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What could it be?

What ever could it be???

AHH!!! A new purse! Yayy!!

Lucia Likey

Anyone who knows me knows that I have needed a new purse for a while 

- in fact I just needed my OWN purse -

My last purse was a total fluke freak accident when a lovely college roommate of mine lent me a purse to borrow for winter break and then never really wanted it back - Sooooo my free/stolen purse was shiny navy blue and received a lot of compliments, which I never took credit for

Then it started to fall apart on me [deservedly so] and the navy blue flaked away to reveal the brown underskin of the bag - NOT a great look 

The purse I had before that was a brown canvas satchel that I took way too long to throw out after it had been sun-damaged from hanging out in my car's backseat for too long

I have never had more than one purse at one time

I have never really gone out shopping for a purse before - they've all just been "Woops! I have a purse!" type deals

.... I'm not a big "Purse Girl" I guess

But fortunately Natalie had a very esspensive gift card to Coach that she said I could use if I found anything that struck my fancy

Last night at the mall I asked Doug if we could poke through Coach to see if ANYTHING was up to my picky purse standards - first purse that caught my eye, tried on, loved, got it, boom

Thank You Thank You Natalie Dearest!!

Now I won't look so ratty in interviews and life :)

The Oscahs!

Like my sister Natalie - I nerded out BIG TIME last night:

I pinned my hair to one side [took like 20 seconds]

Wore gold - the lucky Oscar winning color

And purple - MY favorite color

And a skirt to be fancy :)

When Doug cae home from work I had quite a spread for us

Pasta with combination sauce - garlic bread made with sourdough bread [once again, out of this world] - sparkling white grape juice - candlelight - champagne flutes with "W" engraved on them [thank you Men's Warehouse!] 

And for dessert:

I bought only "fancy treats" 

~ Cookies and Cream Drops

~ Andes Mints

Puppy hung out with us too :)

Wonderful Night at the Oscahs!!!

Happy Mum's Day

I'm not kidding! She really is the best!

~ She's wonderful

~ She's beautiful

~ She's strong

~ She's thoughtful

~ She's mega-multi-talented

~ She makes friends wherever she goes

~ She taught me everything I know

~ She's my example of a true woman

She's my Mum :)

[I told you ~ beautiful]

Although she's almost 10,000 miles away from me [wow that looks long typing it out like that] I have no problem feeling her love, warmth, care, and guidance every single day. Any moment someone expresses motherly-like qualities to me, I am reminded of my mum and that there is no way I could ever be without her and her expression :)

My oldest and youngest sisters are living with her in Australia and I know they gave her a very special day yesterday [that darn time change!] I know because not only did Caitlin cook an amazing breakfast and lunch for Mum and the family - she was kind enough to tag me and my other "yankee sister" in the pictures of the delicious food we did NOT get to eat.... thank you Caitlin....

I'm glad they spoiled her so much because she certainly deserves it. If you didn't do the math while I was discussing my sisters - Mum is a mother of FOUR DAUGHTERS

This has led to countless references to books/movies like Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women".... though I don't really like that one since I'm the one that DIES!! [woah, sorry, spoiler???]

A Mix of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility"

And to be famously known across the churches of the country as "The Rooker Girls"

It's hard to miss a family like ours - especially when my sisters and mother are so stunning!

Mum was always home when we needed her. She took care of us when we felt less than perfect. She made us matching sailor outfits when we were little, as well as other cute hand-sewn ensembles, crazy wire headbands and most recently - Monica's wedding veil :). Mum taught us all the best manners [she still reminds me that I'm such a "little piggy" whenever I burp]. She instilled in us the importance of family. Showed us the epitome of Motherly Love. And somehow she managed to raise four of the most independent and unique women I know.

I love my Mum more than words can say. 

Had I been in the same country as her - I would give her something that looks like this:

Some flowers [non-annoying ones] - her favorite chocolate

And a card [I used to make them with KidPix - this seems more age appropriate :)]

But this blog post is the best I can do for the wonderful women that is 

My Mother

Happy Mother's Day Mum 

                                                                            Love Always, 

                                                                                      Lucia

As fitting, I'll finish this with some of my favorite paintings of Motherhood:

[1] Mary Cassatt, Little Girl Leaning on Her Mother's Knee, 1901

[2] Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child XI, nd

[3] Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, c. 1900

[4] Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, Portrait of the Artist with Her Daughter, 1798

[5] Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath, 1893

It's Her BIRTHDAY!!!

If I time this right, this post will....post at exactly 12:01am Melbourne, Australia time!

You guessed it - it's my sister NATALIE'S B-DAY!!!

* HAPPY *YOU* DAY NATALIE!!! *

I so hope you know how much your dumb little sister adores you :) 

Here's Why:

* She's always doing crazy cool things with her crazy cool hair

[ex: short, really short, buzzed, hot pink, purple, blond, orange (people don't forget :P) and brown!]

 *I try really hard to be kinda like her :)

It started when I was in elementary school - i realized she was SO beautiful and 

that I too would like to be SO beautiful - so I proceeded to try on all her clothes and "test" 

out all her makeup [mostly just to do Queen Amidala stuff...] whenever she left the house

* She's Funny

Like REALLY funny - I mean come on! 

She introduced me to Dane Cook, and along with my other sister Monica, 

can say jokes that leave me in tears. Every funny thing in my 

life probably goes back to Natalie introducing me

to it somehow, its crazay

* Like I said before - She's Beautiful!!

She got a lot of our parents' good genes - moving me to incredible jealousy

* We have fun :)

Caity's not in this picture, but when we all get together - the Rooker Sisters have some good times 

And i miss them all a lot [sniff sniff] A LOT!

* She took me to my first live action pro-football game [CHARGERS!! vs. Denver]

She doesn't get to hear how often I brag about that to my friends

and how much it has affected my team loyalty...

PS: our team won, woo!

* She lives in Australia now

Which I am totally fine with

[until i get bored, sad, lonely, hungry, or needy for sister-time...]

* She goes EVERYWHERE!!!

This is Natalie in Thailand - she had a blast. Plus being in the Navy - she's gone pretty 

much everywhere else - she's a citizen of the World!

* She's kinda like a modern day superhero - I think

[this is me and her in Seattle - looking epic]

She's so smart and can do....... yeah, she can do everything!

Natalie is Awesome - and I hope this is sufficient for a b-day gift to her because 

I can't afford to do anything else :P But I love the girl and hope that she has a 

really fantastic Birthday - She deserves it hard core :)

I love you lots NATALIE!!!

here's a song you like :)