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i was going to do SO MUCH today....

December 8, 2017 Arlene Giddings

I was going to go to the gym
AND the sauna
(which requires two clothing changes
so that is worthy of all caps).

i was going to dig out the christmas decorations
from that scary place
under the stairs
where no one wants to go.

i was going to clean off the deck
and tidy up the yard
and bake muffins
and buy groceries.

instead
i wore my pajamas all day
while i read new blogs
and got all nostalgic about
how blogging used to be
when i first started...
(in 2005...lonnnng time ago...)

i listened to the same christmas playlist
for 8 hours straight
while i annoyed the cats
trying to get them to sit still
for a picture or 10.

yeah.  this made it much easier to use the computer.  thanks, casey.

i ate stale day old doughnuts for
breakfast and lunch
and didn't brush my hair.

i made lists of all the things i
was going to do today
but
then didn't do them....
but the lists are pretty!

i edited some fall photos
instead of taking some new ones...
because that would require
going outside...
and also
getting dressed.

i doodled a little bit
and that was fun...

i can't decide if this needs more color or not...and this is a rotten photo...stupid early sunsets.

and now it's only 4:30
but it's starting to get dark
which means
i will eventually migrate to the couch
and eat popcorn for supper
while watching christmas movies.

the only good thing about it getting dark
this early is that i won't have long to wait
for it to get dark enough for me to
walk to the store in my pajamas
(because really...why change now?)
so i can get some diet coke.

cause you can't have popcorn without diet coke.

In 2017 Tags i was gonna..., doodles, diet coke, gym plans gone to hell, i love pajamas, bullet journal
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where i have been when i have not been here...

December 6, 2017 Arlene Giddings

the truth is
i feel like i have been
kind of all over the place...
work is busy,
christmas is coming.
the days are shorter
and darker
and colder...

i am in snuggle down mode...
all about blankets and books,
movies and hot chocolate-y chai tea...
i tell myself the light is not good enough
to doodle by
and that one more night
away from the gym
is not going to hurt...

i am reading harry potter...
right now i am on book 3...
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.
i have read it before but
i can't really remember it...
i am thoroughly enjoying it though.
i am not sure that i am going to make my goal
of 24 books before the end of the year though
which actually completely surprises me.
i was sure that i would do it this year.
finishing this one will be put me at 19.
sigh.

i just need to shut the tv off
and disconnect myself from my little Sims world
and maybe read a real book
made out of paper and ink
and not just on my phone...
but if you are curious about my Sims world,
you might like to know
that jon bon jovi and joan jett
just got married and have a baby...
RON BON JOVI....
heeheehee...
oh.

and joannie and chachi just got engaged.
or wait.
that might have been the fonz & pinky tuscadero.

yeah.
i really need to disconnect from the virtual world for a bit.
:)

In 2017, one book at a time, words, whatcha readin' Tags sims, books, just me talking, words, wordy wednesday
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i'm not sure what it is about fall...

October 26, 2017 Arlene Giddings

but i am incredibly
less productive
in the fall.

i'm good right up until it starts to get
just a little bit dark..
like...6 pm...
and then i just want
pajama pants, some hot chocolate,
my phone and the couch.

i am all about movies and
tv shows and good books
and finding new apps
and naps...so many naps.

as soon as the sun starts to set,
it seems to take any energy reserves
i had left
with it...

hopefully
this is just a phase
and maybe i'll grow out of it.
:)

and really, i'm writing this
in hopes that people are going to say
THAT'S totally normal,
i'm like that, too!
heh.
i'm all about validation

In 2017, words Tags fall on pei, fall, daylight savings time, dusk, energy suckage, so tired
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man-eating snails

October 23, 2017 Arlene Giddings

or...could also be
about how maybe i tend to exaggerate
for comedic purposes...
heh.

but
as promised yesterday
here is part 2
of my friday-adventure-on-a-holiday-monday
because i know you were sitting on the edge
of your seat refreshing the webpage
just waiting for part two, right?  heh.

dirt road #2

as i was leaving fort amherst
i saw this dirt road
and remembered how i told myself
that under no circumstances
were you going to go on dirt roads today...
but...
really...would you be able to say no to THIS dirt road?
it's on a hill!
who KNOWS what could be on the other side!
maybe a candy store...
or a space ship
or a herd of goats
in pajamas
or
a frigging cool lighthouse
you've never seen before.

(ummmm...it was the lighthouse, if you didn't guess...)

and such a pretty view!

and this....isn't it cute!  that roof.  ♥♥♥  it's so fairy tale-ish...in a decrepit kind of way...

and where are the non-man-eating snails i promised? you ask
well...next, i came across this place
which is burned into my memory
because
a)  i love love love that broken down wharf
b)  i did wedding photos here for the sweetest couple AND
c)  we lost the bride's engagement ring on the beach here
and it was horrifying and awful and stressful but then a man
came along & asked us what we were doing
(the whole wedding party and myself on hands and knees
digging in sand frantically) and he offered to go home & get
his metal detector...we went to the reception and this sweet man
FOUND the engagement ring and that's reason #345 235 why i love PEI...
(plus there are no bobcats).

it was fun to climb on
but that's how i noticed the snails...
i saw one at first
but then i realized there were hundreds!

and then...the drive home...
which found me on
dirt road #3...
but i'm so glad i
didn't take my own advice.

and that was the end of another adventure...
i know it was a low blow to trick you with man eating snails...
i hope the pretty dirt roads made up for it.
:)

In 2017, adventure 2017, i take pictures, she's so weird, fall Tags pei, pei blogger, PEI photographer, i heart dirt roads, fall on pei, friday adventure, adventure, nature, fort amherst, snails, non-man eating snails
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fall friday adventure...on a monday

October 22, 2017 Arlene Giddings

i feel i should give a disclaimer here
so you can decide
whether or not
you want to
continue reading this post.

there will be pictures.
oodles and oodles of pictures.
:)
it's fall on PEI...
every 3 steps makes you want to stop
and grab your camera.

i am going to try
really, really hard
to control myself...
but i apologize in advance.

(see?  I couldn't even get through the
disclaimer/apology
without posting THREE photos already!)

thanksgiving monday
i went for a drive...i had no plan at all...
although i did tell myself
there would be NO dirt roads.
it rained hard the night before
and i did not want to get stuck

dirt road #1 of the day...i listen to myself well.

and after some aimless meandering...
& a couple of middle of the road shots
which the mom in me KNOWS are a bad idea
but i still just can't stop myself

ended up in fort amherst
where i have been once before shooting
wedding photos
but didn't realize that there were trails.

luckily i know now that there is an airport in Charlottetown and will not embarrass myself by ducking and running for cover wondering why no one else is panicking that a plane is OBVIOUSLY going to crash...not that that happened to me before...well...i was only young.

while i was walking through here
i heard a loud noise
right above me...
like the swooping/rustling of giant wings...
the path opens up to a trail that
runs along the beach
but when i looked back
i could see this bird circling overhead
 

i thought it might be an eagle
and i have always wanted to see one up close
so i went back towards the woods...
but then i was disappointed
because i couldn't see him anymore...
but then
there he was.
perched up on a tree branch about
TEN feet away from me!
i was so excited.
i started taking pictures
and felt all National Geographic
until
he
turned
his
head
and looked right at me
and suddenly
i started thinking
do eagles attack people?
does it depend on your height?
(don't ask me why i wondered that...
i think it had something to do with thinking
an eagle might carry off a small dog
but not a big dog
hence a short person
but not a tall one...
i can't explain how my brain works).

i quickly moved to a different spot
where i could still see him
but maybe he wouldn't notice me
and texted my husband to see
if he felt that an eagle might attack
a short person
on a trail if he mistook the
clicking noises the camera was making
for a gun instead.

my husband gave his usual answer...
"lol".

so i walked back to my car
and celebrated surviving my
close encounter with wildlife
by eating the most amazing
s'mores doughnut from tim hortons
that i bought on a whim
but it was SO GOOD.
i'm not sure if it was just the
exhilaration of my narrow escape
from the clutches of a giant bird
that made it taste so good...
or the fact that i was starving...
but it was damn good.

i went other places and took other photos that day
but this post is already way too long
so...i'll show you the man eating snails tomorrow.
 

In 2017, adventure 2017, i take pictures, she's so weird Tags fort amherst, pei, PEI photographer, pei blogger, fall, fall on pei, eagle, near death, national geographic moments, tim hortons, so many photos, pei national parks
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