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is everyone like this?

March 26, 2023 Arlene Giddings

or am i broken a little bit? heh.

this is how many directions i have gone in today:
(to be precise, within the last 2 hours)::

making a to do/goal list for next week
which led to making a spring bucket list
including a possible large scale chalk on the street project,
planting marigolds with the tomatoes
should i repaint the raised beds
oh i need to get a ladder so that i can touch up the
paint on the house
so i should get some more gravel
for the walkway
which led to googling
how to make my own concrete
and then wondering when do strawberries
come out and oh!
i should build a small greenhouse
OR a greenhouse/TREEHOUSE
and i need to get rid of all the winter
coats i didn’t wear this year
is it cold out now, maybe i should go for a walk
but if i build a bird feeder can you even still feed the
birds or is that not allowed but i could
turn that green birdcage into a little dollhouse
kind of thing and where did i put the lights
that i bought for the sesame street lego
and oh! could i try embroidery?
also why do i feel like i am getting a headache.

maybe i’ll take a nap.

it’s not just me, right?
this is normal brain traffic, i think.
or just nod halfheartedly and i’ll
move on to something else shiny in
a minute or two.

In i might be losing my mind, she's so weird Tags how my brain works
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friday i'm in love...

March 24, 2023 Arlene Giddings

and it’s friday again.

this week flew by.
i spent a lot of time in the office
instead of working from home
which has it’s own set of pros and cons.

mostly it was a very busy week.
but i got to go for
a beautiful evening beach walk
with a friend
and saw the sunset…
and spent an evening at the
community school banquet
and that was so fun.

if you have not tried community school,
you totally should.
it was a great way to get out of the house
one night a week in the dreaded depths of winter
which is when i really struggle to
connect with people…
i learned a little macrame, had a lot of laughs
and got to enjoy a rousing sing a long
of “wasn’t that a party” at the banquet…
(along with delicious lemon pie)
and won a cat hammock bed! :)

{sidenote:: it’s amazing that your
brain will remember every single word
and inflection of a song you haven’t heard
in decades}

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE::

♥ oh my heart….i love all of these.

♥ i have read this over and over.

♥ this was mesmerizing…his hair.

♥ my latest IPSY haul

♥ my perpetual candy jar

♥ some time spent at the little blue desk experimenting

happy spring even though we
came into it with a bit of a storm
and a fresh a layer of snow all over…
but the days are brighter and longer
and maybe a touch warmer.

that’s enough for me. ♥

In friday i'm in love Tags spring, robots, geek girl ink, candy, friday i'm in love
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whatcha readin'? {goal 40::book 4}

March 20, 2023 Arlene Giddings

And yes, I am back to the YA
side of the fence…
reconnecting with my inner 13 year old
who can now
READ ANYTHING SHE WANTS
and doesn’t have to rely on
what is only available in the
MCS library OR
the bookmobile
especially after being banned
from both
for not returning books
(I have good intentions but
a long history of never returning a book…
don’t lend me any…heh…
plus…shhhhhhh, don’t tell anyone but…
I fold the corners…)

Sidenote…thinking about this
really makes me wanna read all the
Sweet Valley High books that I
missed out on back then. Heh.

So anyway…
what can I say about this?
It was a fun, feel good
quick read that made me happy.

If you like feel good make you happy books
that don’t require a lot of thinking,
then you should read it too! :)
I’d lend you my copy but I already lost it
plus…you know….the pages are all bent and foldy….

♥♥♥♥ 4 out of 5
NEXT UP:: LIFE AFTER LIFE- KATE ATKINSON

In whatcha readin' Tags books, whatcha readin'?, book lover, avid reader, ya, young adult, sweet valley high
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friday i'm in love...sorry, not a St Patrick's edition...cause I'm lame.

March 17, 2023 Arlene Giddings

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:

In friday i'm in love Tags sweet tooth, flakies, baked goods, bakery, yummy, friday i'm in love
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tuesday truths....

March 14, 2023 Arlene Giddings

the truth is
i am so sleepy
i can barely think
in a straight line.

lots going on right now….
a lot of it is very, very, very good.
a little of it is slightly
stressy and sucky
but that’s kinda what life is
i think…
a mix of the very, very goods
seasoned with a little bit of stress and
sometimes suckiness.

but i like to focus on the good….
so here’s a little bit of the good in my life
lately….and i hope there is a little bit
(or a lot) of good in your life, too!

I made a plant hanger! :)

I have been trying to eat a little better…
and get some fruit in there
(not really any vegetables though…heh)

I got ALL THESE polka dot mugs and bowls
for a mere 25.00….such a happy steal! :)

and the longer, brighter days
allowed for some time at the
little blue desk ♥

And the truth is
I hope you have a happy
Tuesday and are not feeling
the daylight savings change to
heavily…I feel jetlagged…
if I knew how jetlagged felt, I guess. Heh.

In tuesday truths, cultivate 2023 Tags tuesday truths, it is tuesday, macrame, plant hanger, daylight savings time
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