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turning the corner....

February 8, 2025 Arlene Giddings

I feel like I am starting to
turn the corner
of that which is known
in my head
"as still frigging winter".

Second by second,
minute by minute,
the days get longer…
the light lingers
and my energy increases.

I have been pushing myself
to keep showing up…
to get outside for walks
and don’t pay attention to the wind chill,
to take photos,
to draw little characters
and call it a project.
To knit and doodle,
to nap when I need to,
to spend lots of time
reading in the swing.

Some things that I have been trying
that I like to think are helping but
it’s still pretty early:

I got a little pop up tent sauna
and I have been loving it.

Started using a light lamp in the mornings
and also got this cute little
rainbow pomodoro timer
and I know it’s all a trick of my brain
or rather maybe
I am tricking my brain
(shhhh…don’t tell)…
BUT I HAVE BEEN SO PRODUCTIVE.

so I’ll take it…
whatever the reason,
(his heart or his shoes)
heh. sorry, my brain is glitchy
and throws out random
grinch lines.

I hope you are warm and cozy,
happy and full.
Here’s a random photo of Timmy…
just because he is so damn adorable.

In FOCUS 2025 2.0 Tags winter, timmy, timmy the cat, pomodoro
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wordless wednesday - winter

February 7, 2024 Arlene Giddings
In wordless wednesday Tags wordless wednesday, winter, winter wonderland
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friday i'm in love....a snow-stormy edition

February 17, 2023 Arlene Giddings

it’s messy mix of winter here today…
and i am embracing it
completely…
warm, cozy pjs,
hot chocolate,
maybe a hot bath,
storm chips on standby,
a half finished book
ready to be read
while tucked in with a
knit blanket, a pug and 3 cats….

i’ve got nowhere to be
and nothing to do
except watch the snow fall
and accept february for being
february…

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE:

♥ feb 15 was national gumdrop day….and
i was more excited about that than i was for valentine’s day…
i frigging love gumdrops.

♥ that dude’s older than cheerios ♥♥♥

♥ winter self care tips…these made me happy

♥ i am not going lie I WILL HAVE THESE.

♥ some wintery photos i took last weekend
while just out singing in the car…seeing what i could see

Wherever you are,
I hope you are safe & happy & warm…
full of gumdrops and grace…
and remember,
we are past the halfway mark for February…
the days are getting longer, spring is coming closer…
we’re getting there.
♥♥♥

In embrace winter, friday i'm in love Tags winter wonderland, winter, snow, grateful, friday i'm in love
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friday i'm in love...

January 13, 2023 Arlene Giddings

This has been a perfectly
perfect Friday.

I had the day off, even before the promise of a
bit of wet snowstorm…
slept in, shoveled a bit,
ate warm toasty blueberry bagels…
read blogs and watched
you tube videos and got excited
about things like
maybe replacing my kitchen countertop
and renewed my desperate need
for a DIY camper van
and realized that
I really need tools if
I am gonna do ANY of this.
Heh.

This is how we shovel rainy-snow-slush
at the big orange house…
polka dot rubber boots, minions hat &
bright yellow slicker…heehee

THINGS I AM KINDA CRUSHING ON RIGHT NOW:

my new candle that smells like candy apples
THIS is gonna be a movie!!! & with Rachel McAdams who I adore!
i need these in my life.
i could totally get behind this idea!
ummmm…look at the polar bears….awwwww
& speaking of adorable creatures…

I hope you are having a fabulously fun Friday
and that you don’t have to
shovel too much heavy snow
and that you find some candy
that you forgot about…
:)

In friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, pugsley, timmy the cat, candles, winter
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friday i'm in love...

January 4, 2019 Arlene Giddings

-with long aimless drives
through snow packed country roads…
music playing loud,
sun shining through the trees…
not meeting another car
for miles and miles.

-with Staples gift cards….
merry christmas to me!!!!
seriously so excited about this haul.
(and i had to get new erasers since my
cats are jerks and stole my one good eraser).

- with getting back to the bullet journal again…
i’m a little behind for 2019
but…whatever…heehee.
it’ll get done.

i am pretty happy with how the first layout
turned out for 2019 though!
(and it was SO fun to use crayons and watercolors together…
i am definitely going to do that more!)

-listening to this amazing album as
i drove around looking for good light and pretty pictures…
seriously, soooooo good….
and i am not just saying that because they are local artists
or because they are two of the totally sweetest people
or because she is totally the kind of girl you
wish you were cool enough to hang around with…
sweet and funny, talented and wears a leather jacket… :)
or because i went to school with Mike since
elementary school
and he pretty much gave me my first ever nickname…
(micerobe…because i was short, if you have to know)
but because i genuinely frigging loved it.
her voice, the lyrics, the music, how it reminded me
in some ways of bands/female artists i have loved over the years…
i am not sure why but jann arden comes to mind…
(someone else whose lyrics always, always drew me in)…

it’s available now on the their website (linked above)
& spotify/google play etc…
go listen to it…you can thank me later.
:)

In friday i'm in love Tags pei, pei blogger, brookvale, winter, winter wonderland, friday adventure, friday i'm in love, soul filter
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