friday i'm in love...(the long weekend edition)

May 20, 2016 Arlene Giddings

♥ with long, extra long weekends...mine started on thursday
with a trip to moncton with my girl...
which meant two things -
one: i got to spend a full day just hanging out with emma :) :) :)
two: i can cross "drive to moncton" off my bucket list

there were teeny tiny mushrooms and lots and lots of moss...

♥ meatball subs & cherry vanilla dr pepper with my favorite guy

♥ got up early this morning & spot cleaned the house
so that i could go out hiking
guilt free
with one of my best friends...
armed with a hand drawn map, a camera, 1 banana
and a lot of enthusiasm...
we got lost a couple of times...picked up a cute beagle
for a companion for a while,
might have wandered through a christmas tree farm...
definitely trailblazed through a golf course
and one of us peed in the woods.

someone said it's not an adventure til you get lost.
personally, i feel it's not an adventure
until someone cries
in the fetal position
but those might just be my rules.

♥ this kid singing this song...he also does hallelujah

♥ writer's block

♥ still 3 more days off to look forward to...and sunshine in the forecast!

friday i'm in love

May 13, 2016 Arlene Giddings

☺ with my robot shoes...I know I have had these for a while
but I never really had the chance to share them here...
because I only had phone-photos and I felt they needed
big-camera pictures...not needed...deserved :) I would suggest
that you check out their site, but...if you are like me,
you will want EVERY shoe there.

♥ this is so cool...

♥ oh...these photos...these words...sheep! and goats! and toasted bread!

♥ i want a macro lens too (whine, pout, whine)

♥ heeheehee...the mixer...the atrocity...heeheehee...

♥ i love #5's glasses, #2's hair, #13's attitude, #24's bravery, #45's boots, #46's hats

happy happy happy friday! :)

friday i'm in love....

May 6, 2016 Arlene Giddings

my first day taking the "big camera" out in a long time...going to make this a habit.

oh my gawd...with this handwriting...
all of it...oh my heart.
with these obits written by a mom
for her daughter...in jest...
(a little dark, i know)
but seriously...
if you read nothing else that i share for you,
read this.
and i can't help wonder if my 16 year old
is too old to do this with...or this...damn it.
anyone want to lend me a kid?
this story about working with Prince...
still so sad... :(
and this is not a friday i'm in love item...
but the huge fire in Fort McMurray and
surrounding areas cannot be forgotten...
it is incredibly sad and scary to see the images and video
coming out of that area,
to hear your co-workers and friends tell stories
of family and friends having to flee their homes
to race the fire, to get of danger's path..
it's terrifying.
The support coming in from all over Canada is the only bright spot in this story...
but I wish it didn't have to be this way...
and i hope it doesn't worse before it gets better. :(

friday i'm in love...

April 29, 2016 Arlene Giddings

with spring...with anticipation, with sunshine, with possibility
with this soundtrack...i have it playing in the background of my life a lot lately
with this artist, but especially that subway print
at the beginning of her website...sigh...
this little bit of truth...and not just because
i am currently entering the land of silver strands and laugh lines...
but that definitely helps :)
and speaking of truths...i identified with a lot written here...
this beautiful website makes me want to re-do my house!
and since i seem to be on a truth theme...this is me.
this is me to a T.
wow.
- with this gorgeous new restaurant in my little town...
  and that they hosted an adult coloring night last night
  in conjunction with upstreet craft brewing...
  i don't drink beer but i do like to color...(and maybe a caeser, please?)
  the atmosphere is beautiful...lots to look at...
  wood beams on the bar, high ceilings, part of a car...
  the food smelled delicious (sadly, i had already eaten...but NEXT time!!)
  and great live music!
  AND a good friend to enjoy it all with...even though
  we may have knocked a candle over and subsequently
  set her plastic marker case on fire
  but, really, what i should be drawing your attention to
  is not the fact that we started a fire
  but that we SUCCESSFULLY PUT OUT A FIRE
  therefore possibly saving the lives of many unsuspecting people
  and, quite frankly, the whole city of summerside....
  i mean...who knew what could have happened...
  so really? heroes. we are not clumsy coloring geeks...
  we are heroes.
  (i seem to have gotten off track here.)
- that when i got home last night,
  S was playing purple rain on the guitar...
  <3 <3 <3

friday i'm in love...{and yes...i'm a day late & a dollar short}

April 23, 2016 Arlene Giddings

I had the opportunity to attend a course called Living Your Potential this week.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is feeling a little stuck in their
day-to-day life...anyone who sees themselves repeating similar patterns & getting the
same results & looking for a way to shake things up. It was very insightful for me.
I definitely had more than a few "OH! that's why I do that..." or "oh my gawd. I didn't even
realize I was doing that!" moments. The facilitators are fantastic and supportive while
not letting you get by with giving the "easy" answers (which is something I know I tend to do
in order to deflect the attention from me).
finding this beautiful blog again...i don't know how i lost it in the first place...
this instagrammer...and not just because she talks about about anne :)
i must have these socks...and these...and well...maybe these! (caution:: profanity...Mom, don't click these links. :)
and cause everyone can use a lifehack or two...
Do you ever get the feeling the universe is trying to tell you something?
I am not sure if I am just feeling extra-sensitive to this right now because
of the course that I just took but this idea of increasing your fitness in your
middle age is proving to be beneficial to brain activity as you age has been
popping up for me...A LOT...in the past couple of day. And now that I think about
it, someone also asked me if I had any interest in roller derby...& that I should think
about it. Interesting. It's funny what you notice when you change your mindset a little.
and...because it's ironic to follow that with this...here is what is for supper tonight...