I dream of being a roller derby girl!!

I have found my people....they look like me, they talk like me.....they act like me.....they are my people....I just haven't met them yet!!!  *L*  I am obsessed...and I do mean OBSESSED with roller derby.  I want to be on a team....I want to skate!!  Unfortunately I live in a very small rural farming town...and they are only interested in the county fair and cowboys.  My town has a hard time accepting the bright pink hair, the piercings, and all the tattoos.  The closest roller derby team is two hours away...and they are a brand new team!  Oh what I wouldn't give to get in on the ground floor of that.  I just can't afford to drive two hours several times a week.  So I obsess from afar *L*.
My husband bought me a roller derby game for the Wii....not quite the same but I love it anyway!

I work as the office manager for two lawyers...and I found out on Friday that one of them won't be working for the county anymore at the end of April.  This will cause my hours to be cut back and I will be losing about a thousand dollars a month.  I'm still in a whole lot of shock over that one!  I'm not completely sure what I'm going to do.  I had been planning on trying to get back to school for hair and nails...but that may be right out with the loss of income!  *L*  But, life goes on and it will all work out!

Oops...missed a day!

So I missed a day of blogging already!!  Dang it....and it was partly my fault partly the fault of the building I work in. The heat was out in my office for two days making for a very miserable Trixie!!  My boss sent me to buy space heaters so we could at least function...so $100 later I was huddled in front of my brand new desk heater...which ran for approximately 3 minutes before knocking out the power to only my office!  This effectively killed the phone system, knocked out the internet, and shut down my computer and printer!  Took them an hour to find the breaker box.  Finally, power gets turned back on...me huddled in front of my desk heater again...tried to print something...BANG...no power again!  This time there isn't anyone in the building with the key to the breaker box so I got to go home an hour early!!  I haven't been doing any sewing or crafty stuff as I've been coming home and bundling up in my chair with a blanket and warm socks and trying to bribe the dogs to lay on my feet!!
This morning we have power AND heat!!  Whoo hoo!!

I did manage to get my daughters acrylic nails on yesterday.  I'm going to finish painting them tonight...since my girl has a love of long trashy nails just like her momma!!  I have two people asking to get their nails done as well....perhaps I should start to charge for this stuff!!

I got a bonus from one of my bosses for christmas so I bought myself a pretty new bauble!!  It's hard to tell in the picture but the stones are pink!!  I am obsessed with pink!  I have a beautiful wedding set, gold...diamonds, but I've been feeling that Trixie should wear something big and flashy.....and pink!  *L*

My Christmas present to me!!!

Ahhhh, Christmas is just around the corner!

So I did nothing even sort of creative last night!  My husband, our boys and some of their friends played cards last night.  My craft room cutting table also doubles as a gaming table...I was all stiff from my fall down the driveway yesterday so I settled into my chair with a blankie, my laptop, some aspirin and a can of Almond Roca (so much for the diet).  I was in bed and asleep by 9!  I did manage to stay asleep all night, which is a rarity for me....Feeling pretty good today!

I do have sewing plans...but I am finding it hard to be all motivated when I get off work at 4 and it's already dark and cold outside.  During the winter I find that I'd much rather cuddle on the couch with my husband and hot chocolate then sit in my sewing room.  However....Christmas is just around the corner...a little more than a week!!  I promise myself every year that I won't be getting things together just days before Christmas!  I don't think I've EVER kept that promise.  The other problem I'm encountering is when I finally do manage to drag myself into the craft room I can't seem to concentrate on Christmas gifts...I'm far more interested in making things for myself.  *L*

Do you like my fluffy pink bird?
He's my work pen!  *L*

So no Victory rolls today...just too lazy for hair and makeup.  So I have pigtails and a completely makeup free face!  I am wearing the denim skirt I made for myself out of jeans I never wore.  It's so cute...probably too young for me, but this my year of "I don't care what people think".  *L*  Leggings, brown sweater and brown socks with my super cute tennies!!

I think today might be a good day!!