friday i'm in love (on a rainy saturday)

I started to write
my friday-i’m-in-love post
yesterday
but got a little sidetracked
by the insane amount of rain
that fell (and found it’s way into my basement)…
Summerside had between 93 and 114 mms
of rain
IN 24 HOURS.

Needless to say,
last night was a broken sleep night
as I had to set an alarm
for every hour or so
so I could go see if I had to pump
water out of the basement.
Yes, this could be solved by a
real sub-pump
but for now, I have to make do
with my mcgyvered system. 🤭

BUT…the roof did NOT leak!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
(no thanks at all to the original roofing company
who apparently caused the problem but
placed the blame on my chimney)
(plot twist: the chimney was innocent)

ANYWAY…I am soooo looking forward
to September!! I always love September
and not just because it’s my birthday month, heh…
but this September:

1. Four day weekend right now!

2. My birthday!!

3. Winners is opening in Summerside…ON MY BIRTHDAY!!

4. I thought I was going to miss seeing a bestie’s visit home but turns out that I will get to see her just before number 5….

5. WE ARE GOING TO NEWFOUNDLAND FOR A WEEK!!!!

6. The roof is done so I have someone lined up to replace all the water-damaged drywall in that bedroom (and the hallway) and THEN I can move forward with my plan to PAINT IT PINK!!🩷🌷😍

September is looking pretty fun!

AND NOW…THE LIST:

🫐 my sweet and so-talented bestie
(i know i say bestie a lot but
i can’t help it. accept it.) made me
like SIX of these adorable, absolutely delicious
blueberry pies!
she suggested i freeze some if i didn’t think
i could eat them all.

umm. i ate them all. 🤭

🎥 A friend recommended this and it was so much
better than I was expecting. It was funny and sweet
and I love Jennifer Lawrence.

🎥 HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?????

OK…i have more but this post
is already wayyyyyy too long.
Happy LONGGGGG weekend
and welcome to September!!

friday i'm in love...

Nothing like knowing that the
annual website payment is coming up
to make you realize
you DON’T BLOG ENOUGH
to warrant paying for a website
and yet,
year after year, you pay for it
because you have 21 years of memories
and truths and stories
and photos wrapped up in here.

so suddenly, you feel the need
to blog TWICE in one week.

anyway…on to
THE LIST OF ALL THAT I LOVE RIGHT NOW:

🌷I watched the first episode of this
so far and I liked it…it’s not the same
and I guess that’s ok…it will never be
the original (I’m sorry, there will never be
another Pa Ingalls to match
the one in my memory)
but that’s ok. It was still good.

🌷heeheeheehee #guilty

🌷i was doing this wayyyy before
it was a trend…

🌷my current obsession

🌷and this

🌷oh…and i watched kung fu panda 4
AND IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD.
in a just-makes-me-happy-kinda-way :)

annnnnnd….we are planning a
newfoundland take 2 trip
since our first efforts were a bust
due to a broken ferry…
so STAY TUNED FOR THAT ADVENTURE!!!

not a friday but a love list anyway...with skates and strawberries 🍓

i had to work this
past friday…
i had wanted to do a
friday i’m in love
cause i had things that i loved
but i ran out of time.

so…here it is on a sunday instead.
a snowy, quiet sunday.

last friday,
my girl stopped by for a visit (which i love)
and also a sprinkle doughnut (which i also love!)
and then
my talented and super sweet bestie
brought me a spectacular surprise,
the SWEETEST red knit strawberry hat
that i have EVER seen.
THAT SHE MADE!!

i absolutely adore it.
and proceeded to wear it
the rest of the day
where we went skating
(no real photos but proof in the
doodle above),
then we went to Daisy-Mae’s used bookstore
and to auntea’s oddities

where i got big compliments
in both places about the sweet strawberry hat. 🍓

and also got new books and
beautiful set of oracle cards that i adore.

but first, can we just take a second
to ooooooh and ahhhhh
over the cover of this book?
AND IT’S ILLUSTRATED!
(there may have been a very
short lived tussle with said bestie
over this book but the rule is
she-who-found-it-may-buy-it
but-also-must-loan-it)
this is in sub-section 34, clause b, page 73
of the contract i signed with her when
we were 10. 🤭

and the oracle cards. sighhhhhh. 😍

do i know anything about oracle cards?
nope.
but they are just sooooo pretty and make me happy
and honestly, that’s really all I go by when
making life choices.

oh! and taking photos of the cats in their napping positions
has also been bringing me happiness.
And it’s March!! So close to spring now…yay!

friday i'm in love...#3 of 2026 (the 🩷 hearty-heart-to-heart 🩷 issue)

the truth is
i might love valentine’s day
more
now that i am
alone
than when i was
with someone.

there is no
wondering if they will remember
causing me to
question
whether or not
i am worthy of being remembered,
or reminding me of a time
when
they always remembered.

there is no expectation,
no disappointment,
no pretending that everything
is ok just the way it is,
that it’s just another day,
a made up consumerism holiday
(when really,
i think we all know
that i love made up consumerism holidays…
i love celebrations and special days
and themes and colors
and a reason to use my fancy stickers
or dress all in pink
or put some food coloring in my ginger ale
and call it “special valentine’s bubbliness”)
(surely you know this about me by now.)

so the heart shaped point i am trying to make
is that, at first, i thought
this day might make me sad
but it doesn’t.
i look forward to it now….
i plan out it out as a day, a weekend, a month
of self-love for myself.

whatever i want.

movies by myself? sure!
a hike in the silent woods, just me and the birds
(and hopefully no coyotes)? check!
should i buy myself some fancy
*insert whatever is the current obsession here
(shampoo? body wash? plants? stickers? markers? candy?)
yes, yes and yes.

and here are some other things i am loving:

🩷 my valentine’s tree….it just makes me happy
🩷 a sleep over with one friend this week and supper date with 2 others another night! *also, shipyard was very good!
🍿 i love emily henry’s books so was really excited to watch
"the people we meet on vacation''
it was good…i debated adding it here as i don’t feel i LOVED it
but i still enjoyed it.
🩷 i found the sweetest surprise in my mailbox from a friend…
a handwritten letter!!! with little surprises!! including
a muppet sticker!!!! (& she also loves muppets so
i knowwwww how hard it is to give up stickers of
something you love…) and the letter was so
thoughtful it made me cry but also
realize how much i appreciate connecting with people…
you just never know what will resonate with someone else.

this is way longer than i meant it to be
but honestly,
i just had a lot of good things i really loved lately….
i couldn’t fit it all
into one post!!

so be prepared for more to come.
happy heart day…i hope cupid finds you
and gives you
whatever it is
that makes you smile.
(and if that’s pink ginger ale
in a fancy glass, that’s ok…
we listen and we don’t judge. heh)

*and also just to say that i am 
also painfully aware
of the incredible sadness 
happening in the world
right now…💔 
so hard to wrap your head 
(or heart) around.

friday i'm in love ... #2 of 2026

January has been a bit of a
sleepy month for me….
a month of self care, new slippers (pink sharks above!),
pjs, tv series, naps, saunas and
shovelling.

Here are some things I am currently loving:
❤️ the movie Yesterday. I was surprised I didn’t already watch it.
But the premise was interesting and
it made me laugh in places.

❤️ this blue jacket which is NOT a winter jacket but
I absolutely adore this thrift store find!

❤️ using the “finch” self care app
❤️ trying to learn French with Duolingo

January always starts off a little strong for me
and then wobbles a bit at the end.
This January was no exception.
But there was definitely some good things this month.
And that is worth celebrating.
(and the days are slowly getting longer and brighter,
so yay for that!)