Novemberish

Life has been very Novemberish over here. Right now all the children are asleep and my husband is watching comedy to try to unwind after an almost twelve hour work day. I still have many dishes to wash and lots to do but I have not posted for a while. It isn't that I don't want to. I just have so much happening every day here that trying to sort out things in my brain and  then getting it out on here isn't working for me.

The latest November happenings:
I have gone to two more craft fairs and each one was amazing and completely different. I'll write more about them later because they were each worth their own posts.
There have been two big wind storms and so all the leaves are gone. We lost power for one of the storms for an afternoon. It was ridiculous how totally unprepared I was for no power.
There was a terrorist attack on Paris that captured the world's attention yet again ~ but there were other attacks also and the warfare is so evil. The world's hackles are up. I am trying to hold my babies close and be thankful for every day that I have with them in relative peace. What is to come? What is to come.
The snow line on the mountains comes lower and then goes higher but we have not had a snow flakes here in the valley yet.
I have started doing a bit of Christmas shopping.
I am planning my ten year old's eleventh birthday which is happening in early December. She has invited a lot of girls and it is going to be fun....right? For them yes!
Report cards are coming tomorrow and today my oldest was making a wreath at school. I told her if I like it I will hang it on the front door. I went to Walmart (without her) and tried to find some decorations that were manageable. I had to go to Walmart. I just needed the cheap sparkle and glitz. It lifted my spirit in a way I cant explain. So I did find a little white owl, some cranberry ribbon and some little lights. She gathered branches that had fallen from the storm and some pinecones. She didn't bring it home today because she was not done. She explained that she didn't want me controlling how it was made so she will finish it at school. Fair enough! She knows me well.
One of the most exciting November happenings was that my cousin had a baby girl. This baby is so incredibly precious and she arrived safely and is healthy. My cousin was a trooper, a hero, during her pregnancy with four children five and under at home and being very ill the entire pregnancy. I am so glad for her that she gets to snuggle a sweet baby now and that these last nine months are behind her.
I need to go wash dishes.
I hope that your November is going well. Sometimes November seems like a month that should be skipped because everyone just wants Christmas and decorations. However I have really enjoyed this November. The leaves were so glorious, the storms wild and out of control, the snow on the mountains glow each morning with the sun rise. November 11th ~ Remembrance day is a day that stops me every year and helps me remember to be filled with thankfulness. Last but not least my baby sister was born in November and life with her is awesome.
As the last couple days of November go by I hope you are doing well and that each day something catches you eye, warms your heart, and sparkles up your soul
xo