We’ve been here for three years now and have grown to enjoy this place we call home. We’ve made friends, found fun activities for the kids and come to love the slow pace of this fairly small and quiet town. We’re surrounded by incredible rugged mountains and our sunsets are unbelievable. As much as we like it we knew that we probably wouldn’t stay here for good as we would very much like to move closer to our families back east. We thought that it would be on our own terms though…..

As with many companies in the US right now my husband’s place of employment will be laying people off next week. There may even be more at the beginning of next year. There is so much uncertainty about what we would do, where would we go and how would we make ends meet. Long story short, my husband and I know that whatever happens we will make it work. We have no choice, but to make it work for us and our family. Sure things would be different and a bit unsettled if he were to be laid off, but it’s not necessarily a bad experience or even a good one, it’s just another experience and we’ll work through it.

We do our best to live moment to moment and plan when needed, but to worry about an unknown is a waste of our precious time. So when my husband arrives home this evening we’ll laugh, cook dinner, play with the kids and enjoy each other’s company. We don’t know exactly where we’ll be in a few months, but it will be what it will be and we’ll enjoy the ride!

ANNA from The Noble Gnome!

Anna is a fellow Etsian whose work I greatly admire. She has a lovely blog and two amazing Etsy shops which you can find here and here .

Check them out, you won’t be disappointed!

I have been meaning to do a giveaway for so long now and I thought Labor Day weekend would be as good a time as any!

What is up for grabs? Well, I am going to give away this beautiful Spectrolite necklace to the lucky winner! Spectrolite is a beautiful material mined in Finland which has an amazing schiller and iridescence. The chain is oxidized sterling silver and measures 18″ in length.

How to enter:

Visit my Etsy shop and leave a comment back here telling me what your favorite item is.

For an extra entry tweet about the giveaway and leave me a comment with the link.

The giveaway will end Monday the 7th at 9:00 MST. The winner will be chosen by random.org and I will notify the winner through email.