all the things i didn't do...

May 14, 2016 Arlene Giddings

i had big plans when i got up this morning.
plans that involved
tackling the mountain of laundry
and cooking healthy food...
washing up a sink full of dirty dishes
and whipping the house
into a clean, uncluttered home.

none of that happened.

instead,
i found myself at my desk with pen & paper & plans of a different sort.
i went on a successful search for blackberry ginger ale...

i read blogs and pinned miniature doll house furniture on pinterest...
and then the rain stopped,
so i put on my polka dot rain-boots

and went hunting for
raindrops...

i found gnomes and budding bleeding hearts
and hostas pushing through wet earth...

real hostas this time...
not tulips like the last time.

and now,
i am going to curl up on the couch
for movie night with S
and drink blackberry gingerale floats...
i love saturdays.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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! :)

#tbt

May 12, 2016 Arlene Giddings

i have always loved music...
i can't sing a note
and i know it
(but that doesn't stop me from
singing unreasonably loud in my house
and in my car, as my family will attest to).

this was my parent's stereo
but i always think of it more as being my dad's...
his records...his 8 tracks...
i'm not sure why i always think of it that way...
maybe it's because there is no
elvis
in the mix...or the beatles...which would have
indicated that my mom
had some say in the selection...

but instead
there was ferlin husky and george jones,
charley pride and loretta lynn,
tammy wynette, george campbell and
lots and lots of truck driving songs.

and, oddly enough, in that motley collection of 8 tracks
that i am pretty sure someone gave him
a mixed box of...
there was dr hook's greatest hits
and billy joel's glass houses...
which became my favorite soundtracks while
washing the dishes.

dad had a little rca tape recorder, too,
that we were only allowed to take out
on very special occasions...
and this was where i found my first
favorite desert-island-disc song on a tape called tear jerkers...

leader of the pack.

i loved the whole tape...(i was 6 or 7 years old)...
but that song shaped a little bit of who i am now, i think...

i always loved songs that told a story
and i think my dad's music collection had a lot to do with that...
jolene
coat of many colors
jenny's afraid of the dark
teddy bear
the gambler

all stories...
Probably not much of a coincidence, after all...I assume most music was like that back then. But it still feels significant to who I am now. Funny how a photo of headphones makes you think.

wordless wednesday

May 11, 2016 Arlene Giddings

tuesday truths...

May 10, 2016 Arlene Giddings

♥ i am addicted to these powdered sugary
lemon filled clouds of really-not-good-for-you
but so damn good doughnuts from superstore.
they remind me of the lemon filled doughnuts
tim horton's used to make but don't seem to
anymore.

♥ i hung out with my mom on saturday
and we spent some time looking at plants
and flowers and planning vegetable gardens
and talking about youtube videos
of "why-didn't-i-think-of-that" gardening hacks.

i came home with 3 tomato plants even though
it felt early to buy them
and even though
i wasn't sure if they would survive the cats
but so far, so good.

i would like to grow some yellow tomatoes...
but am not really sure where i can find plants for them...
anyone have any ideas?
or suggestions for other tomatoes to try?
or hints on how not to kill them?
maybe it would help if i named the plants...
or wait...do you only talk to houseplants?

♥ speaking of cats...
i have this box under my computer desk
that i use to put my feet on while editing...
the top of it broke as you can see
and it has become finnegan's favorite hiding place...
except...
the tail is a dead giveaway.
my pets are weird...and
maybe not all that bright.