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friday i'm in love....the one in which i wax poetic about my broken down house...

February 7, 2020 Arlene Giddings

there is something about
being home
that just makes me
incredibly happy.

my house is not fancy…hell…
it’s not even finished.
half a string of christmas lights
still hang over the door
and bang against the window
but i like the little flash of bright colors
against the white of the snow outside.

i have water damage on the ceiling
and a makeshift ramp
to get to the leaking
front door…the same front door
you have to slam
to make sure it’s shut.
there’s a pumpkin head
with a top hat that was carved out of
one of our trees years ago
and i can’t bear to move it…
the kitchen faucet sprays like a geyser
and the countertop is broken…
one plug doesn’t work
and i am missing light fixtures
and baseboard
and have a couple holes in the wall…

oh. and i am pretty sure something might be
living
in the attic but i try not to think about that.

yet there is no place else i want to be.

every hole, every crack, every broken bit
holds a memory...a funny story…
a secret no one else knows.

i am home
and the freezing rain is pelting
against the windows,
the cat is sleeping on my computer chair,
the heater ticks and whirs behind me
while i listen to ben howard
and click away at the keyboard
thinking about how
happy i am
to be home.

currently loving:

♥ my newly decluttered little blue desk space
♥ ben howard
♥ lemon, garlic and olive oil…on everything
♥ such a great idea!
♥ getting back to the bullet journal
♥ sunflower seeds
♥ this made me cry…just a little tiny bit
♥ this made me cry just a little bit more

happy freezing rain friday….stay warm. :)

In friday i'm in love, grateful, ignite2020, words Tags friday i'm in love, the big orange house, the little blue desk
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wordless wednesday

January 29, 2020 Arlene Giddings
In ignite2020, wordless wednesday Tags wordless wednesday, nature, embrace winter
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embrace winter bucket list - january update

January 26, 2020 Arlene Giddings

Back in December,
I wrote a blog post
about how I planned to
embrace winter this year
instead of fighting it tooth and nail
which is my normal method of madness.

So far,
I have tried curling (which was fun
but I failed miserably at…),
looked at lots and lots of Christmas lights,
baked chocolate chip cookies…twice…
(and yes, passing someone else the
ingredients and occasionally
setting the timer
TOTALLY counts as baking cookies….
they are my rules, after all.)

But this weekend,
I got to cross snowshoeing off my list. :)

If I was 100% honest with you,
I was a little nervous about this.
I am not exactly what one would call
coordinated
or
athletic.

But it was a beautiful, sunny, warm day
and I honestly had
so
much
fun.

And I was sooooo glad I brought my camera.
And extra socks.

There was hot chocolate with marshmallows,
a sunset,
and I didn’t fall once!

This “embrace winter” thing is not too bad.
:)
now….what can I cross off the list next?!

In ignite2020, the adventure continues, embrace winter Tags embrace winter, happy, ignite2020
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friday i'm in love...

January 24, 2020 Arlene Giddings

I was going to come here and do my usual
friday i’m in love post
but somehow
i got sucked down an alice in wonderland rabbit hole of
searching for
(and getting incredibly excited about)
the following things:

  • dollhouses

  • building a doll house

  • how to deconstruct & re-construct a blythe doll

  • i want ALL the calico critters

  • also little people

  • and bella grace magazines

  • plus a new hot chocolate recipe

  • and cute skates

  • also i think i need some tools

  • so i can build a light box

  • and a doll house (which brings me full circle).

Do you ever have those moments though?
Where you are kind of bobbing along, doing your every day thing
and slightly inspired by the world around you
but then, all of a sudden, it’s like you wake up
and EVERYTHING is inspiring…
shades of light,
music,
the color of the sky,
random you tube playlists,
the book you are reading,
ads for kids clothes,
snippets of conversation in the mall…

literally everything suddenly makes you want to
grab a paper, pen, saw, scissors, keyboard, chainsaw…

you feel excited
about
everything.

That’s how I feel…right now.
I like this feeling.
I want to keep it.
:)

(also, this little guy
had a friday adventure of his own…and
went to the vet today…but he is ok! Yay!)

In friday i'm in love, ignite2020 Tags friday i'm in love, friday i want, pugsley
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