Apr 27

Good morning out there in cyber land!  It's time for me to take a moment to update the blog as I haven't had time for days and days!  Did ya miss me?  LOL The weather has been playing some interesting (although NOT FUNNY) games here in NW Montana... We had some lovely 80 degree days a week ago, then the clouds moved in and it was supposed to rain...we just got the cold and clouds [caption id="attachment_158" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Actually quite beautiful when the sky is like this"]Actually quite beautiful when the sky is like this[/caption] Finally, yesterday we started to get some rain, the deer were loving it! So this is how things looked out my office window yesterday... [caption id="attachment_160" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Deer grazing in the pasture...till the ManCub decided to chase them, little dummy...lol"]img_1070[/caption] By the time I went to bed last night, it was just pouring down rain and I'm thinking how wonderful it will be for the lawn as The Humorless One spread lawn food out there and refused to water it!  I couldn't wait to get up and see everything so green and lush this morning... [caption id="attachment_164" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Here is the view this morning from my office window!"]Here is the view this morning from my office window![/caption] HA...so much for green and lush!  And the sick part is that it's still snowing!  UGH!  The fur kids are soooo depressed...no more chasing bunnies and chipmunks  :( This weekend was rather productive,  I worked on getting my ZenCart customized for my website and made a batch of wonderful shampoo bars!  My DD came up Saturday to spend the day with me and brough me early Mommy's Day pressies!  We drank Oregon Chai Lattes and ate Peanut Butter Cups...WOOO HOOOO!!! I also managed to get another couple feet of binding handsewn onto my queen size Moda Flannel Bear Paw Quilt, I hand quilted it and just LOVE this quilt!

[caption id="attachment_165" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Queen size Flannel Bear Paw Quilt, the background fabric is a Moda rose print from a couple years ago"]Queen size Flannel Bear Paw Quilt, the backing is a Moda rose print from a couple years ago[/caption]

I'm making progress towards the Grand Opening of my online store, on May 1st, it's so exciting (albeit, stressful) to see everything coming together, and I have had so much fun making new bath & body goodies the past few weeks!  The shampoo bars turned out great, the lather is terrific and seems to leave my hair soft and clean without any conditioner at all...I am impressed with is as my hair is difficult on it's best day!  lol

Several new soaps this week, as well, A fresh batch of Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, a delightful batch of Calendula Baby soap, super sudsy and gentle, and my favorite, Honeysuckle which turned out a lovely shade of pink and has loads of lather!  I'm on to more shampoo bars today and to work on getting all the fun products listed on the webstore.

I hope ya'll are having a wonderful day, and that spring is showing it's face to you instead of snow  :)

Love The HomesteadQuilter



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Apr 23

Warning: Rant Alert!   LOL Let me start out by saying "yes, I know it could always be worse"... but this has been one of those weeks...more annoying than anything.  Just one little thing after another it seems! First off, when The Man went out to get the camper ready to use, he discovered that he hadn't winterized it...the valve to the water heater froze and broke, so off to town he goes to get a new part. Comes home, installs said part and finds that the same thing happened to the kitchen faucet...off to town he goes again...back home, replaces part... Guess what...the same thing is frozen in the shower!  ANOTHER trip to town, grumbling all the way...and finally (we hope) all is fixed and water not spraying everywhere in the camper...UGH!!! I think The Humorless One just likes to go to town! On Monday, my gallbladder issues decide to flare up, probably cuz I haven't been dilligent about taking my Lecithin, but it has kept me feeling just under par all week!  Sure didn't do much for my motivation, that's for sure. Add to all this, the computer issues for the week... The Humorless One needed his PC reformatted and redone...that went fairly smooth unless you count just the fact that I had other things to do at the same time, so there was about 20 trips up and down the stairs between his office and my office to get it all done. So then I figure, hey, what the heck, that went well...so I'll try to get DD's computer up and going again (it's been sitting here for 3 months waiting for me...meanwhile, she has my laptop which I am desperately needing) so I set it  all up and try to reload Windows...says it can't find the hard drive...the drive just up and died!  All of this after several tries tho...all in all very frustrating to find out that I can do nothing until we get another hard drive for the thing...UGH So this fine morning I get up and begin to work on some formulations and label designs for the new shampoo I'm going to introduce to my line...and guess what.....................MY computer is having a massive brain fart and just bogs down sooooooooo ssssslllllooooowwwwwwwww that I can barely get it to restart.  Many scans and reboots later, all is up and running but now my Outlook is all wonky and I need to try to remember all the settings I had instilled in it previously. Should be fun considering I can't even remember that I put a load of jeans in the washer...THREE DAYS AGO...until I go up to put in a load of socks since The Humorless One tells me that he's out of clean socks after he's put on his last clean pair!  Can you see how things are progressing around here since I've started my business back up?      OH WHAT FUN WE'RE HAVING...LOL Before all the fun of this week started, we took at drive on Saturday up the North Fork just for fun, drove through the burn from two years ago, and the one from ten years ago...what ugliness...but I keep reminding myself that it's nature's way of cleaning things up and keeping the forests healthy.  Still ugly, nonetheless. img_1032img_1026 But we saw a beautiful waterfall... img_1044 We also drove on up to Polebridge, Montana...there is just a Mercatile and Saloon up there, but the Merc had a BAKERY!  We had Huckleberry Bear Claws and a Root Beer before heading back down to the valley...Turned out to be a lovely drive! In the Bath & Body Factory this week, I've been working on lotions, soaps and bath salts...formulated a super gently Calendula Baby Lotion and some Rosewater & Glycerin Lotion, Both are super on the skin, I know, I'm my own guinea pig...HAHA Working today on getting things added to the web store and getting ready to do another giveaway...after all, I can't be the only guinea  pig and I want some testimonials for the products I'm making!   :)    Check back on Saturday for the newest Giveaway! I guess it's back to work for me, trying to get lotions labeled as well as site updated... I hope all is well in your world, Love TheHomesteadQuilter

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Apr 16

Well, I'm not getting much better about daily posts to my blog, heh?   Hopefully there'll be more time for this once the website is up and running and I'm not spending all my time taxing my brain trying to get that all done (too bad using so many brain cells doesn't burn calories...hmph) I've made some progress on the *#&$*# website, how did I forget how much I loathe CODE!  Come on over and take a look, let me know what you think...bearing in mind that it's a work in progress at this point.  I'm shooting for a May 1st Grand Opening Date, but that could turn into a later date if I don't make some progress in the next week or so.  So do let me know what you think so far and I welcome all suggestions for improvements...PLEASE...be ruthless, I can take it!  LOL Those of you that won the lip balm/bath tea prizes ( I still need one more addy)  they will be mailed out on Saturday and will be on their way to you...make sure you let me know what you think of those as well, constructive criticism is the best way to improve my products and when you love 'em I get to puff up and bask in the glow of knowing I've brought a wee bit of happiness to someone!  :) As I sat working at the computer yesterday, I realized that it was AWFULLY quiet around here so I took a break and went to look for the cats...just to see if they'd been locked outside or something evil like that...looked and looked, outside, upstairs, downstairs...only to give up and come back to the office to find this: [caption id="attachment_132" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The girls"]The girls[/caption] yes, there are TWO of them...as they are just two different shades of silver/gray, you can barely tell where one ends and the other begins...lol and this: [caption id="attachment_133" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Mancub sprawed on TOP of the quilt rack!"]Mancub sprawed on TOP of the quilt rack![/caption] What absolute bums!   Sleeping the day away while the moles and mice wreak havoc upon the yard!  HMPH!  Good thing they're cute and cuddly little snots! On a final note, I got some lovely Chai Latte soap made and will be making some matching products to go with it...I adore this scent, and the soap is a lathery, luxurious dream!   Also got some very aromatic Rose Bath Salts made up yesterday..mmmmm, the hosue still smells like roses! I hope ya'll are having a good week and that spring is shining it's pretty face upon you! Love The HomesteadQuilter

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Apr 9

Good morning readers!  It's Thursday morning and Montana seems to be taking a break from the gorgeous 65 degree weather and giving us a nice soft drizzly rain...I love the rain, it makes the snow melt faster and it makes a lovely sound!  On the other hand, the cats are not thinking it's so wonderful, no fun chasing moles in the rain...LOL On to the reason for the poll, I'm working on several new formulations this week and have come upon a decision that I'm really having a problem with...no laughin', ya'll hear me???  LOL To sweeten or not to sweeten my lip balms... [poll id="2"] On to the GiveAway now: I'm going to give away 3 of my luscious lip balms and three invigorating bath teas, winners chosen from those leaving a comment between now and Saturday Evening at 8PM!  Winners choose their favorite flavor, or non-flavor by email.  I've made these balms much larger than most, a .25 oz instead of the customary .15 ozs! [caption id="attachment_115" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Silky Lip Balms "]Silky Lip Balms [/caption] There will be more GiveAways in the coming weeks as more of my soaps, lotions, creams, balms, bath salts and scrubs come on line. I'm working on a formulation just for quilters that will condition, soothe and not leave a greasy or oily residue to marr our fabrics!  This is going to be great fun, especially for those quilters chosen to test out the new soaps and lotions  :) So comment away folks, I love to give things away! Love The HomesteadQuilter

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