A Glimpse into my Life.

Well, we've had whatever bug has been going around for the last little while. Two weeks later, we are finally over it, thank goodness. I'm almost caught up on the housework and laundry, but for some reason it's the never ending chore to get the laundry done. I also spoke at the local Gluten Intolerance Group last week about making your own soaps, lip balms, body butter, etc. It was a really good experience.

I am opening my own website!!! Charmingly Quaint is where I am taking up residence. Feel free to stop by and take a look! Here is a sampling of the products I am selling!

Soap! Everything is handmade by me in small batches. I use Essential Oils, Fragrance Oils, and Fragrance Free is also an option.


Lip Balm! Pineapple Coconut flavor with Sweet Almond Oil, Cocoa Butter, and Mowrah Butter! It feels fabulous, and your lips don't have that waxy feel to them.

Sugared Body Scrubs! This is one of my favorite scrubs. And it smells good enough to eat!

Fizzing Bath Salts! A great way to relax! I've been *thoroughly* testing these, because quality control is always important. ;) It could also be that I like how wonderfully relaxing it is to read a good book while soaking in a fizzy, lovely smelling bath!



Thanks for taking a look!

I just found a few more pictures from our Summer Adventures. I couldn't resist.

I can't remember if I put it up, but here is what the back porch of our cabin looked like. Very nice, very quaint.

There was a hammock there! I think it was one of the highlights for the kidlet crew! I know I had fun rocking in it. Bumpa is taking Dutch for a swing.

Now it's time for a solo act.

Baby B had to join in on the fun!

You know she is a girl who knows what she wants. Water shoes so she won't get her 'neekers' wet, her twirly skirt so she can have fun, and her lifevest so she can go canoeing.

Baby B isn't shy about letting you know if something pleases her!

Although it's called 'Old Faithful' sometimes it's hard to wait for it to erupt.

Us? Mischief? Never! (I think they were stealing Floolie's phone and dialing China with it.)

Not sure what they are pleased about right here, but they sure were! They must have got through to someone!

Just a few of the critters we came across on our trip to Island Park.

No idea what type of birds these were, but we sure saw a lot of birds.

There were little frogs galore!

Oh wait, that's not a critter. I just love how happy he is fishing with his Bumpa and his sister!

I can't remember what the snake was eating, but it sure must have been good. It might have been a frog or a fish. I can't remember now.



And last but not least...Here is my fish. It was an 18 inch Cutthroat Trout. I must mention, I caught it in the rain! We were sopping wet by the time this big boy was reeled in!



Bump said it was probably part something else because of the way it looked. I think I need to call him so he can remind me. Anyway. Rynie caught the fish two days before, on his little Spiderman rod. You know the kind, 6 lb line, about 3 feet long, usually come with a plastic casting fish to practice with. Bump helped Rynie get it in, and they got right up to the little docking spot (for reference it's where they were cleaning the fish in the other post) and it snapped the line and got away. We had one disappointed little guy. Two days after his almost catch, I caught the fish, and this time we got it in. It still had the line rigging in the corner of it's mouth from two days before so we knew for certain it was Rynie's fish since I tied the line and it looked the exact same as the one that was in his mouth. We took a few pictures, took the hooks out, then released him since he was so big.



Rynie was one happy guy to see 'his' fish again!

Just a few of the happenings around here:

A Cowboy came to take up residence in our house...

And learned a little about using his six shooter...

We built some castles...

Built some Fortresses....

And promptly destroyed them.....

Someone learned how to sneak food off the table..... And yes, he is wearing his Winter coat, we can't get him to take it off very often right now....

Luckily the food belonged to his sister so he didn't get sick....

The cat had a standoff with the neighbor's cat. The score is 1:1:4 They've each won one and had 4 draws....

Trying to find where the snow that *should* be in the backyard went to....

Not over here either.....

It's been a wee bit busy at our house!

So at our house, we love curly hair. I'm sure that comes as no surprise to anyone, but I thought it would be fun to show a few of the many looks of Curly Sue!

This is how her hair looks if I get ahold of her right out of the shower and get some conditioner in it. We don't usually do anything else to it other than fingercomb the conditioner through her curlies, and for the most part we are good to go.

This was taken this past Sunday. We just wanted to try and see what would happen. She loved how fluffy it was. In fact, when I went to take her to the potty, her hair was bouncing as we went down the hall. She walks in a really bouncy way too, so that doesn't hurt anything either.

Her dress came from Hungary courtesy of Bumpa and Floolie!

And lest you think it's all easy, and there is never a bad hair day....

We like to read at our house. In fact, we spend a large chunk of each day reading. Some of us read words, some read pictures.



And sometimes we read someone else's book!

Try and guess what it is! Look, there's a foot!



Some hands!



Oh, there it is!

She certainly is a lot of fun!