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

August 31, 2018 Arlene Giddings

no links this time.

just words.

i think we all know that i love summer...
the beaches, the boardwalks, airshows, dairy bars,
dirt roads, starry nights, sunshine...all of that sweetness.

but i also love september.

(and not just because my birthday is in september)(heh)

but because
september feels like a new beginning...
a mini-fresh start...you know...before the REAL fresh start of
january and a new year.

but this is kind of like a reset button...
where i think about picking up on all the stuff
i let slide as i made time for beaches and dairy bars....
where i start thinking about new routines
and maybe getting up earlier
and hey, maybe i'll try that keto thing everyone is talking about
and remember when i said i was going to do yoga everyday
and hey, have you seen my bullet journal anywhere?

so here is a little list of what is making me feel
kind of excited about september (in a geeky kind of way):

  • fall leaves!
  • hikes
  • yoga
  • bullet journal
  • make chocolate chip cookies
  • writing group
  • have had some requests for handmade cards :)
  • might try my hand at family photos again
  • apple picking
  • board game nights
  • listening to music
  • watching movies (finish my Marvel list)
  • make an apple pie
  • take pugsley for walks
  • read lots more books (on book 35 right now)
  • try to get some prints ready to sell (maybe at a craft fair)
  • would like to try to do some "nursery room" paintings...like...of farm animals maybe?
  • maybe try to make a coloring book
  • finish the 365 robot series
  • sort out my life

yeah...i kind of like september. :)

In friday i'm in love, list-me-up, embrace2018 Tags september, i love a good list, she likes lists, big plans, goals
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friday i'm in love...

August 10, 2018 Arlene Giddings

*  Driving down random dirt roads and finding a whole bunch of cows who seem to be as curious about the random girl with the camera and loud music as she was about them...

* I know nothing about football (or hockey...or baseball...or rugby...well...sports in general...)but this kid! I couldn't stop watching. 

* I so can't wait to see this!  :)

*  Fresh string beans...tomatoes...cucumbers...sigh.  All the things I love to put salt on.

*  I have been saying this all along.

*  Being home for this today...so weird, Mother Nature...pull it together.

*  Finding fantastic new Instagram accounts to follow as a result of #augustbreak

In #augustbreak2018, friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, winnie the pooh, cows, pei
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friday i'm in love....

June 8, 2018 Arlene Giddings

it's a cold gray friday...
i have the day off but
don't really feel like "adventuring".

instead
i think i am going to hunker down
with blogs and books,
paintbrushes and markers,
paper and pen
for most of the day
and meet a friend for coffee & treats
at samuel's this afternoon.

i heard a rumor that the sun might come out tomorrow.
so...maybe a saturday adventure instead?
are lilacs even out yet?  I was sure I saw some in Charlottetown
but I haven't seen any here yet!

there's no rule that it HAS to be a friday adventure.
(and, even if there was...I make the rules soooooooo...)
heh.

here are some things that have caught my eye this week though :)

♥  look at these doughnuts! 

♥  someday i will have a greenhouse...

♥  i want to write like this....

♥  i like this idea.....

♥  i didn't watch mr rogers...he must have been on cable...and i was
totally a mr dressup and sesame street kinda girl but i really do want to
watch this
....

♥  and ok.  i know i have already bugged you about this on my blog & facebook
and if you are lucky/unlucky enough to know me in real life,
i have likely bugged you about it there, too.
BUT THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD.
will someone else PLEASE watch it so that i have someone
to say "i KNOOOOOOOW!" when i say "that show is SO GOOD!"
AND i love the soundtrack.

"you should never tell a psychopath they are a pyschopath.
it upsets them."

 

In 2018, friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, killing eve, lots of links, she loves to link
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friday i'm in love....

May 18, 2018 Arlene Giddings

♥ with the Agent Carter series...
So....remember when I said I was going to watch all the
Marvel movies & shows
in order of timelines (not release dates)?
Well...I started.  I watched Captain America - The 1st Avenger
and really liked it (although I fell asleep at the end of the movie
TWICE and had to re-watch but the lesson to take from that is
that I really cannot stay up past 10 pm.  It's pretty much impossible.)

So next on my list was Agent Carter.  Who I had never heard of
before the first Captain America movie.  And, I will admit, I was a little
dubious...I wasn't sure that I really wanted to commit to 2 seasons of a
show I had never heard of.

But I LOVED it.  LOVED it.  All caps bold type LOVED it.
And I have totally revived my dream of wanting to be a secret agent
when I grow up (the last time was when I desperately wanted to be Agent 99
from Get Smart).

♥ with this themed book box....all about Anne of Green Gables!!!!  :)

♥ with everything about this woman's house and gardens
and now she's building a STUDIO
!!!
I know I have posted about her blog before and the
truth is, I will probably post about it again because I am
seriously smitten with everything she shares.

♥ I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS:

♥  And...since we are talking about awesome movies I can't wait for...

♥ and since we are talking about things I can't wait for...THERE WILL BE A WHOLE MONTH OF SUNDAES IN JUNE!!  Now...this is a culinary event that I can truly get behind. 

Happy long weekend!  :) :) :)  It's not too early to start eating sundaes, right?

In friday i'm in love, she's so weird Tags month of sundaes, june month of sundaes, pei, incredibles 2, long weekend
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friday i'm in love....

April 27, 2018 Arlene Giddings

I know I haven't been here a lot
lately but with the sudden and sweet onset of spring
I am feeling like my batteries have been recharged
and I am ready to get back to the things that I love...

Speaking of things that I love
here is a bit of a list of what I am currently crushing on:

♥  It was Administrative Professional Day on Wednesday...
I know I don't talk about my "real" job a lot here (or any
social media...I like a firm line between home and work),
but I have to say that the people that I work with
were incredibly sweet this whole week...and the
countless cans of diet coke and enormous supply of jujubes
made me smile.  I love my job.

♥  I love that a real life ongoing game of tag was the inspiration
for this movie which looks like it is going to be hilarious!

♥  sunshine

♥  an evening ritual of taking the dog for a walk through the park

♥  an evening of Caesars and salty french fries, old friends and new ones,
loud jazz and lots of giggling...

♥  i still love this show. 

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