tuesday truths - the positives of a negative

March 24, 2020 Arlene Giddings

♥ everyone i know is still safe, still healthy, still happy

♥ seeing people come together while staying apart

♥ spending time with 20…he makes me hot dogs or grilled cheese for lunch
which makes the fact that he got a new video game AND WON’T STOP
YELLING AT THE TV a tiny bit more bearable

♥ being able to rent movies from YouTube and google play

♥ extra time to read

♥ getting out with the dog every day at lunch

♥ yoga stretch breaks don’t look quite so silly in my house
as compared to in the office

♥ music plays all day as i work from home and NO ONE yells
at me from over the cubicle wall for singing :)

♥ i have not run out of jujubes yet

♥ a tension filled game of online scrabble with a worthy component (who
is going to lose but I am not sure she has come to terms with that yet)

♥ my mom calls me every second night, just to check in…

♥ texts and messages from friends

♥ painting bears and new cards and catching up on blogs

♥ planning my garden…there WILL be a garden this year….a garden of epic-ness

♥ texts from my girl and knowing that she is happy right now…which makes me
incredibly happy

♥ started feeding the birds every morning (right after I disinfect all the doorknobs)
and started seeing little teeny tiny birds come EVERY DAY! :)

I know these are tough times…
scary and uncertain…
uncharted waters.
But there are tiny glimmers of good,
you just have to look a little harder for them…

I have cut back drastically on my FB reading
and I never, ever, EVER read the comments…
I get a summary of the news from a good friend
who knows how much I can handle…
i am on a need-to-know basis.

Do what works for you.
But breathe.
Find calm.
Make a puzzle. Watch a movie.
Find something that makes you laugh really hard,
and then watch it again.
Connect. Listen. Be still. It’s ok.
We got this.

whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 6::goal 30}

March 23, 2020 Arlene Giddings

I really wanted to love this book.

But, I guess, maybe it’s enough
to say that I didn’t
hate it.

It was ok.

Well. Actually….
the notes I wrote on it
as I was reading it were:
a little slow going and kind of
condescending…
haughty…
reserved…
irritating.

I didn’t warm up to any of characters,
I didn’t really get a chance to feel
like I knew any of them really…

But, as I thought about it after,
I thought maybe that’s the tone
the author was going for…
because it is sort of related to
jane austen after all…
so maybe she was looking for a mix
between formal & informal,
then and now…
for me, it just didn’t really work.

I am going to to give the movie a shot though.
I adore emily blunt and, well,
the movie looks really cute & fun…
and less haughty and reserved.

3.5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
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friday i'm in love...on saturday...

March 21, 2020 Arlene Giddings

forgive me…
the days have become a bit of a blur…
:)

I started the week with
a schedule and a plan
but today
I feel a little detached,
a little lost on what I should do next…
I know I have lots I can do
but there seems to be nothing
I want to do.

So I thought I would distract myself
with the rabbit hole of the internet
for a little bit
and see if I can find some
inspiration.

Wanna come along?
I promise to keep 6 feet away
(I know what 6 feet is now after my
Christmas light debacle…heehee)

♥ gotta wash your hands anyway…look at this SHEEP SOAP!!

♥ got some spare time and looking for something to learn…

♥ a new meaning for book nook

♥ he can make an action figure out of a rubber duckie!!?

♥ drawing is a coping skill

♥ i so love this…

and stay tuned tomorrow…I have a new framed print to share!
:)