the tail end of a weekend

August 14, 2016 Arlene Giddings

winding down on a sunday
and pretty happy with how the weekend went...
the house got cleaned,
a birthday was celebrated,
family and friends stopped by...

for 21 years, we have written some variation of happy birthday onion head on her cake... :) #traditions

on Saturday, I had the house to myself for a bit.
got a little caught up on my bullet journal
(I am SO behind for august!)
and some editing done...
then campbell and I took a drive through
cavendish on our way out to another family get together...
played some arcade games,
bought some sugary apple fritters
and tootsie roll suckers.

today has been a sleepy quiet rainy sunday...
a purplish sky,
leggings and thick socks,
looking for new music to edit to...
and in denial
that tomorrow is monday already
and the weekend is all over.

tbt...the early birthday edition

August 11, 2016 Arlene Giddings

tomorrow this little onionhead turns 21.

and in september,
she is moving away from home
for the first time.

so you should forgive me now
for the over emotional blubbering mess of a mother
i may become in the very near future.

she's only going to moncton.
i know that.
my head knows that...
my brain knows that....
but my heart....

oh my heart has been in denial
that this day would ever come...

i know she will be fine.
she's sassy and smart,
funny and sweet...
and i'm happy and excited for her,
i am...
but there's still that little
twinge-y squeaky broken side of my heart
that whispers
not yet....don't go...
not yet.

happy birthday baby-girl...
you stole our hearts right from the get-go.

wordless wednesday

August 10, 2016 Arlene Giddings

because this is what a road trip would be like with us....

tuesday truths...

August 10, 2016 Arlene Giddings

1.
i feel like the summer
is flying by
and i am missing it
a little bit...
it's rushing past me
and
i just
want it to
slow down
and let me
savor it.

2.
everything matches robot shoes.

3.
summer on pei
is beautiful
no matter
how fast
it seems to fly by.

#tbt ♥

August 4, 2016 Arlene Giddings

they tell me that tomorrow
it will be 26 years since you have been gone.

i tell them
that cannot be.

i look at this photo
and it's like yesterday.

i want to build a time machine
in my back yard
out of cardboard boxes and styrofoam,
rubber bands and sheets of bubble wrap.
I'll fuel it with turpentine & vodka, paint it bright red and purple
and blast back to yesterday
with the dual cassette ghettoblaster singing
she sells sanctuary & you give love a bad name...
♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥