letter-writin'

Dear Memorial Day Weekend,
Thank you for getting here so soon.  I've been waiting for a three-day weekend since the last three-day weekend.  I hope to spend it at the beach, making cookies, and everything that constitutes my happy place.

Dear Spring Semester,
Only two weeks of you left.  It's been a rough journey and I am happy you are almost over.  After these next two weeks will be finals - maybe I'll take Summer off to have a chance to miss you.  They do say that absence makes the heart fonder, right?

Dear Brain,
I know you've been on overload for a couple of weeks.  I promise after finals, I'll give you what you like.  I know you like the books I read for enjoyment and having awesome 80s music playing.  I'll make sure to feed you what you want and not what you need.
You're welcome.

Dear Hubby,
Are you sure you're not from Tennessee?

'Cause you're the only Ten I See.

Get It?

Dear Lovebug and Little Love,
Looking forward to cuddles and baking with you this weekend.

Dear Pidg,
Thank you for you.  Don't ever leave again.  It hurts my heart to think about it.  Who am I going to bounce off my weird post topics off?  Or text venting? Hello!
BUT...
Next time I ask you to help with the bloggy...I'm just sayin' - no more trickin'!

Dear Loveys,
You.  Awesome, Fantastic YOU.
Have a safe and wonderful weekend.  You are wonderfully made.  Make sure you remember that, k?

When No One is Looking

{Discretion to my Loveys: This post is a reflection of how I feel. At the moment.  It is raw and, pretty much, words have been dumped on this page.  Because sometimes, writing is what heals me.} You just need to let it out sometimes. Yes, that's how I'm going to start this post because I'm having issues today. Issues with me and this little world I live in - in my head.   See, I was looking at FB the other night and saw a friend's status update that said,  "I was asked an interesting question yesterday, 'Who are you when no one is looking?' I've been pondering that question for 24 hours now." And, darn it, you know that as soon as I read those words on my little phone screen, I started "pondering" too.   Not good because it was at night when I was supposed to be sleeping.   I couldn't sleep because I was thinking and over-thinking that dumb question.  It's one of those questions where I should've just said to myself, "Who cares. Go to sleep.  You have a full day tomorrow!"   But, no, of course I can't listen to the voices in my head.  Duh.   So I'm laying there, right?  Thinking... Aren't I the same person when I'm all alone, by myself, without another soul around? Don't I always act the same...with someone around me or not? Well, you know the answer to that, right?   Aw Hecks No!   I've said this before and I'll say it again.   I am an actress. I was born and raised that way:  You act the way you are supposed to in the situation you are in.     Because Lord knows that if I were "myself" in all places in my life, I would: 1.   Probably have been written up and fired a long time ago. 2.   Been kicked out of class and banned from ever coming back to college. Ever. 3.  Living in a little sad hole of the world because you know that there's no one who would want to live with all that! (Well, my hubby would be okay with it...he says that I am  very entertaining. lol - gotta love my man)   So, um, yeah...I definitely know who I am when no one is looking.   That's why she stays hidden away in that little safe space in my head.  It's also the reason I don't do a lot of things by myself.  There is no way I want to be associated with that...every. single. day.  I wouldn't be able to "survive her" is what I'm saying pretty much.   {Can you say Girl, Interrupted?}   I don't know if it's because I'm a little wacky when I let her out (and not in a cute oh-she's-so-wacky-and-fun sense) or that I get bored all by myself or that I'm scared to do so.     But I do know one thing: I know I have to be truthful with myself. Be okay with who I am (inside).   But I don't wanna! (Can you see me childishly stomping my feet!?)   I'll go see someone about the little issues I have one day.   But for now, I'm going to stop reading Facebook status updates... They are so dangerous to my mental health!

Guess who...

Good Morning!

Yah, it’s not Nay.  You probably realized that when the “Loveys” was missing.  It’s Pidg here taking over My Nay’s blog.  I swear to you, this time I have her permission.  But I will tell you this -silly girl hasn’t changed her log in and password in the past year and a half. I’ve been out of the blogging circuit so you may never really know the truth.  (smirk)

For reals, she told me to be nice.  For me, that’s awkward in itself, but I’m going to do my best.  (wink)

So she thought I could do something on my shops on Etsy.  But I felt like a ding dong.  So then I thought I’d do one of my random posts and that well… might not be the best spot for Nay’s readers.

We used to share a bunch of the same followers/readers.  We did what we called COPYCAT posts where we’d both post on the same subject but you got to see our two very different styles of writing, warped sense of humor and level of hyperactivity.  (Oh wait, that last one was just me.)

But I had to go and get a job in the outside world and be all grow-up and such.  I then was promoted oh so quickly and found myself into management which left zero time for writing (or breathing for that matter)  I got sick, really sick, then I was diagnosed with Celiac and found out I had been malnourished for 2 years.  But I just kept pushing because that’s always worked before.  Then my body went a direction that looked a lot like stopping and my mind joined in.  So now I’m home back to the writing, crafting, blogging, caretaker of pidglets and one Po.

But while this strangely sounds random there is a point.  (Weird right?)  I kind of went as reclusive as I always thought I wanted to be.  I shut out the world, lost touch with everyone. 

(not for the entire year and a half… just a few months)

Then there was Nay.  I think I described what happened over the past months in one sentence.  No details, just one vague explanation.  She promptly responded back with, “Well, just don’t leave again.”

And we’re back right where we always were thick as thieves, peanut butter and jelly, burger and fries, ice cream and coke… (Huh?  Yah, I’m hungry…)

It’s a rare thing to find a friend like that; someone who understands when the clouds roll in and the rain begins to fall.  It’s hard to find a person that will search under each rock to help pull you out of the mud you’re sinking in.  But that’s My Nay.

She lives in sunny California (I’m from San Diego) but I reside in North Carolina.  We’ve never met but talk and text daily.  We make plans for my ranch in Wyoming complete with her lake.

(We’re going to publish people, it’s just a matter of time. wink)

When I started this post I had no idea where it would go.  Somehow when I hijack her blog it always goes back to her.  (literally … smirk)

Know that when she posts something emotional it’s real.

Understand that when she posts something inspirational; she means it; individually to each of us.

Keep in mind that when she’s funny, you have no idea the dry sense of humor this woman really has.

Appreciate that you have a true friend in this blog that genuinely cares about people even when she has an off day.

Realize that she is fiercely loyal to her faith, family, friends and her beloved writing.

Recognize how many times she has stepped back in the light to refill her warmth only so that she might give it to another’s dampened soul

I love this friend of mine.  Thank you for those of you who support her, appreciate her and comment so that she knows she is touching others out there.

We’re going places; together.  We’ll find the niche that we create and create a comfortable corner of the world to share our stories, sorrows and successes.  For us it’s all about the writing, thanks for being a part of her journey.

Loves, oh so many loves to My Nay - I wouldn’t be giggling without you.

loves,

Pidg♥

Let's be Happy Today...

Hi loveys,

Yesterday was a "ugh"-kinda day.  I was just in an all-around bad mood.   There was no specific reason why.  I just felt kinda down is all.  I think it all comes down to the way I'm going to approach the day though.

I let a perfectly normal day go badly because of my bad attitude.

So I decided something this morning as I growled at my phone this morning.  My phone wakes me up everyday promptly at 5:30am and sometimes I just get up and get going.  But these last couple of weeks, I either growl at it or say a few choice words at the notion of having to wake up.

But today, I growled and then I stopped.

I decided as I walked to the bathroom to take my morning shower that today was going to be different.

I made the decision.  The right decision.

I was going to make today pretty damn awesome, dang it!

So...

Here's how it's going to go down:

 

Today...

Today I will be..

THANKFUL

HAPPY

PROUD

THOUGHTFUL

LOVING

FRIENDLY

FIERCE

 Today I will start with the right attitude.

Yes...that's how it's going to be today.
Watch out! Nay is on the happiness rampage!

Have a THANKFUL-HAPPY-PROUD-THOUGHTFUL-LOVING-FRIENDLY-FIERCE Day!

Make it count, loveys!

and it all comes down to...

I was thinking this morning about stuff I've learned.

It was kind of like a series of "a-ha" moments.

Those eye-openers that you learn after the fact.

Those moments where you're like,

"Oh, now I get it.  Now I know why that happened."

I have lived for thirty-nine years.

In those thirty-nine years, I have met and lost friends in my life.

I have loved and been broken my people.

I have learned and unlearned habits.

But, what have I figured out all these years later?

It matters who stayed by your side.

Those people that remember you way back when.  Those people that you've just met and listen to your stories and still stick around.  Those people that you may not see everyday, or you've never really met, or that read your words and think to themselves, "that's what I needed to hear".

That's what matters.

Because I've had friends throughout my life.  I've known people for a few weeks, months, or years...some for decades...and a lot of the time, you have to know what they are there for.  And that's okay.  It's okay because they are needed in that time of your life for a reason.

They were there to teach you.

To teach you how to trust...how to live in that moment.

But then others are there for the long haul.  

And although, the ones who were only there for a season are entertaining, 

those long-term ones are the ones that really matter.

They are there to see your highs and lows, your success and failure, your sadness and fun.

I have lived in many seasons -

the seasons that I've enjoyed and suffered.

I have had many someones who have given my life some sweetness and even some sourness.

But in all those seasons, all those times in life that I didn't want to be alone or feel alone..

there is only one who has been there from the get go.

Only one that ever mattered.  

Only one that listened through the tears and laughter.

*

*

*

Him.

The Big Guy.

 And it always comes down to Him.  Always. 

Have a wonderful Monday, loveys.

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If Pidg Can Do It...

And, again, I'm doing a post where I post pics of myself. (What?!)

Again, I asked the Hubby to come outside and take photos of me.

Again, he was thrilled (not!)

But if my Pidgalicious can do it, dang it, I will too!

Solidarity for the non-fashion bloggers around the world.

'Cause that's what bloggers do for each other -

We tell each other that we can do all things.

We accept each other as we are.

We know that we are all different, unique, wonderfully made women.

We help each other out when in need.

And we do as we're told (happy now, Pidgy?)

{smile}

And, yes sometimes the pics don't come out the way you like them.

But that's what picmonkey is for, loveys!  It saves...one phone pic at a time.

See what I mean!

Picmonkey and Blogger Love...

That's what makes the world go round.

Right?

{Wink}