Goats Milk Soap

I was reading MckMamma's blog and saw a post she wrote (one of her normal contests) and she was giving away Goats Milk Soap from Goat Milk Soapers. I have heard about goats milk soap and have been intrigued. A few weeks ago I was watching Dirty Jobs and Mike Rowe was at a goat farm and they were making goats milk soap. I love how natural it is and isn't full of any chemicals we really shouldn't be putting on our skin. Plus the fact when I take a bath my skin should feel refreshed and not dried out.

Little Man was officially diagnosed with Keratosis Pilaris. I am on a mission to find any and all all-natural products he can use that won't irritate his skin even more than it is. The lotion recommended to us by the dermatologist is full of alcohol. How is that suppose to help keep the moisture in his skin? So, I decided last week to go ahead and buy a bar of goats milk soap from Goat Milk Soapers. A couple days later we received the soap and Little Man and I were SO excited! I got the unscented Purity soap to try before we tried the scented ones. Boy does it smell good (for being unscented, mind you)!

Daddy gave Little Man a bath and when he got out I could not believe how soft he was! His skin was not dry like it normally is after a bath and was very smooth. I haven't been putting his lotion on him and am testing to see how the goats milk will do this week. So far so good!

We also got a couple sample smelly soaps to try too. So I happily tried the Clean Cotton. Boy does it smell good!! EVERY time I get out of the bath my feet are D.R.Y. not this time! My feet are SMOOTH and soft. I was reading what a few people had to say about their soap and saw one lady wrote that she doesn't use shave gel when she shave her legs. She just used the soap. So I thought why not try it. OH MY GOSH! My legs are smooth and soft! Normally after a bath I need to put lotion on my legs and hands. I can't believe how refreshed my skin feels.

Can you tell I am in love with the soap? I highly recommend it! The family that runs the company live in the Indiana and even the kids (all 8 of them) are involved in making the soap. I love supporting small businesses like this.

So please check them out and try the soap for yourself. You won't be disappointed. By the way, even Daddy is a fan of the soap.

I'll let you know in a week how Little Man's skin is doing.

Potty training

Is not fun. Let me tell you. Little Man has other things on his mind than to remember to tell us he needs to pee. He knows what to do, where to do it and why he needs to do it. It's just remembering to do it. Sigh.

I put Little Man in underwear yesterday and a little while later he came up to me and was wearing a pull up. Hmmm... He still had his underwear on. This gave me an idea. Why not put underwear on and a pullup over it and then I don't have to worry about changing his pants every half hour. Plus we were going out to eat and then the store so this way we could put this theory to the test.

We got done eating and I took Little Man to the bathroom. His pullup and underwear were dry and he peed! YAY! When we got done shopping he told me he needed to pee. Wonderful! He was a bit late because he had already peed but his pants weren't soaked through and the fact he told me (while we were out and about) is a HUGE step!

We are going to be running around all day today and we'll see how he does.

No bills

I was talking to Little Man this morning and he was asking about me going to work.  I said I had to go to work so I can make some money so we can pay the bills.  He looked at me and said ‘No pay bills.’  I wish we didn’t have bills to pay either.  That would be so nice.

 

Daddy emailed the company a couple days ago wondering if there was a date set for when the plant is to be opening, most importantly when he can start working.  I hope the guy emails him back before the week is up.  It would be great if he said Daddy can start Monday. 

 

I ask you to pray for Daddy.  He is getting very frustrated in staying home.  He’s a guy.  He wants to be out making money and support his family.  He’s having a tough time dealing with me supporting us.  Please pray for patience and strength for him and that the company give him a date on when to start. 

I like my job, honest.

I like my job. I really do. It's challenging and rewarding. I do have my days where I wonder if it's all worth it. Especially when I'm confused or something and then I wonder if I'll ever get it.

But the one thing that's bothering me is my one coworker. She handle's the Medicare Part B accounts (I handle Part A). She use to work at our East campus and they moved her to our West campus to have all the business office people in one location. I'm glad they moved her as it would have been frustrating trying to get trained in. But what's bothering me is she is ALWAYS comparing the 2 facilities. 'East is/was more relaxed'. 'West is more 'professional'. No one even says Hi to you.' 'At East everyone could joke around. At West no one smiles.'

I didn't work at East. I work at West. I'm sorry she's having a tough time with the switch but I don't need to know what goes on at East. She has told me things about people at each facility (one including the story how my boss got her job) and how different they are because she feels 'I have a right to know.' No, I don't. I don't need to know that. I don't need to know that my boss is only 28, that she apparently only has funeral home billing in her history. I don't need to know my supervisor didn't know the Manager position was open. That my supervisor has low self esteem and needs to be lifted up alot.

I don't need to know.

What I need to know is how to do my job. How to get the claims out the door in a timely manner and how to get them paid in a timely manner.

I need to know that my manager is a great boss. She's down to earth but knows how to get the job done. She blunt, to the point and doesn't dance around messy problems. She knows how to show you you did something wrong without you feeling put down. I like that in a boss.

I know I get along with all my coworkers at West. From my coworkers in the business office, to the physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists in rehab, to the gals in the deli, the nurses, and nurse managers, social workers, housekeeping, IT staff, and all our volunteers.

I don't care how different each facility is. I will figure that out on my own.

What I do know is I like my job and what I do. That's all that matters.

Bedtime prayer

Daddy and I decided last night Little Man is old enough to start saying his bedtime prayer with us.  So I started the prayer and told Little Man to repeat what I said.  Here’s how the prayer went:

 

Mommy: Now I lay me

 

Little Man: Down to seep

 

(OK, this will work too)

 

Mom: I pray the Lord

 

LM: Me too keep

 

Mom: If I should die

 

LM: I wake

 

Mom: I pray the Lord

 

LM: Me take.

 

(We also say a prayer for S.  I say the same words every time we pray for her.)

 

Mom: Please watch over S

 

LM: guy bless her. AMEN!!  (Guide and bless her)

Number 3

A couple days ago we were finishing supper and Daddy asked me if I could clean Little Man up because he had to do a Number 2 (TMI, sorry). I said that was fine and Little Man looked at me and said he had to do a Number 3.

Mother's Day

Well tomorrow is Mother's Day and today is Birthmother's day.

I will be honest I don't get into Mother's Day too much. Sure I appreciate the thought behind it and a day all to myself but honestly what if I wanted June 6th off and be able to sleep in. Why does it have to be a specific day? A mom's job is not easy at all. The hardest job is being a stay at home mom and those of us working mom's don't have it easy either.

I'm honestly not looking forward to when Daddy starts working again. It's nice not having to worry about laundry, cooking supper (most nights), getting Little Man ready in the morning, and most of the cleaning. I did spend a good chunk of today cleaning the bathrooms (Daddy forgets they exist and do need to be cleaned too), vacuuming, dusting and I did a couple loads of laundry (which reminds me, I still need to make our bed as I washed the sheets today). Boy am I exhausted!

OH! And I spent the day hard core potty training Little Man. We sat in the kitchen (with him naked) this morning and played with play-doh. He had a couple accidents but did really well. He would say he peed (even though he didn't), run to the bathroom and pee. He even went poopy in the potty!! I call that success! But as soon as that pullup was on (he needed it for his nap) it was back to the same old 'I went pee in my pull up) all afternoon. I seriously wonder if I should just tell him they don't make pull ups anymore and go from there. Advice would be greatly appreciated. It's frustrating when it seems like he knows what to do but once that pull up in is on he knows he can pee in it and so he does.

Although it gave me a very good reason to disinfect my kitchen floor. :)