The Kassel Family Project Life 365

When it is my margarita, but the angle makes it look like it is John’s margarita…

This puzzle box is supposed to help keep a cat’s claws trimmed. You drop in some treats, and let the cat play to get them out. We shall see if it actually works, but Jim does seem to be interested!

I had a soap idea stuck in my head. So, I found a cross mold on Amazon and did an experiment.

After trimming the edges of the cross, it is a reasonable first attempt at the Sigma Chi White cross.

Then, I placed the cross in my one-pound soap mold and added a predominant layer of blue soap and a smaller top layer of gold soap.

I was super excited about how it looked in the mold and was even more excited when I took the soap out of the mold. For a crazy idea, it worked pretty well, and my Sigma Chi seemed impressed with the end result.

I have things that I can improve like trimming the cross, but this is my new Sigma Chi White Cross soap. Andy has requested that I make the soap look more like the Sigma Chi flag, so I will use a half gold layer and a half blue layer next time. I love it when a soap idea comes together!

Tonight was the Winter Court of Honor for Troop 706. John was recognized for 16 service hours.

We are coming into the last few months of John’s Scouting adventures. It all seems very surreal after twelve years.

Laura and her friends went to the SEMO gymnastics meet today.

They really went to get the Rowdy Pillow Pet, but they also had fun! And, the pillow pet is so very cute.