Who else is ready for Fall and Holiday Scents?

Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, I am already preparing and brainstorming for my fall and holiday scent selections. This year I am not going over the top in ordering a load of oils.... I am ordering some really fab ones (of course I can't tell anyone just yet what they are...) but I will be doing some blends as well. My goal is to offer oils you can't find anywhere else. Who else is tired of the same old same old....candy corn, pumpkin, pine, BORING! So, I am intending on offering some more unique oils that no other companies will have. I am also planning on doing some gift totes and offering all of these early.... like starting around September maybe? People seem to be doing more holiday shopping earlier. The last few years I just felt I didn't have the time to put together gift totes, but I am really going to work on it this year. And I am starting early! YAHOO! I am working on a lotion... I know those folks who adored the three types of lotions I had before I closed with Kara's birth will be super excited! I am also working on another secret product that I know will be exciting---- it's still in the planning phases. To add a new product takes a lot of time and extra money, so I have to be careful with my choices :)

Anyways, I was so excited about some of the oils I purchased tonight and working on recipes for new scents that I had to post! I am tired of the hot nasty humid weather here in Florida so I am just waiting for the days to pull out my sweaters and fell the crisp, cool wind on my face.

Vacations are never long enough...

So we are back from vacation and had our first full week back to work. Our vacation to North Carolina was a blast and Kara was so good! The worst part? Well, that would be the super long drive back from NC to Florida.... and since we live in the lower middle part of the state that meant a super long drive even as we got to the GA./FL. border. You think you're almost there and come to find out you have another four to five hours of driving through your own state! But, with that all done we made it home safely and Kara was so good riding in the car for close to 15 hours. Normally the ride only takes about 12 hours from NC to our home, but with baby this year we had to stop almost every hour or so to stretch and change diapers. I am going to stick in a few pics of our trip at the end of this entry. We got to do quite a bit in such a short amount of time. We visited Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, GA. Kara LOVED looking at all the original, handcrafted CPK kids! She just wanted to touch all of them and got all excited! She even got to see a CPK kid born from the cabbage patch (not that she'll remember it but I was excited for her!) LOL She even picked out her own CPK kid... no, not a handmade one as those start at 100.00 and I just can't see spending that just yet... maybe when she is a bit older and can pick out one and know that it's a very precious, expensive item, but she got to pick out a cheaper plastic one and she really did!!! I've got so many pics, but can't put them all on here but I have a few that she is crawling around on the floor and touching the boxes and started banging on one that she wanted, so I got it for her. She LOVES the darn thing! She does this thing with her nose and makes this sound and it's so cute whenever she sees her CPK. We also visited Helen, GA. and then drove up to see some friends in NC. We had a blast! Anyways, here are a few photos:

This is us on top of Wayah Bald, NC. It's so beautiful up there and it was close to 60 degrees (maybe colder!) up there!!!


Kara at the exit of CPK land... I thought this shot was so cute!


Kara and me on top of Wayah Bald. Can you believe she is already 7 months old in this picture?! She has three of her top teeth now and the two bottoms... my little girl is getting so big!!! So fast!!!!