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

Really…… all of Portland, Oregon, and the outlying metro areas are just bewildered by the mad amounts of snow we’ve been dumped. They are saying that it hasn’t snowed this much in a given week since 1968.  Crazy. If you read past blogs, you’ll see that I clearly state that one of my Christmas wishes was to get snow and to have a white Christmas……… well… I’m blessed, and my wish came true.  The kids (AND Loosha, pictured)  have been having a hay day playing endless hours outside. Sledding, building snowmen, drinking pepsi slushies (for you Muggs) and just having a grand time with their little rosey cheeks and runny noses.  My parents, on the other hand, are sitting here looking at us like,, “Okay,, is it EVER going to stop snowing?”  And I’m just laughing my ass off at my dad that didn’t bring any other shoes besides his sneakers that he got at the Goodwill for 25 cents……..   I managed to get out today and finished some last minute shopping. At this point I’m convinced that most, if not all of my customers got their orders that ordered up till the 12th.  I’ve had quite a few phone calls today and yesterday, and anticipate getting some more tomorrow with inquiries as to where there orders are. And thank GOD I began shipping with track n’ confirm with the USPS this year…. because I can actually TRACK and CONFIRM where the orders are….   Whereas before, I’d send them out the door with the proper stamps, and just hope n’ pray that they made it….  Evolution of business. 

On a more personal note…..   Day before yesterday, my sister and business partner, Daneen found a lump in her left breast.  Coming from a family where cancer runs like water, stuff like this isn’t taken lightly, and we all have been a little edgy and worried for her. So she went to the doctor yesterday and was immediately given an appt for a mammogram and an ultrasound. That was today at 2pm. After the technician was done with the exam, she told Neen that she was going to get the doctor. Now, when someone just exams your breasts and then tells you that they are going to get the doctor,,, and the doc comes in 5 mins later,,,, you KNOW that that HAS to be the LONGEST 5 flippen minutes in the history of minutes…..  Well the doc came in and re-examined her breasts and told her, and relieved all our worry by saying that they were indeed just cysts.  THANK YOU JESUS!!!!  Best Christmas gift anyone could ever ask for……. Can I get an “AMEN” ???   ha ha I don’t know what I would do if either of my sisters fell ill…..   new subject…….

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I’ve got most of my wrapping done, but now am sitting here thinking “Where in the world did I stash THAT gift??”  I’ve got so many nook n’ crannies in this house, that I can honestly say that I’ve misplaced a couple of gifts, and know not where to even start looking for them.  I know they are somewhere…….   And I’m sure I’ll find them tomorrow once I go on a gift hunt. The crapper, is that my husbands Christmas gift never arrived. I’m sure it’s floating around the area somewhere, but there’s no way that a truck could make it to my house. Mail was actually cancelled yesterday and today due to road conditions. So….  the only thing I could do for him at this point, is to print up a picture of it, throw it in an envelope, and wrap it and throw it under the tree.   I’m sure there are a lot of people in my shoes right now. I-84 has been shut down for like three days now for cryin’ outloud…. so there isn’t much that’s coming from the east coast to the west coast (specifically Portland).  I just hope that it makes it sometime w/in the next month.   ;c) 

I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and wish you all reflect and have  that moment during these next few days when you really stop and think about what it is we are all celebrating. So many people celebrate “Christmas” (as it is a world-wide tradition)  but the REASON for the celebration is the birth of Jesus……..    People just didn’t up and say,, “Hey,, let’s have a holiday called Christmas…”….    There is indeed a reason……    Peace and goodwill!!!  Gnite….

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