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bullet journals and birthdays...oh my...

February 16, 2017 Arlene Giddings

march does not bring my birthday
but it does bring the birthday
of someone who has always been
very important to me...
DR SEUSS!

So with that in mind
aaaaand the help of the countless snowstorms
that have kept us trapped
in the warm cocoon of our houses this week,
i spent some time working
on my march bullet journal layouts...
 

i was pretty happy with how these have turned out!
i was going to go with all 4 leaf clovers and
shades of green for spring...but this
makes me just as happy.

now i just have to keep reminding myself
that we are already at the middle of february,
past the halfway point,
only 31 days, 6 hours and 8 minutes til spring.
just hold tight.
it's coming!

although i am not sure pugsley believes me... :)

In 2017, bullet journaling, she's so weird Tags bujo, bullet journal, pug, pugsley, spring, winter, blizzard, pei, all the damn snow, dr seuss, march
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happy big red heart day...(& a cautionary tale)

February 14, 2017 Arlene Giddings

if you make
chicken fricot
on a storm day
and then don't wait
for it to cool down
to an appropriate level
of heat
before consuming it
you will
burn your tongue....
and if you do
burn your tongue
on deliciously so-hot-but-you-couldn't-wait
chicken fricot
AVOID
CINNAMON HEARTS
AT ALL COSTS
even if it IS valentines day.

i think i have lost 3 layers of taste buds
between yesterday
and today.

In 2017, tuesday truths, she's so weird Tags ow, hearts, valentines, whining, no patience
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i really wanted a hot chocolate...

February 12, 2017 Arlene Giddings

but didn't want to go outside...
or far outside at least...

i don't do well with cold...
i'm fragile that way.  :)
although my husband would call it
being a bit of a pansy...
well...
whatever.

pansies are kind of pretty...
are they purple?
cause i like purple.

but anyway.
i wanted hot chocolate
and to take some photos outside
because it was sunny
and looked deceivingly warm...
so with the help of my 17 year old
who ALWAYS jumps at a chance to
drive the car
i did both.

he went and got me hot chocolate and a doughnut
while i spent about all the time i could handle
in the cold
(roughly 15 minutes...heeheehee)
and then
i took photos of the
doughnut.

what can i say?
did you really expect anything different from me?
it's such a pretty doughnut!

In 2017, my boy, she's so weird Tags cold, winter wonderland, sunshine, pansy, tim hortons, hearts
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friday i'm in love...the snowstorm edition

February 10, 2017 Arlene Giddings

♥ the anticipation of a snow day...a tank full of oil, kitchen full of groceries...safe and warm with nowhere to go.
♥ video chatting with our girl...since we couldn't go over this weekend

♥ tootsie roll suckers
♥ our new compost bin...this is going to sound so weird
but i seriously love this little bin!  it just makes me happy.
♥ with watching "studio" tours on youtube...and drooling over spaces
♥ this FANTASTIC kermit phone that my sweet cousin dropped off for me...
along with smurfs to add to my collection!

♥ and my new favorite treat (don't ask me why
this is new to me...i KNOW they are far from new, heeheehee)
hot fudge sundaes from mcdonalds

In 2017, friday i'm in love, it's a smurfy world, she's so weird, my girl Tags all the good things, fridays are the best days, snow day!, pei, kermit, smurfs
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let there be light....

February 9, 2017 Arlene Giddings

in all honesty
i feel a little silly
that i am as excited
about this
as i am...
but i am.

i have been loving my new desk space
which is probably very apparent
by the excessive number of photos
i post of it...

but i was finding the lighting tricky.
the window is good but doesn't provide
enough light
all of the time...
and a lot of the time...it's uneven.
the lamp was good but the light itself
was too warm...
i was having a hard time telling what
colors were which when i would pick out a pencil crayon
and my light was too one sided...
i kept getting a shadow on the other side
and couldn't see what i was doing...

so tonight i splurged (and yes, if you know me...
this is a splurge...i'm very frugal)
on not just one, but TWO lamps....
AND a package of bulbs
that give a bluish light instead of yellow...
and can i just say
THAT I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED ABOUT THIS!
i love the bluish light...sooooo much better!

it's the little things.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

In she's so weird, 2017 Tags i just wrote a whole post about 2 walmart lamps, GE reveal, little things
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