friday i'm in love....a little bit of ranting, a lot of raving. ♥

While the day started off
iffy
with a frustrating trip
to the walk in clinic
(getting there half an hour
before they opened according to
their website but finding out that
if you want to register
you really have to come AN HOUR
before the time posted
ON THEIR WEBSITE…
am I bitter? maybe a l'il bit)

it got better.

I spent some time reading a new book
(that is SO good, by the way)
by the boardwalk
and even did a short walk
in between weird little rainshowers…
AND I ate at Subway
which I can do now
because I can order using the app!!!
If you know me, you will know
that ordering from Subway stresses me out…
it’s too many questions…
as soon as they ask me what kind of bread,
i’m done. I’ve drawn a blank. I begin
stuttering & stammering and then
I lose the thread of the entire food order
and sometimes just leave.

So yeah…the app saved my life. :)

and then…..there was ice cream…. :)
(Kool Breeze - Skor sundae)

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY & YOU KNOW IT….

♥ can i please have a school bus????
♥ i want want want WANT this.
♥ when 26 was about 3, she said “that’s ok, I’ll wear it again when
I come back as a little girl” because she had outgrown a favorite dress…
this made me think of that.
♥ I really, really wanna stay here….I know it’s slightly out of my
usual range of “maritime travel” though. Heh.

friday i'm in love ♥

It’s kind of a cool, dark Friday
but I have been up since 6:30
on my day off anyway…
thinking a day like this is a good
time to try to get the house
cleaned up
and the grown up stuff done
so that I can enjoy the rest
of the weekend
if the sun comes out…

Today I am loving ::

♥ smoothies. I never thought that I would
in all honesty. But I have really been liking
them lately…the one I do right now is just
bananas, berries, astro probiotic Kefir
(which until this very moment I thought
kefir was the brand name…I just learned it is not)
and a little bit of yogurt. I am going to
try some new ones though so open to
suggestions! But baby steps on the
healthy part!

♥ that I am finally able to pick lilacs
from my own yard…I have waited for
this for a lonnnnnng time. :)

♥ I love this. I had gone the gray route
for a little bit but then went back to coloring
my hair because I wanted purple…
but COVID has changed my
typical hair routine…my hairdresser retired,
I got worried about box dyes and how
stressed my hair was feeling so I switched to
non- permanent color and splurged on some
hair masks and leave in conditioners….
and honestly, I can’t believe the difference in my hair.
It is softer, and feels less….matted. Which was kinda
terrifying me before.

♥ this is frigging incredible. like…seriously.

♥ Last year, I had good intentions for this
but this year, I am taking it very serious.
I am on an ice cream mission. :)

Happy June Friday!!

polka dots, pugs and almost the first dairy bar run...

I am feeling a little calmer about the
state of the world today…
I am adjusting a little better after
giving myself a little bit of a FB break.

I did go into Charlottetown on Friday
for coffee with a friend….
if you have never gone to Bar 1911,
you should totally check it out.
It’s a beautiful little spot and
I totally want to try out their specialty coffee
that comes with a shot of fireball.
mmmm.
And…& the menu had DOUGHNUT BOWLS?!?
I must try this.

I spent the rest of the weekend
studying and working on cards,
vegging out to music,
catching up on grays anatomy,
watching movies about judy garland,
eating jujubes by the handful,
making chicken noodle soup in the slow cooker
and reading a brand new book…

today pugsley & I
took a walk on the boardwalk
in the blue sky
and sunshine
and it was beautiful and crisp and fresh…
we went down on the beach
and walked for a long time
in the silence and the stillness
and for that little bit,
I totally forgot that there was anything
scary going on in the world
all around me.

In that moment,
it was just me and a pug,
some polka dot rubber boots
and the seagulls…

and…we would have gone to the dairy bar
but sooooo many cars….
haha. it was chaos of a different kind.
we’ll save that treat for when the snow melts a little bit more.

tuesday truths in bullet form...

• walking home after Dorian hurt my heart a little bit…all those trees :(

• ice cream with a mix of warm caramel sauce & warm strawberry sauce in a waffle bowl has been my new obsession

• my feet are cold

• i am feeling a little burnt out. and maybe a little sad. i know i am usually go, go, go but lately…i just feel like i want to sleep, sleep, sleep. maybe it’s the change in season. maybe it’s too much ice cream.

• great lake swimmers are playing at kings playhouse and i can’t wait!

• i need a haircut

• i literally just found my photos from my trip to fundy park…i wanna go back!

• the fact that it’s 7:30 and almost dark out makes me wanna cry a teeny tiny bit. i am not ready! i want more summer.

• and ice cream. i want more ice cream. sigh.

friday adventures are better with a friend!

I don’t think it’s a secret that I usually do my
Friday adventures
solo…
not really for any reason, it’s just a thing I like to do.

But a really good friend of mine
was home from away a little while ago
and she bravely agreed to come along on a Friday adventure
with me…
I did warn her that there would be no map,
no plan and, also, no air conditioning in my car…heh…
AND she might have to sign a waiver…

Heehee. :)

We started with the most amazing, delicious
HOMEMADE raspberry flakie that was literally mouthwatering…
this photo does it NO justice at all but if you are interested
in buying some of these, let me know and I will
totally hook you up with my dealer…heehee

We decided to go west
because, honestly, that’s where most of the dairy bars are…
we stopped at wharves and beaches and lighthouses…
(&…all these photos are with my phone…so meh…but still had to share them…
heehee…what’s a blog post without photos?)

We went all the way to North Cape
to see the windmills….I had been there before
but I had never tried the trail before…
I wish we would have had more time to do the whole thing
because it was beautiful!
but…it was also looking like thunder
and I did NOT want to be around all that metal
if there was going to be lightning!

it was very windy….hahahaha

Our last stop was at
Southside Scoop Shack in O’Leary…
cause…
the best way to finish your day
is with ice cream…
I had the apple pie sundae
AND IT WAS SO GOOD

and the truth is
i did get us lost and, for a second, i thought
maybe we might be getting shot at
for trespassing on a beach
(skeet shooting close by, I think…or at least,
that’s what I told Ange…heehee)
and we had no air conditioning
but we did have a lot of laughs,
sang along to some loud 80’s music
and reconnected…
and the waiver was never mentioned again.
:)
all in all, a successful friday adventure!