A Glimpse at Our Day

It has been a busy week here at Deal Farm Soap Company. I made a batch of goat milk soap on Saturday. I made some Lavender Oatmeal soap, a continual bestseller, and Rose Clay soap, my personal favorite. Since the soap has to set up in the molds for about 24 hours before unmolding it, you can guess how I spent my Sunday afternoon.

Today I finally broke free from the workshop and took a field trip of sorts. I needed to pick up some soap making oils, so I placed my order and hit the road with my son, Pearce. It’s just under an hour drive, so my son and I had plenty of time to chat and listen to music on the ride. He even managed to get a little shuteye along the way.

We arrived at the oil supplier and after a visit to their office, I drove around to the warehouse to pick up the oil. At the warehouse, I backed my car up to one of the loading docks. On each side of me were big tractor-trailers. I get such a kick out of driving up in a car with a toddler in the back. Often a dozen or more big rigs and oil tanker trucks surround me. (The picture above is actually from a pick up I made there a couple of months ago on a rainy day. Today couldn’t have been nicer weather, warm and sunny.)

After my car was loaded with 300 lbs of oil, we headed home. Along the way we enjoyed a stop for milk and some home made chocolate chip cookies I had brought for the occasion. It’s the small things like this that make a day fun and memorable. Pearce and I really did enjoy our little excursion. When we got back home, the sun was still shining so we walked over to the park to play. This is just one of the perks of being self employed.

So what am I sharing this with you? To be honest, when I started the day I was dreading the long drive to pick up the oils. But at some point before we headed out, I decided to make this errand fun. Maybe it was my newfound positive attitude, or maybe it was the chocolate chip cookies, but it turned out to be a really fun day. So next time you have to do something that you aren’t looking forward to, perhaps you can dig a little deeper. Perhaps you can find a ray of sunshine through the clouds. If you can, your day will be a whole lot brighter.