I owe, I owe

WHERE do days off go??? I have to go back already?

Is it wrong that I already can't wait for first coffee??

Friday Pretties!

Garden Pretties

It's that time of year.

Bees on daisies,
(click it to big it! see the fuzzy bee!)

overgrown oregano

& pretty petunias!

Happy Friday Pretties!

Click -> JOYCE for more!

Book, books all kinds of books...

I spent a whole lotta dough @ Cole's yesterday...you just gotta love new books! Here is what I picked up;

~ Eat, Pray, Love...for a lovely contest winner :)

~ Three Cups of Tea...for me

~ Reaching Enlightenment...for me (by the Dalai Lama...shreeeeeeek!)

~ The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest...for me

~ Some Clive Cussler (his fave author) book for Rocketboy

~ Diary of Wimpy Kid for Moo Cow

~ Some pre-teen boy adventure book for Q

I still have to get started on The Shack...as soon as I finish my latest, a Gordon Ramsay autobiography...which is obviously so SO GOOD!

I want to know what are you reading this summer?  Suggestions?

The New Blog

I'm enjoying it,

Love,Balance,Peace...a journey

a good vibe for me.

(ps..hey! that's a haiku! woot!)

Mix, mix, stir, stir

My LOVELY partner in crime, Ms.C and I had a WHOPPER of a day yesterday!

We measured,
baked,
rolled,
stamped,
piped,
iced,
embellished
& packaged...
all day long!

(minor screw ups, minimal foul language, and icing sugar EVERYWHERE!)

Perfection!

What you ask? We, aka Tasty Little Confections, had a wedding to do...

Click on the TLC link above and check it out!
130 cupcakes & a beautiful cake for 2!

So much fun, but so pooped today!

Happy Saturday!

Friday Pretties!

HELP!

I'm having a Friday Pretty Mental block!

So, I thought I would just share

some of my favourite things...

OWLS!

What's pretty for you this Friday?

As always,

a great big HOOT to JOYCE!

http://iloveprettylittlethings.blogspot.com/

the lovely host of Friday Pretties!

Pop on over & see her for more!

Never Fear...

Rocketgirl is still here...

I SERIOUSLY contemplated shutting down this blog...for reasons I cannot disclose, but upon careful consideration I have decided to keep it going...she was my first blog baby, and I do love her...

Which leads me to the next order of business...while this is a fun, about nothing & everything blog, I have decided to start another...it's called...

Love, Balance, Peace...a journey

Please pop over for a visit if you feel so inclined!

It's been a very busy week...swimming lessons for the boys, work, my first Board Meeting for Shanti Uganda and TLC has a wedding this weekend so Ms.C & I will be very busy the next few days...my SIL is coming this weekend (yay) and Trifecta on Monday (double yay)

Hope all is well in Blogland!

arrivederci?

Winna Winna Chicken Dinna!

I SWEAR!

I don't  know how to explain it,

I laughed...really hard.

Not FIXED I promise!

The WINNER of the book,

Eat, Pray, Love

is.....drum-roll please.......

Ms.Cupcake!

(I used the Random Generator....#3, I can't figure out how to show you)

I know...heck of a coincidence!

Congrats Ms. C!

EXCITING NEWS!!!

No, no baby...simmer down there peeps! (isn't that what most people assume?)

Rocketgirl, that's me...is now a proud nominated and ELECTED member of the Board of Directors for the Shanti Uganda Society! I am PUMPED!

I will give you a brief run-down of the Shanti Uganda Society and you can also click the link to see their website & work, they also have a Facebook page for all you social networkers....

Shanti Uganda is a non-profit, charitable organization started here in Vancouver by a friend named Natalie.  Shanti is a Sanskrit word meaning peace, rest, calm...Shanti Uganda aims to improve the physical, emotional & spiritual well being of communities impacted by poverty, HIV/AIDS and war in Uganda.

Last year, Shanti officially received charity status here in Canada and has already done some amazing things in the district of Luwego, near Kampala in Uganda.  The highlights of Shanti so far, at least to me, are the Income Generating groups that Natalie started.  She trained the women to make handmade beaded jewelry, (see my lovely list post from two days ago to view...), trained them to make bags of all kinds on donated (awesome vintage!) sewing machines...the society then purchases these items from the women and brings them back to Canada to sell, and these women, most of them who are widowed, HIV positive and have no means of supporting their many children, are now enjoying food, "luxuries", medical care, ample savings accounts and the knowing that they can now support their families.

This past winter and spring saw the building of the Shanti Uganda birth house, a place where women can safely birth their babies.  The donations that flooded in, and the volunteers that constructed the birthing house...amazing.  A place where finally women don't have to travel miles and miles on a bicycle to deliver.  There is finally clean, running water, medical supplies at arms length, and Shanti Uganda is training local midwives to safely & naturally aid in the prenatal & postpartum care of women & babes, reducing infant mortality rates & all while keeping with traditional Ugandan therapies and practices.

Why Uganda you ask? Why not!  There's plenty of Rocketgirl love to go around.  Watch out Abbotsford & watch out Uganda! I have my first board meeting this coming week! Shreeeeeeek! My position is that of Treasurer.  I have lots to learn!  I do have more news...no, it's still not a baby...but I will keep you all posted...all in due time! ;)