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Monday 2nd March 2009
A day in the life of a whiteboard....
We have a whiteboard in the workshop so that we can keep a note of stock that needs making up within the next few days, keeps us all focussed. So there's a list on the left hand side saying things like "foaming facewash" and "cream dream r&v", you get the idea, then on the right hand side we list out all the Custom Made orders, simple an effective. I think I've had a bit too much coffee today though, I thought it was hilarious to write things like "chips" and "iced buns" on every other line while I was clocking up the orders this morning. Rachel's just come into the shop and proper told me off for being childish and messing up her system. I'm off to put some oil on doorknobs now to get her back...
2010/06/24 - Pure Nuff Pirate Punch
2010/06/03 - Lafe's deodorants - why our stock is currently on sale
2010/05/07 - Are you a bit bored?
2010/04/23 - Ethical Consumer Magazine BEST BUY
2010/04/14 - Things we liked at the Natural & Organics Show last weekend
2010/03/23 - Heaps of things....
2010/02/25 - Palm Oil
2010/02/17 - Sunscreen Lotion, why it's not on the site any longer
2010/02/11 - Our Rowing Boys have made it half way!
2010/01/18 - Good news for us geeks...
2010/01/04 - Happy New Year
2009/12/22 - Happy Christmas to you ALL
2009/12/03 - PNS and Makeup
2009/11/11 - Our rowing boys are close to going - wish them luck!
2009/11/03 - Facebook, we now have a page
2009/10/29 - Don't throw away pumpkin pieces
2009/10/24 - Are you ready for the clock to go back yet? No? We're not either....
2009/09/21 - I've been reading again
2009/09/10 - MEEP! We're getting excited!
2009/09/09 - Autumn is in the air here
2009/09/01 - Magazines
2009/08/21 - Home pedicures, like a day at a spa, but without the weight loss in the pocket...
2009/08/20 - It's been a while again, holidays and all that
2009/08/04 - PNS and the Fish Mish
2009/07/20 - Sorry it's been a touch quiet on the blog front...
2009/07/13 - We have a new brochure
2009/07/06 - Our interests are hitting the mainstream press, well I never...
2009/06/24 - We've had fun, very, very silly fun
2009/06/19 - We have produced a TON of this beautiful stuff this year :)
2009/06/15 - Perhaps it's just Monday, but I'm a little cross
2009/06/05 - I've been having a clear out today
2009/06/03 - Last Friday Kevin arrived, today we rescued Steven Seagull
2009/06/01 - Glamour and more glamour
2009/05/29 - We have a new member of the PNS team
2009/05/28 - Back from Gardening Leave
2009/05/22 - How We Are!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/05/14 - Essential Oils
2009/05/13 - PNS perfumes, possibly
2009/05/06 - We now have a "Home" section on the site
2009/04/27 - "She smells of lemons!"
2009/04/21 - What are your thoughts on natural deodorants?
2009/04/07 - We've just come back from the Natural & Organic Exhibition at Olympia
2009/03/30 - Botanicals - Do you think it's safe to Grow Your Own Drugs like the telly programme says?
2009/03/26 - Our Big Announcement - PNS has won a Natural Health Magazine Award
2009/03/26 - Our Big Announcement - PNS has won a Natural Health Magazine Award
2009/03/18 - The Kasbah Box
2009/03/13 - We've made some big changes in the soaps
2009/03/10 - Grow your own drugs - did you see that on telly last night?
2009/03/05 - If you've ever had trouble getting to sleep, read this.
2009/03/02 - A day in the life of a whiteboard....
2009/02/23 - Twitter, we have succumbed
2009/02/18 - Goodness, it's been a while
2009/02/10 - Mobile phones, I'm now properly scared
2009/02/05 - Good reference books on the subject of vile chemicals in toiletries
2009/01/29 - Hormone disrupting
2009/01/22 - That didn't take long....
2009/01/05 - Happy New Year!!!
2008/12/23 - Happy Christmas to everyone
2008/12/19 - Quick hello and apologies for recent quietness
2008/12/10 - Exfoliation. Did anyone see Horizon last night?
2008/12/02 - We're doing our elf impressions now
2008/11/27 - Two local men doing a trans-Atlantic row
2008/11/25 - Our mums approve
2008/11/20 - Green is now mainstream - it's official
2008/11/16 - The links page has been updated
2008/11/11 - Back to the natural cleaning discussion again
2008/11/04 - So what do you think of the new site please?
2008/10/24 - Are you ever tempted to get false nails put on?
2008/10/22 - Meep! We just had a famous person in the shop, we're all starstruck
2008/10/20 - Borax a RESOUNDING success - I have finally banished bleach from the house forever!!
2008/10/09 - Onward and upward now, an explanation of why we hate phthalates
2008/10/07 - We're a bit sad at the moment
2008/09/29 - All this has got me thinking again...
2008/09/16 - Another question
2008/09/10 - I feel like Jesse from the Fast Show,
2008/09/04 - Conditioner, Creams and Christmas
2008/08/29 - So, what about nail varnish then?
2008/08/23 - I am not ignoring the blog, I promise
2008/08/12 - Update on the Washing Question
2008/08/04 - Another washing question
2008/07/31 - Green Fatigue
2008/07/28 - What do you use to wash your clothes with?
2008/07/16 - Natural Toothpastes
2008/07/15 - We're just ordering some new brushes and scrubby things
2008/07/07 - Oh we love summer
2008/06/26 - We have sand in our toes and ice cream on our faces
2008/06/25 - I'm all alone :(
2008/06/20 - Friday and we're shattered
2008/06/16 - A Blip
2008/06/02 - Well THAT was fun!!
2008/05/28 - Well how exciting....
2008/05/21 - Animal Testing of Cosmetics - PLEASE HELP
2008/05/12 - Organic companies finding thier teeth
2008/05/08 - Channel 4 - Dispatches, The truth about Beauty Creams I think the programme's called
2008/04/30 - Today we are mostly smelling of frankincense....
2008/04/25 - Baby Wipes
2008/04/22 - Tuesday and we have our brains back again
2008/04/21 - Mondayitis
2008/04/14 - An exciting phase
2008/04/08 - Hello and Welcome, oh, and spots
Firstly, well done on the conversation with your Dad, it's all very well making these decisions for ourselves, but once you do, you get this evangelical thing going on and you have to convert everyone don't you? Especially the people you care for most, but it's very gratifying to watch the penny drop isn't it? Well done you!
And yes, it can all get VERY childish here, Rachel's just made a Douglas figure using a cardboard roll, coffee stirrers, shredded brown paper for hair, his glasses and dressed him in a tissue paper lab coat (and a speech ballon of him yelling "Yippeee", his favourite word). It's eating his lunch as we speak, he's not seen it yet. Rachel helps us here in the workshop now, she's in there with Helen and Doug making soaps, lotions and potions. Dean and I work mainly in the shop doing paperwork, despatch and serving. Add in Heleena who takes the helm on Saturdays for us and that's the whole team. Today's childish games include the whiteboard clowning (which just isn't getting old for me yet) and sticking notes on eachothers backs. Helen's also been doing some very unflattering cartoons of me on MSN (I am very slightly hung over today). Purile some might say, we call it team building.
Right, this toothpaste lark, I couldn't agree with you more on the fluoride issue or the silica one and it seems you've come unstuck at exactly the same place I did. Maybe I really am just a stick in the mud, but the idea of myrhh or rosemary in a toothpaste just turns me off. I've not used the GP one though, so do let me know how you get on OK?
And welcome, of course! Thanks for your lovely comments, glad the products are working so well for you.
And I'm just going to have to try this toothpaste aren't I? I'll get on and order some today and let you know how I get on with it, thanks for the recommendation both of you PNSFs! :)
Like I said above, I'm just going to have to try it to see for myself, there's no other way. I'll keep you posted of course, but all your work with changing both your habits and your dads has shamed me into it - it's time to try it now.
And the aroma stuff will be menthol based I would have thought, I just don't get that, it's not an expensive ingredient to start with (not when you consider what myrhh costs for example, that would make you weep..) so why substitute such a cheap thing unless you get the fakey one even cheaper? The words rip and off spring to mind don't they?