Mountain Girl Silver - Hand-Stamped Customized Silver Jewelry - Portland, Oregon

Welp,, all the pending orders from up till the 12th are out the door …. a.k.a.  OTD..  I promised that orders placed up until the 12th would be in the hands of the recipients by Christmas Eve…..   I shouldn’t say “PROMISE”,, but I said, “To ensure timely delivery”..  Well, there have been things w/in the last week that I’ve sent just right across the river to Oregon City that haven’t even made it there…… and we’re talking, as the crow flies, about 1000 yards…. so I dunno. I’m sure I’ll get bombarded with calls on Christmas Eve, as I always do.  Those are the phone calls that I love. As I don’t know what the heck to say. I guess all I can say is that we have done what we can do, and have put the power in the hands of the United States Postal Service and GOD to get them where they need to be. Priority shipping to anywhere in the continental United States is 2 to 3 days.. MAX…   and we have sent them out SIX days earlier, just to be on the safe side.  Needless to say, I’m sittin on pins and needles, and I know Neener is too.  The waiting game and the tap tap tapping of the fingers, just hoping that everything makes it to it’s rightful destination on time………….

So today was theeeeee  ummmmm  6th day of the “POTENTIALLY” three week Christmas vacation for my kids. I find myself snapping at them over the littlest of things, which makes me feel totally guilty. Anders even said to me today after a fit of rage (me), “Gosh mom,, why do you have to be so ugly?”..  ”Ugly” is a term I use quite frequently when someone is acting nasty or bratty.  So not only is he picking up my lingo, but he’s also calling me out on my glorious mood swings during this ARCTIC BLAST!!!  Today was the first day I decided to get them the hell out of the house. Being the CRAZY person that I am, I opted to volunteer to take Maggie’s class rabbit, Harvey, home for Christmas break. Cute little rabbit. So we get him home, in his cage, and place him in the perfect spot underneath the sofa table behind the sofa. Nice n’ secure, perfect fit.  Well,, then we let out our Weim/Lab mix dog, Loosha, and you have never seen a more eager dog want to snap the neck of a small helpless creature. She was shaking and paw up in a pointing position when she figured out what exactly was in the cage. We were sitting at the dining room table eating lunch, and let me just say that Loosha is like the most begging dog when it comes to food. But we were throwing french fries at her (which she would typically jump 5 feet in the air for on any other day) and she was so fixated on Harvey, that the fries landed and sat on the ground untouched. WILD!!  SO,,, needless to say, Harvey’s cage has been moved up to Maggies room, behind closed doors, and it’s going to take a family effort to make sure that Lu Lu is in HER crate if Harvey is OUT of his crate. Just what I needed.  I did manage to get my Christmas cards out this morning. I wish I would’ve taken a video of my husband licking the envelopes last night. I think the grand total was 80 cards……….   reminded me of that Seinfeld episode, where George’s girlfriend dies from envelope licking poisoning…….   “She licked too many envelopes!!”….   ha (not funny)

So back to the SNOW DAYS….   it’s been flurry’ing off and on all day, but there isn’t anything sticking to the ground. My folks left California this morning and they are on their way here. They are stopping somewheres near Sacramento for the night at some casino, and then heading up here tomorrow the rest of the way. I’d assume they’d be rolling in around 5pm tomorrow. Gosh darnit,, I wish they’d somehow preserve an In N Out burger for me. I’d even take a frozen one right about now…  Nuke it,, tomatoes, lettuce and all…   yummy!!

I need to get down to the basement to get in the deep freezer and get some chicken out for tonight’s dinner before I forget…….     But at the rate we’re going,, we might be eating RABBIT!!   (not funny)

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