Disney World here we come!

Things have started picking up as Valentines day and Easter are now in site. I've updated my website with new "spring only, limited scents" and so far, they are a hit. I've also gotten a lot of great feedback on my scrubs from my testers. As soon as my labels come in I'll be posting the scrubs in my etsy store. 

On a personal note, my family and I are finally going on vacation! We've never been on a vacation with both kids. Now that my son is 3 we've decided it's time. So we are embarking to Disney World this spring. My six year old is fit to bust and simply can't wait to meet her favorite princess's. I wanted to go to Hawaii but we decided that would not be as nice with two kids in tow so we compromised and we're staying at the Polynesian! Yeah for me!

Smacked with a bible while I wasn't looking.

Yesterday while I was perusing the mall with my friend Dana, we came across a vendor that had some spectacular looking sweets. I'm simply not one to pass up sweets so of course we stopped. Dipped rice crispy treats, yummy  caramel pretzels, s'mores it was wonderful. I made my purchases and as I was leaving the gentleman who was running the booth insisted I get a bag for my purchases. Ok, fine. Away we went. Later that night as I was unpacking my purchases I discover a little book in with my sweets. It was "The Way, a pocket testament". That's right, I was bible slammed and I didn't even know it.
Does that actually work? Do people suddenly find the lord because a bible is thrown in with there purchase? Well, it does the opposite to me. I detest people trying to convert me every time my back is turned. I detest people coming to my house to tell me, I'm wrong and they are right. I simply despise the concept that people must harass others in order to 'spread the word'. I don't try to convert you so leave me the hell alone!
From a business perspective, that is not a good way to run a business. You will turn away a lot of good paying customers because of it. People are buying your product not your religion. Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-christian or anti-any religion. We live in a world of thousands of religions and spiritualities as individual as the people who believe in them. I just don't like feeling that everyone has an ulterior motive to try and harass me out of my beliefs, you can't. My beliefs are personal, they are mine. My way is not the only way or the right way, it's just my way.
By the way, my friend dana, did NOT receive one. Apparently, I'm special. I won't be buying from them again and that's sad, they had some good treats.

One really cool website!!!!

I am subscribed to The Kind Life blog (Alicia Silverstone) and today she featured a vegan pastry chef who sells in Pennsylvania and New York. I've never had her food so I have no idea if they are good or not (they look awesome) but the website is AWESOME! I seriously thought it was so cool. The designer should be given an award because it is one of the coolest designs I've ever seen. I highly recommend you check it out and if you are nearby one of the places she services check them out and let me know how they are.

Vegan Treats

Old books and great memories.

My daughter found an old copy of "Charlottes Web" today so we've started reading it. It got me thinking of all the books I read and loved as a kid.

A Wrinkle in Time
Black Beauty
National Velvet
The Chronicles of Narnia
Nancy Drew series
The Great Brain
The Mouse and Motorcycle
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nihm
Where the Red Fern Grows
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Watership Downs
The Cricket in Times Square

I could go on and on. I have an urge to go out and buy them all. They were really great books. Full of adventure and imagination. If it wasn't for my love of reading I have no idea how I would have survived my childhood. It was a way of escaping my life. I quite literally got lost in those books. I wish I could remember more of them! I'll have to start a list on amazon to make sure I remember these.

Another year and another set of resolutions.

So here it is, my list of resolutions for 2010.

I resolve to have NO resolutions because I never keep them anyway. I refuse to start my year with that on my head. And then to have the feeling of disappointment when 2011 comes round and I realize, I don't even remember what I resolved to do! I will however try very hard to

• finish my vet assistant program before November.
• try to learn to like myself and maybe even love myself.
• try to be a better wife and friend. 

Phew! Sounds tough. Thankfully, they're not actual resolutions so there is no pressure to actually do them. Except the vet assistant program. I don't want to have to ask for an extension. That would be embarrassing.