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Ah Wednesday. Just about a week til Thanksgiving, sometimes I'm nervous and sometimes I'm not. I'm sure it will all be just fine to everyone else, so trying not to worry. Menu is finalized, I need to schedule cooking times and find out if my mom is coming early to help cook or not. House still needs more work but I'll probably be saying that til the day I die. I have confidence that it will be presentable. I think the kittens misbehaving is the only thing that people besides myself will notice, and there's just not much I can do about that.... at least they are cute enough to be forgiven :)

Need to start dinner pretty soon. Maybe I will have Nate start a fire and we can have a little hearth picnic with wine... that sounds nice. And I'm sure he could use some destressing.

Since the upcoming holiday seems to have programmed my mind to talk about nothing but food (and gardening, I always think about gardening), here is an unusual little recipe for rose petal soup. I like rose petals but Nate does not, so maybe I'll make it for sewing or something.

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Because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like the ocean...

Bah, can't sleep. Mind is too busy.

Decided that I'm making bath baskets for Christmas gifts again this year, and bah humbug to anyone that doesn't like it :P Yah, Christmas spirit whatever. I am making them all the same theme this year (ocean theme) for simplification. I have cute seashell soap molds, etc, and will be including ornaments this year. Clear glass globes partially filled with sand and little shells. You know, like those "beach in a glass box" things, where you can shift and turn it to uncover new "beach scenes". And people will like them dammit! Or else!
Actually I have to give credit for the ornaments via katlyn, some wedding resource or another mentioned a couple that gave them as favors, and I really like the idea. For personalization, I'm thinking about asking people what scent they'd like. (BTW, does anyone have a few drops of Red perfume to donate?) It might sort of "ruin the surprise" but I'd rather use a scent they like than surprise them with something they don't like. What do you think?

Soooooo... who wants to make soaps and stuffs with me?? I was thinking since roisnoir's kitchen is smallish, we could do it at my place. Happy fun bath supply making and we could do girly or sewing things too if ya wanna. Anyone interested? Rois, I can come get you if you need a ride... and not just because I want your bathbomb-making skills & supplies :) Jennifer, can you pass the invite along to Kelly as well?