tuesday truths ♥♥♥ and a hint of happy mail surprise/contest

It has been a minute
but my little geeky girl mini-muse
has finally decided
to come back and visit…

Not gonna lie
the truth is
I was getting a little worried…
I thought I might have scared her off
for good.

But she has been peeking
around the corners
and I have seen her shadow
every now and then
but then she’d scurry off
and probably hide
behind the couch
wrapped up in a blanket
eating all the cookies.

Anyway…she’s back.

And she said she had an idea…
it was a little bit hard to understand
because she was whispering
and her mouth was full of cookies
but I think this is the gist of it…

happy mail
makes
people
happy.

I love getting something in the mail
that is not a bill or a flyer or a bill.
So many bills. Blech.

And then I did the Ipsy thing
and that was so much fun
and then I did the chef’s plate thing
and that was so much fun
and I realized that I really, really like
happy mail
and maybe
me and my little geeky girl mini muse
could make someone else
happy
when they open their mailbox
and not cross-cranky-curse-y
like I sometimes get.

And the truth is
I like just making random things…
doodles, scribbles, cards, notes…
I like little toys and post it notes
and fortune cookies and
teeny-tiny love letters…
paper dolls and photographs…
soooo
here’s my plan…

I am going to make two
happy-mail-packages.
One to give away, and maybe one
someone can buy
if anyone has any interest in that
kind of thing…
and if not, then it will be two to
giveaway!

Stay tuned for the details…
we haven’t quite decided on
the contest logistics yet….
we’ll be able to concentrate
better after the
cookies are all gone.
♥♥♥

the truth is....

the truth is
i can spend
156.00 dollars
on groceries
and come home
and make a
peanut butter
sandwich.

the truth is
i cut my own hair
recently…
3 times to be exact…
and am not sure
that was a
good thing.

the truth is
i realized today
that i own
a LOT of clothes
and the truth
also is
that i will likely never wear
most of those clothes
again if i won’t be in an
office setting…
which makes me
both happy (i love working from home)
and a little bit sad.

the truth is
i’m not sleeping well.
i’m sleeping a lot
but
not well.

the truth is
i don’t have
any more truths
to share
today.
♥

(captain’s log::day seven of temporary restrictions complete)

tuesday truths...pollyanna-positivity warning ahead...

in an effort to
look at the bright side
of the bubble,
i was thinking that
if more restrictions
HAVE to happen,
i guess january is
better than july.

(i also realize it’s easier
for me to say this
lightly
because i know that
i am not nearly affected as others…
my kids are older,
my work is not terribly affected,
my family are all on the island…
even if i can’t see them
right now
i have seen them recently…
and as of yet,
we have all been lucky.)

(the truth of what others
are facing or have faced
is not lost on me.)

but also in a fit of my usual
pollyanna-positivity
i made myself a list of what i
could do for the rest of january.

• yoga

• meditate

• go through my clothes & purge

• draw

• read books and books

• paint

• experiment with the art supplies i never even opened

• zoom call a friend or two

• chefs plate meals

• plan a bathroom reno

• find 2 screwdrivers and a hammer & make that damn bookshelf

• go for a solo hike

• go for a solo drive & ramble some country roads

• write a short story

• sort and purge photos

• finish atypical

• start yellowstone

• plan my garden

• read some poetry

• social media detox

• write a letter to someone

• color my hair something new

• take an online course

• focus only on positive things; avoid negativity

• vision board

and blog, of course.

so that’s the plan
for january
in the big orange house…
♥♥♥♥♥

tuesday truths...too much truth...but it's tuesday....

the truth is
sometimes
i feel like
maybe i
have become
too happy,
too comfortable,
too content
all on my own.

sometimes
i wonder if
i will ever
be able to fit
another person
into my life
again….
i am just not sure where
or how
or the logistics
or the ramifications…

i am afraid to
upset this
delicate balance
i have built of
being happy
on my own…
(and let’s not lie
i am also afraid
of being hurt,
of confrontation,
of drama,
of other people talking about me,
of perceptions, of judgements,
of hurting someone else,
of someone wanting me to change,
of losing control…)

and i am so happy right now.
i feel like i live in my own little
fragile soap bubble of bliss…
full of candy & ice cream
and doing what i want
when i want
how i want…
full of friends and family,
cats and a pug,
colors and giggles and music…

i am happy.

if i am going to ever be with someone else,
it has to add to equation…not subtract, not divide,
not make me question my worth, my self esteem, my quirks…
and maybe it has to happen accidentally…
you know, like the kind of thing
you don’t plan,
you just slip into it
because it feels right
without trying.

anyway.

that’s my tuesday truth.
i actually came here
to write about spotify
but then this leaked out of my brain
and onto the page
so…this is what you get today.

:)

tuesday truths...

the truth is
we have hit that time of the year
when the
sun fades to darkness
as i hit the end of my workday
and i find that hard…

part of me just wants
blankets and pjs,
books and hot chocolate
or a netflix series i can lose
myself in for hours.

but i have been reviving the
inspiration jar
this last couple of days
(ok…truthfully, just since yesterday)
but honestly,
IT IS SO FUN.

i had kinda forgotten what i
put in there for ideas
so it’s been fun to pull one out
and see how i am going to spend
my time.
i have decided that whatever comes out,
i will spend at least half an hour on
unless i get inspired by it
and then it can be without time limits.

tonight’s was read blogs for inspiration
which then lead to a new blog post
so yay! ♥

(but i can’t lie…
at some point tonight,
there WILL be pjs, blankets & hot chocolate…
that’s a given.)

but on that note…
what have you been reading/watching/listening to
in the early dark hours of evenings?
i need inspiration.
:)