Morning at Casa de Garcia

Well, it’s early morning and I am hanging out with Mugsy, the youngest (and loudest) of our cats. I stepped outside because I saw a pair of green eyes lurking in the backyard, near “Fort Johnny” (a combination “fort”, swing, slide, robe-climbing thingy that Cas built for our son when we first bought our house in 1997).  I thought the eyes belonged to Buddy, but nooooo. It’s The Evil Opossum!!!  To be fair, he is a nocturnal creature and the sun is not yet up, so I’ll let him be.

I love this time of day.  I’m getting ready to make a bucket of foot scrub, prepare some orders and then I’ll work out.  Maybe.  I got a pretty nasty headache a few days ago. Instead of just resting, I tried to do the “mind over matter” thing. You know? Ignore it and maybe it’ll go away. I should have just rested when it first struck, but I didn’t.  Now, my body is SCREAMING at me, telling me to chill out and I am gonna listen to it…. after I make some foot scrub, of course. And some body butter…

Yesterday, I got out of the shower and reached for my geranium Silk Sheets Body Butter… only to find an EMPTY JAR! I guess I’ll have to order a refill, huh?  Before I started making my own products, my son and husband weren’t interested in any of my various jars of creams, scrubs, etc. that filled our bathroom.  But, it didn’t take long for them to learn what joy a little sugar scrub can bring to a morning shower! I LOVE hearing their individual regimens and no-holds barred reviews.  Do the men in your life use your skin and hair care products? If so, what do they use?

Cas and Johnny both LOVE Phat Head Clarifying Conditioner.  Johnny has been using it for a couple of months now. Cas, however,  just “discovered” it yesterday and when I asked why he liked it, he thought about it for a few seconds and then said “Well… it’s all… black”.  Now, how cute is THAT?I love that man!