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it's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights...

May 12, 2017 Arlene Giddings

well....this is it.
opening night tonight...
{shameless plug but there's still time to get tickets!}

if i said i wasn't nervous,
i'd be completely and totally
lying through my teeth.

i feel sick and excited all at once.
it's a strange feeling...
i can't wait for it to start
and i can't wait for it to be over
all at the exact same time.

the back and forth emotions of
being so scared i'm going to screw up my lines
or accidentally whisper bad words under my breath into the microphone
when i forget to pick up a prop...
to remembering the excitement of last year
and how amazing it was when you were backstage
and you heard that first roar of laughter...
and all the laughter that came after...in all of the right places...

so.

here goes nothing....
(and everything...all at once).

here's to many broken legs...
(I'm not sure if that is how one
wishes good luck to all of her cast-mates...
but...you get my drift, right?)

In 2017, adventure 2017, i might be losing my mind Tags harbourfront jubilee, play, bedtime stories, pei, harbourfront players, terrified, norm foster, butterflies in my belly
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tuesday truths...

May 2, 2017 Arlene Giddings

i have not been here
in a long, long time.

it's not that i haven't thought
about coming here...
i just got carried away
with spring
and tiny sprouting sunflower seeds
and planting string bean seeds
and daydreaming about
what to plant where
and how much
and should i build a fort
in the backyard
and camouflage it with string bean plants.

i feel a little obsessed.
but in a good way.
:)

my back is aching and my
tennis elbow does not like raking...
my neck is stiff and face is
slightly windburnt...
my polka dot rubber boots
have stepped in sheep manure...
most of the time, i have no idea
what i'm doing
but
that's kind of half the fun.

oh...and when i am not out tearing
the yard apart
i'm in the house rehearsing my lines
for the next play...
i know...i know...
i might have said i would never do it again,
ok...i might have swore that i would never do it
again but you know me...
i secretly like to be shoved out of my comfort zone.
and it really was a lot of fun last time...
and even better this time now that i have a little
better idea of what to expect.

and again...if you see me muttering and gesturing
to myself as i walk home from work,
it's ok!  i'm just repeating my lines..over...and over...and OVER...
i'll understand if you don't make eye contact...
i would probably do the same.
:)

In 2017, i might be losing my mind, spring, tuesday truths Tags spring, garden, polka dot boots, mary mary quite contrary, harbourfront jubilee, play, rehearsal, summerside, pei
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whatcha readin'? {2017::book 2 - goal 24}

April 10, 2017 Arlene Giddings

this is obviously not the
first time
that i have read
anne of green gables.

it's probably not even the 20th or the 40th
or the 80th time....
i used to read it over and over
as a kid...
out loud...in different voices...
to the kids...
by myself...
it was one of my most favorite books.

and every time i read it,
i enjoy it just as much.
it's like coming home.
it reminds me of laying upside down
on the arm chair in our living room
reading and eating apples
on lazy hot summer days...

or on the roof, hiding from my brothers,
hot sun, sticky black shingles...
moving careful so you don't burn
your bare feet,
radio playing out the bedroom window.

i am planning to read everything by lm montgomery eventually
as part of my 50 before fifty list...
i probably won't write a lot about them here...

ps...i'm watching the new series too...
i'm a little torn on that one.
megan follows will always be anne
but this little girl definitely plays her fantastically...

it's the changes in the story i'm struggling with.

i'm not so good with change...i can admit it.
:)

 

In 2017, whatcha readin' Tags avid reader, anne with an e, whatcha readin'?, books
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my blog is almost a teenager...

April 8, 2017 Arlene Giddings

and yeah...i know...this the pug not the blog...but the blog is shy and won't wear the damn party hat.

it is weird to think that i have been
coming to this page
for 12 years now.

my blog is almost a teenager.

and i feel like i have been a neglectful blog-mom...
i pop in here religiously for a month
and then i go on a bender of absence for 2 months...
i have good intentions
but i can't seem to get to the page...
i blame it on winter
which sucks
the ever-living-life-blood straight out of my
dried withered up veins...
the end of winter always kills me
and takes away my ability
to want to do anything
other than
wear pajamas
and cocoon myself in heavy blankets...

BUT IT'S SPRING NOW!
and temperatures are almost in double digits
and the days are getting longer
and i can feel myself becoming
more like
myself again....

so...happy birthday, little blog...
i wrote so much about you last year,
there's really not that much to say this year...
i'll save the sappiness for next year,
when you are a sullen sulky moody teenager
like any good blog-mom would.
(and again, if you are reading this,
thanks for coming by...it's totally not necessary
but very much appreciated!)

In 2017, she's so weird Tags blogiversary, geek ink, blog
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friday i'm in love...the wishing for spring edition...

February 24, 2017 Arlene Giddings

♥  today felt so spring like...i actually got out for a little bit this morning with the camera

♥  friday's off are totally my favorite...got a little doodling in...FACES ARE SO HARD!

♥  this movie is on netflix...might re-watch it tonight...

♥  something about these photos...makes me want to write stories

♥  this l'il animation made my heart swell...

♥  nature is amazing...literally...amazing....

♥  frozen waffles...i could live on frozen waffles...and popcorn

and one more photo of weeds...because...well....they were pretty...
oh...and bare skeleton like trees make me pretty happy, too!

In 2017, island girl, i take pictures, she's so weird Tags early morning sun, hoping for spring, golden light, branches, skeleton trees, vivian maier, doodles, pencil crayon happy
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