"she can't really afford that much"

happy weekend to you all. i just gotta say. working one day, then one day off, i could get used to that. the problem that i have been facing lately is that i don't feel happy going to work lately. uh-oh....i didn't want to feel this way about nursing. whatev. i guess this will pass.

many moons ago, when Mason was in utero, i refinished him a beautiful old change table. it was what i thought could be a lovely hobby...that never panned out. not the right time, blah blah blah. it's always been a wish of mine to have lovely lovely period pieces, refinished to my liking, done by my own hands....so i bought these



look at these cutey pie end tables that i got at the local thrift shop! 9 bucks! that's right!



i'm gonna sand them all down with rocketboy's new palm sander and paint/distress them a lovely brown, add some lovely retro knobs for the drawers et voila! new side tables for our bedroom!

and then there's this.....la piece de resistance! so far....



how gorg is that lovely highboy! best part is, hubby loves it! phew! so it will get the same treatment...sanding, priming, painting. i just need a lowboy, a mirror, a long bench and then i am home-making a headboard....just wait! see, i hate all the bedroom suites of today, and for an ungodly amount of money...cost effective, unique & gorgeous....that's what i want.

love, ROCKETGIRL xo

angst. if that's how you spell it...

so far so good. this set, dare i say, has been really good. two nights to go. don't groan, don't feel sorry for me. i cannot wait to do two nights back to back. been a while....i miss day sleeping, it's true.

weekend update; the spaghetti lobster was a total & utter hit! he said he was shocked i actually made it, as in took his request seriously. he said i needed to cook it for his father, which is the ultimate compliment, as my dear FIL is the best seafood cook i know. i made a peach cobbler type dessert from bakerella's website for dessert. there was a brief moment of panic when steve inadvertently came into the kitchen and saw the amount of butter i was using...he got over it, and ate it, and loved it.

i learned some new nursing terms this week and have thusly woven them cleverly into my charting. obtund & natal cleft. feel free to use them in your charting. go ahead. on a side note, i bumped into my old manager today who said, "i really miss you" ha!

i have utter fear & panic growing in me tonight. i heard some very distressing news on the weekend about a classmate of q's & more disturbing news today about one of his friends. i feel like i will never be able to protect him & safeguard him. i am so afraid and fearful for him in these formative years. i feel like it's august again....all those panic attacks about middle school.

my best friend, it's his birthday today. i love him with all my heart & soul. he gives me far more than i could ever give him. he does more for the boys & i then i could ever hope to repay him for. does that make sense? sure it does. i love you my steven.

love, ROCKETGIRL xo

a gourmet meal. or not.

Ok, so quote/unquote
"all i want for my birthday is a night in with my lovely wife."
"oh" he says, "and spaghetti lobster, from the gordon ramsey cookbook, and that peach cobbler thing from the bakerella website."

great. i'll keep you posted.

love, ROCKETGIRL

playing with picnik

bored. exhausted. gettin too old for this workin bizness! ;) long days, long recovery. can i just say....why the hell did it take me 6 months to get back to yoga. eff ya! to unison yoga. if you get a chance, go take a class with wendy...just get to yoga. so peaceful & transforming.

my ass is firmly planted on the couch for the night. gots me some AI and.....my Gordon is back! Kitchen Nightmares baybeeee! yeeeah! the boys are safe & sound in their bedroom, the doggy is asleep, the green tea is a'flowin and the hubby is, well, home. and still getting used to that...loving it more & more each day.
tlc is gettin back on the bandwagon here after a much needed break...i'm happy bout that. having said all that, don't think i wouldn't get on a plane ASAP with the Trifecta for a vacay....sigh.

love, ROCKETGIRL xoxo

i think i can, i think i can

woooooooooowooooooooooooot! (you knew that was a train yes?)

2 days down, 2 to go. 2 of them were with my baby mama,
the next 2 are with buckshee. oy, bootcamp falls between the last 2 shifts.
hurry days off! hurry!

love, ROCKETGIRL xo

behold the Trifecta

look at this gorgeous start to the trifecta! we each have one! thank you buckshee! so thoughtful! so the trifecta met for the first time today. perfectly relaxing. tea, lounging, shopping, googling. i was a bad trifectess, apparently i was supposed to take minutes. OOPS! i am hosting & planning goodies for the next monthly meeting & i can't wait. i don't know if i can top chocolate raspberry bundt cakes but i do know that i totally adore Ms Cupcake & Brokeshopaholic. behold the trifecta! (insert gang sign here)

much love, ROCKETGIRL xoxo

the post about nothing.

i have been doing some pondering & wondering:

~who on earth would eat Schezuan KD?
~what on earth are all these social networking sites REALLY for?
~do you think we use our xoxo's a little too liberally?
~why didn't Triumph get more recognition? the band & the car...
~how should i cut my hair tomorrow?

i was supposed to do a night shift tonight but it got cut short by 8 hours. no complaints from me. 4 hours on the floor from hell, my floor, and a quick trip to the gym for a 30 minute cardio session and now, one cupcake, a cup of sweet peas? snow peas? snap peas? later oh and some rice crisps, ( i know, what was the point of the gym) i am sitting here watching PVR'd AI. Hahlariousssssssss. i can safely say it's the most joyous thing i have encountered all day. no wait, i lie. that was the 3rd most joyous. getting to go home early ranks up there. 2nd most joyous was waking up from my FIVE hour nap to find fed-ex had been here with my new yoga mat. most joyous of all was my first born accompanying me to the grocery store. he never wants to come shop. so that was really wonderful...i miss just me & quinn.

wednesday. a bit self indulgent. yoga. houseclean. haircut. mom-stuff. dinner. yoga. bootcamp. chillax & sort some shit out. i'm confused by my family, friends & loved ones.

breathe deeply. i think it will be ok.


love, ROCKETGIRL

it's poor me time

and no it's not that time of the month. i just feel quite lonely & defeated & inadequate & trapped.

ROCKETGIRL

anne makes me happy

love, ROCKETGIRL

silenced

forever silenced.

ROCKETGIRL