New Necklace from a Friend

I got this gorgeous hand carved necklace today at Saturday Market . It is carved from a piece of reclaimed wood that will become more burnished and glowing as I wear it and it takes on my skin's oils.

I was browsing around my friend Taryn's Etsy Shop - Mystic Orb - where she and her husband Jeff display their creations. I had looked at their market booth a couple of times, but I am usually so busy working that I don't do a lot of real shopping. Anyway. I saw this pendant on their shop. Today I helped take their order from the farm booth to their craft booth and I saw this one again. It really grabbed me, and happily it became mine!! I'm so happy.

Wooly Moss Roots is Taryn's blog, and I have enjoyed reading about their life up in the woods. It makes me a little jealous. I would love to have goats.

Go! Go! Go! No...Slow Down.

We all do it. Every Mom, everywhere. We are so busy. We process so much. And yet... We don't need to do it all. There is, in fact, no way we will ever do it all. This has been a topic on a couple of other Mommy-blogs I read. We are so busy.

Mom-101 has two eloquent posts here and here. Hat's off to gainfully employed moms - I don't know how they do it. When I look at my week, I can't imagine trying to squeeze in a job as well! Oig.

Over at The Happiest Mom she writes about the importance of the "mom-reboot" and questions how important some of our tasks are. I love her frank writing style and go back there for post after post. I am strongly hinting that my "kids" get me her new book, The Happiest Mom, for Mother's Day.

This has given me a lot to think about. My thoughts on this are many and scattered - not at all ready for a post just yet. But it's in the works. But I need to prioritize...