orange dress. souvenir from NYC for me.
scott is starting to drive. :O annie can flip from the diving board!
zinnias in the garden. watching You've Got Mail for the 100th time.
i found this funky owl lamp at the antique store….then found it's twin! did not buy = $60 each.
i finally cleaned the craft room up. added a new plate to my collection.
bought 25 cans of spray paint at Home Depot. Craig's 20 year HS reunion :)
time flies by at the laundromat with the Avett Brothers. Julie & Julia also 100th time.
time to make a garland. i have a spray paint addiction.
this is enabling my addiction. um…yeah…i had to get glasses….hmmm.
new quilt for $7.50…sweeeeet hot dog.
1. turquoise cords from target
2. canvas i loved at hobby lobby
3. book i want
4. new pillows for the craft house annie has NEW freckles on her cheeks!
started this book & i feel something…
not sure what it is yet.
i will keep you posted. summer's superstar.
what did you do this past week?
did you make anything?
did you go anywhere?
did you spray paint for 3 hours?
did you go to a class reunion?
tell me.
Lasso the Moon - Big fan of Jen Hatmaker, and her blog. Met her at a conference this year, and she’s the real deal. Read “7” but haven’t read that one yet. It’s next. I’m glad you read it! I’ll have to pick it up soon.
Anna
carol.davis2@verizon.net - talby not tally…stupid auto correct!
carol.davis2@verizon.net - i pulled up my carpet up and faux painted the concrete slab in my craft room this week :)) I want to make that sunshine pic or maybe hang letters on a branch like harper…TOO STINKIN CUTE! LOVE! btw…you look like tally with those glasses. very cute 🙂
Amy - What did I do last week? I attended the birth of my adopted baby boy!! (Our first child!!) I’m just now home and getting caught up on what I missed in your blog! 🙂
Carol S. - Morning Meg, loving your blog right now. Loving all these links of inspiration. This week I did a couple MAJOR things, moved from Chicago into a new home in Knoxville, TN and (drumroll please) started a blog to keep my family and friends informed of our changes. So now I can imagine what you go through to manage this fab blog! Keep going, loving the sunshine pics, it’s the only way to go through life. Thank you God!
katey - I went to the world’s longest yard sale. Amazing. Not all yardsales are created equal. I found awesome vintage items. I ran out of money twice!! So I got lots of stuff to get creative with.
Jen - :O :O :O …scary how fast they grow!!!
Anita - Hi Meg, I sort of made something this week that I wanted to share with you….Imstragram pics on magnets!! Love love love them 🙂 I have a picture of them done on my instagram I’m anison on Instagram if you want to check them out.., but you check out the stickygram website it has all the details. I’m definitely ordering more this week! Fast turn around to, I got mine in 7 days UK all the way to Australia. Have a great great weekend!
tasha - you are freakin adorable with glasses!! seriously! cuter than lisa loeb with glasses!
Jeannette from Plant City - That mug from NYC would be the thing my husband would bring back for himself. He loves Starbucks!! I have cans of spray paint in the garage waiting to be used, haven’t had the time yet. This week has been all about Band Camp and so will next week. We are going away for the weekend to a nice hotel(my husband has to work and we get to tag along) that has a 1/2 acre pool with 12 waterfalls and slides as well as a 21 acre lake that they have water activities you can enjoy. My weekend is going to be spent soaking up some rays and enjoying my kids 🙂 The one and only bad thing is…..the hotel is right near Disney so I hope that it is not too crazy with the tourist, maybe they will be visiting Mickey or Harry Potter!!! By the way seeing Scott driving giving me anxiety because my 15 year old is right around the corner for his license and it scares the crap out of me!!!!
Have a great weekend!!!
Routhie - WHERE DID YOU GET THAT ORANGE DRESS?! Sorry for the capslock, but that dress is divine and I must know. Kind of afraid you’re going to say it’s old…. Your glasses look cool. I had to get some myself and find them to be invaluable now. They can hide sleepy eyes (to an extent) and can be a fun fashion accessory after a few years of collecting frames. 🙂
Carrie - I have paint in my basement, I was going to drag the paint brush out and paint some shelves, then wash the brushes, etc. You have inspired me, I am going to buy me some spray paint!! My girls can play in the back yard while I have some spray paint fun!
julie - Interrupted. In the amazon cart. Oh oh. Next week I am going to be all messy.
Heather - Gasp! You did NOT spray paint those black floral tole trays, did you? Did you??? Please, please tell me you didn’t! Or tell me they were in horrible condition. And if you did spray paint them, don’t go to Etsy and see how much they sell for now. If you spray painted them already, you don’t want to know.
mollie's mom - I spray paint every day… well,maybe only 6 days a week 🙂 and that caviar is a garnish.
lauren - my son was in new york the same weekend you were and he bought me the SAME mug!
and that caviar is a garnish.
jeri - I wish I had made something this week. I mostly drove my girls back and forth to ice skating practice (3 days), went to Target (and will go again today), registered the girls for school…18 days and counting, washed all clothes to pack for vacation, made a packing list for vacation, started packing, ate yogurt at Smart Cow, and slept til 9 a.m.
Lisa - I’ve helped at VBS this week – made dinner each day for the VBS workers (we hold our VBS in the evenings). Cut off 10″ of hair to send to Locks of Love (still have more than 10″ left, haha). Started putting together a scrapbook/photo album of our daughter’s wedding. Watching a lot of Olympics. Last night, I started reading a book about the origin of hymns. This morning I turned 47. Hmmm. Really?
Lindsey - I like your glasses! The only thing I have made so far was a cute embellished skirt for my daughter. It was rainbow! I am hoping that I can make some more fun stuff today since we are home sick. I would LOVE to spray paint for 3 hours. Hmmm. What could I paint?
amber - I did make a garland:)! For my baby boy’s room. And, I love it. Love that boy too. Squishy, drooly, & oh my sweet. Anyway…I need that spray paint handle. Awe-some. Thanks for sharing your week. Your family is so cute & so are your new glasses:).
Lori Austin - Orange dress – love!!
Welcome to the glasses club – blech!
You’ve Got Mail – the best!
Jill - Love your movie choices!!! My favs as well. Hmmm…. I didn’t spray paint for hours, but I DID paint for hours…. painted my 1980s china buffet… updated the hardware… LOVE it!!! Used Annie Sloan paints and wax… AMAZING!!! Have you tried it?
Sara - I can’t focus on anything except-
You do your laundry at a laundromat now? For a family of 7…seriously?!?!?!
I am so sorry.
tess - I have totally seen “You’ve Got Mail” at least 100 times – I just love it!
Han - “What are you doing?? That caviar is a garnish!!” Yes I love You’ve Got Mail.
I have three favourite bits, first when they kinda cross paths on their way to work but just miss each other each time, then when they are in the market talking about NY152 and then at the end “Don’t cry Shopgirl, Don’t cry” awwwwww!!!
amy - I just finished “Interrupted”. Great book….NEW insight into truly living the life of a witness. Very challenging for my heart to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk — in a traditionally unconvential way. Loved it. 🙂
Amanda - That rustoleum primer is like THE BEST THING EVER.
April R - you’re so sweet to “ask” us all what we did/made/saw this week 🙂 and look at the variety of responses…
my favorite things I did this week: sat on the porch and listened to a thunderstorm (all by myself), played wits and wagers and bananagrams with family (that was FUN!), got to see my sis-in-law for a bit (surprise!), and did epic amounts of laundry (yeah for a good washer and dryer!)
what a blessing this blog is 🙂 thanks very much!
Risa - We had our 10 year reunion the week before! Where was the 20 year hosted? Ours was a super low-key backyard barbecue and everyone loved it. Hillsboro people are good people! 🙂
Juliann Brenner - Hi Megan – the quilt looks a little like a pennant quilt (I am a terrible speller these days….). Anywho, I wonder if the H.Depot guys thought you might be a graffiti mama-haha (again with the spelling). It was nice to see pics and read of your adventures with jenny. Al and I got away for my 40th to a cute little town in Southern Indiana without kiddos – that’s my big news for last week….
jenrobburton - I cleaned out my son’s closet, which has heaps and heaps of bagged baby clothes … waiting on the next baby … which is waiting on my husband to decide it’s OK to have the next baby.
Pulled out toys from the back that I got at his baby shower! Now he can actually play with them! And his room is much neater now.
tiffany gardner - My two big kids went back to school today. Always makes me a little sad. It made baby brother very sad. Thanks for cheering me up with your blog… my fav!
renee - i prepped for my first day of school (teacher) and started today! no kiddos yet… just training 🙂 oh and i schedule our 20-week ultrasound appointment!! yay.
Megan H. - Where did you get that attachment for your can of spray paint!? I have never seen one of those!
And I planned/attended my grandmother’s funeral. Maybe next week will be better? I’m hoping my instagram pics are least happier next week 🙁
Joy - I went through our entire book collection to weed them out. I gave away one.
That’s progress, right?
Krista - You’re looking tiny in that dress, whatever you’re doing, keep going!!
Love your glasses, sorry they somehow show up with age….
“What are you doing, what are you doing? that caviar is a GARNISH!!”
Flower Patch Farmgirl - Those cords are calling my name AND so is Interrupted. Now, if that’s not a conundrum. I can’t wait to see what you think of the book.
What did I do? Besides clean barf off bedding and carpet? Uh, I painted a table bright green! And ordered a new shower curtain. And packed a few boxes. But only a few.
Tanya - I finished the book The Happiness Project this week and just finished reading Seven in a day and a half and I’m about to move onto Interrupted…
Love the orangey dress…nice with a tan yes?
Jenny B - So fun! I just got that exact Target pillow! So cute. I think the new glasses make you look younger and skinnier! Seriously! 🙂
tara pollard pakosta - hmm where did we go? the pool and the beach and shopping in greenbay WI.
celebrated ava’s 11th birthday!
love the freckles pic of annie!
tara
Sonja - That caviar is a GARNISH! I <3 that movie.
Janelle - scott is starting to drive :0
Tiffany - My dining room table was too clean, BORING, so I started projects this weekend too. Yay for getting it *ish done and having a little crafty fun. Love those freckles, oh they make me smile. And THAT CAVIAR IS A GARNISH…you should maybe add ‘As Good As it Gets’ to your 100 Watch List, it’s a new fav for me. Happy August.
Logan - I have that same dress, I think. Love it!
Mindy Harris - the picture of you in glasses is gorgeous! so so so so pretty. you rock those glasses big time.
i love the trays you are spraying, both with and without spray. i think it would be hard for me to spray them. i am curious to see what you are making with them.
shawn and i went to manhattan (kstate-our alma mater) to dink around for our anniversary.
but then we had a funeral to go to in ellinwood. his gpa chet, who was 95, went to heaven.
Heather - I’d love to go to Home Depot and buy 25 cans of spray paint-each one a different color, but…my husband would think I was off my rocker. Love the pictures!
Ann - I spraypainted this week too…15 cans used to make my girls’ bunkbeds white. Pretty sure I might have some neurological damage from all those fumes, but they look pretty awesome! Who cares if I can’t walk a straight line anymore?
elisa - Whoa I bought that canvas from the artist at the Country Living art show last year. Probably a lot cheaper at Hobby Lobby!!
happygirl - This was a good week in pictures. Love the glasses and the spray paint shooter holder thingy. And nothing is cuter than a sprinkling of freckles on a cute little nose. 🙂
Kristin - FYI, I love your blog! 🙂 I have one of those spray paint squeeze things. It’s wonderful! I also Can not believe that quilt for that price, awesome! 🙂
Sara Torbett - I loved this post. 🙂 Cute glasses too! I helped host a Craft Day at my house, and we made yarn pom-poms and yarn crafts galore. Fun :). Today-getting the neighbor’s help to chase our bull out of the yard. LOL.
Kristin S - So much goodness in one post.
Still loving that orange dress on you skinny mini!
angela - well yes, i did paint…thank you for asking. 🙂 A monogram for my front door. I also washed a couch cushion that one of my perfect grands poured milk on. Have you ever smelled a sour couch cushion? Don’t.
seriously sassy mama - Swimming, painting a dresser mint green, and two lamps yellow!
sarah - I want turquoise corduroys! I like saying those words together too.
I painted 2 bathrooms, ran around getting ready for school, and putzed around enjoying the last days of summer.
jen - what did i do this week? {today!}…i turned 35. yeah and yuck at the same time. hope you have a great rest of the week!!
melodee - oh a new driver how fun! we are on our 3rd teen driving and it’s scary but so cool for them! hope to see your finished garland!
Lori H - That orange dress is so cute! And I like your glasses too. No big happenings this week at our house. I think summer used to be alot more fun.
erin j - I LOVE freckles on little girls!! I love them on big girls too.