I've been busy doing sales manager stuff all day, I've been so busy I hardly had time for my tennis ball. Now that my day is starting to wind down a bit, I wanted to take time to thank everyone who attended Monty’s Home Pet Expo on Sunday. Aunt Kerry told me that we sold a good amount of Handmade All Natural Soap (that means some clean pups in Wilmington this week). I hope you are really enjoying the 70-degree weather in February. This is only my second February ever and the last one was in Philadelphia. I hope February weather is always like this in North Carolina! I get to go on family walks after dinner and we take many work breaks to go play with my tennis ball in the back yard. Much better than the cold days when I just got “business” walk after dinner and short “business trips” to the back yards during the workday. We have a new contest that starts this week and hosted by Middle Sound News. You have to read the questions about us on their website. The go to our website www.glynnesoaps.com and find the answers. You could win a basket of soaps! I hope you all were able to take advantage of my Free Shipping weekend. I am working on a Valentines weekend special for next weekend. Send me a tweet with your suggestions twitter.com/wrigleysoapguru or e-mail me at Wrigley@glynnesoaps.com. See you soon! Wrigley Sales manager

It is an age-old question, which came first the soap or the business? For Glynne’s Soaps, the answer is easy, the soap. Jenn was making soaps for personal use. It was not long before she began to dream about being able to share some of her soaps. After months of toying with the idea and then talking to lots of friends, family and business associates for even more months, Glynne’s Soaps was born. After all, how much soap can two people use? More importantly, how much soap can you give to family and friends? We are a very small operation. We have a domain name and now a web site. We have a couple of local retail outlets. We have our soap making facility (the kitchen). Both Gayle & Jenn have full time gigs. Jenn, as you probably know, is a chemist for a pharmaceutical company. Gayle is a Real Estate Appraiser trainee. When we first began, it soon became clear that we needed to divide and conquer. Jenn obviously is the soapmaker (although Gayle has been known to act as assistant). Gayle takes care of most of the marketing and sales. If you have ever started a business, then you know the hardest part is marketing your product. Sales and marketing, as we are learning, is an "all hands on deck" situation. It can all be more than a little overwhelming. Therefore, we have decided we need a sales manager. Our new sales manager will be in charge of promotions, sales, and other random bargains. We are pleased to announce the addition of Wrigley Stonewall Rebel to our staff. Wrigley, as we call him, will be letting everyone know about any special deals. Wrigley has been a part of the Glynne’s Soaps family for about 3 months and is finally feeling confident enough to take on some responsibilities. Wrigley came to us from the Philadelphia area. Wrigley’s original name was Rebel. We were told he was because it was the first-born of an unexpected litter and was deemed the Rebel without a Cause. As is tradition, Gayle had a name preordained for the next dalmatian to take up permanent residence – Wrigley (every Cubs fan needs a Wrigley). The Stonewall comes from the meeting place, in Spotsylvania, VA, where we met the breeder to pick up Wrigley. We met near the place where Stonewall Jackson’s arm is buried from the War Between the States. Please feel free to follow Wrigley on twitter twitter.com/wrigleysoapguru. He will also be blogging here. Please e-mail him Wrigley@glynnesoaps.com. He is clamoring for a blackberry but he will need to prove his worth before that will happen. We hope to see you at Monty's Home Pet Expo on Sunday! Gayle & Jenn www.glynnesoaps.com