Archive for August, 2009
This Week At Alabu
Things are a little busy around the shop the last few days. If you are following us on Facebook and Twitter, you probably already know, but Faith is having open-heart surgery on Thursday. It is a huge surgery that is going to take quite a while. Read the rest of this entry »
A Look Back
Well, the fair is over. It was a long 12 days, but Dean, Hal, and I made the best of it. This was definitely a different environment than we are used to. Typically there is a higher number of people that have actually heard of goat milk soap. Read the rest of this entry »
An Extra Digit???
Well, we only have four more days. It has been picking up significantly this week. One of the coolest things that we have seen is the increasing number of people coming back because they love our soap so much. Read the rest of this entry »
Day Five
This morning I awoke with a sore throat. I feel fine otherwise, I think it is sore from talking for 12 hours a day for the last four days. We picked up some Fisherman’s Friend cough drops. Those things are Read the rest of this entry »
Day Three
We are well into day three of the Erie County Fair. It was very interesting to discuss our soap with the people that have been walking by our booth. Most people see GOAT MILK, and try to B-Line for the door. Read the rest of this entry »
15 More Minutes
We just finished all the final touches to our booth. It looks awesome. The addition of the lights make a huge difference. Now we’ll see if it pays off. The fair opens in 15 minutes. It should be busy. It is freebie day; people get to enter the fair for free to get a sneak peek of what is going on. There are also fireworks tonight around 9:30. Hopefully we’ll be able to snag some photo’s. The pictures of our booth should be up on our facebook page later on tonight. We’ll keep you all posted on how things go.
The rest of day 1
It has been a long day. We finally arrived at the fair grounds around 10:30 AM. It was a little hectic trying to get to our building because there were hundreds of other people doing the same thing as us. We got done setting up the booth and parking the trailer around 1:30. It allowed us to have some time to unwind.
The fair grounds are only 30 minutes away from Niagara Falls, and I’ve never been. We took a trip over there, and it was amazing. The amount of water that flows over the American falls was astounding; 75,000 gallons a second. The Canadian section is larger, and the amount of water that goes over that side must be significantly larger. Now, we are just getting odds and ends ready for tomorrow.
Travel Time
Well, we’re headed off to the Erie County Fair today. We left the house at 04:45 and should be getting in to the fair grounds around 10:30. There’s three of us (Dean, Matt, and myself). We’re towing about 5,000 lbs and the truck seems to be handling it quite nicely (especially considering the U-Haul trailer does not have electronic brakes).
Below is a shot of the back seat of the truck. My apologies for the Read the rest of this entry »
Psoriasis
Any of you that read this month’s newsletter know that it is National Psoriasis Month. In honor of this, I thought it appropriate to discuss psoriasis. Psoriasis is a lifelong disease of the immune system that varies from person to person, both in severity and how it responds to treatments. The symptoms of the disease are shown on the skin. The most common form, plaque psoriasis, appears as raised, red patches or lesions covered with a silvery white buildup of dead skin cells, called scale. Read the rest of this entry »
Getting Ready
Things are chugging along pretty quickly here at Alabu. If you read our newsletter you already know we’ve been pretty busy these past weeks preparing for Read the rest of this entry »