peaceful

Yesterday I had an appointment with my massage therapist for some deep muscle work.  I'm a knotty girl so the rub down is both enjoyable and painful, but mostly enjoyable.   I arrived home to this sight:

Seems the wee girlies were all played out from our family partying over the weekend.  The crash on the living room couch was unavoidable.   I was going to wake them so they didn't nap too long making bedtime a difficult event later on, but I didn't have the heart to.  They looked so peaceful thumb sucking and all.

While the girlies slept I got busy making chicken pot pies.  My kids love this meal and I have a celery seed dough recipe that just makes my mouth water.

I'll see if I can post the recipe sometime this week when I have a wee bit more time.  That's it for today now I need to get back to gift making.  How is Christmas prep going on your end?

Toodles, xoxo 

quiet monday

our weekend was full.



attending my sons' piano recitals. they both did really great.



family party for two siblings now 17 years old and 14 years old.



at home puzzling



sisterhood



and gingerbread dipping

oh my...

Santa came early and I am a very lucky girl!

You know what I'll be doing this weekend.  How on earth am I going to finish my Christmas gifts??

Have a happy weekend :o)

i must be nuts

I am currently washing my clothing with nuts!

I'm also desperate.  I have eczema and it is currently driving me crazy.  The cold weather change and constant heating of the home is drying me out.  As soon as I put on lotion, my skin sucks it up and is begging for more.  I'm itchy all the time, flaky (no jokes people) and now my little eczema patches are beginning to spread.  Using conventional laundry products is no longer an option.  Last night I did some research on natural products and there are a good number of health & environmental alternatives.  The one I chose which was the most "natural" to me was the soap nut which grows on trees and has a miracle cleaning agent that is all in the shells.

The shell of the berry contains saponin, a natural detergent.  You throw a few of these nuts in a wee little cotton bag and then into the washing machine they go.  Depending on the temperature of your water you can get one, to a few wash loads out of the same nuts.  When you are all done with the nuts they can be thrown in the compost pile.  Very earth friendly.  You can find out more about the soap nut here   

So if being nuts isn't enough, I picked up some dryer balls as well.  They'll be used in place of fabric softener minus the fragrance and itchy additives.

Hopefully this will provide some quick relief for me so that I can get back to more important things like gift crafting...how many days left until Christmas??