friday i'm in love...

So far, September has brought me
stock car races, demolition derbys
and time lounging on the deck…
but also a two day headache 🤦‍♀️
which I am not that happy about…
I had gotten away from headaches
for so long
and I don’t really want to go backwards.

But yay for Fridays!
Let’s get right into what I am loving right now::

♥ this made me laugh so hard…

♥ wanna buy a maritime fort? I’ll go in on it with you…
I mean…I won’t be able to go in much but you will still
have to pay the bulk of it but….wanna??

♥ my new hello kitty crocs….I honestly
never thought I would get on the croc-bandwagon…
but THESE WERE SO CUTE AND ON SALE!!!

♥ I am obsessed with the idea of
free little libraries…leave a book/take a book
kind of idea…especially if they are cute.
I stopped by a new one “out home”
which has even more meaning for me
because…memories.
I left 3 books and scored these three.
I am keeping a bag of “ready to be rehomed”
books in the back of my car
at all times now just in case I run into one of these.

I hope your friday was super fun!
and that you don’t have a headache…
but if you do,
I hope it’s not a bad one and that it
goes away super-duper fast.
💕

wow.

this
has been an amazing summer…
like
seriously amazing.

which is hard for me to say
on one hand
because i missed my dad
ferociously
and that caused a lot of
confusing push/pull of emotions
but i assume that is to be expected…
you know you can’t stay where you were
but it’s effing hard to move forward.

the one thing
that does make it tolerable…
or at least helps make it all make
a tiny bit of sense
is knowing that
dad
would have loved hearing
about everything that happened this summer.

that i know for sure….
i know he is cheering me on…as he always has…
pushing me to go and do the things…
ALL the things.

so i did them.

beaches, bonfires, fireworks,
doughnuts, kruffins, ice cream sundaes,
billy idol!!
grew tomatoes, bought a swing,
went to the air show not just once, but twice!!
FINALLY replaced my front door,
climbed every big rock that was in my path,
watched meteor showers,
laughed hard and loud,
sang songs with lines that made me think of him,
told stories about him every
chance i got,
said yes to motorcycle rides
and got to sit in a transfer truck,
looked for sunflower fields, kayaked,
and watched the truck and tractor pulls…

it was an amazing summer…
and it’s not even over yet.

but it is september so
that brings me back to the blog
and to the little blue desk
back to making lists and plans,
blueprints and notes,
scribbles and scrabbles…

i was away from here for a long time…
but
it feels good to be back.
🥰

a little bit of a nonsensical tuesday truth....just because...

the truth is
i am feeling
calm and quiet
and just a little bit
creative
and kind of on top of things
to some slight
variation of a degree.

less headaches,
health scare happily averted,
sunshine,
smurf pjs,
tea in a polka dot mug,
salads…so many salads…
(and with real strawberries today!)
lemon garlic dressings,
still off the diet coke,
more music,
less tv,
making plans,
researching castle building,
playing with oil pastels,
getting out for walks,
a new polka dot dress.

making lists of
lyrics
that currently
make me cry…
make me smile…
make me wish
i had wrote them first.

the truth is
tuesdays
make me wordy.
♥

whatcha readin'? {goal 41::book 9}

*NOT REALLY A SPOILER ALERT BUT KIND OF A SPOILER ALERT

I really liked Big Little Lies
so I thought I would really like
this one by the same author.

And…it was ok….
but the truth is
I kept waiting for a big plot twist…

and well….
I’m still waiting.

♥♥♥ out of 5 ♥’s
NEXT UP:: THE COLOR PURPLE - ALICE WALKER

how i spent my saturday afternoon...

Working on the jar of challenges theme
for 30 days of fairy tales,
I really wanted to try this
"tunnel book" idea I had seen…

Last night I watched videos
and tutorials
and today I gave it a shot.
I messed it up in a couple places,
but mostly,
I WAS SO FRIGGING HAPPY WITH IT.

I may have jumped up and clapped
and 🥳 woohoo-ed 🥳when I realized
the placement was right for
red hiding hood
and that IT WAS GOING TO WORK.
:)

And also…my mom keeps telling me
that I have to keep doing the things I always did,
the things that dad would get a kick out of….
and I know he definitely would have gotten
a kick out of this. 🥰

how it looks flat….