You better be wearing Pink...OR ELSE!

I kid! I kid! Well only about the "or else" bit. I truly hope that you are all wearing PINK today in support of anti-bullying everywhere. It happens on the playground, in our homes, in shopping centres, at sporting events, in parks, , in letters, in the office, in emails & texts. Be bigger & better person than that, set an example for others. Don't be a bully!

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

Harumph

I don't want to go back to work today. I want bacon. Not my spinach smoothy. I want to crawl back into bed like the cranky young lady I am. Please, powers that be...here's hoping my patients are nothing but lovely today...

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

Here comes the sun....

I cannot get over this gorgeous weather day. It's noon and it's 16 degrees. Are you kidding me?? Wait, I know what you are thinking, it's noon, it's amazing out and you are on your laptop?????

Well I've been pretty busy today I will have you know. Boys off to school, Rocketgirl off to yoga, Rosy off to the groomer for her very first time, Rocketgirl to the track...no not the betting track...the fitness track...off to the fruit/veggie market, SOF for groceries, walk Roy, make some calls for Mr Rocketgirl...and now I am taking a breather on the couch with my Go Green Smoothie: no banana today....cleanse day...greens day. (Ingredients; 3 cups spinach, 1/2 cup OJ, 1/2 cup acai berry juice, 1 scoop chia seeds). I have a goal you know...a health/fitness goal....I have two months left to attain that goal. Says who? Says me...and sometimes says Mrs Cupcake when I have a donut in my hand ;) Thank goodness she keeps me in line!

Sorry to disappoint, but I just don't think that sewing machine is comin' out of the box til after my set...next day off after today is Friday. I'm very IMPATIENTLY awaiting some fabrics that I ordered from Etsy...some Butler, Kaufman etc. And then I hope to sew up a storm! A STORM I tell ya!

Enjoy the sun!

happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

Button Dilemna

I was going to change my button...my grab my button button. And then I thought about it some. And then some more. But I love my avatar, and so she stays. Some of you may need to reload the button cuz I was messing around with it....your old links may not work.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

Boo-boos & Brassieres

Look at this beautiful lemon cake! I baked this for Nicole for night shift tonight! It's Nicole's last night on our floor before she trots off to ICU Stepdown. Somehow I doubt she will miss Renal/GI. One of the reasons that I love her is that I watched her on old 3West preceptor as a little baby RN and now she is all growed up and moving on....so this lovely lemon cake was going to get us through the night. It's a very heavy dense, almost like pound cake type cake, so tart. MMMMM. After you cook it, you make this lemon syrup and while the cake is warm, you poke holes into the cake, then drizzle this syrup into the holes.....so it's moist inside and so lemony! I topped it off with a very lemony buttercream all messy and classic. And then, this happened....



I put it on the table but not very carefully. And she fell down onto the floor. (insert sad face here) I picked her up the poor thing, she sure smelled good. Sorry Nicole...we'll still miss you.

To ward off my lemon sadness I decided to go to Zammy's as I heard they were having a sale. I needed new bras and have been putting it off. It has been on my mind though ever since mid season 2 of Mad Men...well ladies have you ever gone for a professional bra fitting???? Oprah wasn't kidding when she said 85% of all women are wearing the wrong sized bra! I won't tell you what size I wear now! I almost pee'd my pants laughing when the salesgirl told me....and of course my husband, well you know how men are...so simple minded! ;)

I spent alot of money....hopefully you get what you pay for. The fit is great, the girls look great...no longer resembling a loaf of bread in my shirt.


Thank you AMC/Mad Men for such a wonderful photo/ad of gorgeous ladies in bras. You inspired the draining of a bank account today! RIP Lemon Cake.
everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

The Big Secret

a MUST read...

http://www.alreadypretty.com/2010/04/big-secret.html


everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

and the most-resposnsible-mother-of-the-year-award goes to...

i figure it's never a good thing when the phone wakes you up. especially when your conversation goes something like this...

*riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing*

rocketgirl: (sleepy & groggy) hello?????
chief dan george middle school: hello mrs zalys, we are just wondering where your son is today?
rocketgirl: i'm not sure. what time is it?
cdgms: 930 in the morning MAM
(rocketgirl is now out of bed walking to Quinn's bedroom & trying to process this 930 am bit that she just said)
rocketgirl: hmm. looks like he's in bed. he's still sleeping
cdgms: will he be joining us today?
rocketgirl: i don't think so. thank you for calling.

tomorrow i will be sure to send him with a note to excuse him at lunch to go buy smokes or something.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

Owl Medicine

Throughout many cultures, owls are thought to be associated with; intelligence, brilliance, silent observation, perspective, bravery, intuition, knowledge, quick-wit, independence, wisdom, protection, transition, longevity, mystery & power.


If you are drawn to owls or owl symbolism, you may share the owl's gift of heightened senses, enabling you to see through deception, external appearances, illusion and to discover hidden truths. People may feel uneasy around you, as if you are able to see through pretence. The owl also teaches us to acknowledge the dark side of our personality, and in that darkness we may find food for growth. If people do not speak words that reflect the truth of their actions and motives, owl medicine (as referred to by aboriginal cultures) will guide you with vision and inner knowing to reveal the truth. The owl puts an end to doubt and offers vision and clarity of the truth of events, people or circumstances in your life.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

a post about nothing.

well here we are again, the nightshift post. 4 hours til MY bedtime...please patients, stay sleeping!

i don't really have anything witty/non-witty, catty/non-catty, funny/you get the point to say...
i have been on day's on if you will...a night shift again tomorrow and then i am on days off! wheee! (thank goodness for stat holidays & extra dough!)

day's on means I don't do a heckuva lot in my spare time. my new sewing machine isn't even out of the box yet! I KNOW! (sorry rosie, i know you think i have been sewing like a mad woman...besides, i'm waiting for mrs c to show me how to wind my bobbin!) the day shifts were very long. i did get ambitious before my shift tonight and i made a few dozen big fat egg shaped sugar cookies. i hope i have the will to flood ice them all fancy martha stewart style on saturday after i wake.

today in the mail, i received my green bag from the green bag lady! thank you green bag lady for my handmade bag! http://greenbaglady.blogspot.com/ she recently held a draw for a lovely little composter & i won! so that came today too. i am determined to be a good composter, lord knows we have enuf compostable (yes it's a word) bitties from the kitchen. so that's my next task, research composting and how to do it well. anyhoo, pics for you and for the green bag lady to come of both...ps props to cupcakes & ruby slippers for tuning me into the green bag lady. and my! don't you have a lovely new button today!

that's it for now, fast approaching 0400h. nurses out there, you know what that means. for the rest of you, anything i say, do or type past this hour, i cannot be held accountable for.

happy good friday to you all.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

"have you seen my mojo?"

this is what mrs c. says to me today. no, i replied, i have not, but i bet it is with mine. and if it happens to show up, would you please send it back.

so i gave her one of my FAVOURITE pieces of classic rock trivia. anyone who knows me knows, i love the doors. oh to be in pamela morrison-ornament's shoes for just a day.....sigh.
the song LA Woman....la womannnnnn, you're my woman.....mr. mojo risin, mr. mojo risin.....now, re-arrange mr mojo risin & do you know what it spells???

JIM MORRISON.

again, I was born a decade or two too late.



everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo