friday i'm in love...sorry, not a St Patrick's edition...cause I'm lame.

I know this should somehow
be a St Patrick’s day edition
but instead, I
HAVE
to tell you about the
frigging amazing
homemade flakies I got from
sweet’ems bake shop!!!!!!!

These were literally too die for
and I looked forward to picking up
this order all week…
my week was sleepy and stressy,
time change killed me,
work is insanely busy
and I just can’t keep up
in anything that I am doing…
house, work, exercise, consignments…
but these little sweet delights
made
up
for
everything.
♥

Look at allllllll that lemony goodness
dripping out …and that flaky flaky-ness.
Sooooo good.

OTHER THINGS I AM LOVING ON A FRIDAY

♥ Slowly, you will learn how to lay down your arms. How to walk away from those who will only ever love you in halves. Slowly, you will learn that you cannot love someone into loving you, or being ready, if they are not. You cannot love someone into their potential. You cannot close their hands around your heart if they are not willing to hold it themselves. You have to let them go. You have to focus on the people in your life who bring you back home to yourself. You have to focus on standing up for that kind of connection, on honoring that calm, because it exists. It exists.

♥ murmurations. always, always, always with the murmurations

♥ that Sunny’s Dairy Bar commented on my
little salty chip watercolor on FB, heehee.
(and to say that they loved the doodle,
not to threaten to sue me for copyright, heh)

♥ accidental hearts….

and in the spirit of St Patrick’s,
I can only offer this:

friday i'm in love....a snow-stormy edition

it’s messy mix of winter here today…
and i am embracing it
completely…
warm, cozy pjs,
hot chocolate,
maybe a hot bath,
storm chips on standby,
a half finished book
ready to be read
while tucked in with a
knit blanket, a pug and 3 cats….

i’ve got nowhere to be
and nothing to do
except watch the snow fall
and accept february for being
february…

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE:

♥ feb 15 was national gumdrop day….and
i was more excited about that than i was for valentine’s day…
i frigging love gumdrops.

♥ that dude’s older than cheerios ♥♥♥

♥ winter self care tips…these made me happy

♥ i am not going lie I WILL HAVE THESE.

♥ some wintery photos i took last weekend
while just out singing in the car…seeing what i could see

Wherever you are,
I hope you are safe & happy & warm…
full of gumdrops and grace…
and remember,
we are past the halfway mark for February…
the days are getting longer, spring is coming closer…
we’re getting there.
♥♥♥

friday i'm in love...the late edition....

I am actually writing this
on Saturday
but it was still stuff I loved on Friday
so…..
semantics. Heh.

The sun is shining
and the house is warm and clean.
The dryer won’t be here until Feb 8th
so I have been using dryer rack
and it’s been working ok…
just hard to get used to.

And right now I am burning
a candle called “fresh cut grass”
while I have a Christmas scent in the burner
so the house seems slightly conflicted & confused
but smells good. Heh.

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE:

♥ I love how the late-day light comes in this window…
I spent some time here yesterday doodling and planning
and feeling pretty happy.

♥ I wanna build a greenhouse. This just reinforces
the fact that I need to BUY TOOLS.

♥ This. Oh my breaking heart. This.

♥ 12000 pressed leaves. Magical.

♥ In 2020, I read a book called
"Buy Yourself the Effing Lilies” and
loved it so hard. Tara Schuster has a new book
coming out and I happened to get in the opportunity
she shared to be a glow-getter for the new book coming
"Glow in the Effing Dark” (Release date: Feb 28)
This not only got me an advance copy but also
a part of a network of other people who are incredibly
excited and fan-girling about this book and the author…heehee.
I was pretty frigging excited to be a part of this and can’t wait to read it!!

♥ my January IPSY bag. These always make me happy.

I hope this weekend finds you as
happy and relaxed as this guy is
when he is being cuddled….
just don’t drool like he does
if you can help it.
:)

friday i'm in love...

This has been a perfectly
perfect Friday.

I had the day off, even before the promise of a
bit of wet snowstorm…
slept in, shoveled a bit,
ate warm toasty blueberry bagels…
read blogs and watched
you tube videos and got excited
about things like
maybe replacing my kitchen countertop
and renewed my desperate need
for a DIY camper van
and realized that
I really need tools if
I am gonna do ANY of this.
Heh.

This is how we shovel rainy-snow-slush
at the big orange house…
polka dot rubber boots, minions hat &
bright yellow slicker…heehee

THINGS I AM KINDA CRUSHING ON RIGHT NOW:

my new candle that smells like candy apples
THIS is gonna be a movie!!! & with Rachel McAdams who I adore!
i need these in my life.
i could totally get behind this idea!
ummmm…look at the polar bears….awwwww
& speaking of adorable creatures…

I hope you are having a fabulously fun Friday
and that you don’t have to
shovel too much heavy snow
and that you find some candy
that you forgot about…
:)

friday i'm in love {on a Saturday}...the slightly store-bought edition

I had a little pity-shopping-from-my-bed-party
when I was coming on the end of being sick…
I was sad that I missed so much of Christmas
and that I felt so rotten
so I bandaged myself up
with some retail therapy.

pjs and hair masks,
slippers and a new bathing suit
(that I absolutely love)
free samples,
moisturizers and
a couple of toys & stickers

I am finally starting to feel like myself again.
Being sick sucked a lot of energy out of me
but I can feel it coming back
and it reminds me to be grateful
for good health and energy
and to not take it for granted….

OTHER RANDOM HAPPY THINGS:
this is us
plans for a small four-friend book club :)
my girl surprising me with a “fresh cut grass” candle

phone calls from my mom
couch visits with a bestie
lipton cup of soup
freshly colored hair (finally!)
a visit from my boy
my new cordless vacuum which I LOVE SO MUCH
my chiropractor being able to help me with my weird rib issue
a surprise request for a print of a doodle I did

Happy weekend to you!!