothes in the bath tub isnt fun thats for certain. No way am I digging for quarters to wash clothes. Just cant fford it right now. I so cant wait until the H&R block time! New beds, New Washer, maybe a couch.
Well back to the old soap grinding (we are hand milling the soap!)
Have a great weekend !

Death By Salad

On Thursday we ate a nice meal. It was the normal time around the table talking, trying to get the kids to eat something, you know normal. I was the only one that had a salad on there plate. On Friday about 5:30 am I got very ill and was praying all day to the porcelain god. Was not fun at all. I am well now but hurt everywhere. The only thing we could think of that caused it was the salad. I believe it was contaminated with something. So I will be makeing a nice phone call to the grocery store where i bought it. I am lucky it didnt become worse.

New species?

I normally don't read the yahoo news articles, but this morning one attracted my attention. I like to read about new discoveries either it be nature or from the ancient world. I enjoy watching the history channel a lot along with scifi.
But today this article really grabbed my attention I find it fascinating while others might find it disturbing or make them re think there world around them. So much has been lost over the years its refreshing to know so much has been found as well. Maybe together we can spread the word that it is up to us to make small changes on how we live our daily lives. We can do so much more if we sit down and think about it.

Read artickle here!

First Day Of School

So okay this post is way late as my sons first day of school was The last week of October. But enjoy (more will be scanned and uploaded soon!)

Anniversery Pics

Here are some food pics ;)
Enjoy!

Can You Guess What This is?

Well Its Kitty Litter Cake and it was yummy!


Hubby put this Chocolate Cookie Castle kit together It was yummy too!

Work Boots

My Hubby goes through work boots like tooth brushes. He needs a new pair every 6 months! Work Boots USA is offing Free Shipping in The USA! They offer Name brands that you can find at big Department stores as well. They also have work shoes for women and men as well as boots. There site is broken down by style and name of the shoe/boot. If anything its something to look at while wasting time online ;)

camera woes

apparently my camera which has all the new pics from Halloween and new products, decided to go nuts on me. Thank goodness I have The Geek Squad Protection on it!Guess where I will be at tomorrow?!

5.11 Tactical Pants

5.11 Tactical Pants has got a new product Operator Tactical Pants. From What there site says these are flying off the shelves. These are on sale $24.99 a pair there normal price on these pants are $39.99. They Claim to have tons of features on them Here is a short list:

* Features A Total of 10 Pockets!
* 60% Cotton / 40% Polyester
* Fade Resistant Fabric
* Diamond Gusset Crotch
* Cinch Waist System
* Cargo Pockets with Organization System
* Two D-Rings Per Cargo Pocket
* Double Knee Fabric
* Airport Friendly, Heavy Duty Hardware
* Double Seat
* Dual Front Slit Pockets
* Dual Front D Rings
* Lower Leg Pockets
* Built In Blousing Strings
* Slanted Cargo Pocket Flaps For Seated Access

They also say to keep an eye out for new stuff as well sounds great to me. I would buy some for my hubby!

Stressed?

Life got you Down? Are you Stressed? Well Do what this cat does!

Wedding Anniversery

We celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary on October 31st! We had a party on November 1st but no one showed up. We will have pics up on everything we did for the party. We did a Kitty Litter Cake, a Hunted House Cookie Castle, Hamburger, steaks, and dogs. We have Tons of Candy as no one stopped at our house on Halloween Night. This year was so sad and so disappointing. Not even sure I want to try next year. Although we started plans for the Cemetery we want to do and Maybe a huge sign that reads "Tick Or Treater's welcome" Maybe someone might stop! We have also plans for doing a Jack O lantern Patch. We plan to do at least 20 different pumpkins next year!
Pics will be available later this week!

BookSwim.com Gift Card

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First Days!

My son went to school for the very first time on Thursday! He had such a great day! He got to play in a ball pit, water table and go for a hey ride! And had the whole day documented on film. I do plan to post up pics later this week! He is loving school like his big sister and I am loving the 6 hours of quiet and calm around here. I have gotten a lot of house work done and all next week i plan to catch up on paper work and sewing! yea things are starting to go just right!

Vista Print

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Feeling icky

Whatever it is its going around, everyone in the house are runny nose, coughing, watery eyes. The weather has been changing drastically one day it would be in the 40's the next day on the 90's and at night in the 35's. I so not like the constant cold and hot feeling its like the south is going through menopause or something. Well hopefully soon i can move to my dream location.

WhiteWalls Art Gallery... Love Art?

Are You an Art Lover? Do you dream in abstract? Well This website might be for you the art lover. White Walls Art Gallery They have all kinds of art. They Have Free Shipping For Today Only! (10-22-2008)
WhiteWall accepts PayPal, Credit Cards and many other payment options.
I love looking at art I love to feel the feelings and impressions that art has to offer. It makes me feel alive at times. This piece is one of my favorites:



I love the oranges and reds and the tree looks like its reaching for the sky.
In any case if your an art lover then you might want to cheek WhiteWalls Art Gallery out!

Band of The Month: Codavita

About The Band:

Codavita are Fergus on vocals, guitar and studio, and Guy on bass. They met at school and hated each other for years. Finally they bonded over a shared love of Ultravox, ran a compact cassette library together, and started their musical adventure performing drum duets.

The video is a promo for the song ‘In Love With Fear’, which is also available for streaming on the band’s web site www.codavita.com, along with another song ‘Lifter’, both of which are taken from their forthcoming album.



Influences:

XTC, Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads, Xenomania, Gwen Stefani,
Timbaland, Prince, Adam Ant, Sugababes, The Magnetic Fields, Human League.

Watch Music Video

Renuzit Tri Scents

Here recently i tried Renuzit TriScents. I placed them in my sewing/laundry room. I spend a lot of hours in there and a little fragrance never hurts anyone right? Well at first it was too over powering for me. It made me nauseous even when i placed it on a low warming release setting. With the three scents in circulation I had to open up a window for a few days. I even left the door open to help vent it through out the house. After 5 days it started to work right (i am guessing) and didn't become so strong. As the oils started to be used up the better I liked it. Their are a few things in my opinion that needs to be worked on is the heating element.
they are offering coupons from there website. Maybe it was just me about the strength of the first few days. I did like it once it had time to burn off the excess amount of fragrance and the rotation on the scents was and is cleaver. The scents I had had Lenin, fresh breeze and one other I cant remember. It was nice as time went on. I do recommend all who like Renuzit to go the there website and print out a coupon to try it for themselves!
Renuzit TriScents

Been so busy!

Have you ever been so busy that its hard to keep up with everything? I have been the last two weeks.
Its starting to ease off a little now. I can finally catch up on my e-mails and other things! Yay for calmer days :)