friday i'm in love

Sometimes
I am very social.
I crave connections and plans and outings …
it takes everything I have to
stay inside the house.

Sometimes
I am the opposite.

I want to sink into my space,
light candles, burn incense…
scribble in journals, watch youtube videos
of people who seem to have their
life in order
with a pen and paper fervently making notes
that I will tuck away
and then forget
where I put them.

This has been one of the stick-at-home days
which leads me to my first friday-i’m-in-love
and if it’s the only one I share, that’s ok…
this one is SO good:

The Queen’s Gambit.

If you have not watched this,
you need to do so now.
It was soooooooooooooo good.
It caught ALL of my emotions…
the storyline, the writing, the clothes,
oh my gawd, the clothes…
and the girl playing Beth
was so breathtakingly interesting and beautiful to watch.
All of the characters were so great
and the whole series
had me sitting on the
edge of my seat
biting my nails and
rooting for her.

Other random things I am
currently crushing on:

• No-name chicken burgers from Superstore (I never claimed to be fancy)

• This shampoo/conditioner has made such a huge difference in my fine hair.
  I love it!

• This girl’s Insta & website makes me want to pick up my camera again

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friday i'm in love....

♥ with dashing out the door at the end of the day, camera in hand,
to catch the last rays of light on a pretty dirt road

♥ with how people send me messages telling me “you need to try this dirt road”
or tag me in things related to smurfs, sesame street, toys for sale, happy meals…

♥ with this song….i am officially obsessed

♥ blog posts like this

♥ second season of this show

♥ a lunch-on-the-deck visit with a best friend

♥ my new fitbit clockface…his spidey-sense tingles less as the battery dies!

♥ winding dirt roads that lead to sunlit surprises…

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♥ with knowing that my kid will always check my car for me…
while also accenting it with stickers and plates… :)

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friday i'm in love

so this friday
i can definitely gush
about the new phone…
now that it has a case
and screen protector
AND
i have actually taken it out of the box.

i love it.

(what i don’t love is no headphone jack…just sayin’ samsung…)

but…
the camera.

i am loving the camera…
i am not really a big fan of super zoom photos
on anything so that didn’t really matter to me
but i like the option for wide angle
and for fitting more people into a selfie.

i’m still just playing with it all
and learning but
i am not disappointed with my choice.

other things i am loving
in random order:

• covered bridge sweet bbq kettle chips

• naps

• cucumber fresh out of the garden with salt & pepper

• the charlie brown theme pack i am using on my new phone

• the new dress i got from how bazaar

friday i'm in love...(where i ramble...)

(so i thought this was going to be the friday-i’m-in-love
where i gushed about my new phone
and the killer camera on it
and how much i loved it
but
i haven’t taken it out of the box yet….
not the samsung box…
the BOX IT WAS PACKAGED IN…

it came yesterday.

at lunch.

i am weird about getting new things
that i am really excited about…
i hoard them.
i just like knowing it’s there,
i could open it
but
maybe i’ll wait…
savor the anticipation a little bit longer…
books, magazines, new shampoo, a new series, new art supplies…
all the same reaction.

i like to have perfect conditions…
clean house, lots of time,
no distractions, showered,
full but not too full, not too sleepy,
etc, etc, etc.
plus my case won’t be here
TIL THURSDAY)

ok…that was a lot to say in a set of brackets.

what i really came here to tell you about
for my friday i’m in love
is have you watched the BBC show
Normal People
which is based on a book
by Sally Rooney
that is next on my list
but
ohmygawd…
that show.

(ok…small warning…
it’s a little tiny bit sort of how
i would imagine soft core porn
might be
but with a good story line
and no grossness
but still….
a LOT of sex.)

Anywayyyyyyyyy….
my mom doesn’t read this anyway.
heehee.

it’s set in ireland,
the cinematography is beautiful
and odd all at once,
i adore the characters,
the soundtrack….

oh. so good.

I had to watch it on YouTube
but you can also stream it from CBC

i know i already said it but i loved this series.
it was more than a show…
it was a mood…sometimes
when i read a book that i get lost in,
it sticks with me for days,
like i am in a bit of fog
but in a good way…

this was like that.

so…watch it…
just not with your kids
or maybe not with your parents
in the room…
and you might want to close the blinds.

Hahaha.
for the record,
I am debating deleting this whole post.

friday i'm in love (the movie & music edition)

So….this is not really a love or a like…
just an observation so far
but Google Play (music)
is switching to YouTube music…
I’m not sure how I feel about it yet.

I listen to music daily..
even more now that I work from home.
It plays in the background all day,
in my car, all night when I sleep.

The only time I don’t listen to music
is when I am going for a walk.
I want to hear “outside” when I am outside.
Also, I am afraid to wear headphones
in public because I am afraid
I will sing out loud
and nobody wants that.

I have different playlists for
activities, moods, holidays, people…
and my tastes range from
a to z
and almost everything in between.

I am currently loving:
♥ angus & julia stone

♥ paper kites

♥ dermot kennedy

which kind of leads to a movie
that has completely stuck in my head
but mostly
because of music….

Rudderless

I adored this movie.
Billy Crudup
Anton Yelchin (who I might have the tiniest crush on)
it was sweet and thoughtful,
funny and interesting
AND OH THE SOUNDTRACK.
they do a cover of
the wheels on the bus
that I absolutely loved….
it’s not quite the same on the OST
but sooooo great in the movie….

and the song
sing along
breaks my heart every time.

I love movies about music…
got any suggestions? :)
or whatcha listening to?