Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Spots Round 2, not that great, but not that bad....

Ok, so FIRST of all...the destruction from Tiger Stripes Day:

Do you see where they knocked down not one but TWO of the boards that form a "fence"...yup...I know, I SUCK at construction work!  But still - this little lean too I built was BUCK proof! See the guilty party looking at me like I was hampering HER fun? MMMmhhhhmmm...names Pomegranate but it SHOULD be trouble!

So...anyways...I went out this morning to take a look at the reason for my heart attack last night in the dark.  First off, you GOTTA see this tree:
This is the tree that gives me my "theme" for what I call "Rustic" (a vanilla oak scent by Brambleberry) - since it is one BIG, GIANT, OLD oak tree I figure it is perfect.  BUT, it does hand over the house, and when there is the combo of a major storm rolling through, a giant crashy noise AND the lights blink out you can see why I jumped and spilled my soap right?  First thought, much like that old t.v. show Sanford & Son was "Lord, Here I come!"  But then I was still alive a few moments later right?  So, okay, here's what I found this morning:

A nice, large, HUGE actually, dent in the roofing over the back porch...caused by:
A limb the size of a young tree!!!!  Yup, I was trying to soap and mother nature was throwing curve balls at me - literally!

So...I did all my hausfrau farmer stuff for the day and lastly I headed in to clean up the mess from the prior evening.  I scraped my now saponified soapy mess off of the floor and weighed it - almost 9ounces of wasted soap, nearly 2 bars worth if you will.  Alright, I guess it's not as bad as I thought. I initially was guessing I had about a pound of Love Spell scented floor cleaner down there - because once it hits the floor that's what it becomes right?

Then...to make myself feel better...I re-batched some scraps and such I had kicking around.  Scented it with rosemary mint and went for the "marbeled natural herbal look" with it.  While I was cooking that down, I did the dishes from the prior evening and started dinner and fiddle with the laundry...we shall see how it came out, but I feel pretty good about it.  Just waiting for it to cool now....anyways..so I held my breath and I cut into "Leopard Spots Round 2"...ok...remember how Round 1 came out???
Not too bad right?  I was kinda dreading round 2 because I had given up after the spill....but....
It's not too bad :)  Still has a bit of the "leopard look" to it...really pretty swirl that's for sure...I guess I am on the same crappy fence I built with this one eh?  Hmmmm....haven't finished cutting it yet - it's still kinda soft and not even 24 hours old yet!  We'll see...still smells good, as far as the 'soap' part it's still soap...just not exactly what I was going for, but kinda nifty in it's own right ain't it?

I suppose the moral here is this:  Even when you nearly wet your pants in fear and make a royal mess of things, it can still turn out sudsy :)






8 comments:

  1. Aw, man! You have had MORE than your fair share of adventure this past week...I hope next week goes smoother for you!

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    1. When you live in the woods, things can get crazy! You should have been around last week when the raccoon refused to vacate my feed room! It can get frustrating - but I try to move on the best I can :P

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    2. A raccoon! LOL! It looks like you live in a beautiful area.

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    3. Oh yes...it's lovely, but full of wild stuffs. We have been nursing a baby possum the cats got the other day :( He was still trying to escape them, so he was saved...ahh...to live in the boonies is priceless!

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  2. I was so laughing again,you're so fun! Always some action around there! I'm glad you're ok and I see the soap has survived the accident! Great spots and lovely soap. I like the other one,too, beautiful,unique swirls you got there!

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    1. Thank you so much! :) Yup...somehow I always mange to limp away LOL...tried to do a video the other evening and the freaking power blacked out for just a second right in the middle! When I see the awesome stuff that the boss lady at Nature's Art is still getting done over on youtube and (she lives off grid from what I gather which is more in the woods than I am!) I am really amazed by how she can conquer than so it helps me move forward :) When you have an addiction it must be fed and soap is mine :P

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  3. Awesome soaps!! So glad you are a resilient soapmaker!! Your dedication has paid off once again! Thank you so much for participating in the challenges!

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    1. Thank you :) I REALLY enjoyed the challenges! Can't wait to see what is to come :)

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