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whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 9::goal 30}

April 20, 2020 Arlene Giddings

this was a book
i came across in a book sale
and picked it up
without reading
the back of it
as i was drawn
immediately
to the cover
and the title
which
sounded like poetry
to me.

and i was not disappointed.

this story kept me riveted
right from the beginning…
i fell in love with the characters…
and it made me think
about memory and the huge part
it plays in our lives…

i’m happy i took a chance on this one.

5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: THE BEAR - CLAIRE CAMERON

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whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 8::goal 30}

April 13, 2020 Arlene Giddings

Honestly…I thought I was going to like this
a lot more
than I actually did.

I think my problem is not
with this book or the writing…
I have just never been great with short stories,
even fairy tales.

I need more. I need to feel like
I know the characters,
I need a deeper connection.

But…it was interesting…
it just took me a long time to finish it.
I would just pick it up in spurts…
I liked the notes that he added at the
end of the fairy tales though…
:)

3.5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: LOVE WATER MEMORY - JENNIE SHORTRIDGE

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thinking out loud...

April 11, 2020 Arlene Giddings

how are you getting along?
i mean, really?
are you ok?
i hope that you are….that you have someone to talk to
and someone to hug you tight…
and someone who makes you laugh really hard
and that you have lots of food to eat…
and that you are taking a break from
the bad stuff on the tv and social media.

here's how it’s been in the big orange house:

  • trying to keep my regular bedtime/morning routines

  • a lot of “hair jammed into a messy bun” & leggings/pjs

  • i don’t normally take baths because i can’t justify the cost of
    filling that giant tub…but i have been making an exception…
    while using epsom salts, playing music and
    drinking ginger ale out of a fancy glass.

  • spending at least half an hour on yoga every day…have been
    doing yoga with adriene - Home (30 days)

  • reading my stockpile of books (I can’t wait to tell you about 2 of them!!)

  • writing a little bit in a journal every morning

  • getting outside every day, even if just for 15 minutes

  • snuggling the cat

  • watching/listening to a LOT of damien rice…i am not going to lie
    I may have developed a small obsession here….this is on the
    daily playlist

  • NOT tracking my eating

  • daydreaming about planting a giant garden

  • working on new paintings (coming soon!)

  • watching star wars, marvel series & movies (on agent carter now), renting the
    occasional movie as a treat (thinking this might be up next)

  • eating a lot of peanut butter…and drinking a lot of diet coke…

  • making plans to do things, but then losing whole days to
    music, books and movies….and not really feeling that bad about it.

  • feeding the birds & getting very excited when I see one…

this guy makes it very hard to work…but also, gives me lots of cuddles…

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friday i'm in love...

April 10, 2020 Arlene Giddings

♥ April is national poetry month…

♥ i watched this last night…rented it for 2.99 on Google Play…
and it was the perfect way to decompress…and de-stress…

♥ when i grow up, i want to be agent carter

♥ speaking of people you wanna be when you grow up…wow…

♥ this girl and her little snippets

♥ i had no idea dave matthews was so amusing and…slightly bizarre…in a good way.

and…i bake banana bread today…
and it LOOKS like banana bread!
I can’t eat it yet because apparently
it still too hot
and there is a chance
it may be yucky since I over did some ingredients
and under did others…
plus…I have to turn on the oven
with pliers
so it’s kinda hard to tell if
i got the right temperature or not…

Heh.

Adventures in the big orange house.
:)

happy long weekend (whatever that means…haha)

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friday i'm in love...day whateverteen...

April 3, 2020 Arlene Giddings

i don’t feel like doing anything
right now
except losing myself in the rabbit hole
world of internet
researching new rubber boots,
making garden plans,
looking at pretty dresses,
and googling why my nose is twitching
on one side…
(i am hoping it’s actually the beginning
of a super power that i am secretly developing
and not the symptom of some new virus)…

♥ I need to learn how to do embroidery.

♥ I have seriously fallen in love with peter pan collars.

♥ I know I have said this before but I love this blog.

♥ such a sweet story…

Happy friday…do something fun! :)

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