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It's been a long, long time....

September 22, 2022 Arlene Giddings

I’m not sure what happened.
Summer blew by me in the
blink of an eye.
Now it’s September,
the end of September at that
and I am trying to get myself
back into productive mode
but it’s been hard,
I won’t lie.

But every day,
I get at least one more stupid
grown up task
crossed off my
grown up list…
(and add 3 more, heh).

Some bullet point truths I have learned
(or in some cases, relearned)

  • no name diet cola is pretty ok. It’ll do in a pinch.

  • extreme weather still terrifies me & makes me want to cry

  • i LOVE jello cups…like….LOOOOOVE

  • routines and consistency calm me even though I fight them

  • fine tip felt pens are ♥

  • admitting you need help with something doesn’t mean you are weak…it’s not a flaw…it’s kinda sorta a strength….(but still awful hard to do).

Hoping that this stupid stupid head
hurricane fiona
gets downgraded or dissolves
or whatever it is stupid hurricanes do
to disappear….
I have books and diet coke,
a sump pump plan of action
and possibly a flashlight maybe….
I think I will hunker down
with a weighted blanket and
some jello cups, a couple cartoons
and a pug
until all this goes away.
♥

In she's so weird, words, RESOLVE 2022 Tags hurricanes, fiona, catching up, where has the time gone, jello cups
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October 16, 2016 Arlene Giddings

on saturday,
my boy turned 17.

17.
how can that be.
seventeen.

and on friday, he got his driver's license...

i feel like time
is playing tricks on me...
it is speeding down a highway
with the windows wide open
and the radio blaring
and the trees & the mailboxes
are flying past
in a blur.

i would like it to slow down a little...
you know...maybe do 40 kms for a bit,
on a quiet country road
with a warm breeze
and the sound of crickets and frogs...

i want to pump the brakes a little.

my little big-headed boy with the dark brown eyes
and messy hair...now taller than his dad
(but still with messy hair)
cars, music, gaming, future plans (a and b)...
always so sweet and funny and thoughtful ♥

happy birthday, bighead.
it's gonna be a great year.

In 2016, my boy, we are family Tags 17, seventeen, my boy, birthday boy, family, the nest is emptying, where has the time gone
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#tbt (remember...you were forewarned)

August 25, 2016 Arlene Giddings

i told you.
i told you all
already
that my little girl
is getting ready to leave
the nest
and
i
am going to be
nothing
if not a blubbering
messy
anxiety-ridden
meltdown of a mess.

so don't look at me now
like you didn't think i would
start already...
like you thought maybe i would
hold it together
at least until
the end of august...

cause the deposit was just paid on the apartment.

and that means
she's really going.

and that...
that is all it takes, my friends.
feel free to avert your eyes
until at least november...
mid november at best.
maybe christmas.
i'll be fine by christmas.

In #tbt, 2016, at the big orange house, my girl, pep talk Tags my blue haired girl, my girl, empty nester, 21, where has the time gone
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