Spring soap and stuff

 Spring is right around the corner, and I love the thought of better weather, spring flowers and more outdoor activities that come with nicer weather.
We are really lucky here in the PNW to have such beauty all times of the year, and Yeah it does rain a lot, but if it didn't rain all that much we wouldn't have this gorgeous serenity of lush green beauty.
I noticed the little green buds poking out on my lilac bushes, and did also see daffodils and tulips are showing little bits of green in the ground.
 

PNW Rain/ Skagit Valley Tulips

I finally snapped a few pictures of some soaps I had been working on for spring, and will vow to blog more of my soap pictures in the near future.
The White Green and blue soap is Pacific Northwest Rain, and the pink green and lavender colored soap is a small batch of Skagit Valley Tulips soap. It's difficult to see the feathering of the colors on the pastel colored soap, it is actually quite beautiful in person, but we'll have to see what it looks like unmolded ;).

PNW Rain in the soap mold

Another closeup of the PNW Rain in the mold.
I'll be making some goat milk lavender soap, and maybe some soaps with Dead Sea Mud included for use as deep cleaning complexion bars.
We'll see;)

On a different note,  I'm trying to come up with some creative recipes for low fat dinners since my husband and I started weight watchers just before the holidays. I've really been impressed with the new program they put out in December.
It's been easier than I thought to make the transition from the old program to the newer one, and I think I might be able to live with eating this way forever.
I think tonight we are going to have Mango Chipolte chicken, which sounded really great, and mix up some veggies and possibly some bulgur wheat salad.
We ate Calamari last night, with thai peanut sauce, and saute'd sugar snap peas, with mushroom and onions... yummy! Best of all, I got 6 oz of Calamari for only 3 points plus.... WOW!