i really wanted a hot chocolate...

February 12, 2017 Arlene Giddings

but didn't want to go outside...
or far outside at least...

i don't do well with cold...
i'm fragile that way. :)
although my husband would call it
being a bit of a pansy...
well...
whatever.

pansies are kind of pretty...
are they purple?
cause i like purple.

but anyway.
i wanted hot chocolate
and to take some photos outside
because it was sunny
and looked deceivingly warm...
so with the help of my 17 year old
who ALWAYS jumps at a chance to
drive the car
i did both.

he went and got me hot chocolate and a doughnut
while i spent about all the time i could handle
in the cold
(roughly 15 minutes...heeheehee)
and then
i took photos of the
doughnut.

what can i say?
did you really expect anything different from me?
it's such a pretty doughnut!

friday i'm in love...the snowstorm edition

February 10, 2017 Arlene Giddings

♥ the anticipation of a snow day...a tank full of oil, kitchen full of groceries...safe and warm with nowhere to go.
♥ video chatting with our girl...since we couldn't go over this weekend

♥ tootsie roll suckers
♥ our new compost bin...this is going to sound so weird
but i seriously love this little bin! it just makes me happy.
♥ with watching "studio" tours on youtube...and drooling over spaces
♥ this FANTASTIC kermit phone that my sweet cousin dropped off for me...
along with smurfs to add to my collection!

♥ and my new favorite treat (don't ask me why
this is new to me...i KNOW they are far from new, heeheehee)
hot fudge sundaes from mcdonalds

let there be light....

February 9, 2017 Arlene Giddings

in all honesty
i feel a little silly
that i am as excited
about this
as i am...
but i am.

i have been loving my new desk space
which is probably very apparent
by the excessive number of photos
i post of it...

but i was finding the lighting tricky.
the window is good but doesn't provide
enough light
all of the time...
and a lot of the time...it's uneven.
the lamp was good but the light itself
was too warm...
i was having a hard time telling what
colors were which when i would pick out a pencil crayon
and my light was too one sided...
i kept getting a shadow on the other side
and couldn't see what i was doing...

so tonight i splurged (and yes, if you know me...
this is a splurge...i'm very frugal)
on not just one, but TWO lamps....
AND a package of bulbs
that give a bluish light instead of yellow...
and can i just say
THAT I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED ABOUT THIS!
i love the bluish light...sooooo much better!

it's the little things.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

wordless wednesday (the cranky cat edition)

February 8, 2017 Arlene Giddings

tuesday truths

February 7, 2017 Arlene Giddings

♥ i have been completely blown away by the surge in blog traffic
as a result of being mentioned in a recent CBC article about the
top 5 island bloggers...
and i also think it's funny to be able to say
"no, no...i was mentioned BY one of the top five bloggers...(one of my favorites, i might add) but i'm not one...yet...hahahah"
if you are visiting from the CBC article, HI THERE! :)
i'm so glad you dropped by!

♥ i have to get a bite plate....did i tell you that? sigh.

♥ i love taking pictures of pencil crayons.

♥ i might have dyed my hair slightly purple.
i see it in certain light and it shocks me sometimes...
but...mostly in a good way...

♥ i'm praying for a snow day.

♥ i sharpened ALL of my pencil crayons the other day...i have a lot of pencil crayons.