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friday i'm in love...

June 17, 2022 Arlene Giddings

This was not taken today….
today is not a blue sky
sunshine-y white cloud Friday.

It is gray and cold and windy
with a constant threat of rain
but small moments where
the sun breaks through
and I bolt outside
in my pjs and ginormous bathrobe type sweater
and bunny slippers
scared that I will miss it.

It is a friday that I should be using
to clean the house,
to pay my bills,
to make to do lists that I
probably won’t do
because by the time
I have done creating them
with indexes and color coding
and fancy doodles,
the sun will have come back out
and I will be gone looking for
adventure
that does not involve checking
anything off a to do list….
unless it’s various flavors of ice cream to try.

Anyway, with that in mind,
I bring you today’s list:

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE WITH:

♥ me and a bestie are going here to see them again Tuesday night!! :)
Andy Maize and Aaron Comeau of the Skydiggers come together for a special night of music at the Trailside.

♥ Ummm. Did someone say Space Treats? Like…astronaut food? Yes please!
I desperately want to try the freeze dried ice cream sandwich :)

♥ I want this in my life. I don’t need it. But I want it. :)

♥ Jinkies! Look at this!!!

♥ this post….

♥a chance to see a whole lotta people that
I haven’t seen in a whole lot of a long time for a summer BBQ.
It’s hard to explain how happy that made me.


In friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, blue sky, skydiggers
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whatcha readin'? {goal 35::book 10}

June 13, 2022 Arlene Giddings

I can’t lie.
I bought this book for the
title alone….
it just made me happy
in a David Bowie kinda way…

But it was a good read…
biographical fiction that is
based loosely on the life of Talitha Getty
who was beautiful and interesting
and slightly tragic and sad…

It took me a little bit to get into it…
at first, it felt like one of those
”trying too hard” kinda books…
but it grew on me.

4♥♥♥♥’s out of 5
NEXT UP:: BOOK OF LONGINGS - SUE MONK KIDD

In whatcha readin' Tags books, book-for-trade, book lover, avid reader, i read a book!
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friday i'm in love....

June 10, 2022 Arlene Giddings

I met this little guy
while out taking photos
of dirt roads
and blossomy trees…
he was sweet enough to
pose for a photo…
but then he said he had to run,
something about a meeting
he was late for.

THINGS I AM LOVING ON A FRIDAY….

♥ this resonated with me…how do YOU define success…
♥ the surprise sesame street bag that was left on my doorstep

♥ a co-worker friend dropping off eggs and tomato plants!!
♥ attempting to cut my back lawn at least 3 times now & coming
home today to see that someone finished it for me….people
are seriously so sweet
♥ spending part of my Friday adventure in a BFF’s
brand spanking new hot tub! :)
♥ now THIS is my kinda connoisseur, heeheehee…no…seriously.
♥ They found Manuela!!!!!
♥ this is soooooo mesmerizing!!!
♥ pretty pink flowers and sparkle shoes

Happy Friday to you!!!
♥♥♥♥♥

In friday i'm in love, RESOLVE 2022 Tags sparkly shoes, pretty in pink, happiness factors, bffs
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whatcha readin'? {goal 35::book 9}

June 6, 2022 Arlene Giddings

Oh, how I loved this book.

Once again, I really wasn’t expecting anything.
I don’t even know where I got this one…
and I had just bought like 3 new books
but saw this one sitting on my end table
(where it has sat for about a year
untouched
in full view)
and for some reason,
the blue-green cover suddenly caught my attention.

And it kept my attention.

The writing was beautiful, lyrical, sensory
and full of evocative imagery…
I realized after that this was a Reese book club pick
and then I was like yeah, I can see that.
I always love the books they pick.

Anyway, it was a beautiful read.
I was sad to see it come to an end.

Definitely 5♥♥♥♥♥’s out of 5
NEXT UP:: SISTER STARDUST - JANE GREEN

In whatcha readin', RESOLVE 2022 Tags whatcha readin'?, book lover, books, all the books, read all about it
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deep sunday thoughts...a tiny confession...and one bad word

June 5, 2022 Arlene Giddings

I keep thinking I am going to get
to this page more…
and then I don’t.

I trip, I stumble,
I post 3 times in a row…
I don’t post for a month.

I write posts in my head
but they don’t make it to the keyboard….
they leak out of my brain
along with payments due
and grocery lists and
lyrics I thought I would always remember.

Age is a funny thing.

I never cared much about my age…
I always felt younger than what the numbers
on my license add up to…
but lately, I see changes I don’t like…
a flabby neck, weight that gathers quicker
and stays longer, deep lined creases
that go beyond smile lines.

And mostly….I am ok with that.
Mostly I am ok with me.

But some days, I feel an inkling of fear,
trailing me, tracking me…
whispering what if you are always alone….
or is that what you really want?

(and I don’t know the answer)

52 is starting to feel like
the awkwardness of 15 again.

I don’t know how to dress my age,
I don’t know how to be me anymore,
I don’t know what this me is supposed to look like.
I don’t know what she wants to look like
because she is fickle and undecided and
happy as can be and yet painfully lonely,
content and positive but scared as hell in the middle of the night….
some days she wants to move to the country,
get some power tools, dress only in overalls
and let her hair get as long and tangly as it wants
while she goes around with dirty bare feet
and paints everything purple
and polka dotted.

And some days, she wants to drive away from everything
and cover the rear view mirror with thick black paint
so she can never look back.

52 is a funny age.
Maybe even more so
when one is alone
and the decisions are
not driven by anyone else….

I am driving my own ship…
I chart the waters, I choose the direction…
I can push it forward,
or I can run it aground…

Either way….it’s all on me.

That’s both liberating…
and fucking terrifying.

Anyway, once more…not what I came here to write
but these are the words that came out
so I share them
just in case someone out there
might be able to relate.
*waving hello & yelling “we got this!” if you are in this boat too.

maybe none of us are alone

or maybe….we all are.
♥

In half-a-century, pep talk, RESOLVE 2022, she's so weird, words Tags vulnerable, honesty, tell me the truth, sunday, confession, this is 50+
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