tuesday truths ♥♥♥ and a hint of happy mail surprise/contest

It has been a minute
but my little geeky girl mini-muse
has finally decided
to come back and visit…

Not gonna lie
the truth is
I was getting a little worried…
I thought I might have scared her off
for good.

But she has been peeking
around the corners
and I have seen her shadow
every now and then
but then she’d scurry off
and probably hide
behind the couch
wrapped up in a blanket
eating all the cookies.

Anyway…she’s back.

And she said she had an idea…
it was a little bit hard to understand
because she was whispering
and her mouth was full of cookies
but I think this is the gist of it…

happy mail
makes
people
happy.

I love getting something in the mail
that is not a bill or a flyer or a bill.
So many bills. Blech.

And then I did the Ipsy thing
and that was so much fun
and then I did the chef’s plate thing
and that was so much fun
and I realized that I really, really like
happy mail
and maybe
me and my little geeky girl mini muse
could make someone else
happy
when they open their mailbox
and not cross-cranky-curse-y
like I sometimes get.

And the truth is
I like just making random things…
doodles, scribbles, cards, notes…
I like little toys and post it notes
and fortune cookies and
teeny-tiny love letters…
paper dolls and photographs…
soooo
here’s my plan…

I am going to make two
happy-mail-packages.
One to give away, and maybe one
someone can buy
if anyone has any interest in that
kind of thing…
and if not, then it will be two to
giveaway!

Stay tuned for the details…
we haven’t quite decided on
the contest logistics yet….
we’ll be able to concentrate
better after the
cookies are all gone.
♥♥♥

whatcha readin'? {goal 35 :: book 1}

I had no expectations for this book.
I knew nothing about it.
Someone had passed it along to me
and so I gave it a try.

And it was so good.

It is a memoir…it is real
and gritting and
full of emotion
and a-ha moments.

I had a little a-ha moment of my own.
I am very, very bad at
being able to stay mad at anyone.
I just can’t.
And it’s not even that I can’t
stay
mad…but I have a hard time
even getting mad.

I can be rant-y or annoyed,
aggravated, irritated, sour,
cranky, snarky with a person
but I really struggle with actual anger.
I have lost my temper before
but not many times, by my count…
not REALLY lost my temper.

Usually, if someone really makes me mad
I just disappear. I withdraw. Retreat.
Until the bad feelings pass…
which they pretty much always do.

But in the book, the author learns
that she can’t be intimate
until she learns to express anger.

And immediately,
my brain was like “are you listening?
did you hear that? pay attention!”

So anyway,
I haven’t really decided what,
if anything,
to do with that lightbulb moment so…
yeah….this was a really great book. :)

Off to a good start for
whatcha readin’? 2022 edition!

5 ♥♥♥♥♥ out of 5
NEXT UP:: BECOMING - MICHELLE OBAMA

sunday

I could have posted
photos
of snow…

snow behind my car,
under my car,
piled on the deck,
snow banks so high
I can’t throw
hard enough with the shovel
to get rid of it.

Snow getting into
my ears
and freezing in my hair
and melting
into my eyes.

The sound of snowblowers
and shovels…

I could have posted
photos of snow…

but I thought
I would share
some summer flowers
instead.

(captain’s log::day twelve of temporary restrictions complete)

pug-scares

this little guy gave me a bit
of a scare…
he has been a little out of sorts
for a bit,
his back hips seemed stiff.

getting up and down
was getting difficult…
but once he was up, he seemed fine.

then the last couple of days,
he stopped eating.
and slept
alllllllll the time.

i really thought the worst.

i prepared the kids,
he went for a drive with 22
(calling the kids by their age instead of name
is a hard habit to break here….)
to see his dad
just in case
we got bad news this morning.

BUT so far, so good!

Arthritis…meds…
instructions to maybe
stop babying him so much….
and now just fingers crossed
that the blood work comes back ok.

i am
incredibly
relieved.

pugsley, himself, is probably
a little relieved…
the way i was acting around him
the last couple of days,
he probably thought he was dying, too.

:)

(& i have to say…summerside animal hospital
is a fantastic place to deal with.
so kind and non-judgy
even after someone
stress pooped on the floor…)
(not me!!!!)

(captain’s log::day eleven of temporary restrictions complete)

friday i'm in love ♥

another weekend
another snowstorm.

i sit in a quiet, still house
and watch the flakes fall,
silently and quickly,
like there is a mission
to be met…
i feel an impending headache…
heavy and weighing me down.

i feel like there are things
i should be doing
but the day
has slipped away
and i have done
nothing
but watch the snowflakes fall.

and i’m
kinda ok
with that.

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE ♥

• I know I shared this many, many times in the past but really…does it matter? ♥

• I watched this the other night. Wow.

• sweater dresses

• egg rolls in the deep fryer

• pug snuggles

• this little dolly

(captain’s log::day ten of temporary restrictions complete)