Welcome!

Welcome to Mrs Moss's Wonder Emporium where everyday I strive to live up to my favorite quote ever.  In the movie "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium", Mr. Magorium tells his scared, unsure-of-herself assistant, "Your life is an occasion, rise to it."   I try to make this my motto.  Somedays I gloriously succeed.  Somedays it is more of an epic fail.  But I'm always trying.

I am a forty-something mother of four amazing children - 18, 17, 13, and 9.  I currently have one child each in college, high school, middle school and elementary school.  Yes, I'm busy and crazy.  I'm also happy and loved.  In my free time I work full-time in an elementary school library.  The same school my youngest son attends, which is good 'cause I don't think I could keep track of another school schedule.  Plus, I eat lunch with my son's teacher - he doesn't get away with anything at school.  In my other spare time (because I have a lot of that!), I'm the wife of an amazing man.  We just celebrated our 21st anniversary and while our lives haven't always been perfect, I can't imagine a better way to spend the last 21 years than with him.

I live in the beautiful state of Oregon, born and raised here.  I love Oregon!  I've lived other places and traveled to many different places and this is where I want to be.

My home reflects my various loves.  I have chickens, rabbits and a cat, reflecting my love of animals.  My pantry is stuffed full of ingredients and cookbooks - reflecting my love of cooking and baking. My bookshelves are full - reflecting my love of books.  And all the bedrooms are full of children - reflecting my love of kids.

That is what this blog is going to be about - my loves and my life.  All things crazy, normal, over the top, boring, and everything in between.  And in all of that, I'm going to try to rise to the occasion that is my life. Hope you enjoy.