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        <title>I will miss my 30's</title>
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        <summary>Well, in about two weeks I will be the BIG 40. Yes, that is right, I will no longer be in my 30's. Officially on February 6th, I will be 40. Gone are the days of checking the 2nd or...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Well, in about two weeks I will be the BIG 40. Yes, that is right, I will no longer be in my 30's. Officially on February 6th, I will be 40.</p><p>Gone are the days of checking the 2nd or so box off in a census. I will now have to look for the one with the 40+ age bracket. That kinda sucks.</p><p>I am not really sad about it, just a tad sarcastic. And anyone who knows me personally would take "tad" and roll around on the floor laughing. I have never been one to be a "tad" bit anything. And when I am sarcastic, I generally have to be over the top sarcastic. So maybe I am mellowing as I age.</p><p>If my 40's are anything like my 30's I will love it. I really enjoyed the 30's more than my 20's to be honest. </p><p>The only current highlight so far that I have to look forward to celebrating my 40th is with an appointment for a mammogram. Nothing like a good breast squishing to ring in a new year. But, as long as it is still available to me and some silly politician hasn't taken it away, gosh darn it, I will get one. Everyone should, and actually I believe people should be getting them on a regular basis before they hit 40!</p><p>So does anyone have some words of wisdom to impart as I make my way to
the newest milestone? Any comical events to make me laugh?</p><p>I will let you know if anything monumental happens on that day! xoxo</p><p /><p /></div>
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        <title>Happy New Year!!</title>
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        <published>2010-01-17T19:27:52-05:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-17T19:27:52-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Happy New Year!! Yeah, yeah, I know I am a terrible blogger, not consistent, but hey, I try. :) I hope everyone had a great 2009 holiday season. I know I enjoyed it a lot, spending quality time with the...</summary>
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            <name>PixieSoap</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: #40007f;">Happy New Year!!</span><p>Yeah, yeah, I know I am a terrible blogger, not consistent, but hey, I try. :)</p><p>I hope everyone had a great 2009 holiday season. I know I enjoyed it a lot, spending quality time with the family and friends.</p><p>After quite taking some time in 2009 to relax, I have entered 2010 with renewed energy and creativity. I have been busy making soaps to restock customer favorites and adding a whole bunch of new stuff, so you definitely have some new things to look forward to.</p><p>Please check out my January Newsletter, if you are not a subscriber. I have a great little promotion going on.</p><p>So my goal is to try blogging a bit more, may not be everyday but I will be sure to bring some interesting things more often. I also plan on including some at home recipes you can try for yourself. Beauty starts at home!</p><p>Also, other than here on my blog, you can find and follow me a the following locations:</p><p><a href="htthttp://eepurl.com/dC3V" target="_blank">Join My Mailing List</a></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Handmade.Soaps" target="_blank">Become a fan on Facebook</a></p><p><a href="http://twitter.com/pixiesoap" target="_blank">Follow me on Twitter</a></p><p>You can shop with me at:</p><p><a href="http://www.pixiesoap.com" target="_blank">PixieSoap.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pixiesoap.etsy.com" target="_blank">My Etsy Shop</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pixiesoap.artfire.com" target="_blank">My Artfire Shop</a></p><p>Or visit my portfolio and visit other great artists over at <a href="http://www.trunkt.org/pixiesoap" target="_blank">Trunkt</a>!</p><p /><p /><p /></div>
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        <title>Do you Facebook?</title>
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        <summary>I have had a Facebook account for quiet a while, but it wasn't until this year that I really figured it out and spent more time on it. Now of course I am hooked! I love communicating with my family,...</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have had a Facebook account for quiet a while, but it wasn't until this year that I really figured it out and spent more time on it. Now of course I am hooked! I love communicating with my family, friends, and fellow crafters. I swear I learn something new each day!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also recently set up a Fan Page for &lt;a href="http://www.pixiesoap.com" target="_blank"&gt;Pixie Soap&lt;/a&gt; over on &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/handmade.soaps" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;. In order to name my url I needed to get 100 fans. So, what better way then to invite everyone and hold a raffle when I hit 100. And woot woot, I did!! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is a photo of all the lovely fans of mine all put in a bowl: (an awesome square bowl I purchased from &lt;a href="http://montezumamudd.etsy.com" target="_blank"&gt;Montezumamudd&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://handmadesoap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553b480ea88330120a5beaef4970c-pi" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img  alt="P9120091" class="at-xid-6a00e553b480ea88330120a5beaef4970c image-full " src="http://handmadesoap.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553b480ea88330120a5beaef4970c-800wi" title="P9120091" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mind you, I actually had to give away two bars of free soap because both children wanted to draw a name. :)&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;So, please feel free to become a fan. I am offering 10% off till 9/19 for all fans, go check details on my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/handmade.soaps" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook Fan Page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ak.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;FB.init("2f4622ae5bac947966bc45f567680be0");&lt;/script&gt;&lt;fb:fan connections="10" profile_id="268391780326" stream="1" width="300"&gt;&lt;/fb:fan&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 8px; padding-left: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/Handmade.Soaps"&gt;Pixie Soap&lt;/a&gt; on Facebook&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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