give more gifts

mike- a chunk of the raw, unprocessed shea butter that someone brought back from from somewhere in darkest africa for me

sue- half my bucket of msm for her arthritis

eidin- a set of the latest lot of natural skin care products that are being formulated for me

but i still seem to have got more gifts than i’ve given this week

from eidin- a lemongrass candle

from joe- a bar of soap made in the townships

from scott- the crystal hanging round his very own neck

from roger- a flashdrive full of new music… 45! albums

from richard- the beautifully printed and bound catalogue from his exhibition

i feel lucky and loved; hope i make people feel that way too

Carl for all his help over the yrs-we’ll take him to dinner.
Mom for babysitting-will make
Alli & Christina-idea…need to get
Omar & Melanie for baby Claire—Need to buy!

Carl for all his help over the yrs-decided we’ll take him to dinner. He just worked on our toilets, and dryer, etc. too!
Mom for babysitting-will make
Alli & Christina-idea…need to get
Jeremy & Sarah for baby Tristan—I’ll be able to give them a gift tonight or tomorrow-need to BUY!
Omar & Melanie for baby Claire—could give them one on 10/12 at our other friend’s baby’s baptism. Need to buy!

Carl for all his help over the yrs-decided we’ll take him to dinner. He just worked on our toilets, and dryer, etc. too!
Nan & Joanie—Made a loaf of Spinach bread last night- need to deliver tomorrow!
Mom for babysitting-will make
Alli & Christina-idea…need to get
Jeremy & Sarah for baby Tristan—I’ll be able to give them a gift in person in about a week and a half. Yay!
Omar & Melanie for baby Claire—could give them one on 10/12 at our other friend’s baby’s baptism.

My sister and brother-in-law have a couple of dogs. The younger one is still a baby. She’s so cute!! Anyway, I stayed over their place this weekend and while I was there I crocheted her a pink fuzzy blanket. I think she likes it (well her “mom” likes it)

Ok, I brought a batch of my baked goods to work. Now to finish making them, and distribute to family. They came out really well!

I got a good portion of the baking done. I could finish tonight I bet.

Then we’d just have to distribute, and then get the couple of baby gifts out, and then we’d be CAUGHT UP!

as I type, I am baking batch one… I just hope and pray they come out well! (Especially when I was bold enough to mix a triple batch!!!)

Now I have a little over a half hour to myself before they have to come out. I’ll see what I can do in the mean time.

Next Step: do some baking!
Deadline: I want to be caught up on this by 9/20.

I got out the recipe I’m going to use, and folded one of the bakery boxes to see how big they’ll be. I also made a list of recipients. Now we can bake away!