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hello beautiful spring-like friday…
you are my favorite day.
you bring me promises
and naps,
endless possibilities
and all the ice cream.
:)
FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE
♥ these tiny flying rainbows made me smile.
♥ i am super excited about this and have been adding the bands
that i am not familiar with to my playlist!
♥ did you know that a group of jellyfish is called a smack?
Now you know.
We made it through January.
That always feels like
an accomplishment
to me…
the days just keep
getting longer now,
brighter….
I need daylight hours.
Otherwise I wilt
and I wallow
and I wait…
But I feel it coming now.
And the anticipation
makes me happy.
FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE
♥ I have been getting out for walks and going to the sauna/steam room…I even took the big camera with me on my last walk (though I haven’t uploaded the photos yet. I forget that you have to do that with the big camera. It’s been so long.) But it was a good feeling to hold the weight of it in my hands again.
♥ I made a bird feeder out of a milk carton and today the chickadees came!
♥ I am in love with the idea of a winter “sofa sprawl” day.
I keep seeing it as a “couch rot” or “bed rot” day
but that just sounds…kinda….yucky.
But I read this and thought…yes. Sofa sprawl.
A winter hibernation day (or dare I suggest weekend)
of cute fresh matching pjs, fuzzy socks,
cozy blankets, treats, drinks, books,
music, movies, hobbies like knitting or crochet,
a notepad and the remote all within arm’s reach.
No plans. No chores. No grown up stuff.
Oh.
I get chills just thinking about it.
♥ my backpack has a little
baby backpack
and that baby backpack
has a little baby pencil case
which has a
LITTLE BABY PENCIL & ERASER IN IT
:) my girl got me this for Xmas
and I love it.
♥ and because every list needs a link
this poem
both broke my heart
and made me cheer
and “listen i love you joy is coming”
*I warned you I was going to post more. Heh.
I wasn't going to write a
friday i'm in love post today….
I didn't think I was feeling it…
I was feeling all the feels today
but not really happy ones.
The truth is…well…you know
what the truth is.
I am still raw to touch
and too bruised to be in public…
I feel like my skin scraped dry
and my heart is on the outside
instead of safely hidden…
I try to protect it
but everywhere I go,
I am bumping it against
other people's stories
and the corner of my memories
and scraping it on the past.
So maybe today
I need a Friday I'm in love
more than ever….
even if it is just to remind me
that there are still things
to be in love with…
I have been meaning to share this
for a while so thought
today was a good day
to do just that.
At a very hard time,
a friend gave me something
I have been looking for
for years…Azrael the cat from the smurfs!
I had him tucked away
until tonight
but now he has been
happily reunited with
Gargamel and they are
happily plotting the demise
of the smurfs…
(thank you Lee Anne & Sandy,
though the smurfs are probably
annoyed with you….heh)
❤️ seeing a new-to-me video of dad when I was least expecting it…but needing it the most…
❤️ something in the orange…on constant replay
❤️ friends who have no idea how much I appreciate (and need) their support. I am not good at saying it…but I need them more than they know.
❤️ and finally…a hot bowl of chicken fricot
to end this frigid cold day off with…
I hope you had a warm and toasty friday!!
I debated getting outside
for a Friday adventure today
but
I am still trying to do
No Spend January
and I knew if if I left home
there was a strong chance
I would spend money
I don’t need to spend.
So I stayed home and
forced myself to start
decluttering
which the big orange house
desperately
needs and it’s starting to wear
on my mental health
so I know it’s time.
But it’s so overwhelming.
Baby steps.
That’s all I am doing.
Bite size chunks.
Til it all gets done.
FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE
♥ speaking of not spending money…heh…I bought tickets for this
I HAD to….Noah Kahan is coming!!!!! and yeahhhhh…I know, I know…no spend January….but this is in SEPTEMBER so…kinda doesn’t count (also I am very good at justification…heh) (plus….#glee)
♥ I skipped to the end to watch this but still my heart was racing for this kid who BEAT TETRIS. also it made me miss playing tetris. which also made me think about dad…and the family sessions of tetris we would have after supper (though the first after supper competition was asteroids. heh.)
♥ I am loving this series. Like….loving with all my heart. It’s so clever and sweet and interesting and has made me laugh out loud.
♥ an unexpected supper with a best friend last night where we laughed belligerently and guffawed and held back tears a little bit and left feeling both belly AND heart full. And yes, I know I said this was a no spend month but I consider filling your social gas tank to be a bit of a necessity.
happy, happy friday to you.
I hope it was out of this world. ♥
As I was writing this
I realized
the last time I did a
friday i’m in love
my dad was still here.
I am trying to get back to
normal (whatever construct
normal actually is)
but sometimes
something so simple
as a friday i’m in love post
can set me back a moment or two
and almost make me think
I can’t do it.
That it feels wrong to be happy
and sad…but two things can be true.
Two things can be true.
I’m trying not to write about this
all the time but no matter what I
mean
to write, this is what comes out
regardless.
So here I am.
Click-clacking the keyboard.
Letting my emotions fall onto
a blank page because that is
where I feel the most comfortable…
But I chose GLEE as my word
for 2024 so I am pushing myself
to look for the happy moments alongside
the sad….even when I don’t think I can.
especially when I don’t think I can.
♥ my girl sent me a video on grief that really resonated with me…the button in a box video…then I came across this one today and the second scenario really felt like how I feel
♥ I am reading this & oh, how I love it SO MUCH. I don’t know why I waited so long to start the 3rd book in the series….but this was a good start to 2024’s reading list
♥ nom-nom-nom. THESE are delicious. I was so happy that I remembered I had bought them one day while I was reading in the car and found them hidden under the seat (unopened, I’m not a complete animal)(but let’s not lie, I still would have eaten them probably). :)
♥ and this. Oh. How I love this!
and not JUST because it has a fancy pen
that lets me do things like this…but
that’s definitely a big part of it. Heehee
Honestly, though, there are so many things I am grateful for.
A phone call from my mom.
Messages from my brothers even if they drive me crazy.
Hearing my girl’s stories after work and seeing how happy she is.
A random conversation with an old friend in the hallway laughing about how I thought aspartame was pronounced a-spart-a-my…like some kind of Greek hero.
A flock of crows overhead on my walk when I realized IT WAS STILL BRIGHT ENOUGH AFTER WORK TO WALK. :)
♥♥♥ I hope you are having a happy friday too. You really should.