Third FEATHER Necklace!

Hi friends...whew! Now that I've shared what's going on with possible upcoming artificial insemination, I can move onto JEWELRY...an equally important topic! :)

You might have followed two of the earlier posts where I'm turning some sterling silver Navajo Feather Earrings into a series of necklaces? Well, this necklace was made with the intention of dangling one of those re-sparkled feathers...but when I went to hang it with the other pearl and glass charms... something didn't work...something was wrong. I wanted it to work so badly so that I could POST my THIRD Feather Necklace...but instead, I opened a drawer of junk plastics.

And in that drawer was a lonely, dull little plastic feather a bead company had sent me free with an order. BUT, it goes PERFECTLY with the necklace, and I always love a story and a little JUNK in the jewelry trunk! So here it is!

It's somewhere around $40. and the shorter strand is about 17". My box of jewelry inventory is far away, and it's time for me to lay down and start my new book Lit, by Mary Karr. Let me know if you're interested!

Maybe Another BABY?? And we Don't have to go to Denmark?!

I know it's BAADDD luck to start talking about "what-if" babies when you're trying to get pregnant, but I'm SO EXCITED! We thought until yesterday that we would have to inseminate in Denmark if we wanted the same donor for a second baby, for a sibling for Hudson (our 2 year old).

I called the Scandinavian Cryobank (http://ny.cryosinternational.com/home.aspx ) yesterday to beg our contact guy "Ty" in NYC to beg the other family in NYC who owns our donor's last USA "straws", "specimens", (or sperms, if you will!), to release their existing reservation and sell some or all to us. But yesterday, Ty informed us that there were 3 straws in Denmark which are in fact "ship-able" to the USA.

You see, since last summer (when we used our last few straws of same donor sperm to get pregnant again and didn't in 2009), we thought we would have to take a family trip to the Scandinavian Cryobank's home office in Denmark where we own 16 straws of our donor's stuff. Laws changed since getting pregnant with our first son, Hud so some of the original Danish sperm is no longer importable to the US. I don't know why, I'm not a researcher. But, we purchased all the sperm our donor provided the Danish cryobank, with the hopes that we could at least travel there one day and try again.

Travelling to Denmark is and was still open to us, but for those of you who know us closely, we are in a year of budgeting, saving, and conserving...not a great year for a Euro Vacation. Plus, I want t a tropical vacation where this Mommy can teach Hudson how to float in bathwater-like oceans.

But yesterday, so much changed! There are 3 straws in Denmark that can ship to us in SD for June insemination! Next month! Heck yeah! I can't help fantasizing about finally going to Hawaii pregnant in the fall instead of that obligatory trip to Denmark this summer to get pregnant! I bet with 3 straws we will get pregnant!!!! Cross your fingers...there are so many little hurdles and factors.

We always look at Hudson and stand in amazement that he got here via a flight from Denmark to NY as a little frozen sperm, a flight from NYC to SD, CA , and a flight up my you -know-what...and MADE it strong and thriving. We shall see what happens! :)

A Non-Eventful and Completely Satisfying Mother's Day

Hi guys!! I just had the BEST Mother's Day because we did "NOTHING" in my opinion. My down-to-earth Kim would say, "Wait a minute, we made you Strawberry Shortcake Waffles, and went to the park!" But, for this fantasy-oriented woman, it was a casual and loving and simple and relaxing Mother's Day due to the lack of fancy plans and MY DESIGNS for the day. Hudson and Kim toasted whole grain waffles and spread them with Costco's DELICIOUS (but not organic) Strawberries and REAL-Sugar Whipped Cream...no High fructose corn syrup. Our "Urban Walk" got rained out (some might say "misted-out", but we're in sunny CA, so that was enough for the 3 of us who just finished coughs and colds.)

So we cruised through TJ Max to return shoes that didn't fit Kim (her mother's day gift from me), cruised through Taco Bell for $6. worth of Bean Burritos, and then cruised to Sea World's Bay Park for swings and slides. LOVELY! We even walked to Starbucks after Hudson's nap for a Frappucino!! I've only bought one before ever! And they're having Frappucino Happy hours these days, so I even got it 1/2 off!!!

Searching for Coconut-scented Paraben-free LOTION!

My blog is named Goldierocks California, right?? I love everything beach-y and "Mermadian". My dear friend Kristen, her mom Judy, and I just spent an hour at the Carlsbad Street Fair yesterday searching for mermaid inspired jewelry, with the hopes of finding a prize piece that upon donning would validate our mermaid status. We'll have to get a picture of her mermaid medallion she chose.

But another method of achieving our mermaid status in Southern California is by SMELLING like a mermaid. And we do this by living a life devoted to finding the perfect coastal, tropical, pina colada-inspired lotion. After all the illegal tanning we still do, especially with the kids in the summer, we HAVE to butter our skin with lotion religiously. But I've become informed and now I'm bummed! :(

Apparently there are harmful chemicals in many of my favorite lotions. There are harmful parabens and alcohols that are sometimes carcinogenic (helps cause cancer), or drying to the skin.

I didn't read any of these ingredients on the labels of two of my favorite lotions, but one label completely neglected a list of ingredients.

This brings me to my search! I'm searching for a fully natural tropics-inspired cream or lotion for summer. If any of you have any suggestions, please send them my way!!! I'm looking for the smell of Coppertone SPF, but made from stuff like shells and avocados. Thank you for helping this ship-wrecked mermaid!