HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

The fireworks start at about 20:00 Enjoy my lovelies

Painting my office

I've been in the process of painting my office for the last couple of months. It's been an off and on process for me, because I've never painted a room on my own before. I'm a really big procrastinator. I'm down to my last wall and a half and my office is in a shambles. I'm sitting right now in the centre of my room with the window behind me and the closet in front of me. However the light is exceptional right now so I might have to get busy and finish.

The dark reddish brown is the new color. I was going for a warm, earthy classic look. I'm going to be adding some stencilling also in gold and silver I will post when I start doing that. This is the first time I've decorated a room just for myself it's quite a treat. Having full design decision is really fun. It's like giving yourself a new room as a gift. The following photo is how it looks from my hallway.

I really like how the colour I've chosen blends well with the colour in the hallway. Looks far better than the yellow don't you think? I'm excited about how it's going to look when it's done. 

Hope you're all having a lovely day till next time my lovelies.

Momma Fairywings 

How I've been coping with stress

This has been a stressful year for me. Handling it has been quite a challenge. A lot of it has been pure self talking. Laugh!! I just thought to myself if I said I talk to myself a lot people are going to think I'm nuts! What I mean by self talk is I talk to myself inside my head. As I may have mentioned in previous posts my husband and I aren't working not through lack of trying but just we've not had any luck with all the interviews we've been on. My husband is a document controller in the oil and gas industry. I'm a junior travel agent. My dream is to be a Disney vacation planner and that's the main thing that's been keeping me positive.

Recently when I was going through a weak moment I sort out something to keep me motivated and positive so I decided to read Rhonda Byrnes book The Power. Rhonda is the author and creator of the very successful book and subsequent movie The Secret. I downloaded the audiobook and sat for about four hours and listened to the whole book! Wow! I tell you if you're feeling helpless and down on yourself it's a must listen. I feel her books are better when listened to rather than reading it yourself. The way it which she records her books are so empowering. I've since also downloaded Her newest book Hero which dare I say is her best yet! 

Self talking out of everything I've talked about has been THE MOST important thing for me.  The important tip I can give you is don't be angry with yourself or the world... BE YOUR OWN CHEERLEADER!! The only way good things will happen is if you love yourself enough to say it's not your fault and keep on trying your best. Keep moving forward and every obstacle you encounter is only a lesson to make you stronger.

Okay that's it for now my lovelies love you all! Oh and click all the ads on my page they're free!! They're the equivalent of a Like button . So show me some love Mmmmmwah!!

Momma Fairywings

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas to all my lovelies!! 

I hope you all are having the most amazing day with the people your love. For those who aren't with family or can't be I send you lots of warm Internet hugs. If you all have pets give them lots of love today from me also. 

I'm sending my warmest wishes that you and yours have the most wonderful holiday season!! 

Please if you know any elderly neighbours who may live alone go visit them. Take them some Christmas cheer or some food. I promise you you won't regret it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 

Momma Fairywings

My YouTube Video of the Day.

This made the YouTube Video of the day for me. It has all the essential ingredients (pardon the pun) for a great video. Music, comedy, food and something good to look at. WINK WINK!!

My Christmas Nails

I went for something slightly non traditional for my Christmas manicure this year. Stayed with the red/green theme of course but other than that it's not a typical Christmas mani.

I used White matter from Formula x as my base and sponged on hunter green  and Christmas red acrylic paint. Then I top-coated with Triple power gel strengthener from Nutra nail to smooth out the surface and seal in the acrylic paint. To frame each nail I used a Sally Hansen nail art pen in silver. I really like how they turned out. Sorry for the two shorter nails but I broke them while out shopping 😞

Hope you all love these. Clicking on the ads on my blog is the same as hitting the like button on YouTube. I would really appreciate it 😘

HAPPY HOLIDAYS MY LOVELIES 

Momma Fairywings 👸

Rant About Drivers

You know when I was a young driver I thought it was my right to drive. That was an immature way to think. Now that I'm older and wiser, I'd like to think I've learned a thing or two. Ego was a big factor in this belief about myself and I'm sure it is with a lot of drivers. You drive around thinking that everyone is on the road just to piss you off, slow you down or just plain get in your way. The reason I'm bringing this up is because I was just watching drivers around me this afternoon when I was stuck in rush hour traffic. I always position myself in the lane of least resistance or the one that's not in the lane next to people coming on and off the highway. I stay in this lane as long as I can, basically to stay out of other drivers way. It works for me and generally not much trouble occurs. Except for the occasional impatient driver, which brings me back to my point. I noticed there's drivers like me who stick in one lane till they get to their exit and there's people who get impatient and weave through traffic. Then there is another type, the one who reminds me of Goofy in his cartoon about driving.You know the one. The one when he's like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. These drivers speed through traffic doing illegal lane changes, driving on the shoulder and making everyone around them very nervous. My immediate thought was man you need to look ahead, realize what time of day it is, relax and accept that getting home is going to take five or ten minutes longer. I just look at these people and think you're an accident waiting to happen. I truly fear for them and their potential victims.               I went through a stage in my driving history that I feared driving. It was after I had an accident skidding on some ice on the highway. Luckily I didn't hit anyone but I could have and that was the point when I decided it was time to stop taking risks.

I got over my fear and got my confidence back but now I respect the road, the weather conditions and the traffic around me. 

To all my lovely readers this holiday season please be respectful of all the other drivers around you and think that there's people in those cars and they have families who would like them to come home safe and sound. Just like you.

Momma Fairywings 

Grateful time

I wanted to do this yesterday but I spent the day with my family. The afternoon was spent with my grandchildren (gosh that makes me sound old. I'm still in my forties) Amy and Roan and then in the evening I went ugly Christmas sweater shopping with daughter Kaitlyn. So this is a belated gratitude blog. 

Gratefulness, something that is often forgotten when life gets overwhelming. Life has been especially hard the last six months for my husband and I because we've both been unemployed. We've both had many job interviews but to no avail. We are like many people this Christmas struggling to get in the spirit when we have no money to buy gifts, as we have done in previous years. So coping with this situation has been mind over matter and deciding to make the best out of what we do have. So here's how I'm dealing with it. I always start my day by being bright and cheery when I talk to my husband. I just want to set the tone for the day. I've managed to coax this routine into him. Then we hug each other and say our I love you's and have breakfast. I'm truly grateful for this daily start because we did go through a stage of feeling really low and it wasn't making our life any better. It's not our fault that jobs are scarce. We both have our parts of the house we sit in and do our job searching or whatever else and that really helps. I think if we were under each other's feet we'd drive each other nuts. So I'm grateful for my office and my laptop. I really enjoy spending time on my blog too especially now that I'm see people are reading it. I want to thank all of you who are reading and retweeting my tweets when I post my blog that makes me so very happy! Every time I get favorited or plus oned or liked on my social apps I grin from ear to ear. It truly is amazing how me writing down my thoughts or showing you my cats or my nails is grabbing your interest. I am so appreciative of all of you thank you so very much!

I hope you're all having a nice evening and you're all wrapping gifts and feeling festive. Thank you again my lovelies 

Momma Fairywings xoxo

Fav YouTube Video of the Day

My Favourite Video today has to be from the two lovely Canadian girls +TheSorryGirls . I absolutely love these ladies DIY videos. Today's is no exception. This is a wonderful, quick and relatively simple DIY but what makes it so wonderful is that it looks like it took a lot of effort. They're very classy looking clutch purses and wallets. I especially like that they made them with leather which gives them a more expensive look. I most definitely want to try this craft! How about you guys, would you try this craft?  Give these lovely ladies some love and go check out their channel and subscribe.



Hope you're all having a lovely day and make sure you say thank you to everyone today you never know what might happen.



Bye My Lovelies and how about showing me some love and click the ads on my page. I would really love that! BIG HUGS love you guys!

A Morning routine is important (Anxiety)

I've suffered with anxiety for many years and along my journey I've collected many weapons in my artillery to fight it. One of them is starting every morning with the same routine. Prior to me figuring out this little weapon every morning I would wake up with feelings of dread and a racing mind. The physical feelings were intense chest rushes and shaking.

So everyday when I wake it starts with me rolling over to see my very loyal cat Flash lying next to me. He starts to purr very loudly (which has a very calming effect in itself) followed by nudging my nose. I stroke him and show him lots love for about five minutes or so. Cats are amazing at relieving stress or anxiety. Next I get up to use the bathroom, take my vitamin B6 + B12 followed by brushing my teeth. There's a lot of comfort in knowing that I have a routine every day. It doesn't completely remove my anxiety on my worse days but it dramatically reduces it. I then go downstairs make my decaf coffee and grab a protein bar and start my day.

Tell me what tricks do you have for getting over morning anxiety?

That's it my lovelies I hope you've had a wonderful day 💋

Momma Fairywings  

Favourite YouTube video Today

I'm going to make Carols by Candlelight by SprinkleofChatter or Louise's video my YouTube video of the day. 

I really loved that it was a really Festive feeling video. I felt all warm and fuzzy after watching it. So thanks so much Louise and all your family for sharing your Christmas tradition with me.

So go watch her great video. 

www.youtube.com/SprinkleofChatter 

Hope you're all having a lovely Monday 

Bye my Lovelies 

Momma Fairywings 💋

Manicure of the week

Pink Candy Cane Nails

My first Christmas nail art for the season. A lovely pink Candy cane nail art design with the added red flower in the corner for a little extra whimsy. I used Zoya professional lacquer in Scarlet, Essie luxeffects in Shine of the times and Sally hansen's I ❤️ nail art stripper in white. I love the pale pink its a nice change from the usual red and white. Hope you all love it and maybe try this out yourselves!

Hope you are all having a great holiday season my lovelies I will post another Nail art next week.

Momma Fairywings

Cat Selfie

I thought I'd introduce you to my furry companions. My cats Flash and Romy.

I've always had cats in my life from a calico named Sooty I had when I was a baby to now. I love all animals but cats and I are kindred spirits. Flash and Romy are siblings but from two separate litters. Romy is a real character, very curious and talkative. Her favourite toy is an old white mitten that she enjoys hunting every night like it were a mouse. When she finally catches her prey she quite proudly runs to me with it in her mouth talking all the way. Flash however is quite the opposite he's quiet and loyal and never leaves my side. He's lying next to me right now as I write. He's my constant companion and has listened and comforted me through many nights when I felt lost. I cherish all the cats I've had in my life and every time they leave this world for the Rainbow bridge I wished they lived forever.

Holiday Gift Ideas from the Disneyland Resort | Disney Parks

 Don't you just love Disneyland at Christmas? Look at all the great Christmas gifts they have. My favourite are the Harvey's bags and the Signature puzzles. What about you guys?

Anyone else wish that Disneyland was in their hometown?

6 BEST CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAYS EVER!!!

A little Christmas cheer for all my lovelies. I loved this on YouTube so I thought I'd share with all of you. Enjoy!

Broadway Nails Impress press on nails

I just want say how impressed I am with impress nails from Broadway nails. #ImpressNails #BroadwayNails I put this set of nails on Wednesday and I've gone about my days as normal i.e. Washing my hands, washing dishes etc etc and they're still and not showing any signs of flipping off! I really want to try a whole bunch of them out now. They're so beautiful they look like I have just had Gel nails done at the salon! I've never owned a set of press ons that feel this secure. I just can't say enough good things about them :) 

So to all my lovelies go out to your local walmart or pharmacy and pick up some of these great nails!!

Interview Day

Today was my Job interview and I wasn't as nervous or anxious as I expected to be. I kept my dream in my thoughts and stayed positive. Co op Travel seems like a really friendly place to work. The manager I saw was very nice and he wasn't at what I had pictured. I was expecting a man in a suit and tie, like a bank manager..lol He wasnt at all like that he had long hair and was wearing a polar fleece zip up vest and trousers. I felt immediately at ease. We talked about my schooling and then he had a printed questionnaire which he filled in as he asked me the questions. He said some of the questions maybe tough for me as I haven't worked as a travel agent yet so he was pleasantly surprised when I managed to answer them all :)

All in all I think the interview went very well I asked questions at the end which I think he enjoyed answering, so I'm very happy.  It's a part time junior travel consultant position which is perfect for me. 

As soon as I left I got in my car and texted, tweeted and face booked everyone. My therapist Diana was especially happy for me because we had been working on my confidence issues for a while now. Everyone has been very supportive today so I dedicate this blog to all them. 

Focus on your dreams and don't ever give up!

Good news and time with Mum

Well I have great news for you all! Monday night I applied for a job with Co op Travel and yesterday afternoon I got a call from the manager to come in for an interview!! Yay! Feeling so proud of myself. Now it's absolutely ideal because the job is very close to home within five minutes drive from home. Also it's a small agency as in only three or four agents. When i was picturing what sort of agency I would like to work for I'd hoped for a small agency to start my career in. This job is part time so it's perfect. I would love it if you all could send me all your good thoughts on Thursday as that's when my interview is.

I spent the late afternoon and evening with my Mum. I love spending time with her. She's 85 years young and full of life and good conversation. We sat watching Location location location together my first time watching. It was really good. Then we watched some Jamie Oliver while we both sat and knitted things for Christmas. I treasure these moments with her because I know time on this planet for her is slowly dwindling. Although we do have a history of long life in our family. 

That's it for today my Lovelies:) 

Momma Fairywings 

A Bad day

Bad days seem to be coming at me more often these days. My husband and I are going through a rough time in our lives right now. Ever since my husband lost his job a few months ago I have tried to see the good in every day no matter what. The last month or so my staying positive has gotten harder. The reason, my husband is a pessimist.  He sees the negative in everything. He has no hope for our future and has said those words to me directly. My heart is so broken not for myself but for him. I've been crying on and off most of the day. I've tried everything over the years we've been together but nothing I say or show him makes a difference. He can't see the benefit in being optimistic. What's there to be happy about. We've both seen therapists but he managed to convince her that there's nothing wrong and he stopped seeing her. He sees opening up as a weakness. He doesn't cry he gets angry and miserable and quiet. 

It's really hard living with a pessimist! So very hard.

Snowy Sunday

I decided to venture out today. We had snowfall for the last three days and the temperature has dropped quite a bit. It was a frigid -21c but I needed groceries. So with help of my youngest daughter Kaitlyn (who by the way is a way more confident driver in this weather) we set forth. My gosh a lot of people go shopping on a Sunday! We have four grocery stores very close to each and I was surprised at how full the parking lot was. Then of course it dawned on me that people weren't just shopping for groceries they were shopping for Christmas also!! Geez Rachel Think think!! Duh! Thankfully though Superstore now has all their cash tills open on the weekends not sure if this is permanent or just for the holidays. Managed to get in and out in half an hour! Yay!

I dedicate today's blog to my helpful and beautiful daughter Kaitlyn. Love you princess! This is a photo of her.