Holly Daze

Things around these parts have been a complete mix of family, food & fun. We have been extremely busy for about the last month, and I'm barely keeping my head above water -- it's been a frenzy of preparations, baking, shopping, traveling, wrapping, and celebrating. I wouldn't have it any other way... but I do think that I'm getting closer and closer to the point where I want to retreat to my house for a while and get back in some sort of routine.

I haven't forgotten my promise to blog every day in 2013... and hopefully beyond. I am a much better writer and blogger when I commit to it, so here I am. You're about to see a lot more of me! I've got 4 Christmas celebrations to share with you, cookie boxes for John's employees to tell you all about, and my goals for the New Year... which likely won't be typed out until January 1st. I'll be working on them over the weekend in my (please oh please Christmas #4 deliver!) Erin Condren Life Planner.

The boys have traveled much better this year than ever before, but it's still hard with toddlers because routines are broken and for me... the worst is chasing after them because most other people don't have their homes child proofed! I am constantly in fear while traveling of what they are going to break... and the grandparents are much more stressed about the boys getting hurt. I'm more of a "if you don't listen when I tell you not to do it... see what happens and find out for yourself" type of parent. I hear a LOT of "get him" and the like.

I hope your holiday season is blessed beyond measure... ours certainly has been wonderful. The boys haven't been completely consumed with the wonder of the season just yet, but I think by next year - it'll be magical. I would have loved to been able to watch Christmas movies with them on our way home to Texas for Christmas, but they just don't have the attention span for that... and they're obsessed with Baby Einstein movies still. I can barely get them to watch anything else!

So, with that friends... as we settle back in at home -- bare with me, but I'm going to come back live and with a daily flourish come January 1st! Now would be a GREAT time for you guys to weigh in on what you want to read more about...let me know in the comments what you'd like to hear about: regular features, single post topics... speak now.

Help in the Storm

I can't quite put my thoughts into words about what happened on Friday -- so I'm going to repost this and let it stand for itself today. 

In light of the horrible tragedy in Connecticut, Scentsy consultants are coming together to try to do something neat for the surviving students upon their arrival back at school after the holidays. Can you imagine the difficulty of that day? I certainly can't, so lets help them know that we are with them in spirit. Our goal is to have a Scentsy Buddy sitting on the desk of every student upon returning to school next month (hopefully excess for siblings and friends that were also impacted).

How awesome would it be for a HUGE truckload of these Buddies be delivered for these kids? 

A fellow Scentsy consultant who teaches at Sandy Hook is collecting the donations since we are unable to send directly to the school during the investigation. Scentsy Buddies are currently BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE, so your donation would be going to two children at Sandy Hook Elementary. ($26.91 buys two buddies!)

If you order, please order from the "Sandy Hook Students" party on my website. (You can PayPal me the $$ for the donation, and I'll save you the shipping costs) All hostess rewards will be used to donate additional Buddies to the students along with any commission I earn from this fundraiser.

My website is https://khawkins.scentsy.us -- If you want to order via my website: please leave me your email in your order so that I can let you know how many buddies we are sending at the close of the party. You will need to ship it to:
Heather Bishop
9 Goldmine Road
New Milford, CT 06776

** Any other Scentsy reps that would like to help -- Join in with this as the shipping address.

Thank you so much for helping support these students and this community during this horrible time. Please continue to pray not only for Newtown, CT, but our nation as a whole.

Help for Sandy Hook Students

In light of the horrible tragedy in Connecticut yesterday, Scentsy consultants are coming together to try to do something neat for the surviving students upon their arrival back at school after the holidays. Our goal is to have a Scentsy Buddy sitting on the desk of every student upon returning to school next month (hopefully excess for siblings and friends that were also impacted).

How awesome would it be for a HUGE truckload of these Buddies be delivered for these kids? 

A fellow Scentsy consultant who teaches at Sandy Hook is collecting the donations since we are unable to send directly to the school during the investigation. Scentsy Buddies are currently BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE, so your donation would be going to two children at Sandy Hook Elementary. ($26.91 buys two buddies) If you order, please order from the "Sandy Hook Students" party on my website. (You can PayPal me the $$ for the donation, and I'll save you the shipping costs) All hostess rewards will be used to donate additional Buddies to the students along with any commission I earn from this fundraiser. My website is https://khawkins.scentsy.us 

 ** Any other Scentsy reps that would like to help -- let me know and I'll send you the address for the hostess information.

Thank you so much for helping support these students and this community during this horrible time. Please continue to pray not only for Newtown, CT, but our nation as a whole.