I just came up from my soap shop. Since my inventory guy got on the ball, I put away oils, butters, mold, and colorants.
I also master-batched -- just a triple recipe. It's probably small potatoes for some of you but the scale was huge for this hobbyist -- 6.5 pounds of oils! I wanted to actually soap but the warm weather outside pulled me into gardening projects.
Soaping is coping -- it felt good to keep my hands busy and my mind off this stressful week, caring for the isolated Mrs. Zing, trying/failing to keep up with my job, and keep up with the housekeeping. I know I might be on thin ice here given this is a majority woman forum -- but how in the heck does Mrs. Zing keep the house so clean??!! I've been treading water this week. I know I shouldn't call my soap 'moisturizing' but I've been washing my hands constantly given Mrs. Zing's status but my hands feel great. Fortunately, she's turned a corner and is on the mend!