Must be love

[AshleyR]

So, I'm at work (I work a whole 2 days a month as a relief!) I've been here since 5:30am, and I can't stop looking at the clock.... waiting for 3pm to come so I can go home and CUT MY SOAP!!

LOL. I love cutting soap! It's like Christmas morning every time. "Hmmm, what are we gonna get?" I get so excited! I usually make my soap in the evenings and unmold and cut it the next day.... sometimes I can hardly sleep at night because I keep thinking about how cool my soap is going to look in the morning.

Yeah, I'm pretty geeky! Does anyone else get excited like me?

 

[Laurie]

LOL...Yeah, I totally get what your saying.
I've missed a few hours of sleep myself. I usually
unmold mine in the morning as well.

Laurie

 

[Lindy]

Oh yeah - as soon as I can take it out of the mold I'm cutting.... :?

 

[SimplyE]

Simply giddy!!! We all must be soap nerds...I also peeked at my Christmas presents when I was a kid...

 

[LomondSoap]

We all must be soap nerds...I also peeked at my Christmas presents when I was a kid... Embarassed

Hey I still peek at both soap and pressies, nowt wrong with that

 

[MikeInPdx]

Add me to the list....I have a batch gelling in the oven right now.....can hardly wait to get it out, cool it and CUT IT!!!!

 

[Lindy]

Personally I think we`re very lucky to be blessed with such nerdiness....

 

[surf girl]

Yes, that's me. Sad, isn't it?

 

[kellistarr]

I react the same way. I really thought I was extreme with my soap thoughts, but I guess not! Seriously, last night was the first in a long list of nights that I fell asleep without thinking of soap. I have some new people in my life to make soap for and I am absoutely giddy thinking about what type of soap I will present them with. Tonight, I will go to bed thinking of soap!

 

[Jody]

I do the same thing. I keep checking my "babies". I am so bad I have a really tough time just waiting for the oil and lye to cool enough to mix. I keep the lye outside where I mix it and then keep stirring and checking the temperature constantly waiting for it to cool a little.

I have also lost a lot of sleep thinking about soap. It's new to me and I found myself wondering if I was going to get my seeds done this year. I have a huge almost 1 acre garden that is all veggies and flowers and I suspect it will suffer a lot this year. I've been trying (SERIOUSLY) how to quit working full time so I can just soap, garden and cook.

 

[ChrissyB]

Yes I do the same thing.
It is just like opening presents making that first cut into a log of new soap...
It is just the same when they are curing, I like to walk past a couple of times a day and check on them to make sure they are ok, give them a pat...

 

[topcat]

everyone! Me too....we are definitely addicted soaping nerds - more power to us!!!

I fall asleep think of soap and I wake up thinking of soap...some of my nicest soap ideas have come to me in that twilight world just before I am fully awake. I love soap :wink:

Tanya

 

[jcandleattic]

Another soap nerd here too... LOL

The only time I'm not too thrilled about cutting is when I KNOW the batch isn't going to be like I want it, but I still can't wait to cut it. It's just a different kind of excitement... LOL It's more of a "how disappointed am I going to be" instead of a "oooh what's it gonna look like" type of thing... LOL

 

[reallyrita]

Count me in as one of the nerds. I, too, fall asleep dreaming up soap projects and wake up to rush and check on the soaps I made the night before. We are drowning in soaps....I give them to everyone I know and even to the homeless shelter by the box load. HELP....

 

[starduster]

Gardening and soaping go hand in hand

I have also lost a lot of sleep thinking about soap. It's new to me and I found myself wondering if I was going to get my seeds done this year. I have a huge almost 1 acre garden that is all veggies and flowers and I suspect it will suffer a lot this year. I've been trying (SERIOUSLY) how to quit working full time so I can just soap, garden and cook.

Do those seeds Jody . You will want all the plants you can get for your botanicals in soaping.
Of course what you plant may be a little more slanted to soap making botanicals.

 

[honor435]

Yes I do the same thing.
It is just like opening presents making that first cut into a log of new soap...
It is just the same when they are curing, I like to walk past a couple of times a day and check on them to make sure they are ok, give them a pat...

so true, i walk by mine like 10 time s day! open wood mold to see whats happening, smell and smell some more, gosh we've lost it!

 

[nettles]

So here I am - ANOTHER one! Nothing makes me spring out of bed faster than knowing I have some soap to cut, I like calling it LOVE better than OCD! How happy I am that soap and I have found each other. My grandson asked me the other day what my favorite word was, and I said the first word that popped into my head, which was "cacophony" (don't ask me why...) and my daughter-in-law said, no, it isn't. Your favorite word is SOAP. At least, that is the word that you use the most. LOL At least I know that I am not alone, I have all my new soap buddies from this forum. Yay for soap! :!: :!: :!: :!: And Yay for soap buddies! :!: :!: :!:

 

[heartsong]

x

i had a soap nightmare!

the other night i woke up from a dead-sleep and realized i had left my soap in the oven and hadn't shut the oven off!

i flew out of bed and ran to the kitchen-the oven was off, there was no soap inside...my soap was sitting on the counter-i'd already taken it out of the oven before i went to bed!

after reality set in and i realized what happened, i fixed some tea and started thumbing thru my recipies and f/o's planning the next batch to make...my husband thinks i'm crazy!

LOL! it's amazing what tricks your unconscious mind can play on you!