12.24.08 Merry Christmas Eve :)

It's very wet and muddy out. Not at all frozen like we had expected. It was 40 deg at 7am.

I'm taking a break from a bit of baking to have some spinach dip and chips. I'm baking chocolate came and bread pudding for tomorrow. I always cook a huge feast which feeds us for a week :)

Earlier we gathered and broke up some more kindling, which is drying on the porch. Gathered eggs of course, we're getting between 9 and 14 each day and more hens are starting to lay as well. I've been leaving the light on on the very cold nights but only to keep the hens warm. I wouldn't want to mess up their natural balance, I would rather they be happy and healthy :)

Todays menu ... English muffins with creamcheese and blueberry preserves for breakfast. Cornchips and spinach dip for lunch. Pizza for supper. Fruit cake and hot tea for dessert.

We had the same thing for dessert yesterday and I ate so much I got sick *~* But it was very good :)

I sent gift boxes to my sisters, a stocking for a stocking exchange and a box to a family I kind of adopted. I had so much fun making them all up tho I should have started sooner because I wanted to send things to other people and never got to it. I took pictures of the sister boxes but accidentally deleted them *~*

Stocking in handmade beaded bag. Soap, tea, bath salts, body scrub, earrings and hand painted bookmark

This was sent out before the new packaging.

New soap packaging

~*~ Salve packaging

~*~New Tea, bath salts and body scrub packaging.

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I think I'm going to get some gift boxes made up to sell as well. I had a lot of interest in them this year and had a good sale of tea for another person making up gift baskets for Lupercalia or Valentines day.

I've been working hard on packaging and I do agree with everyone who said it was important :)

I'm trying to get the house warm enough now to take showers and I have a floor to vacuum and some ginger root to chop. Otherwise I'll read and rest and enjoy the day immensely :)

Merry day all !