BIZZY BIZZY BIZZY Can't you see?

quel lundi! seems busy today, but not unmanageable.

first things first. i'm doing ok considering i had oh 2o minutes of sleep? ok, maybe a bit more than 20. thank goodness Mrs C was on nights so i had someone to text @ 0300h!

after the middle school drop off in my housecoat (much to the displeasure of my son), an elementary school drop off, i made it to yoga for the 915 class. and not to be dramatic, but it literally saved my soul today. i cannot believe that i haven't been in a month. if you need a little soul-saving, visit Unison Yoga in Mission. www.unisonyoga.ca/

rosy goes to the vet today for some shots, & then we are going to pick up steve's new truck as soon as the boys are done school, but the best part is, drum roll please.....IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sears just called! My sewing machine is in! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! who needs a handmade Gordon Gartrell shirt (cosby show anyone???)

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

we usually just hit the costco on sunday

one of the things i wanted to do with my tax return was get new runners. not like i couldn't have afforded them before...it's like bra shopping. just a total chore. but i knew the ones i wanted and they were only at champs in langley. so i dragged the hubby along with me to willowbrook mall to finally get them.

anyhoooo, i got me my pair of runners, steve decided to get a pair of runners also, along with a few t-shirts aaaaand a new TRUCK. yes a truck. it's a lovely big giant toyota tundra. i can hardly get in. but it will fit the growing boys and the doggies . i don't think you will ever catch me driving it....it's that huge. fully loaded and steven is just bursting he is so excited! all growed up & graduated from school & rewarded himself with a new vehicle. it arrives at our home tomorrow.

speaking of tomorrow...re-cleanse, yoga,(YOGA oh i have missed you), and of course some cardio in my new runners. i want to learn to run again. end of the day will be my NEW fave thing to do...tea & MAD MEN! i'm ADDICTED!

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

fill'er up!

my latest find, a vintage Mele jewelry box! Circa 1950's the best part of THIS find, is

a)it's more my type of jewels box and
b)it's from ETSY!

for those of you who don't know, Etsy sellers, i dunno if it is some unwritten rule or something, but they always send your goodies in either some lovely girly packaging, or with a beautiful handmade card....so more waiting...for good things to come in the mail.








everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

burning the midnite oil...again

soooo i picked up an extra night shift. call me crazy, go ahead. i'll wait...the upside of this pick-up is that my unit throws absolutely, hands down, THE BEST potlucks ever. it's a good thing this falling off the wagon week we had (& you know who you are i-just-whipped-up-a-cheesecake) is over and i sure finished it off with a bang. good eats on B2 in the still of the night. which truth be told, isn't all that still tonight.

so i got up early today, the boys & i went craft shopping @ Michaels and then we went and picked up my new toys: my cuttle bug,

and my quickutz revolution

i have seen them in action, buckshee has one of them, mrs cupcake has the other. i'm definitely gonna need to be schooled. but it was a steal for a new card maker, i say card maker, cuz i ain't a scrapbooker. the best part is, they were wonderful Craigslist finds. $50 for both and they are in mint condition.

0400h. the nurses start to get crazy right about now. hey! where were all your "i am"s????

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

can we continually blame eve?

whether you have biblical tendencies or not, i'm sure you all know the story of adam & eve. the long & short of it, as i remember, is adam, being the proverbial-as-we-know-it-today-male, tempted the dimwitted female, eve, into doing something she shouldn't have. and the repercussions were a lifetime of "suffering" and i use the term loosely.

i think that we as women, really have been suffering...and again...term used loosely. i can't speak for generations past, i can only assume, but women, just look at what is on our plates on a continual & daily basis. we have jobs, children, spouses, family dynamics, social issues, financial issues, insecurities, household planning, physical & mental responsibilities not only to ourselves, but to our loved ones & others around us. i find the ones that seemingly "suffer" are...well...us. we cater willingly, and yes sometimes unwillingly, we don't do enough for ourselves, we worry & we carry far too much on our shoulders simply because it is bred in us. i think that very well may be one of the things that make us so amazing! the ability to "do it all"! but wait, we can't do it all. and when we realize that we can't, we are left feeling low, blue, inadequate, we build walls, shut people out, pile our guilt, worries & sadness higher and higher upon our already weary shoulders. don't worry if that glory pile falls, for you can cover it with blame, a big giant blanket of blame to make you feel better.

which brings me back to eve. i could blame her for falling into temptation so long ago, thus leaving me to "suffer" for life. i could blame her for my crappy day today, for my lack of self control (there may or may not have been a bigmac involved), for my "short" words to my wee son, my tone of voice directed at my husband and the cold shoulder to the innocents in the parking lot. i could blame just about anyone to justify my poor me attitude. OR, as i sit here on night shift and feel sorry for myself & mostly pissed off that i just want happiness & light in my life, i realize i just have to take control. i can HAVE that happiness & light. i can't go on blaming "eve" no more than i can blame anyone else. putting on my big girl panties as of now. ok, it may be 0200h, but it's not delirious time yet so you know i speak coherently.

today, i am. i am what? i don't know yet, but i challenge you, as i challenge myself, to turn it all around. i want to to know what your "i am" phrase is today, the one that is going to get you thru the day and make you feel good about yourself and feel empowered. don't roll your eyes at me. do it. don't blame anyone but yourself. find something good for you! me, i'm tired of the i feel miserable , oh i feel good roller coaster i am always on, and my shoulders are beyond tired of carrying so much. today, i am changing my outlook.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

transference

so mrs c has the birthday, and i exhibit the signs of old age. i'm thinking...that ain't right!
ok ok, so like the true hypochondriac i am i trucked myself into emerg yesterday cuz i was having chest pain. but, i really truly was. i couldn't breathe, pain, pain, pain, some lab work, an ekg and a chest xray later and nothing. chest pain is better today...breathing is better, still big bad pain to my back...so weird. like i have time for that. but i figured, given the physical nature of our job i better take a sick day today.

well what a good day for that! it is mrs c's bday today (wheeee) so we shopped at Fields (what???? i know), we went for bday pedicures, yummy sushi, went to Roses & Rutabagas (sigh) and fabric shopping. i could very well have pushed it a little, i'm sore and exhausted but what a lovely day.

i'm in my jammies.painkillers on board. just ordered my sewing machine (YESSSSSSSS), listening to jukebox oldies on ch419. catching up on all you bloggers out there.

i want a blizzard. the dq kind.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

oh gosh, what a nice evening

a nice evening indeed!

see, a couple of years ago i met a girl at work, we'll call her Mrs Cupcake, & we hit it off. thru Mrs C, i met Buckshee aka Brokeshopaholic as well as a few of Mrs C's old gal pals. and you know, the bunch of us all get along like it ain't no thing! we've done some traveling, some wedding-ing , some very fast driving, and we got together tonight at Mrs C's Casa for a catch-up-get-together-potluck -dinner/birthday thingee for Mrs C. so nice to chill with wine, coffee, good food & laughs with the ladies + and the occasional quip from Mr C. we've got a baby on the way! & i finally got to oogle the lovely belly. you know what really amuses me though? when we all sit around and talk shop (gross gross nursey stuff) i just love the look on Em's face!

tonight i am thankful for good friends.

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

anger, fury, rage

these are just a few emotions that i am feeling TENFOLD tonight. i have completely & utterly ran out of gumption. as immature as this sounds, i just feel....DONE with everyone. i cannot possibly please everybody, much to everyone's disappointment, and i certainly don't plan to die trying.

i always always ALWAYS go with my gut feeling. it has never let me down in the past. i can't believe that i ignored it for so long.
ROCKETGIRL.

cardmaking 101

buckshee teaches me a lesson! & it wasn't as overwhelming as i thought...i measured, i cut, i stamped, i distressed, i glued (well, double sided taped) i squealed! i did it! a lovely blue & brown birthday card for my dear friend Mrs Cupcake...i used my new owl stamps and thank goodness for all of buckshee's tricks & tips!




everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo

furniture refinishing 101

so my collection of furniture is growing. you know, the furniture that i bought to refinish? the weather is getting better, so i should get that palm sander out of the box i guess and get going!

here are the pieces i want to do...all pieces will be refinished & distressed the same in an espresso coloured finish. this is the masculine 1940s waterfall dresser i bought for steve


here is my gorgeous new girly dresser that also needs a piece of mirror...



this is my lovely hope chest...what a steal! totally getting a makeover & a reupholstering...


i'll keep you posted...so long as the weather co-operates!

everything happens for a reason. love, ROCKETGIRL. xo