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I've heard of putting silk fibers in soap, but not alpaca. From what I understand, the silk fiber is put in with the lye and water, so it somewhat dissolves it. I wonder if it is the same way with alpaca fiber. And, what a great reason: "Honey, I need goats and alpacas for soapmaking!" :gig

Doesn't he have that gig for an allergy commercial or something?

Yeah, and it's raining, too. They really hate going any further than the walkway when it's wet outside. :sick

Yeah, raining here (again) too. Where are the cats sleeping?

No, not that much was eaten, maybe 6-7 oz. Probably just greased their pipes good. :/

I thought we were giving her quality reading. :D

I'm pretty transparent, huh?

That would be a good excuse. "Uhmmm . . . well, you see . . . Bee was gone . . . " :D

I'm not snickering . . . I'm ROTFLMAO!!

Awwwww . . . sad and dissapointing news. After taxes and paying all the big cheeses, I'm ending up with $2.37. :somad Uhmmm . . . maybe I'd better hand on to that camper. Next time, though. :lol:

I'm afraid if I bury it in the yard, I might find some human remains. Plus, I'm afraid I'll step in wooly mammoth poop. :gig

"looked great for 2 days and then the mudpack fell off" :gig

I won the lottery!! :ya :weee :celebrate It's the largest jackpot ever worth 3.7 trillion dollars! :ep What am I going to do with all that money? First, I think I'll buy Congress. Hmmm . . . that will leave me with $3,699,999,999.00. I'll make new rules: goats and alpacas for everyone...

Yesterday, I went to the grocery store. I bought a 3 lb. box of lard. Came home and set it in the bottom of the pantry (forgetting it is a meat product). That evening, we went to a friend's house to eat supper. When we got back home, the lard was laying just outside of the doggie door. The box...

Seriously? Are you kiddin? I've got about 4 acres of empty fields. :D What feed supplements do they need? Do you have to trim hooves? The most interesting thing we have in auctions around here is an odd colored calf or something. :rolleyes:

Oh, forgot to put this in. This is a very simple recipe. I've not made it yet, but I will. 9 oz. vegetable shortening (Crisco) 4 oz. coconut oil 3 oz. lard 2.4 oz lye 6 oz. water Fat (oil mixture) and lye/water mixture at 120F Time in molds: 24 hours Cure time: 3 weeks The calculator will...

Sooooo very true!

M&TG, it's not that I knew it was wrong, I just got into the habit of running every recipe through SummerBee's Calculator. :P Here are a couple more sites for good reading: www.colebrothers.com/soap/oils - explains oils and the properties they add to your soap...

Ooooh! I have Alpaca envy!! :plbb Congrats! He's beautiful!! How's his temperment?

This weekend we went to a couple of craft fairs. Saturday was Punkintown in downtown Athens. It was supposed to have started Friday evening, but the threat of a tornado held alot of vendors off. It was divided into seperate areas such as "Old Time Crafts", "Childrens Fun Zone", "Food Court"...