What the hell! For some reason I didn't check my post last night like I usually do and only found out this morning that the format was totally borked. I had to go in and physically enter the html codes for paragraph breaks. That was a pain in the ass that I hope doesn't happen again. And apologies for anyone who had to read that mess.

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I made a new hand lotion yesterday. Well, the lotion wasn't new, it was the same light fluffy summer-weight lotion I've decided is my favorite for warm weather, but the scent was new - Spiced Creamsicle! Wild orange with a little vanilla and just a touch of clove. It was a hit! I does smell yummy ( Read more... )

Life is pretty much on an even keel right now - no big highs or lows. I did post my first fic (a J3 piece of smut I started over 5 years ago called Just the Right Amount of Wrong) in nearly 6 years and that felt great. My first comment on AO3 was from
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I managed to make it until around 7 last evening before I had to crash. But then I was up a little after 8 to walk off leg cramps, not an unexpected occurrence given the workout I gave my legs yesterday but not as bad as anticipated. I stayed up for a little over an hour then went back to bed and slept on and off until about 5 this morning. I ( Read more... )

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Like most any hobby, dickering around with (as brynwulf so aptly called my Lotions & Potions) alchemy - which sounds so much more grand - can get expensive. I mean, the basics don't have to be expensive. You can make a very basic lotion with water, oil and an emulsifier but where's the fun in that? Technically you don't even have to have a ( Read more... )

When fuzzy cherry tomato sized bumblebees are hovering in the stairwells like miniature dirigibles you now that summer isn't far away ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday I had a talk with one of the ladies at work - she's actually now my biggest customer to date! She originally bought a bottle of the lavender spice lotion that I made in the first round (that was definitely the favorite) and then a lemon chiffon in the second round of lotions. She loved the little sample of Moisturizing Facial Gel ( Read more... )

Just a couple of minutes past 1:30 this morning I was awakened to the crashing sounds of silence. I always sleep with a fan on in my room and it was off. It was also (as my dad used to say) darker than the inside of a pants pocket in my room. Since I have a huge-ass light just a few feet off of my bedroom window it's never dark in my room unless ( Read more... )

It seems like everyone else really loves that new Facial Moisturizing Gel I made on Saturday, too. Because some of the ladies wear makeup and not very many people want to just smear an unknown substance on their face I'd put a small dab on the back on one hand and tell them to rub it in on the one but not the other. Then when it was dry, to do a ( Read more... )