- winter always drags me down
but spring always manages to pick me back up again.
just a little milder and brighter out
and already i am feeling less "nest-y"
(you know...where you just want pajamas & books & candles & movies & blanket forts)
and more excited...this is when
i start to get all full of plans and ideas and lists and intentions and goals and changes...
my pinterest boards get a lot of use at this time of year.
and my husband gets a lot of links sent to him, heehee.
- keeping with the new ideas and change theme,
i am trying to decide whether or not
i should just take the plunge and move all of my "stuff"
into one area in our living room...
i have a corner in the living room where i edit
and lately i have also set up a bit of a makeshift desk
and bookcase...
i have a great space upstairs but I NEVER USE IT.
i hate being away from everyone.
our living room is the hub of the house really...
we are usually all in the living room working on different things
(or, face it, watching tv or falling asleep on the couch)
but i love that we are always within earshot of each other...
but the downside to moving all my "stuff" downstairs
is that i worry that a) people will think i am crazy and b) visiting kids
may want to touch or (i shudder to think) PLAY with my stuff...
is that not the saddest thing you have EVER heard.
- i don't really have anything to say for point number 3 but
i just didn't want to end on that note...
you know, the note where i seem like i might not like kids...
cause i do, i really do...i just get weird about my...stuff...
and most of it is toys...so...you know...anyway...by trying not
to end on that note, i am now ending on it again
and will have to add something random for point number 4.
- i still love what does the fox say.
tuesday truths...
whatcha readin'? {2016::book 7 - goal 12}
if you happened to have stopped by here
during the time of the great giddings flu of 2016
when i was sick for a week and
all out of sorts on neo citran
and tylenol cold & cough for kids
you may remember that i listened to the
audio book via youtube videos
of the graveyard book by neil gaiman
but because i kept falling asleep
i didn't realize that the videos weren't in order
until much later...like...when it was too late...
so i read the book to get the full story.
and it was so good...
but how could it be anything but good...
it's neil-freakin'-gaiman!
if you haven't read it, read it...
even if you aren't a kid.
even if you are.
read it to your kids.
you will come back and thank me.
:)
NEXT UP: THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB - WILL SCHWALBE
friday i'm in love...{& yes, i know it's sat...i'm late!}
with fairy tale forest light...
- with the video of humans performing animal courtships
- with this art....i want to eat it...
- with these adorable little miniature homes...i would like to try something like this but i know the cats would seek and destroy...
- i love austin kleon...and i love lists...and i love to read...so....
- this blog...that i used to follow and then kind of lost track again...but finding it again was like finding an old friend...
- speaking of friends...i went to lunch with 2 of my best friends last week and i was asking them if they ever get a random urge to do or say/yell something out of character at an inappropriate time...(i am slightly concerned that it is just me and maybe my mind is going and i'm going to be a little old lady that randomly curses and hits people in public places, if you want to know the truth.) One of my friends sent me this a couple of days later and i was like YES! I AM NOT ALONE. everyone's brain sometimes becomes a jerk and tries to mess with their head. right? that's how this should be taken, right? (please note #3 and #8 on the list)
- the cranberry goat cheese salad (minus the goat cheese, of course) at Pizza Delight...no photo...cause i ate it all! Stirling got the Burger Love and he loved it!
whatcha readin'? {2016::book 6 - goal 12}
one of my best friends
lent me this book
and said so many good things about it...
i couldn't wait to start it.
and i was not disappointed.
it is a beautifully written
sad and haunting book
that drew me in with a world of miniatures
(cause i think we have established that i LOVE tiny things)
and pulled me along breathlessly
even when i wasn't sure i wanted to go,
it is not a happy light book
but it is sweet and sad
and a little bit happy and a big bit heartbreaking...
i just realized i wrote this on a post it note when
i was done reading this book -
"all the light we couldn't see broke my heart
again & again & again...
the words were like lyrics,
the sadness was tangible."
but read it...you will not be disappointed...
you may be as mad at me as i was at my best friend
for making me feel things...
but that's a good thing.
{by the way...i'm halfway to my goal for this year!}
NEXT UP: THE GRAVEYARD BOOK - NEIL GAIMAN