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friday i'm in love...the weird and random edition

September 20, 2019 Arlene Giddings

♥i just realized i could probably do a whole album of
middle of the road
photos. I might just do that. :)

♥the northern pikes are playing in moncton.
i just literally belted out teenland just now
and realized i’m just a girl with a problem
(haha…not really, that’s just next in the playlist)

♥i love the internet
i know there is no secret in that.
but i absolutely love the small connections that can be made.
i was talking to someone today that i have not met yet in person,
just in the virtual world….
happy meals became a topic of conversation, as they often do
when conversing with me…and he said “i still have the happy meal
muppet baby toys” I was like, “me too!” and excitedly snapped
a photo of baby gonzo (missing his trike) to show him…
meanwhile…he sends me a photo of ALL FOUR muppet babies
STILL IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING….
and didn’t even have to look for them…
had them right there at his fingertips!!
(so then i had to try to one up him with my 119 smurf collection
but, honestly?
i was totally jealous of his muppet babies.)

♥this artist….i am in love with these.

♥this hits home right now…know someone struggling with anxiety?
it’s hard to watch…you feel pretty helpless. This was a good read.

♥i kinda can’t wait for this…and now i want to re-read the book

♥i seriously want to do this…preferably with someone who has
maybe done it before or at least knows what a coywolf is…
but…wild horses, you guys!

♥and i can’t tell you how much i love how many comments,
emails and messages I got about my 50 before 50 post….
that totally made my day. Every time I release something to the universe
via this website or social media, I cringe a little inside thinking
”well. you’ve done it now. people are going to officially think you are weird.”
and then everyone is so sweet which really only encourages me more,
you know that, right? Heehee. But seriously…thank you for that.
:) :) :) :)

In friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, muppet babies, northern pikes, 50 before 50, cape breton
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50 before 50....

September 19, 2019 Arlene Giddings

the weekend dorian
hit PEI
with hurricane force wild winds
and pounding, pouring rain,
i turned 49.

my age has never really bothered me too much.
i have always rounded up by 5 years
because
a) i’m bad at math
b) when i hit the “big” years, it doesn’t even matter to me…
i’m like “meh…i’ve been 50 for five years now”

and, if i am going to be painfully, brutally honest
this past year (or more) has been a little rough.
i could focus on all the ways things are not
where i thought they would be when i hit 50

OR

i can say whatever…and make myself a list…
cause
i love a good list. :)

so i have LESS than one year to do the things on this list…
cause
i also work better under pressure.


THE 50 BEFORE 50 LIST

  1. Get a new tattoo

  2. Go skydiving (tandem is ok)

  3. Visit a province/place I have never been (not on PEI!)

  4. Go camping alone

  5. Go camping with someone else

  6. Cabot Trail

  7. Drive in

  8. Give blood

  9. Go on a road trip

  10. Finish the Bernadine story

  11. Build a robot

  12. Knit a robot

  13. Go sledding

  14. Try rockclimbing

  15. Get a passport

  16. Watch all Game of Thrones

  17. Go apple picking

  18. Go on a train

  19. Go to a football game

  20. Play badminton

  21. Have a sleepover with friends

  22. Plant a garden

  23. Try kickboxing or karate or judo or something that could give me a belt

  24. Climb a tree

  25. See a live band

  26. Bake an apple pie

  27. Start and finish a puzzle

  28. Carve a pumpkin

  29. Have a bonfire

  30. Drive someplace really dark and look at stars

  31. Ride on a motorcycle OR in a racecar

  32. Paintball

  33. Photowalk with other people

  34. Hit goal weight

  35. Treego

  36. Zipline

  37. Rollercoaster

  38. Drive some kind of heavy machinery

  39. Learn to drive standard

  40. Learn to drywall

  41. Make a calendar

  42. Pop up shop

  43. Fill my Etsy shop

  44. Aerial yoga

  45. Kayak

  46. Watch the sunrise

  47. Make meat pies

  48. Hold a baby goat

  49. See fireworks

  50. Make a snowman


In 50 before 50 Tags 50 before 50
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wordless wednesday....

September 18, 2019 Arlene Giddings
In wordless wednesday, island girl, i take pictures Tags wordless wednesday, PEI photographer, borden, confederation bridge, undaunted
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tuesday truths in bullet form...

September 17, 2019 Arlene Giddings
  • walking home after Dorian hurt my heart a little bit…all those trees :(

  • ice cream with a mix of warm caramel sauce & warm strawberry sauce in a waffle bowl has been my new obsession

  • my feet are cold

  • i am feeling a little burnt out. and maybe a little sad. i know i am usually go, go, go but lately…i just feel like i want to sleep, sleep, sleep. maybe it’s the change in season. maybe it’s too much ice cream.

  • great lake swimmers are playing at kings playhouse and i can’t wait!

  • i need a haircut

  • i literally just found my photos from my trip to fundy park…i wanna go back!

  • the fact that it’s 7:30 and almost dark out makes me wanna cry a teeny tiny bit. i am not ready! i want more summer.

  • and ice cream. i want more ice cream. sigh.

In i might be losing my mind, words, tuesday truths Tags tuesday truth, truth on a tuesday, it is tuesday, ice cream
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whatcha readin'? 2019 {book 13::goal 25}

September 10, 2019 Arlene Giddings

here’s a secret
that’s not really a secret…
i love fairy tales.

and this felt like a fairy tale to me.

a little girl lost and abandoned,
secrets kept and whispered and wondered about…
a mystery,
a book of fairy tales,
a hidden garden, walled away from the rest of the world…

oh, i loved this book.

i will warn you though…i had to make notes at one point
of who was who and how this person knew that person
and so on and so forth. :)

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: GIRL WASH YOUR FACE - RACHEL HOLLIS

In whatcha readin' Tags avid reader, whatcha readin'?, book lover, book club, book goals, kate morton, forgotten garden, fairy tales
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