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friday i'm in love...

June 29, 2019 Arlene Giddings

♥ with the fact that the rain stopped & i was able to get out for a walk

♥ polka dot rainboots

♥ these adorable Emily of New Moon boxes (now I kinda want to re-read the Emily books)

♥ i could live on these tomatoes….they are like candy…and if you know me, you know that is high praise.

♥ oh i love books…and i especially love memoirs…and lists. so a list of memoirs? yes, please!! :)

In friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, tomatoes, emily of new moon, polka dot boots
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things that run through my head on a rainy thursday night...

June 27, 2019 Arlene Giddings
  • mermaids

  • you better start reading that book club book!

  • could i drive a taxi?

  • damn it…i forgot about the #100dayproject

  • ack! patreon

  • i bet i totally could drive a taxi.

  • robots

  • do i have enough yarn to knit a blanket?

  • where did i put the knitting needles…

  • july bujo

  • oh! july…where am i going to watch the fireworks

  • do i remember how to knit

  • oh yeah, i was totally going to knit a robot!

  • ballet workouts

  • tea

  • i should watch marie kondo

  • or maybe some clint eastwood movies

  • goats

  • a make your own sundae party would be fun

  • art classes for kids? would anyone come?

  • can i rent the shop out to someone as a workspace

  • oh! i bet i could build a robot in the shop if i knew how to weld!

  • note to self - google how to drywall

  • sunflowers

  • i wish i had a camper van…just a little one…

  • tomato plants

  • i want to kayak

  • i should really learn how to swim

  • poetry books

  • i should get my bike fixed…

  • i need a new raincoat

  • oh! i should paint my toenails

  • paint…i need to get the watercolors out again….

  • mermaids

In i might be losing my mind, list-me-up, she's so weird, summer, words Tags living in my head, running through my head, thinking out loud, list
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where have i been when i haven't been here....

June 26, 2019 Arlene Giddings

honestly….i am not sure.

i guess we had a late spring
and now that it’s warming up out
i
just
want
to
be
outside…
all the damn time.

i have been cutting the grass
(with the new-to-me lawn mower that I bought all by myself)
and picking at yardwork…
taking the dog for long walks on trails
i have never been down before….
eating sundaes, watching sunsets, reading books on the deck.

i have done a little exploring,
taken some photos but didn’t feel like uploading anything until tonight…

i feel like creatively
i have been stalled…i just wasn’t feeling it….
which i don’t really panic about anymore
because i know it will come back,
it always comes back.

and sure enough, tonight
i found myself getting excited about editing the
photos that have been on my camera for too long…
i am thinking about pulling out the watercolors,
about how to build a giant cardboard castle in my backyard,
wondering if i could do a kid’s art class on saturdays,
thinking about how to build mushrooms and
trying to remember where i put the plans for the robot?

i knew it would come back.
it always comes back.
:)

In she's so weird, words, whatcha doin' Tags not wordless wednesday, where i've been, ups and downs, creativity
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friday i'm in love...

May 10, 2019 Arlene Giddings

♥ with getting back outside again…sometimes with a pug on a leash,
sometimes in polka dot rain boots and a winter hat
but almost always with a camera of some kind…
this is where I am always happy.

♥ this trailer just gave me goosebumps. :)

♥ and this one….

♥ i am trying to put my phone down more often
so this article on binge reading struck me….

♥ i get a lot of headaches…and no, that is not my friday i’m in love…
but i started thinking that it was related to my neck and maybe
either how i am sleeping (or not sleeping as the case often is)
and the amount of time i spend on a computer…so i tried some yoga
for neck and shoulders and i honestly cannot believe the difference
it has made. i had no idea that the trapezius muscle could actually
be the root cause of my headaches…

♥ if you know me, you know i love ice cream…almost as much as i love fridays!

In friday i'm in love Tags fridays are the best days, friday i'm in love, i wish i had ice cream
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whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 10::goal 25}

May 6, 2019 Arlene Giddings

I debated on how many hearts
to give this book.

The writing was pretty good but,
occasionally, in places,
it felt forced…
like…too much…
it reminded me of how I loved books like
VC Andrews and SE Hinton when I was a teenager
but, now, the writing makes me
cringe
just a little…
it’s just trying a tiny bit too hard.

But…the story totally carried me along
and held me til the end.

In the end, I gave it

4 ♥’s out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP: THE HATE YOU GIVE - ANGIE THOMAS

In whatcha readin' Tags book love, avid reader, books, book club, whatcha readin'?
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