Groundhog's Day

Just so you Pennsylvanian's don't think you have a corner in the market on this Groundhog's Day thing.....we celebrate it here to.....although it may not be a groundhog....but I'm sure he's probably just as accurate. His name is Bitterroot Bill and he's a yellow-bellied marmot. The event takes place in Stevensville at the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge (we have posted pics from there before)....John wants to go check it out....we'll see!!

Too Cool!

So Esty is it's own little community just like eBay.....well today I got a "convo" (sorta like ask the seller a question) from "The Adminstration". It was from the "Press Contact" guy....so I started reading and he told me that he was contacted by a freelance writer from Sun Media...I guess they publish a lot of papers in Canada and he wanted to feature one of my items! He asked for high resolution photos and everything! The press contact guy said the the writer *should* let him know if he does indeed feature my item and then he will pass it along to me. Pretty exciting!

The elk have arrived!

So last spring when we walked the property with our landlord there was the remains of an elk carcass. In the summer the elk herds migrate up in elevation to the mountains and higher range. Well, after the heavy snow we had a while ago.....(by the way....it's mostly gone after a week of 50 degree temps!) I expected to start seeing them. Well they have finally made their way to the valley floor. A herd of about 20-30 elk are bedding down in the field directly across from us. They were not real close, but I did snap a few pics.

Happy Anniversary to.......

US. As of today, we have officially been living Montana for a year! Yeah!!!....doesn't seem like that long??

My New Year's Eve

Well, both John and I had to work yesterday. No big deal...we never really do anything special for New Year's anyway. I worked with Gary and since the roads were getting bad and I had to drive all the way to Stevensville, he told me to head home at around 10pm....that way I would only have to deal with the roads.....not the drunks too! That was very nice of him!! So when I got home.....hmmm....what to do while I wait for John to get home??? So I got a jump start on my Valentine's Day products....also some 'Tween stuff too......the pictures were taken this morning...you can see our crockpot on the counter.....doesn't smell like 'kraut yet! The clear glass tubes are lip gloss....lava lamp lip gloss! Pretty cool stuff....acts like a lava lamps when you turn it upside down...I made blueberry, cotton candy, bubble gum, grape and lime for my 'tween line, I still need to make bubble bath bars (a bubble bath in a solid bar) and maybe some body glitter. The stuff in the jars is edible body powder......John thinks I should add cocoa to it...but I'm thinking that might not be a good idea.....I think it will discolor the mini feather dusters I have ordered. I'm thinking I might add some edible glitter to some.....not sure though, I would need to order that. In the second picture, the taller bottles are edible warming massage oil....I made chocolate, champagne, red hot cinnamon and strawberry. And last, but certainly not least there are two sizes of jars.....but you can't really tell from the pic....those are warming edible chocolate lotion....you put it on...well.....like you are finger-painting. I still have massage candles I have to pour today.....hoping to get those done so I can take picutures tomorrow.....like I said before picture taking for the store is a whole ordeal! Oh, I guess it would help if I put labels on the stuff too......I'll leave that job up to John!
We woke once again to a beautiful winter wonderland! Snow clinging to everything in site....gonna try to snap some pictures a little later on.....