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Another Good Reason to Use Handcrafted Soap - To Prevent Swine Flu!

From a Slate.com article called "Hand-washing in public bathrooms".

Dry skin tends to crack and flake and may become more permeable to infectious agents. 

So if you want to avoid dry skin, and thus avoid getting swine flu, use handcrafted soap.  I'm well known for inviting people to touch my soft silky hands.  I tell them that not only do I never use lotion, I also have my hands in soapy water a LOT.  And my hands are never dry, unless of course I do a lot of dishes!

It is a fact that commercial soap and detergents will dry your skin.  And ours doesn't. 

Valentines

Last week I had a big rush order for a best-selling author, Adriana Trigiani.  Dozens of my Valentine's Day Heart Assortment (pictured above) were sent to NYC for the unveiling today of her new book, Very Valentine. 

Congrats Adri on your new book!

No Recession For Me!

Here is a cool website about the recession - and the power of positive thinking!  I encourage you to click on it!  Kind of goes along with my Good News Soap!

More Good News

A few weeks back, I blogged about the negativity in the press and how the media seems to be looking for bad news and creating a worrisome atmosphere that is very contagious.  So I asked for your good news  - and was pleased at the positive stuff that I got to hear about.  Now I've found a website - the good news network - that has more good stuff.  I think we should all balance out our steady diet of gloom and doom with positive news.  So go read it!

Paying it Forward in Iowa

From:  http://www.kcci.com/family/18211725/detail.html?rss=des&psp=news

KCCI viewer Katherine Gamble reports that at least 50 people joined a spontaneous "pay it forward" effort Friday morning in Johnston.

Gamble said she was the 50th person to pay for the coffee for the car behind them in line at the Starbucks location at 5250 86th Street.

"It's great to see the holiday spirit even during these hard economic times," said Gamble, in an email to KCCI.

Store workers said 53 people joined the effort during the morning coffee rush. It started when the a man told an employee at the drive through to use a $20 bill to pay for as many people behind him in line as possible, others then kept the effort going.

HOW COOL IS THIS???

Good News!

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing all the negativity in the press.  Yes, the financial markets are having a very rough time, unemployment is higher, there is plenty of bad news out there.  But as I drive around my city, I do see crowded parking lots, both at restaurants and shopping malls.  Soapourri is having its best year ever.  There is still a lot to be thankful for.

Yesterday, I had a brainstorm and decided to make a Good News Soap.  It will be a super duper price.  Last night I made a whole bunch.

So for a few minutes, let's think of ONLY GOOD NEWS!  Please post - I'm dying to hear it!

I'll start.  The sun is shining today. 

Yes, I wanted to barf...

I read a PR request today that really made me want to barf.  This was the gist of it:  Blankety blank blank is currently seeking experts who can talk about how Lourdes, Madonna's daughter, is currently impacting the fashion world. Expert should talk about what she's been wearing and what older women (20-year-olds) can do to dress like her.

Ha!  Older women - 20-year-olds?  But more importantly, Lourdes?  She's a little kid - 11 years old!!  Do we give a **** about what she wears? O.M.G.  This is very wrong.  So wrong.

High and Dry, no worries

You've probably read about Iowa in the news this week.  Yes, there is some really bad flooding here.  Some of our neighboring cities like Cedar Rapids really have it bad, and some areas of Des Moines are under water.  Fortunately, here in West Des Moines things are fine.  My kids did some volunteer sandbagging this week for the affected areas and the volunteers are really out in full force today.  Scary stuff, floods are.