Monday, November 5, 2007

Happy Birthday, Dad!



Anyone who reads my blog faithfully knows just what an amazing source of strength my father is to me. He doesn't comment often, but when he leaves his mark, it is full of sage words and advice.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Women in Business

A friend of mine (who is also adopting from China) has started her own line of bath and body products called "Breathe Natural Bath and Body". All of her products are completely natural, made with her own two hands and are free from chemicals that typically cause irritation in sensitive skin.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Gloria Steinem


She is also coming out with a kids and baby line of products soon, which will be so great for all of us when our little ones come home.

Her products range from bath fizzies, to soaps, to linen washes, to body scrubs and salves, lips balms and bath salts, to hand soaps and body sprays. Thy smell delicious and when K2 put the salve on his ridiculously rough hands, they became so smooth. Jill's products are very reasonable, totally competitive and she will custom make baskets of products for anyone who is searching for gifts.

If you would like to check out her business and browse her products, you can click on the link below and it will take you there. I always support my fellow women in business and know that she will be extraordinarily successful in this endeavor.
This is my beautiful friend, Jill. C'mon, don't you want to be as fabulous as she is?

Friday, November 2, 2007

Friday Furrow

I try to leave rants off the blog as much as I possibly can, but something has been irking me since late October and I am at my boiling point.

November is a month to remember our fallen soldiers. Their service to our country means something to me and I think means something to a great many people. When I see Christmas decorations in stores prior to November 11th, it makes me want to tear every single HO HO HO banner and Twinkling Light Display down. The least we can do...the LEAST we can do is wait until November 11th has passed to begin celebrating the yuletide season. The somber events that make up the services that we will attend need not be suffocated by red ribbons and tinsel.

It's the least we can do, lest we forget.