Thoughtful Thursday: Good & Evil

Forgive me but I am slammed with a deadline today so I am living off of leftovers and got my head down amongst a stack of notes and various other papers. I will be back tomorrow with a brand new recipe from my own kitchen. 

I hope you enjoy the thought above..I found it a few years ago and have had it printed off and pinned to one of my boards in my office ever since. Makes a good point even though I don't really believe in the whole 'good vs evil' belief. But I do believe in the consequences of your actions...and you can choose how you act. Anyway better get back to it, eh?...lol. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Thursday is a great one...till tomorrow...

~Red~

World Mental Health Day...

World Mental Health Day 2013

Today is a very important day for bringing awareness to Mental Health Awareness. There isn't one person on this planet that doesn't know someone who has suffered in silence with a mental health disorder. In silence because they fear the stigma that goes with the label of a mental health condition. They live in isolation and shame and try and function to a level that they can pass as being ok. Many people know someone who is so ill that they can no longer hide their condition and they are judged...talked about and pitied. Why can't they just pull themselves together? Get over it! They aren't really trying, are they? We've all got pressures..what makes them so weak? How many times has a person with a mental health condition heard theses comments made about them or worse...around them...because they obviously have a problem with their hearing too....it's all in the head stuff and ears are part of the head, right? Urgh...

People use the above terminology without understanding what mental health conditions really are. To feel a little sad..isn't depression. To like a clean house doesn't make you a person living with OCD. Being suddenly angry...is not having a psychotic break. Sadly its the same as any illness...ignorance of the facts takes over the reality of the situation. And the only way around this is for people who live with mental health conditions or work in the mental health community to start talking about it. Providing the knowledge to break down the labels and stigma that is attached to the ignorance out there. That is why today is so important. 

A person with a Mental Health Disorder will feel isolated...

The list of conditions is vast and far too many for me to go into on my humble little blog but there are many organisations out there ready and willing to help. Please...educate yourself because you may be in need of help yourself...or you know someone who is struggling. Please don't leave them in the silence..alone. 

Recently on my tumblr a person I follow posted the following words..and when I began putting together todays post I knew it would fit..and makes one hell of a point....

"Depression is humiliating. 

It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who can’t wash a dish or change their socks. It affects the ability to think clearly, to feel anything, to ascribe value to your children, your lifelong passions, your relative good fortune. It scoops out your normal healthy ability to cope with bad days and bad news, and replaces it with an unrecognizable sludge that finds no pleasure, no delight, no point in anything outside of bed. You alienate your friends because you can’t comport yourself socially, you risk your job because you can’t concentrate, you live in moderate squalor because you have no energy to stand up, let alone take out the garbage. You become pathetic and you know it. And you have no capacity to stop the downward plunge. You have no perspective, no emotional reserves, no faith that it will get better. So you feel guilty and ashamed of your inability to deal with life like a regular human, which exacerbates the depression and the isolation.

Depression is humiliating.

If you’ve never been depressed, thank your lucky stars and back off the folks who take a pill so they can make eye contact with the grocery store cashier. No one on earth would choose the nightmare of depression over an averagely turbulent normal life.

It’s not an incapacity to cope with day to day living in the modern world. It’s an incapacity to function. At all. If you and your loved ones have been spared, every blessing to you. If depression has taken root in you or your loved ones, every blessing to you, too.

Depression is humiliating.


No one chooses it. No one deserves it. It runs in families, it ruins families. You cannot imagine what it takes to feign normalcy, to show up to work, to make a dentist appointment, to pay bills, to walk your dog, to return library books on time, to keep enough toilet paper on hand, when you are exerting most of your capacity on trying not to kill yourself. Depression is real. Just because you’ve never had it doesn’t make it imaginary. Compassion is also real. And a depressed person may cling desperately to it until they are out of the woods and they may remember your compassion for the rest of their lives as a force greater than their depression.

Have a heart. Judge not lest ye be judged."  

Thank you for reading...and I hope you are never troubled by a mental health disorder...but please make yourself aware that others are...and need support and understanding...

Namaste 

~Red~  

NB: All images where found online and therefore not my creation but the hard work of another and I would love to give credit where its due...so as ever..if you know who they are please pass on the info. But thank you to them. The words from tumblr also falls into this catagory sadly...but huge thanks to whoever did write it. R.


 

A Simple Life Lesson...

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Sting ~ The Soul Cages
Tanita Tikaram ~ I'm Going Home
The Eagles ~ The Disco Strangler
Queen ~ The Bicycle Race
Tina Dico ~ He Doesn't Know
Heart ~ You're The Voice
Sinatra ~ It Was A Very Good Year
The Cure ~ Close To Me
Chris Cornell ~ Call Me A Dog
Pearl Jam ~ Jeremy
Bowie ~ Wild Is The Wind
VAST ~ Flames
Europe ~ Flames
The Pretenders ~ I'll Stand By You

I am very much looking forward to a day spent with ML, my sister and her little ones. Just being amongst the madness and catching up with them all. So my Saturday is going to be a busy one. Marvellous...wouldn't have it any other way.

My post today is about life lessons...and one in particular. I have been on the end of long and painful attempts at 'teaching' me a life lesson by well meaning adults when I was a child and teen. It never goes in...does it? So when I find simple ways of expressing these lessons...I almost feel obliged to share them...you know...if it saves one child from having to sit through those painful talks...lol ;-) then I will have saved one child..lol

When I saw this one I was taken aback by how clever it was...see what you think?

Did you?

It had quite an impact on me...and there is so much truth in that lesson and a very valuable one to understand.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Saturday folks...

~Red~

Courage

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Dido ~ Don't Leave Home
Shelby Lynne ~ Sleep
Anna Nalick ~ Shine
Edith Piaf ~ Non je ne regrette rien
Clawfinger ~ Truth
BJH ~ Rock and Roll Woman
Brandi Carlile ~ Dying Day
Dido ~ Here With Me
Caro Emerald ~ The Other Woman
Jo O'Meara ~ Relentless
The Pretenders ~ I'll Stand By You
Elvis Presley ~ Loving You
Maroon 5 ~ Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Union ~ Obsession

Wise words...face it...own it.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week gets off to a great start...

~Red~

Crazy Little Thing Called Hope..

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Bananarama ~ Rough Justice
Thunder ~ She's My Inspiration
Thunder ~ Bring It On Home (acoustic)
Anna Nalick ~ Citadel
The Cranberries ~ Time Is Ticking Out
McAlmont & Butler ~ Where R U Now?
Susi Q ~ Make Me Smile
Dixie Chicks ~ There's Your Trouble
Joan Jett ~ If You Want My Love
David Bowie ~ Sorrow
Chris Cornell ~ Scar On The Sky
Kelis ~ Trick Me
Thunder ~ It's All About You
Alison Moyet ~ All Cried Out

A short post today...(medical urghness etc)..but thought I'd share with you a couple of wordy thingys that I found yesterday. First one up is about something I hold/grasp/cling to...Hope.

Although I have the odd emotional wobble every now and again. I will always hold onto Hope...that will never alter.

The second is a reminder...

Sure be a tourist in your past and the memories it holds for you...but don't set up camp and stay there because you are missing out on your life now. And don't sweat the small and big stuff about tomorrow or the distant future...Live now in this very moment...it's all you have for sure.

I will be back with a foodie post tomorrow..I promise. Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Tuesday is a great one.

~Red~

NB: Images are not mine and I take no credit for their creation. I send out huge thanks to whoever did. ~R~

Musical Truth

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Audioslave ~ Out of Exile
Rainbow ~ I Surrender
Shania Twain ~ Nah!
Bono ~ Children of the Revolution
Beluah ~ Leaving Home
Pink Floyd ~ A Pillow of Winds
Sheryl Crow ~ C'mon C'mon
Portishead ~ Glory Box
Soundgarden ~ No Wrong No Right
Kenny Wayne Shepherd ~ Deja Voodoo
Michael Kiwanuka ~ Worry Walks Beside Me
Micheal Buble ~ That's All
Manic Street Preachers ~ Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
Melissa Etheridge ~ Your Little Secret


You guys know that music is a huge part of my life. I have to have it to stay sane...and I have to have it to let go of all the 'stuff' that drags me down. So I thought I'd just share with you a few things that I usually have pinned up on my boards in my office...(nearly packed up and empty office..*sob* lol)

Sadly its true..sometimes when all the meds and painkillers aren't working...music is the only thing that gets me through those long nights...but am I ever thankful for it.

A recent convert to Pink Floyd thanks mainly to Trustworthy. Such a great lyric...and great photo...in my opinion.

Yes...no passport needed. Pure escapism...I can disappear into the music world and set up camp and stay there for however long I want to. I'd be truly lost without it.

 



The others were so serious that I had to end with a funny..but blimey is it pink?! lol. Need sunglasses. But I agree everyone has their guilty pleasure musically. I know I certainly have and no...I will not give it up so don't ask! lol.

We are heading out for an adventure with my sister and her little ones. There was talk of me helping M with his math homework...poor boy. lol Then we heading to a Wacky Warehouse so the little ones can play off some energy.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Saturday is a fantastic one.

~Red~

Images and thoughts from the last week...

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Janiva Magness play list on iPod

Hello folks...great news...there will be food posts aplenty from Tuesday! Alas not from my hard efforts but ML's and I shall be blogging about them. So please indulge me as I bring you another image and thoughts based posting. I was enjoying listening to Janiva Magness's play list on the Pod and I had a few moments of thinking back about the last week...and decided to collate some of them together for today's offering.

So as I have mentioned the lady twice already I shall start with her. I admit I had never heard of this awesome vocalist until this week. How this was possible, I have no idea. Because the moment I heard the opening lyrics of You Were Never Mine...I had fallen hook, line and sinker. And this morning I relaxed listening to her entire body of work whilst researching...a great way to spend a Sunday morning. But be warned..you may need a tissue or two...lol

Janiva Magness ~ You Were Never Mine

 

I am a firm believer in living in the moment...although it's a struggle when the pain is riding me hard. This image I had printed off and hanging in my office. Until A & I got started this week and stripped down the walls and hangings and the final packing up is due to happen Tuesday.

You only have this moment folks...make it count.

On Saturday my sister and her little ones came for their weekly visit. Each one of the little ones waited for a moment I was alone with them and questioned me about my move. I really didn't realise how it would effect them. So I was a little sad about that but spent time with them and reassured them that they would still see me every Saturday..just somewhere with great parks to play in. As a distraction I asked them to help me pack and sort the DVDs. And what fun they had...lol. M got tired of DVDs and decided to decorate the boxes as we filled them..although I am fairly certain little L would've preferred to make one of these...

LOL Maybe at the other end I'll let them make these..

Do you believe in soul mates? Yeah..it's one of 'those' questions..isn't it? I'm undecided. But this week it's one nagging thought that won't go away. I found this quote..and it kinda made sense of the nagging questions. I can't bear all that hearts and flowers cutesy soul mates stuff...so maybe that was why I was having trouble with it.

So yes...maybe now I think I do believe.

This week has been a tough one for a number of reasons so when I haven't been keeping distracted and focused on the move...I have been watching a lot of Stand Up Comedy. And blimey have I laughed...past the point of tears...and serious Oh ouching. Don't you love that feeling? I do. I find no matter what I am going through...laughter is the best medicine.

I will always laugh until I cry....

My favourite foodie moment of the week has been a dish that would send most of you running from the room. (I do read your emails every time I use sprouts..lol) But I adore the little green globes of yumminess. When I saw this recipe by The Healthy Family and Home I had to print it off, to make very soon and share with you. This actually made me smile...



Raw Vegan Chipotle Almond Stuffed Brussels Sprouts

Yum, eh? I cannot wait to try these..however ML said I will have to wait until I can carve them out myself..lol Spoil sport.

My friend J sent me this painting and I loved it. His reason for sending it was highly personal so I shan't say anymore except...Yes.

Sadly we don't know who the artist is so cannot give credit where
its due. If you know...drop me a message and I shall amend this caption.

Regular readers will know...I believe in staying hopeful..and I believe in smiling whilst you do so. So when I found this picture I had to share it...

Nope..not ever.

Do you ever get that moment when you are reacquainted with an old song...you have forgotten you even have..or its been hiding on your Pod. Then something or someone reminds you of it and you are carried away with its awesomeness or emotive qualities? You do? Good so it's not just me because I would hate to think others don't get that feeling. I had that happen this week. I was reminded of a song..I YouTubed it whilst reading the lyrics...and found it on my Pod waiting for me. Such a good tune and heart stirring lyric...and thank you to the lovely who gave me the nudge..hope you folks enjoy it too?

Aerosmith ~ Dream On

I want to walk along this jetty and take in the beautiful view and sit down at the end and paddle my feet in the water until I am ready to slide in and away. Such a glorious image...one I use in a visualisation..

Peace, acceptance and beauty.

Well this wouldn't really be a Rocket posting without the odd tattoo design, eh? Although I am now sensing a theme running through this posting. lol. When I saw these words I read them out to ML who said..."Very you dear.." lol

Damn straight!

I'm never sure where I stand on Digital Artwork. Maybe it's because my Mum is a fantastic free hand artist and therefore Digital Artwork is therefore the Kindle of it's world. Please don't email me with the many virtues of the Kindle...lol But I did find this piece of art by Consuela Para and it made me start to rethink that thought process. I adore the use of colour and I feel it's storm reach out to my emotion and link up.

And finally...a link to Steve Hughes, who is a comedian that I had the pleasure of watching this week. He helped with the Happy and we found out he's coming to the city we are moving to in November so we are hoping to take in his show Live.  Woo!..

Steve Hughes on Live At The Apollo London

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is a fantastic one...and I'll be back Tuesday with a food blog...promise. lol

~Red~

NB: All images and clips were found online so therefore I take no credit in the creation of them. I send out great thanks to those that did. And am happy to give credit where it is due. ~Red~

Some vegan bits and pieces...

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Chris Cornell ~ Roads That We Choose
Nerina Pallot ~ The Right Side
Deacon Blue ~ Wages Day
ABBA ~ Money Money Money
Thunder ~ Gimme Some Lovin
Snap ~ The Power
Leanne Rimes ~ Please Remember
The Cranberries ~ Pretty
Portishead ~ It Could Be Sweet
Chris Cornell ~ Cleaning My Gun
Doris Day ~ Move Over Darling
The Union ~ Cut The Line
Queen ~ Radio Ga Ga
Maroon 5 ~ Infatuation

Good day to you...I am currently up to my eyes in boxes and packing materials so I am getting no time in the kitchen of late. Blimey do I miss fresh food..lol. I am hoping to bring foodie recipes this next week so please bear with me? Today I had a small amount of time (whilst ML was busy reading Game of Thrones...*eye rolls* lol) to throw some things together. I hope you enjoy the collection of random vegan things that is todays posting...

Oh where to start...

A truth that has always been my personal train of thought. As a very small child I questioned the consumption of animals. My Mum said I rejected all meat based baby foods...and then as a toddler simply told her...Mum I do not want to eat animals. On some level I instinctively knew that just because everyone was doing it...it didn't mean it was right! That never left me...thankfully.

......well...we just do! lol

Would it be wrong to laminate this and hand to people before they get the chance to ask? No..not even sometimes? lol But wouldn't it be easier...

When I saw this tee I fell for it big time..would proudly wear this t-shirt...

This excellent vegan quote popped up in my email I knew I had to share it with you...One Lazy Vegan did a great job with its setting and Mr Bentham makes a sobering and honest point...

Vegan Freak Aluminium Ring via Etsy

I love unusual rings and this one I found on Etsy really appealed to me. I am indeed a vegan freak..and own that fact. lol.

You guys know me well enough by now to know how much I love tattoos...and I get giddy when I find a tattoo that combines two of my loves...so this Fire Lotus and Vegan quote tattoo practically made me pass out..lol.

Rain drops....Keep Calm slogan...did I mention the rain? lol Just threw this image in because not only am I vegan junkie..I am a rain junkie too!

*contented sighs*...vegan biker jackets and boots. I recently purchased one similar to this one but so far its been far too hot to wear it. But when it starts to cool no doubt I'll live in it. lol. The market for vegan clothing has boomed recently and now you can get vegan/fake leather items online so easily.

Yes I know its 2013..but don't let that take away from the sound statement...and finally I shall end this posting with a smile...and leave you in the hands of Gus...

lol

Right it's back to packing boxes for me...but thank you for stopping by and I hope your weekend has been a splendid one...

~Red~

NB: None of the images used are my creation..all found during online searches. So therefore I take no credit for any of them but send thanks out to those talented folks who deserve it. ~R~

In Search of Peace and Healing...

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Bon Jovi ~ It's My Life
Lacuna Coil ~ Enjoy The Silence
Halestorm ~ Innocence
Sensible Pets ~ My Way Home
Brandi Carlile ~ Tragedy
Chris Cornell ~ Ghosts
Bob Marley ~ Waiting in Vain
The Cranberries ~ Never Grow Old
Ciara ~ Love Sex Magic
Alisha's Attic ~ Alisha Rules The World
Hootie and the Blowfish ~ Tucker's Town
The Eagles ~ Waiting In The Weeds
Portishead ~ Pedestal
Kid Rock ~ Blue Jeans And A Rosary

Could I find peace here? Hell yeah! lol

Happy Weekend Folks! I am hoping it is being very good to you all. So searching for peace...yes...let's talk about that. As some of you know I have been attempting to deal with some changes. And it has been a royal bitch tough but I do believe I have made the first steps to dealing with it. Now I am left with the overwhelming sense of needing to find some inner peace again. As my friend T said Acknowledge Accept and Evolve..although usually I want to throttle that kind of positivity stuff..lol.

I need to find some peace of mind, peace in my heart and inner peace. This last year has been a rollercoaster of emotions, illness and all the stuff that comes with those two things. I am exhausted...and I still have so much to go through yet. It has become vital that I find that peace that I have lost because I need it to become strong again.

The last few days I have been trying to get my head into a space where I could start to make plans for this to happen. I have realised that I had stopped doing a lot of the things that brought me this kind of peace and I have made a commitment to myself to start changing this. Like...

Although I'm not in a place where I can do full yoga practice..I can start to do a basic practice and meditate again. I have missed the mental and physical peace this brings...so watch this Zen place...*wink*

Yes! Yes...yes...I know. You have already let me know I am strange for loving rain. lol. But I do and wrapped up and walking in the rain is one of my most favourite Zen places. So even if it's standing outside in the rain for now until I am able to walk in it...I shall be doing that.

I am an equal ops weather person lol. We don't live near many beaches..well..at least not as beautiful as this one anyway. But time spent by water...is an essential peaceful time for me. I realise now how badly I have missed this and need this.

Yesterday my friend A came over for the afternoon and we laughed. God it felt so good to just laugh with someone. And after she has gone I realised how buoyed I was by this experience. The poster above really did sum up how I feel about laughter...and I certainly felt it at work with A.

I had forgotten this. The illness takes over..and you become the illness. When you can't get your head off of the pillow you can get very lost. And now I need to do this...remind myself who I am...not who I could've been...who I was...but who I am now in this moment. And make peace with who I am.

Another simple thing I have not been able to do in the last year or two. Forest/Woods walking. I love getting lost in the trees...breathing it all in. Feeling my batteries recharging and my heart and mind relax. I am starting small..but I am going to start this again. Although I hope it doesn't kill ML who will probably need to wear an all over body mask to not react to the nature. lol.

I also hope to find the peace spending time with my friends and family (well select members of my family!) brings. But I do feel I need to enjoy my alone time again as I have always believed it to be an essential life need for me and I had lost sight of that. So it's all a work in progress but I am beginning to make sense of all the things that have happened recently. Slowly....

I am away to get ready for a my sister and her little ones visiting this afternoon..

Thank you for coming back even when food posts are not happening but I do believe there will be a new brunch recipe coming up tomorrow. I hope your weekend is a great one..

~Red~

2 Beautiful Life Lessons

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Cello Adagios ~ Apres Un Reve
Queens of the Stoneage ~ Go With The Flow
Savage Garden ~ I Want You
Billy Joel ~ She's Got A Way
Ciara ~ Love Sex Magic
Colbie Caillat ~ Midnight Bottle
Nerina Pallot ~ It Was Me
Roy Orbinson ~ Walk On
The Gossip ~ Coal To Diamonds
Brandi Carlile ~ Caroline
Lenny Kravtiz ~ Where Are We Runnin'
Beth Hart ~ Ugly & Broken
Skin ~ Look But Don't Touch
Gin Blossoms ~ Hands Are Tied.

I've spent the last couple of days recovering from my birthday weekend. lol. And working on this next year...expectations, hopes, plans, health plans...playing Words for Friends on FB..Ooops..no that's not supposed to be there. lol. I need to have 'plans' in my head to keep me sane. And I think they are coming along nicely. And despite the hospital and consultants attempts at trying to ruin it..I am managing to keep my positivity levels up. To quote the wonderful Robert Downey Jr...

"...Listen, smile, agree and then do whatever the f**k you were gonna do anyway..."

Wise words but not a life lesson. lol. Just a tactical plan for dealing with the health problems from now on.

I found the following images online and the words from both stayed with me and in quiet moments they danced through my mind and made me smile. So I wanted to share them with you folks...

Such a wise man...

I struggle with 'small town mentally' and the belief that there is nothing outside of your town limits. There is a whole world to be explored and experiences to be had. Other cultures to witness and so many people to meet....travel is important to me. And from this year on I am going to do exactly what the Dalai Lama says. If I could give the little ones one gift it would be the passion I have for travel. Get them out of this small town and have adventures.

The freedom these words give is
priceless

Profound effect...and can't thank the person who created this poster enough. My new mantra for a while...awesome.

So two life lessons...and I hope you get something from them as I did.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is going well? Back with food based blogs tomorrow...

~Red~

Happy thought for a dismal day...

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Soundgarden ~ King Animal Album

It's been a rollarcoaster weekend and start, to this week. ML has been seriously struggling with the health and to be honest my pain levels have been breathtakingly high. This all has an effect on the life you live. Our life right now is one that we have to take hour by hour with the illnesses we have. Long term plans for our big life change seem to be pushed to the background and feel like they will never happen now. People have let us down....we've enabled them. Whinge whinge whinge. lol How easy is it to do that? Get really bogged down with all the blackness engulfing your life. Before you know it a year has nearly passed and you are still in the same bleak spot.

During one of my many sleepless moments of the night...I tried to break through this thought process..and try to build a list of things that I have surrounding me that I am blessed to have. Not as easy as you think when your mind is exhausted with meds, illness and worry. But I did manage a few things...

Firstly the relationships I have in my life. I am not alone. ML is my constant companion and my best friend. My family...not all of them..because some of them are just plain swines but the ones I do respect and love...I cherish them. And my friends...who are closer to me than family...

I was reminded this weekend how strong the bonds of some friendships become without realising. A good friend came to visit this weekend and brought a weeks worth of freshly cooked meals for me to enjoy. I was staggered and deeply touched by this act of kindness and thoughtfulness. You know who you are...and I'll leave it at that. You are cherished.

A relatively new friendship..well..8 months old..has been particularly close to my heart this weekend. He has been on mind and in my heart as his life was almost turned upside down by the flooding in Brisbane. Thankfully for his family the only casualty was his new iPhone..and I paid my respects to him for his loss. lol. But his friendship has become very important to me. We talk everyday...and he keeps me sane. When the illness and pain is at it's worst..he is there. When I'm feeling ok..he's there to share a movie or just to share music. I make no apologies for how much time we spend together because his friendship is as cherished as the other friendships I have formed over the last ten years.

They say you don't make good friends after a certain age...hockum I say. Complete nonsense. The friendships I've made in the last ten years are the deepest rooted and respected friendships I've had. I am truly blessed with every single one of them.

I also have a roof over my head...albeit a Swiss cheese style one that requires buckets when it rains. I  have food in the cupboards even though I can't actually cook with it right now. I have Ruby (laptop) to give me a link to the outside world..and my iPod. I have books to read...

So I have a lot more than a lot of other people...even if I forget sometimes. OK my body is almost useless but my mind is holding it together..just. lol. Some would debate this fact.

Then this morning I found this quote via Pinterest...and it made me smile...and seemed to gel with the thoughts I'd had during the night. OK things aren't that great right now...but I have to believe that there are still good times to come...a life to be lived...I have to believe this.

OK thanks for reading the ramblings of a woman on the edge...lol. I hope your week has started well and you are blessed too?

~R~

Moments of the Week...

Rocket & Roses HQ Play List:

Frank Sinatra ~ All This & Heaven Too
Evanescence ~ Lithium
The O.T Quartet ~ Hold This Sucker Down
Zac Brown Band ~ Where The Boat Leaves From
Thunder ~ Welcome To The Party
Adele ~ Best For Last
The Zutons ~ The Railroad
Christoph Von Dohnan ~ Mozart Jupiter
Meredith Brooks ~ Back To Eden
A Perfect Circle ~ Crimes
Bruce Springsteen ~ The River
UB40 ~ Guilty
Halestorm ~ I'm Not An Angel
UB40 ~ Cherry Oh Baby

Happy Friday one and all! I haven't done one of these posts for a while and as I didn't have a foodie post to write for today, I thought why not do a mash up of things? lol. So I hope it entertains you for a little while. Would be happy to hear what your 'moments' would be...

Thought of the Week

OK...I know it's a little sappy but regardless, it is very true. And I have experienced this a few times this week.

Yum of the Week

Photo courtesy of Trustworthy

This is guest blogger Trustworthy's Boost with Bite scramble. He served this tofu scramble over ciabatta bread this week for his breakfast and sent me a photo. I have been enjoying tofu fritattas for breakfast this week and it was nice to see the lovely man was enjoying a tofu yum fest too! Hopefully he will be writing a post about it very soon...

Movie of the Week

Trustworthy and I usually meet up on a Saturday afternoon and have an international movie moment. lol. This week we had a midweek moment and I finally watched As Good As It Gets. And Trustworthy was right about this movie. It had great acting..many laugh out loud moments and a great story.

Happy Moment of the Week

Regular readers of my little blog will be aware that ML spends a portion of working life travelling around Europe. This week ML has been in Brussels, Belgium and not been well either, with the Salicylate and Nickel condition. So my happy moment was when a very sadly ravaged ML walked in the door and promptly fell asleep on the bed.

Smiles of the Week

There once was a girl who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. And when she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad..she was horrid. No wait!!! That's another story! lol. Ooops.

OK so there was once a baby girl born in a maternity ward that was filled with baby boys. She was this little bundle of curly blonde hair, little pink lips and cute as a button. But she had parents who could not decide upon her name..so the enamoured nurses and midwives started calling her Cherub until her actual name was decided. Yep, that bundle was indeed me...and although my parents did give me an actual name..my Mum called me Cherub for many years after. So I've always had this tie to the little Cherub..especially Cheeky Cherubs...and when i saw this Bert and Ernie style Cherubs..it made me smile so much.

Tune of the Week

I was sat chatting with a mate this week when this tune played on my iPod. Music is very emotive for me. And as the first few bars started to play I was taken back to a moment in my past when a good friend had sent me this tune. I won't share the whys or what for's..but the tune has been playing in my head ever since. And it's a very bittersweet feeling. Do you ever get tunes like that?

Truthful Moment of the Week

Right..bummer, eh? But it doesn't make it any less true for me and no doubt many other thousands of people who are dealing with chronic long term illness every day of their lives. This week has been quite a bad one and on one day this week this quote summed up my feelings eloquently. Thankfully these lows do pass...but at the time...you really doubt it. This is my truth...

TV Moment of the Week

How happy was I when The Killing Season 2 came through the post box this week. I am very addicted to this Danish drama. The acting and story lines are first class. And I confess I am desperate to learn Danish now because I love the sound of it. I have learnt Thank you...but that's it so far. I know some people run screaming from anything subtitled but not me...I love it.

Art of the Week

'Windswept' Artist unknown.

I found this piece during a visit to Pinterest. I cannot find the artist responsible for this beautiful creation but I wish I could because I have a feeling I would love their other works too. I love the use of the colours and graceful lines. I am enchanted with this piece. And if you recognise this and know who the artist is..please drop me a line so I can give credit where it's due.

Live Music Memory of the Week

Thunder ~ Until My Dying Day

I could fill a Tumbler with images of the memories I have attached to this gig..this band..and this song. For me..it's rock heaven.

Reclaimed Happiness of the Week

When you are on enforced rest..and very bad at it...you find yourself easily going stir crazy..and suffering from bitch cabin fever. So I spend a lot of time listening to music, watching music, watching movies, TV shows and reading. Yesterday afternoon whilst cruising my iPod I found that I had 30 Pod cast plays to listen too. Something I used to do whilst cooking....and so got comfy and started to listen to one. And I had forgotten how much it relaxed me. I won't forget again...lol. Sad how something that makes you so happy can just be forgotten..

And finally...yes...you're right...it's the tattoo moment..lol

Tattoo of the Week

Not for everyone...but I loved the placement, the black and grey mix and the beauty of the design.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Friday is an awesome one and sets your weekend up well for you..

~R~

NB: All images and links were found online and I take no credit at all for their creation but send out thanks to all those that did. Thanks ~R~