The FedEx guy popped by today, and dropped off a fabulous collection of herbs and oils that I'd ordered. Yay! I've been working on my Mabon knowledge, and am trying to figure out what I'm going to do for it this year. So I've been spending time coming up with incense recipes. :) I made a "Jodi Exclusive" Mabon blend tonight - at least I'll have my killer Mabon candle and some incense to burn.
I also made my first salve this week, with beeswax and calendula oil. I had to redo it today since it was too hard, so I melted it back down and added more oil.

I'm still working on Rhiannon's birthday party. I'm going to do a celestial theme, and make her a crescent moon cake. She's really into the moon right now - she points it out in all her books, besides outside at night. Today she pointed at the sun through the tree and said "Moon!". LOL She was outside with Dave the other evening when we were having major lightning and thunder. This HUGE flash of lightning happened, followed immediately by a massive thunderclap. I thought for sure Dave would bring her in screaming because she'd be so freaked out, but no. He said she jumped, but then started laughing and clapping while it was still going on. My little fearless one! She still talks about it, she has a whole gesture worked out with it, and she says "Thun-doh!" and makes a crashing noise.
Her bedtime story tonight was All I See is Part of Me - "I used to think that I was small... a little body, that was all." It's a really great story for kids about the interconnectedness of all things. Oh, and tonight she pointed out the faces of the spirits in the trees in one of the illustrations, and I had never seen them in how many umpteen times of reading the story. She's incredibly intuitive. *ok, so allow a teensy bit of mother's bias here*