it's happening! it's happening!

my tomato plant...at long last...

well there goes THAT....

A little bit of a hallelujah, I have officially completed my Gradual Return To Work program after my back injury. Four more days off until I get to return to work for real. Thank goodness...12 hour shifts on modified duties made me want to stick a fork in my eye. My back is feeling alot better, especially after the night shifts...thank goodness for that too.

So what's on the agenda for the next four days? Well, I plan to ;

• give my house a good clean, blech.
• start a baby project (& finish it) for a friend who has a new baby boy
• do some baking for TLC, we have to get samples out to our brides...
• TRIFECTA! I SO look forward to monthly Trifecta
• a Scentsy party @ Ms. Cupcake's house
• get to R & R , there is a green purse there with my name on it...

This is of course, in addition to tending to the children, the dogs, continued physio appointments, light gym workouts etc,  it seems like a pretty decent list to me though.  No complaints here.

Blog buddies far & wide, and everyone else in between, I hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday! xo

ps.  all this rain, which can stop anytime now, has done wonders for my garden and grass patches! look! look!

I wouldn't exactly call it Eden...

Are you tired of hearing about my mini garden yet?

My flowers are all still alive! Hallelujah! My grass seed is finally doing what it's supposed to.... LOOK!

So I was sitting here watching American Idol...(i get the eastern channels so i can watch it early...) and I glance out the window at my large bushy tomato plant and shreeek! To what do my wondering eyes should I see??? Omigosh! Could it be? Is it true? What are those wee little red things hiding under all the leaves? Are there finally tomatoes on the plant???

Naturally, I rush for my camera, so excited, (baby tomatoes would be a HIT on Friday Pretties! yessss?), hit the PVR button on Idol and burst out onto my patio despite the misty rainfall...

I kneel down , get riiiiiiiight in close, push some leaves aside...proud baby tomato mama...and what exactly do I see?

The tag. The tomato plant information tag. Le Sigh.

herb herb herb, herb is the word

So, the little herb garden is proving fruitful....er...herb-ful I guess.  Last week I picked a bunch, dried them all & mixed them all together. I sure did! It was rosemary, cilantro, parsley, oregano, basil & dill. All dried up it amounted to about 3/4 of a cup...herb heaven!

The entire bowlful went straight into my secret spaghetti sauce tonight...on the insistence of Rocketboy. Not bad...not bad at all. And the best part is...I'm drying another plateful of herbs as we speak!

I MAY have overdone it yesterday...

Ok, so although I'd like to think I am, apparently I am NOT Wonderwoman.

WELL...when the physio lady said that I could return to work on Monday for four hours of light duties, as in no lifting, pulling, twisting, virtually no physical contact with my patients, I could have sworn that she meant I was also cleared to start refinishing my furniture and do my garden. Yes well, I can hardly move today **tears** so I'm figuring that's not what she was getting at.

Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to mums everywhere.

I WON!

i've never won anything in my life!
i'm one of those people that is shrieking, on the edge of my seat when i do my scratch & wins. so close...everytime!

so my lovely g/f Mrs C told me about the Green Bag Lady...well, actually, i saw this lovely fabric homemade bag in her kitchen and i asked her about it...and she told me all about it and so i have been following her blog. it's a lovely quirky environmental blog, boo to plastic, the 3 R's and all that fab stuff. she was having a contest to win a composter and a handmade green bag & voila! i won! here is her blog! http://greenbaglady.blogspot.com/ check her out...thank you green bag lady! and thanks to Mrs C for passing her along!

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo