Why Christmas can suck...

So, today has been a whirlwind.  I mean, it is Christmas Eve, after all... surprised??  We malled it, new grocery stored it, regular grocery stored it, and movied it.  (Wrapping has yet to commence, to our unfortunate dismay...).  We Nordic Santa'd it tonight.  Cookies and carrots are out tonight.  Guess how many gifts are wrapped?  Yeah, that'd be zilch.  And, it is 25 (min) before the hour as I type this, with youngest tot on tit, tapping her foot to Pandora Christmas music.... hmmmm.... 

But, as my title introduces... what sucks is missing your family for what, as a Mom, you have planned traditions since you owned your own baby doll.  So, hearing your "youngest step" baby on the phone upset... well, it sucks.  It ruined Nordic, wrapping, and my spirit.  All that it helped was my beer intake, and confirmation that wrapping would proceed sans husband. 

I have much to look forward to, and I know that.

So, the Merriest of Christmasas to you all, and Happy Holidays! 

Really....

How many sympathy posts can I make?!?  And yet, one gut buster brings all of the rest to surface.  I really, honestly, truly believe that I do the best that I can... There is no bone in my body that says perfection, so please understand that...   and if you have read any previous posts, all of me is usually for others, before myself and family.  Will I ever learn?  Will I ever find my niche or belonging??  I am at the point where shutting down my heart seems like the best viable option for me...    How do you get through struggles with friendship, life, children, taking all of those things out on your husband, and then being able to succeed in the end?  Is it okay to claim a fault of just being too open and trusting... or does that just make me dumb?

My Family Necklace

A post well overdue, but such is life!  A few months back, I was reading one of my most absolutely favorite blogs, Enjoying the Small Things by Kelle Hampton.  Not only is her writing and photography simply breathtaking, so are her little girls.  If you're not already on her bandwagon, I suggest you hop to it!  At any rate, she was showing off some gorgeous jewelery she scored from Bel Kai Designs, and I knew I had to have a piece.  Whitney's work is amazing, how could you not want every one of her magnificent, handcrafted masterpieces??

How perfectly vintage are these customized petite silhouettes?  

Of course we all know that THIS caught my eye right off the bat!  As she says, perfect for any doula!

To a classic lotus necklace.  Who would not love this adorning their neck?

Or better yet, raise awareness and help fight ovarian cancer when you buy this necklace.  There are a few purty treasures in her shop in which she'll donate a portion of the proceeds to a great cause, and this is one of them.  Purchase this, and 25% will go to Word On Cancer... How rockin' is that?

There is a perfect and affordable gift for everyone, and she does not disappoint!  After (well, I won't admit the amount of time I spent mulling over her shop)-I knew I had created the perfect piece of jewelery to compliment my perfect little family.  The wait was agony... I am a natural mailbox stalker, anyways, but knowing I had a special little treat coming my way, wrapped up in a box made perfectly to compliment the surprise inside, made the wait for that little white car?  truck? vehicle? to stop in front of my doorstep, even harder.

Voila!

(and my camera does not do it justice!)

Hop on over to her blog and like her facebook page, so you can stay up to date one what treasures she unfolds.