M is for The Morrigan

Letterbox carving/stamp of The Morrigan
from the Warrior Women II postal

The Morrigan was the shape-shifting Celtic Goddess of War, Fate, and Death.  Her name is interpreted in various forms..."Great Queen", "Phantom Queen", or "Queen of Demons."  She was said to hover over battlefields in the form of a raven or hooded crow.  She frequently foretold or influenced the outcome of a battle.  The Celts believed that, as they engaged in warfare, the Morrigan flew shrieking overhead in the form of a raven or carrion crow, summoning a host of slain soldiers to a macabre spectral bane.  When the battle had ended, the warriors would leave the field until dawn in order that the Morrigan could claim the trophies of heads, euphemistically known as "The Morrigan's acorn crop".

~Earthy Mom

Pagan Blog Project ~ B is for Brigid

Brigid - a stamp I made for a Goddess
letterbox series.

I'm a little late in starting this project, but then that's the story of my life.  Perhaps it was meant for me to start with the letter B, since Brigid is one of my favorite Goddesses. 
I'm not completely sure why I've felt drawn to Brigid, so I thought I'd take this time to get to know her better.  One of the biggest reasons

Vacation Blues

We are home from vacation.  It's nice to be home, but I wish we had a couple more days just to sit back relax and enjoy being together.  The children of course loves swimming in the pool.  And surprisingly they all had a great time at our Letterboxing event!  Some of them even asked when we are going to go another Letterboxing event.  Luckily there is an event in September, A Mystical Event, in Mystic, CT which will be going to.  My son is very excited because he met a boxer that is also going to be at this up coming event!  Perhaps we will even get the kids out on the trails a couple times before the school year starts.

We enjoyed our short time, over the weekend, at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, ME.  Then we moved to Meadowbrook campground in Phippsburg, ME.  The pool was heated to a nice 75-85 degrees, so we swam during the day and evening.  The sites are nice, with lots of trees around.  We were very lucky and only had rain (with thunderstorms) one night.  And of course what camping trip isn't complete without having S'mores every night!

The unpacking has been done and everything put away!  And we've moved on to getting the house back in order.  I will start working again tomorrow.  I am hoping to have my self booked up through the beginning of next week.  Not to mention the tons of email we have to make our way through from this past week.  We have a big promotion going on this month and next, so I need to get rolling.  I can feel that these next several months are going to be big ones for our business!

Happy Saturday!

Wow!  What a busy week it's been!  My daughter was in a play last Saturday and had an amazing performance.  I had an appointment set up about an hour before the show, and used my cell for work that day.  One of the things I love about being a WAHM is working my business on the go around my family and where ever we are!  We also spent the beginning of the week out at the grandparents campground.  With this heat it's so much fun to go swimming everyday!  And of course enjoying the great outdoors and sitting around the campfire roasting marshmallows.  The kids are enjoying spending time playing with their cousins from North Carolina.  And I even got to fit in some business around all our fun. 
My dad, who's been in the hospital for the past two months, just came home on Tuesday!  We are all so happy to have him home and starting to feel better.  He has spent the past two months lying on his back, because of two hematomins on his brain caused by fractures in his spine.  The fractures cause the spinal and brain fluid to leak out.  After several surgeries, he's finally on his feet again!  My mom is definitely going to have her hands full helping him with walking, physical & speech therapy, and getting him back to normal.  (Not to say he was actually normal to begin with ;D )  With all that we are just thankful to have him home and with family.
It feels like our family is always on the go and super busy with something.  And the next couple weeks are no exception.  Tuesday will be our annual family trip to Lake Compounce!  Wednesday and Thursday will be spent packing for our yearly camping trip!  This year is super exciting because we are camping in Maine for the first time and attending our family's first Letterboxing event ~ Maine's Nautical Past.  I'm going to have to really schedule my time to get everything done. :)