Ho Ho Ho

Merry Christmas !!

Home for the holidays. Will try & post an update soon.

time flies

home for a weekend, laundry needs done ;')
really enjoying University but hoping not to catch H1N1, our school is getting bad.

Mom's trip went well and she is feeling much better.

I haven't got time for soaps so she made a few & I have one on my Etsy site too.

See u at Christmas.

J.

Fall

Cool how my legs look short in this pic.

Well I'm away at University now and the days are flying by. I really like my campus and so far classes are cool. My new Mac is workin great, so much easier. I made the ball team and we are away every weekend to another university playing, so I haven't had much chance to take in the weekend fun yet but I will.



Mom is on the mend from June's scare , she has a ways to go but seems to be doing better. I drop in home mid week to check on things. She plans on a dog show in BC next month so I guess she's feeling better.

Well gotta go write a paper and grab a bite...

Laters
J

Dog Days of Summer

Had the boys to the beach this week. Its been crazy hot & humid here. TO was good, bought some new t-shirts, saw the Jays & Yankees play two games. Cool seats right behind home plate!

Off to Toronto

Heading out in a few to TO, just sitting here on my laptop waiting to board. I'm playing three games while there and also takin in the Jays/ Yankees games.

Summer has been flying by, looking forward to Uni in a few weeks, except for leaving my girlfriend home. Hope we can continue from a distance.


Forgot to post a couple of pics from grad so I'll add them here.


Well they just called my flight.

Laters.

three Amigos

Soap descriptions

I try to add a bit of humor to my soap descriptions here are a few I did before.
Link to my sold soaps with decription & pics.

Whats your favorite?

Fearless Pitball- pink ball soap :

This little soap ball is deceiving...it looks like it might be feminine and soft...HA! This one is ready to roll head on... into the deepest, darkest, smelliest ...PITS ...never fear Pitball's here! Of course these brave pitballs will also venture over other rough terrain tackling assorted issues along the way.These tough & rugged beauties are fresh off the rack, the drying rack that is...Hand milled & a light berry scent and a scoop of coral jojoba beads then hand rolled into pitballs and back to the drying rack.


Blackstrap licorice:
She's a brick....house....These are the first in a line of soap bricks...they are great stacked in a pile, always ready to get to work, building you up to face the day... or night....

Cut lumber:

These babies are a soap log cut into chunks...no two exactly alike as you can see. This soap...its rough and unfinished, also loaded with rye & flax seeds for scrubbers and honey to soothe your skin.Each chunk has its own characteristics , it is lightly scented with Sweet Orange EO but smells more 'homey ( not homely ) - old fashioned' to me.This is for 1 chunky piece of soap cut from a lumber log. ( see front page lumber section ) The chunks vary in weight as they are ruff cut and unpolished, ( kinda like me) ...minimum is 10 oz...yup over 1/2 pound each !I like to keep my soaps simple, yet good for you when possible so I went with Rooibos infused water, 100% olive oil, ground flax & rye for scrubbers, cinnamon, ground pear pieces and sweet orange EO. Rooibos is is an amazing herb, unique to the mountains of South Africa; it's benefits as a tea taken internally, as well as in skin preparations are thought to be numerous. It is known for it's anti-itching properties and soothing effects on eczema, psoriasis, diaper or prickly heat rashes, and acne; it's zinc and alpha hydroxy content is high. ( I can't make any claims for any of those things, I just like the scent & color.)

Prepare to be boarded Matey !! :

How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder? There is nothing better after a long day of plunderin at sea than relaxin in a nice hot bath with a bar bursting with goats milk, kaolin clay, real 'dead sea' mud and coarse dead sea salt...scented with a blend of Bladderwrack and Sweet Orange essential oils. Blackbeard himself would approve of this sword cleaner... and he should know as he was rumored to have had 14 wives.Even landlubbers can't resist the call of the sea in this bar.

Soaps for summer

He sells seashells by the seashore....sold out last time we made them.

We are almost into summer again & we decided to make lots of our "From the Shore"-seashell soaps and soap balls ( both on & off the rope ) Its been awhile since we created any and I have a bit of time before ball really gets going again.

Me

OK, I did it...after lots of prompting from family and a couple of others & emails back & forth, mom & I met with a talent agency. We had a nice lunch & they asked me to let them represent me...LOL

No, I won't be doing fashion shows or runways but I hope to get into advertising in both film & print so if you know anyone needing a 6'4", athletic, blonde guy to sell their product lemme know. ;' )

Uni

Here is where I'll be attending University in the fall.

Ouch

Out for three weeks with this gash to the bone. Hit a guy and we both went down, then he stepped on my arm...nice. I got his number...lol

Mom got home from BC today with her new dogs. The guy with his tongue out & the pup.

Thats my girl...lol. I found her a tiny baseball.

pup

I'm looking forward to Quebec in a few weeks, a break from the boredom..lol.
Mom is searching for her next show dog to add to her line. The eyes on this one are brown its just the flash.

My hockey suspension is finally over and after this week I'm be glad to get back to crashing & banging along the boards to let off a little steam. We had a good season but lost 5 players since Xmas to injury & suspensions.

We will miss you gran.

It is with a heavy heart that I write that my great gran passed away on Sat Jan 24th.  

She was 87. She was also the only person in my life I let call me by my given names. It was 'special' to us & I'll miss it. 

She died Sat of a heart attack while sitting down to tea. She was the 'glue' to our little family & will be missed in the days & years to come.

She lived 31,835 days and added prayer to each day. 

Her funeral was nice, lots of flowers and I got lots of hugs from the other little old ladies who all made jokes about being 'hookers' like gran. 

Monday morning rug hooking will never be the same I'm told.

Love you gran.

Winter fun

With huge high snowdrifts all around us its hard for the guys to get out. We built a race track out back & they had lots of fun . Here are a few pics of the racing & then the 'chillin' inside.

Happy New Year

Finally home after being stranded the last few days at a friends house by the blizzard that dumped about 30+ cent. of snow. We enjoyed ourselves but I like to be able to leave when I want & staying put was hard.

I hope everyone has a good 2009.