here and there.. what have YOU been up to?

here.. there… everywhere…  busy as a bee? me?  well. yeah!  I’ve kind of been all of over the place trying to gather *this* thought and that, and rally them all together toward one goal. lol!  Soap is such a wonderful thing!  but the “business’ of soap, well it’s like any other business. The learning curve is creepy… luckily, I’m up to the challenge! (sometimes..)  So I’ve been learning some things I need to do to make this blog a better place for you,  to make my shop a better experience and to make my business run more smoothly.

One thing I’ve learned, is that I am a LIST person!  random thoughts running through my mind, like some kind of schoolyard playground, REALY make me crazy!  they get lost, injured.. and (dare i say it..) they DIE!  So lists are important to me.  The thing is, with so much going on, I have SO many lists floating around, that the same problem exists on teh outside of my mind, that once occurred on the inside… mass confusion. Between home stuff, hubby stuff, kids stuff, homeschooling, personal projects AND work/business stuff, it’s hard to keep the lists straight!  Spring Pad helped me solve this problem!  Easy to use, keeps everything in one place, and easily organizes my lists within lists.  In addition to my many task lists, I can also keep track of just about anything, my work outs, meal plans and recipes, home maintenance, budgets, favorite restaurants.. uhh.. just about everything I can think of!  Again, it’s all FREE!  so.. check it out..

SPRING PAD

I’ve also finally gotten to a point where I have a list of things I should be doing everyday at “work”.  You know, when you walk into the office each day, it’s pretty easy to know what you should be doing every day, there are meetings, and bosses that make it pretty clear where you should be going.  On your own, it can be a little less clean cut, especially being at home with kids all day.  I had to re-establish my business goals, and then figure out what steps I need to take get to *those* goals.  Once I did that, it was much easier to see where my attention should be focused on a daily basis.

on a personal note.. vacation was awesome!  We went on a wonderful Royal Caribbean Cruise to Mexico and Key West. It was a blast, and it was So nice to leave the kids at “Kid Carnival” (the on board kiddy ‘daycare’ chock full of daily activities).  Seems I haven’t been away from them in 7 years!  wow!

and.. {{drumroll please}}, we have started our music lessons!  I’ve always loved the violin and cello. Dd and I even tried to learn on our own from a few homeschooling books, but never to any meaningful point. Being 35, the thought crossed my mind that I may be too old ot take on such an endeavor, but.. what the hell!  :) So, I am taking violin, my life long dream… and DD is starting piano. We are VERY excited, and i can’t believe I’m playing after only 1 lesson!

So, that’s what I’ve been up to!  what have YOU been up to?