Rachel Coleman

For some reason THIS POST won’t let me upload any more of our Web-Bathers. For a minute there I thought I killed the internet, though I am pretty sure I am not THAT powerful.

I must say I have been cracking up as the photos have come in. You people ARE unreasonable! You are crazy!

My own mother emailed me asking if I would come take a picture of her in the tub. My employees and past employees are sending pictures. I am dying to know if it was “no biggie” or if you had to deal with something to join in. Would you have done it even if there was no prize to win?

Feel free to share your process in the comments, because I just have to know!

I was first thinking about taping my fingers and just having my hands coming out of the bubbles. Then I thought, No, I am too branded (as in a product) to have “Rachel’s” taped fingers and be in the bath. I even thought I should get in with my ST! clothes on, but I knew Marcus would never forgive that.

So, I got Lucy in The Bath as my security blanket at least for the photo. Besides, she needed a bath anyway.

Rachel C.
Salt Lake City, UT
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“That was just so much darned fun. My bath was so full of suds that my hair is all bubbly now. Great challenge! I’m excited to see the results!”
Sarah A.
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“I’m sending this after midnight, but I was IN the bath before
midnight. You can’t really tell from the picture, but it was the
best I could do when I was taking it myself. I wish I could have had
a far-away shot where I was buried in bubbles! Maybe it would have
been a little more flattering…:)”
Geneve F.
Eagle Mountain, UT!
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“Hey Ray,
I thought I would join in the fun!”
LeeAnn M.
Utah
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“Rachel,
Well, it was very late when I was finally able to get the bathtub to myself. I couldn’t find any non-kiddie bubble bath but I did find Stress Relief Bath Salts, bath gel, two candles and some good quiet music. As you can see by the photo, the lights were out and the steam was coming off the water. I wasn’t going to have anyone intruding on my quiet time, so I took the picture myself and after several tries to get the camera to focus, I gave up with just this poor shot. But I must say it was relaxing!
Thanks”
Lisa S.
Bel Air, Maryland
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“I was a little hesitant about taking a photo of me in the bath, I don’t even like photos of me clothed. The bath itself was splendiferous! I haven’t taken the time for a relaxing bath in months, thank you! Yes, I would have participated in the National Virtual Mass Bubble Bath Day without the possibility of a prize!

PS. You may have had Lucy join you for your bath, my husband jumped in after he took photos. Thank you for that extra little spark!”
Thyra N.
Yucca Valley, CA
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“Ground Hog Day is a frequent phrase in our house so when your challenge came up this morning I thought… hey why not? I got my little one ready for bath time and put her in… then jumped in myself. She, of course, looked at me like I was crazy! All in all she loved the new toys I brought to the bath tub… my toes! We laughed and got clean all while PRAYING that my camera didn’t get wet. (my last camera died by water) Thanks for stirring the idea of having a little fun in the bath with my little one. It may not have been a romantic serene moment, but it was quite the gift to see her excitement!”
Holly B.
Winchester, CA
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“No candles, but you can’t pass up a starbucks and a good book!”
Sally S.
West Jordan UT

WINNERS
Jackie K. wins my bar of soap!
Geneve F. wins my body wash!
~Winners were drawn using a random number generator.

You may have noticed, if you have been reading my blog for any amount of time, that I love, Love, LOVE being a little unreasonable. Sometimes, a lot unreasonable.

Many of my friends complain that their lives are like “Groundhog’s Day.” You wake up. Put the pot of coffee on. Get the kids out the door. Go to work. Rinse and repeat. Day in and day out. And… then… there are these rare, random breakthrough moments of aliveness that seem to pop up and you remember what it feels like to be alive.

Do you know what I mean when I say “alive”…? No? Well, let’s think back a bit. Do you remember the first time (or the last time) you were in love? Or how about when you wanted to do something that scared you to death, you stopped, and then you did it anyway? Still could have been love For me, cliff jumping into the lake freaks me out AND I love it. It might take me 30 minutes to actually get myself to jump into the nothingness, but I am grinning. Yes, grinning all the way down to the icy smack below.

Last weekend Aaron and I went to a Spook Alley, without our kids. We haven’t done that in more than 10 years! We were cracking up. I admit, I screamed, held onto Aaron and hid my face. Aaron said he wished he had known I was going to react that way, he would have taken me there more often! The point is, we were screaming and laughing, we were feeling alive.

Last week in the Wednesday Signing Time Chat some of us were wishing for a Calgon moment. Didn’t seem a good idea for everyone to hop in their respective baths and be on an internet chat at the same time… a little too dangerous. Electricity + Water= Bad idea eh? So we came up with this:

Today is NATIONAL VIRTUAL MASS BUBBLE BATH DAY!!! –

SO GET IN THE BATH!

Here’s how it works. You have just over 24 hours to light some candles, pour a beverage and relax in the bubble bath flavor of your choice. Now here comes the “ALIVE” part: Have someone capture your bath moment and send me the picture. LOL… Seriously! Be sure it is a good, clean picture, (no pun intended) lots of bubbles for privacy! Or else I am NOT posting it. As the pictures come in I will add them here on my blog, so we can know who is “in the bath” and each web-bather will be entered to win prizes!

To enter: Send your picture, your blog link or web-site, your first name, last initial, city and state to me. Subject: I’M IN THE BATH
Please don’t send me a bunch of other stuff there. Just enter the contest.

Are you laughing? Are you a little freaked out? Are you confronted? Ah, good! You have 24 hours to get over it and get in the bath with us!

What are the prizes?
There are 2 prizes.
1. One random bather will win my favorite bar of soap… not MY bar of soap, but a brand new one. I have to warn you, I thought $12 for a bar of soap was a little ridiculous, until I tried it. It is the Body Focus Toning Soap Scrub from The Body Shop, and once you try this, you will never go back. I might throw in some autographed Signing Time stuff too, since I can get a really good deal on it.

2. Another random bather will receive my favorite body wash/bubble bath. Again, it’s not the bottle I pour from!! Puh-lease, you don’t want that! But it is the same flavor I will be using tonight. I will send you a Bath & Body Works Mandarin Lime Body Wash & Foam Bath. Plus some random autographed Signing Time stuff.

I crack myself up, especially because my prizes are from two competing companies! But I don’t care, I sent Aaron out to buy them today with our own money, so I figure I can do whatever I want, there is no promotional consideration here, just good clean fun… so GET IN THE BATH! And check back often to see who else is in the bath.

The winners will be announced here tomorrow at 7:30PM MST.

Look Who’s in the Bath!!

“SO, my bubble bath didn’t go as planned. There was no candle light and soft
music. There was Jack, his sister Janson, the Official Bath Pelican, the
Baby Eczema wash… We did however tape our fingers so we’d be channeling
our inner Rachel’s!!!”
Heather P.
Savannah Georgia
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“Okay, you may really really be sorry you started down this path, but after careful cropping you may get by without being TOTALLY grossed out. And yes, I am holding an ice cream cone–figured if I was going to humiliate myself I might as well get a sweet treat out of the deal. I couldn’t find any matches to light candles and was sure wishing I had a bigger tub and WAY more bubbles but here you go…
P.S. My husband thinks I have completely lost my mind!”
Vickie W
Norman, OK
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“Chloee took the pictures, and the whole time she kept telling me, Mommy, act like the bubbles are attacking you!! So if they are goofy, and you are thinking once again…..What the H&!! is Pam doing!?!? Just know that I was having fun with my 6 year old.”
Pam B.
Utah
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“We are Signing Time! fans here, and you should have seen the
enthusiasm on my husband’s face when I told him I needed his help
taking my picture in the tub to post online. Now he is a lifetime
fan of Rachel’s! It was his idea we put the ST! book in the
picture. We came to know ST! because of my daughter, Mia, and we
are delighted in how it has helped her to communicate with us.
Forget Calgon, I too am a fan of Bath and Body Works products.
Tonight’s fragrance was Coconut Lime Verbena.”
Anita P.
Chantilly, VA
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Melissa R.
Millers Creek, NC
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“I can’t believe I am actually sending you a bath picture! I feel so naughty! So my bath was relaxing…as relaxing as you can get with a camera woman (my 5 year old) and a director (my 1 year old). The producer (my 2 year old) had fallen asleep! The director was trying her hardest to not keep me modest! I was stealing her bubbles. I had Bath and Body Works Sun Ripened Raspberry. Thank goodness I had some stashed away, because I can no longer find it. And then scrub scrub scrub with Victoria Secrets Body Scrub. Thanks Rachel for making it National Bubble Bath Day! So what crazy thing is next?”
Donna R
Olathe, Kansas
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“Hi Rachel!
Here is my “bubble bath picture”. I wish I could relax and give myself a bubble bath!!!
Thanks for the idea ”
Gisele F. P.
Tarzana, CA.
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“Hi!
Thanks so much for the encouragement and inspiration you give every day!
Come today…after getting the kids to bed and Sorsha was overtired so it wasn’t the easiest process; I cleared the tub of various toys…turtles, duckies, Dora Bathtime doll…you get the picture! … and I filled the tub with lovely hot water with Bath and body works’ Grapefruit Jasmine scented Bubble Bath. In I went and enjoyed a nice relaxing bath. After taking the obligatory picture, Matt turned down the lights, lit a Cranberry Orange candle (okay so I had a bit of some competing scents, but they were both citrusy) and then made my favorite tea (Teavana White Peach tea..yummy!)

Yes, I have work to be done, yes I have housework to be done, yes I have a preschool press to layout, yes I have a slideshow for Girl Scouts to be working on, but Instead I chose to RELAX and take a bath!”
Jackie K.
Glendale, CA