friday i'm in love....a snow-stormy edition
it’s messy mix of winter here today…
and i am embracing it
completely…
warm, cozy pjs,
hot chocolate,
maybe a hot bath,
storm chips on standby,
a half finished book
ready to be read
while tucked in with a
knit blanket, a pug and 3 cats….
i’ve got nowhere to be
and nothing to do
except watch the snow fall
and accept february for being
february…
FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE:
♥ feb 15 was national gumdrop day….and
i was more excited about that than i was for valentine’s day…
i frigging love gumdrops.
♥ that dude’s older than cheerios ♥♥♥
♥ winter self care tips…these made me happy
♥ i am not going lie I WILL HAVE THESE.
♥ some wintery photos i took last weekend
while just out singing in the car…seeing what i could see
Wherever you are,
I hope you are safe & happy & warm…
full of gumdrops and grace…
and remember,
we are past the halfway mark for February…
the days are getting longer, spring is coming closer…
we’re getting there.
♥♥♥
friday i'm in love...
It’s hard to believe it’s already the
middle of January.
And, so far, as far as
Januarys go…
this has been a pretty good one.
I got out with the camera
on a wintery-sparkly Friday adventure
today and I’m so glad I did.
Granted I drove for
four hours
and didn’t really
go anywhere
but that’s kinda the way I like it.
It was a perfect morning.
Snow-sparkles
every where you looked…
a perfect playlist…
mild temperatures…
and nowhere to be.
No candy or diet coke though.
Still hard into the new year resolutions…
it’s early yet. :)
Things I am loving right now:
♥ that the book trading continues to grow…
I love that when someone is coming over now
we automatically talk about possible book trades
and I keep mine by the front door so people
can easily choose what they want
(at a safe 6 foot distance)
♥ being able to go out in a hoodie in January
♥ speaking of hoodies, this is my new favorite hoodie
that Santa brought me as a late surprise! :)
♥ Making time for tea…journals…music…hot showers
giggly phone calls…taking a best friend out for her birthday…
and tried a new meditation/women’s wellness session
that was so interesting. #glow2021 was a good word for the year
so far.
slow, snowy sunday...
It was a slow, snowy sunday
at the big orange house.
There were naps taken
and yoga, bullet journalling and
a fair amount of shovelling.
In attempt to “embrace winter”
I took a quick walk to the park
to catch some snowfall photos…
and on the way back,
I decided today was the day
to make a snow angel…
snow angel. not a very good photo. but a snow angel regardless. :)
how naps are taken in the big orange house…
Then when I got back to the house,
I realized my neighbor was out shoveling her driveway
so I went over to say hi and introduce myself
and only realized after the fact
that I was wearing pink plaid pj pants
with pink polka dot rubber boots
and was COMPLETELY covered in snow…
you know…from the snow angel making…
and the very first thing I said to her was
”I lOVE THAT YOU BUILT A SNOWMAN!!”
Sigh.
Happy snowy, sweet, slow Sunday.
♥
tuesday truths...the whiney, pouty, sulky i-hate-winter edition...(WITH FOG PHOTOS!)
the truth is
i’m tired.
i really want to stay awake,
i want to come home and work on new drawings
and paint new cards
and reorganize my closets
or, at the very least, pick up my clothes off the floor.
but the truth is
it is taking all i have to
stay up past 8 pm…
i turned on my heated blankets
on my bed about an hour ago
and. it. is. taking. everything. i. have.
not to go to bed RIGHT NOW.
the truth is
i know this is just what every winter
does to me…
it makes me sleepy and sulky,
constantly cold and
kinda temper-tantrumy-cranky-just-wanna-kick-things-and-eat-candy …
all i want to do is hibernate
until there is sunshine and warmth again….
so i tell myself
”self…if you just get one thing done each night
when you come home,
just one at the very least
THEN you can put your pjs on,
crack a cold can of diet coke
and go climb into that preheated bed
with your phone, your books, your music, your movies
and your robot nightlight
AND you can stay there all night if you wanna…
(just…please don’t eat sunflower seeds in bed again,
you know you are going to spill them
and those shells hurt if you roll over on them….)”