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Bad news: had a FO accelerate on me bigtime yesterday: it instantly filled the bell of my SB and hardened in there! (Stay tuned for rebatching experience and photos....) Good news: today I got my first online grocery delivery: $420 worth! That was a whole of of merchandise to wash, so I cleaned...

I've always felt like hand-washing is an at-home thing and sanitizer is an out and about thing. This is borne out by my recent experience: we went to Cancun March 11-18 (in case you forget, since we've all lived lifetimes since then, March 11 was "be careful, but definitely still travel'; by...

Since everyone's washing their hands more than usual, and since I'm home to continue replenishing and rotating soaps around the nine (9!!) sinks we have in this house, I'm finally delving into my stock in a serious way. Does anyone else do like me...use a new soap, squeal with delight at how...

I'm on Day 8! And it feels like I will never touch a credit card again....Other than the $600 for 2 online grocery orders I've made (for future groceries...pick up dates Sunday and then April 6th!), I haven't spent a dime in the past week! We did get an order of shoes for my son today, so I put...

So are your soap-making friends here!

3500, that is seriously impressive. I don't know how many we had....maybe they never told us 'cause they didn't want us to worry :-P What are y'all doing about final exams? That's a biggie....

Yes, I'm instructional technology rather than information technology (i.e., education support, not tech support), but am very very busy. The funny thing is, in some ways, my colleagues and I are the worst people to help because we have a particular standard we work to in our online courses and...

Before we went to Cancun on March 11, I made a number of small bottles of 75% IPA (99%), 25% aloe vera gel (mine is very liquidy), with 1/2 tsp vit E and a few drops TTO and sage. We sprayed it all over the airplane seats, etc., but also used it on our hands all the time. It's really easy and I...

The funny thing is, this is my entire job. I feel like I've been inadvertently preparing for a pandemic my entire life...

Smells faintly of patchouli. I also put Frankincense in. I could do with more of both frankly. Mind you, I've not smelled it in use yet. Might be stronger.

Here's a big loaf of patchouli! The confetti is frankincense and myrrh. I have a whole loaf of these but haven't used any yet...they seem very cumbersome....I thought I'd get fancy by putting a bit poufy plop of "icing" or "foam" on top, but instead it's just an unwieldy bar with lots of edges.

Me too! They shut down the university while I was in Cancun :) but I wasn't able to get my stuff. I'm supposed to be self-isolating for 14 days, but I'm also supposed to be working, so I will drive my 45-min commute (probably go really fast as there will be no traffic!), don gloves and a mask...

You must be so well rested! :-P

Update on these fellas...well since we're burning through the soap, I went and got a new bar, kind of forgetting that these were Castiles that need longer to mature. Skin feels tight after using, so I'm assuming that's par for the course with an under-aged Castile? Good news is that no slime in...

I have FOs from 3 companies and find that the ones in the plastic bottles do smell weird, but maybe it's just a coincidence. But, since they smelled that way upon arrival, I don't know if my transferring them over would help, as they were likely produced/stored that way for a while. I guess it...

NIH now saying 3 hrs to 3 days, depending on the surface. Our neighbour, who gets a lot of packages, says he's putting everything that comes into the house into various piles in the living room for 3 days before he touches them. I'm assuming he means the mail, and not groceries :-P

Anybody remember the olden days, when someone would back a half-sphere cake, pipe some colourful icing on it, stick half a Barbie in the top and get a "princess" cake? Protip: add "fail" to the end of your search term and get some pretty funny results.

I'm enjoying reading all of your reports, because my experience has been totally different. Last Wednesday, my wife and kids and I went to an all-inclusive in Cancun Mexico with my parents. At that time, we surmised I would probably work from home the next day in case I wanted to sleep in ;-) By...

Nuttin wrong with that swirl! And those colours are great! Watch...the next time you WANT to get that swirl technique, you won't be able to, and you'll be happy for this one! I did a hanger swirl the other day that looked like a flat-lining ECG, but someday I'll be trying to get a nice straight...

Yes, I have a bar with red oxide and white stripes...well, pale pink stripes now ;-) I notice a bit of pink lather, but nothing compared to the bleeding in the bars themselves before they even get wet. I think this colour will come back; it did the last time. I will keep everyone posted. In the...