The Kassel Family Project Life 365

The Thanksgiving menu plan is on the refrigerator!

I made some soap today using a new colorant called, “Merlot.” However, it does not look like merlot wine to me. Instead, it looks like tomato soup with milk. I guess I will just name this one, “Tomato Soap!”

Andy and I headed to Western Illinois University for a quick getaway.

We attended the WIU versus SEMO football game. Originally, we had hoped that Laura and a few of her friends would be able to come up, but they had Show Band for a basketball game. Andy and I still made the most of it!

As we tend to do, we found our “people” for the game. We found some SEMO football parents that were tailgating in the parking lot, so we ended up hanging out with them all day. It ended up being a great game even though WIU did not win.

The weather was beautiful, the drinks were great, and we had fun. W-E-S-T-E-R-N!

This is a big congratulations to Laura on getting a student worker job at SEMO’s Office of Admissions!

I nearly always get amusing pictures when trying to photograph the teenagers.

This was attempt #1.

This was attempt #2.

And, finally, there was success with attempt #3!

I was busy this evening as I am experimenting with a new type of soap colorant from a place called Bramble Berry. They have special colorants for melt and pour soap base that should not bleed into the other colors as the soap sits over time.

I also found these great boxes on Amazon. I plan to give these bars of soaps to the Blumes at Thanksgiving.

Then, I worked on wooden bead ornaments for Christmas presents for my staff. They will also get homemade soap, but I will make that in December.