Splish Splash with Lavender Soap

Nothing says relaxing than a nice hot bath with lavender.  I like lavender essential oils in mine when I find the time to take an actual bath; mostly it's just shower time for this girl. I like Lavender so much that I have several dried bunches in vases around my house.  In keeping with the ESN theme of Splish Splash I was taking a bath, I found a terrific item at  CarolinaBlueLady.  A beautiful Lavender Floral Gift Set that contains a lovely bar of soap and a bottle of toilet water.  What better way to pamper yourself, or to give as a gift for the discerning woman.  Visit her store for more soaps, colognes and tons of other neat stuff.  And take a stroll through all the other great merchants at Ecrater Stores Network .

Mother's Day Tomorrow, May 13th

Tomorrow is Mother's Day (and my last post of the ESN theme of the week) in a lot of countries all over the world.  How will you celebrate your mother?  My mother lives in a different state so I sent her a lovely bouquet of spring flowers in many different colors in a beautiful but simple butter colored pitcher that she can continue to use and think of me every time she uses it to water her houseplants or serve some summer iced tea or whatever in it.  Of course I will telephone her tomorrow paying mind to the time difference.  My brother will have her over to his house for a lovely brunch and a bottle (maybe 2!) of her favorite wine and perhaps flowers and a gift or two.  Gosh how I wish I could be there.  But like many people, school, then work, then life, can sometimes take us far away from family.  So it's good to stay in touch with loved ones as much as possible if you live far away.  It's too late for internet shopping to get something delivered for tomorrow but think about next year already because CarolinaBlueLady has a lovely turquoise and pearl necklace from Avon I'm sure your mom would love.  This is just lovely, dainty and screams spring!   Happy Mother's Day moms of the World!