Friends!

Friends. I can not discuss how important friends are to me. I am what some would call a social butterfly. I need people. I love people. I have to be in the presence of people.

This past weekend is the start of the fall craftshow season. I will not be writing much about training for tris because.... I won't be doing much of it. I am going to come clean on that. My goal is swim once a week. I know, how pathetic.

Anyway, I have some great. I mean totally amazing friends that I have made on the craftshow circuit. There is a group of women who I totally love. The are the Faerie ladies. I met them about 3 years ago at the Little Falls craftshow. These gals are special. They make Faerie houses. I mean who doesn't need a house for the faeries! I know I did and do and will for as long as I live. Above is a house that I adore!

Then, then there is Rosalee and her husband Milton. God do we love these people. I have to say that Rosalee is one of the best story tellers on the planet. Damn, does that girl have some stories. She also loves our lotion. Next to her is her good friend Carolyn. The man next to them is Carolyn's husband, whose name escapes me. I hope he forgives me.

I see most of my crafter friends once or twice a year. We go far to long without communicating, but when we do see each other it is so much fun. I can not thank them enough for their friendship!!

XOXOXO to all my crafter friends! I love YOUs!

What a Week!!!

Geesh...what a week and weekend. If they all were so crazy I don't think I could make it. A LOT has been going on, I mean a ton. This week I will catch you up on some thoughts on good press, craftshows, friendship and soap. I think I will blog as much as I can this week because I have a lot of things to talk about.

Last week was a complete blur. We worked our little, well some of us have not so little, butts off to get ready for a big craftshow in Little Falls, MN. Then I was interviewed by the Green Bay Press Gazette as one of their career profiles. That is a whole nuther story in itself.

I will start with our craftshow.

It is our first big show of the craftshow season. I love, love it. Minnesota people are just so nice. The weather was gorgeous. The people were happy. We sold a ton of Goods. Nothing like making a little money and eating your first footlong corndog of the year!!! Yee Haw!!!

It was great seeing customers that have been buying from us for about three years now. They become your friends after that amount of time. It has always amazed me how people really connect with us. They love our stuff and we love them dearly.

Their is one particular women from Duluth who buys at least 10 candles from us every year. She is such a treat. She brings her friends and cajouls them into buying candles. It is so much fun talking to her about what has happened since last year! I love our customers. A big shout out to Good Earth customers, we LOVE you!

Costa Rica...here we come!!!

It has been about 5 years since DH and I have been on a vacation. The last vacation was a monumental vacation. A month in Europe. 8 countries and 18 cities. It was one of the best trips of my life and let's just say I have been on a few.

We decided it was time to check out the tropics. Michael was kind enough to give me free reign to pick the location. That is why I love the man so. :) I started looking into the Dominican Republic, then found Puerto Rico. From Puerto Rico I thought maybe Belize. No, the beaches were not quite what I was looking for. I took a short tour of Nicaragua. He freaked on that location. I finally ended up on the Northern Coast of Costa Rica. Playa Grande!!!!

Oh Playa Grande. For those of you who know me. You know that I am a beach freak. I could not go on vacation in a tropical location without a beach and a good one at that. I am absolutely crazy in love with beaches and water. This beach is extra special in that the endangered leather back sea turtles come to nest here. Can you believe they can grow up to 7 feet!? OMG. That is one huge turtle. Here is a picture of the beach.


We are going to spend 10 days there. It almost seems to be good to be true. The best part about the trip is that it is pretty much free. Thank you Capital One for all those points/miles. You will never know that happiness your credit card company has brought me!!

I will post more about Playa Grande SOON!