flooring issue resolved!

Well, with impending doom looming over us... oh I mean with a move to certain death by dehydration, er... uhmmm... okay, with a possible move to somewhere, we gotta get our butts moving on this house, and where we wanted to take the time to do it with finesse not just to get'er dun' and with very limited funds to do sooo much in soooo little time well it just gonna be not so nice:( but functional. I'm gonna have to live with that!!! This weeks adventure was how to not have to jack our front door up 1 inch, or replace it like we wanted to accommodate our new Pergo flooring... apparently a very common issue in homes in this area. So we are cheating and making a 3'x3' laminate entryway... almost like a built in floor mat. I actually think I'm going to like it better anyway, plus I can change it every so often if I feel like it since it is laminate... you know in my daydreams where this is all just one big nightmare that I wake up from and find out we don't have to move! So I've got my supplies, and tomorrow promises to be cooler... I should be able to spend at least an hour or two on it!!! Plus we got spackle and paint for the foyer... one room planned, supplies bought on the cheap, and soon to be started!!!

I thought 2010 was suppose to be better...

... not so!
I finally after 7 years of wondering what to do now that I got kids had a plan, made some goals, acted on them. The house is almost finished. And I start a business... based on plants... landscaped plants!!! Hubby is losing his job... or being relocated... to far far f$@%ing away. I married a Morris not a Murphy!!! I'm so depressed I could sleep until we have to move!

Oh and Ti failed his food challenge today... he is allergic to TREE NUTS... when in doubt just don't feed him;) We had fun at Johns Hopkins all day!!!

New Soap, for my fur-less friends

It's springtime... which means actual baths for my fur-less companions, so we all climbed into the tub the other night... okay I got in and Buddha jumped up and thought about it awhile till I pulled her in, Olivia... well I had to take her in with me! One day I need to but on my bathing suit and take pictures of this process b/c it's cute! Anywho, as I was shampooing Olivia I was thinking it would be great to have a soap specific to the sphynx breed and be able to have it in a terry cloth pouch! That was Wednesday night, now Sunday I have a recipe cooling in the fridge and a pattern awaiting the sewing machine! It would be great for newborn babies as well!!! A gentle mix of castile soap, calendula petals, lavender buds, oats, and milk... I can't wait for bath time!!!!

february may june july

yeah that's my new calendar and I'm sticking to it! So much for keeping up with my blog! I tried, I'll try again, besides nothing but illness and general crankiness to report on! My biggest new news is that we are pulling everything together to open a business mostly internet based. Hubby gets to tinker with a website so he is pleased, I get to play with crafts and plants... lots and lots of plants. 4t's Lavender Farm As of now I have close to 75 lavender plants, between 20-25 varieties. Plus we have many other good herbs to make yummy bath salts, bombs, and teas. I'm working on a holistic especially for pets, and another line in the back of my head to go to charity for ASPCA probably since they cover small pets up to horses. More later I promise... plus pics!