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did you love that show???? i did. how was your weekend? how are YOU? hot enough for ya? :) it is here in kansas….scorching. happy monday to you. ok…. i have some stuff to tell you and some questions to ask. 1. i am still doing Ripped in 30 with jillian michaels. so far…..i am not ripped. 2. yesterdays video.
3. did you see that we helped raise $17,093 for sergey!!! and grateful for each of you that GAVE!! go check and see if you won any of those fabulous prizes….especially if your name is jennifer! 4. should i be on twitter? why?
5. there is one more day for the gatorade giveaway. if i won i would use it for sports bras. but you can spend your $100 any way you'd like. ———————————————————————————————————————— and that's it for my friday. it's pizza for dinner and a movie on the couch. and i got a netflix for me after the kids go to bed….Parenthood….the MOVIE. the show is so good because the movie was so good.
Twitter and FB are VERY different… FB is more static, whereas Twitter is an ongoing conversation (think telephone party line, but without the creepy, scuzzy connotation). Should you be on twitter? Depends what you hope to gain… just a comment on the exercising: yes, you probably are supposed to do 30 in 30 days but… does she have 5 kids? does she clean the house? wash the clothes? fix their dinner? drive them here, there and everywhere? I look at it as you did MORE THAN one every other day (17 in 30)! THAT IS AWESOME! I have Twitter, but to be honest I am not sure what the point of it is. Maybe I just am not funny enough 🙂 I have to admit you inspired me to go out and by Jillian’s dvd, did a solid 10 days and pulled my “hammi” so bad that I had to take 2 days off. darn squats! I will be back at it tomorrow, but I think I will be mixing in some yoga as well. thinking my body needs a little extra stretching and not so much squatting! not sure if your cable provider has on demand, but on the exercise channel you can do all of her workouts for free!!! Im sure you’re kicking some major bootie in your jillian workout! I’m cracking up…”it’s been 30 days…and I am not ripped!” I love it 😉 We need to stream Parenthood…haven’t seen it in a lonnnng time 😉 Happpy Weekending Duerksen FamilY!!! Laughing at your Jillian video because I have been ignoring her lately. I need to talk with her though because my junk food habit is kicking my booty! Stick with the workout! I did it for 2 months before I hit a “giving up” day. And I never hit that day because I got toned (I’m not ripped) and lost 32 pounds! Stop drinking soda (if you do drink it) its not doing any favors for ya 🙂 i was doing jullian’s 30 day shred…maybe i should try yours…looks like it’s going well 🙂 definately do another video…very cool! and i don’t have a clue what twitter is/does. seems like another time zapper 🙂 ha!! Awesome fund raising…just amazing what you have accomplished so far! Keep it up♥ Have to give my 2 cents on Twitter … I’m on it & share more there than I do on my (writing) blog or FB these days. Even if you don’t share a lot on Twitter, it’s a nice way to find people that have the same interests as you do: crafts, photography, kids, sewing, charity, etc. and then share ideas and support. Oh, Parenthood is SUCH a classic! Loved it then, haven’t seen it in awhile. Liked your video yesterday, too, super fun, did I tell you that? You are so real and your kids are cool and totally normal. That’s nice. Thanks for blogging so much, it’s fun to read new stuff daily. I have Jillian…have tried her two months with mixed success, never more than 15 days. It’s the darn weekends that kill me…Mon-Fri keep me on the wagon. Just keep going!! Twitter is fun. It is just another way to express yourself. I wish I knew what it was like to need a sports bra. Nothing has ever gotten in my way but my bug butt. Parenthood is such a great movie. i give you a big, huge green light on twitter. it’s weird at first but fun, too. but still weird. oh jillian. i wanted to rip her eyes out in 30 seconds. i LOVE that you drew on her. especially a pirate hat. Don’t waste your time. I was on twitter ages ago and it was only fun when a few friends were on, which was usually a holiday. Otherwise, it’s lost on anyone who actually has things to get done during the day. Prolly why so many celebs are on. I had friends who would think it funny to tweet about 60 times in a row. That got old and it took longer to see what other friends were tweeting. FB is distracting enough. I was going to send you a note and let you know that one of your followers was the big winner in Sergy’s fundraiser. I feel very lucky but Terrie is right on….Sergy is the luckier one! He is going to be surrounded by so much love! We have two kids that are adopted and two that are biological and it’s all the same love. My husband was also adopted when he was three so adoption is very close to my heart. I am so happy that they are closer to bringing him home. I can’t wait to see pictures of him in his new home surrounded by his brother and sisters and his Mom and Dad. 🙂 1. Love that I’m excited about the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie from your drawing on Jillian. My husband told me that twitter is like facebook without the games. I’m not a fan of Twitter. To me blogs are written with purpose. Twitter isn’t. Just my thought for what it is worth…. You should do twitter. It will increase your traffic. just sayin’ I’m trying to increase traffic and all the cool blog experts say to do it. That’s all I have. And, I tweeted about Parenthood (the movie) yesterday as being TRUTH. Great minds, eh? meg–i too would spend the $100 on 1.5 sports bras. ha! we watched parenthood on on demand a few nights ago. loved. it. loved. but i like the tv show better. Well, I’m really not one to be offering advice, given that I didn’t make it through the full 30 days myself, but I say go for it and don’t worry if it’s supposed to be 30 days in a row. You’ll feel accomplished and you’ll feel better physically. Me, I’m a wimp and I’m going to stick with my fat-burning Pilates, which I actually love. That reminds me… parenthood is the best ever…especially the roller coaster of it all. Don’t waste your time with Twitter. it is boring…truly. An outlet for way too much randomness, if you ask me. I am so with you on the sports bra! Why are they so expensive? Next up you should try P90X. Totally worth it. I stopped reading this post so I could say this. Her boobs hang out all the time. It drives me nuts. Maybe you should use your gift card to get her a bra! I vote for no Twitter. Don’t get me wrong; I’m on Twitter and I use it. But honestly, it’s just one more thing to manage. You don’t need it. You have such a great group of loyal followers to your blog and we’re going to read you no matter what. So I really don’t think you need to add Twitter to your mix. But if you do, I’ll follow you. Didn’t want to be a downer but I have a 30 vid of Jillian’s and it totally bulked me up and I didn’t lose any weight. She actually says in her video that your muscles will get bigger and that your bigger leg muscles will make your ankles look smaller (IKIDYOUNOT). Love the drawing on Jillian, LOL! Very… original. Hehe. My son and daughter-in-law did the whole Biggest Loser thing, all the dvds and such (they lost 75 and 65 pounds!)… I asked DIL and she says it means ripped in 30 days. I like twitter–not as universal as FB (which I quit eight weeks ago and don’t miss: )–can check out posts of people I follow…don’t have all the family/friends following and I can just keep up or check out what friends in the blogosphere are up to. Did you watch the Royal Wedding Meg.? I think you should get a Twitter and give it a go! You can just tweet things about your day and talk to all your readers and stuff. I make it sound boring, but it’s really not. I’d follow you! I think I need to go back and watch Parenthood now that I am in the thick of it, I forgot how funny that movie was 🙂 I think Jillians dvd is for 30days, but 30 workouts would be the same im guessing as you only doi it once a day… ? I vote no for Twitter. um meg….Im pretty sure jillain is pissed you drew all over her, but I love it!!! Dont worry I wont forward this to her…hahahaha The video WAS awesome and I cant wait to see the next one! I thought it was so cute that julie won your hoodie….fate man…fate! well….we made a video. and you get way too much time to look at my neck…..hmmm. and chin. the timer from the chicken for dinner keeps dinging in the background. but here i am. next time i am using different angle…… Loved it Meg! I am so fortunate to have known you since you were in 8th grade! Love seeing how you have grown into a wonderful wife and mother. Talby looks so much like you:) *two. at least you only had one chin making an appearance, i woulda had too, lol. 😉 GREAT video – exactly how I have pictured your family just from reading and seeing your photos. 🙂 Meg, I waited a while to finally watch this. I immediately needed to tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed it! Awesome!! Oh my gosh! I had a huge smile on my face! How crazy is it to hear your voice after reading your words for at least 3 years? maybe more? no idea… HA ha ha ha ha ha ha!! I loved this! It made my day! You are hilarious. You have such a nice voice! So glad I flicked back through the entries to see what I had missed since last checking in. Your kids are precious too. This video is certainly at the top of my favorite blog posts by you ever! Adorable and funny and just confirms what a beautiful person you are inside and out and how beautiful your family is as well! Thank you for sharing…made me smile! This video is certainly at the top of my favorite blog posts by you ever! Adorable and funny and just confirms what a beautiful person you are inside and out and how beautiful your family is as well! Thank you for sharing…made me smile! Loved your Vlog – can’t wait to see more! Love it!! This was so awesome! lOVED IT! More vlogs please!!!!!!!!! Awesome video. You and your family are so cute. Ha, love it! Great idea. I hope you will do more of these?! You sound nothing like I thought!!!! But I love it! loved the vlog! OH MEG! I love it… especially the end! 🙂 And the toothless Annie… and YOU… oh I just loved it all! Love it! Kate came over to see what I was watching and said “Her takes my picture!”. Mad mama cracks me up. And the ‘small house/mansion’ question.. Gotta love would you rathers! Love. Great vlog. Can’t wait to see more 🙂 I loved your video…I was a little nervous to watch it because I thought that hearing your voice would change the way I read your blog (if you know what I mean). The weird thing was that after watching the video I feel like I’ve known you for years…can’t figure out if you remind me of someone else that I know or because I have been reading your blog for so long that it all goes together. Anyways it was great and I loved your reactions to the kids arguing in the background it looked just like something I picture myself doing!! Your kids are beautiful! Talby really looks like you. That was great! I had to laugh at Annie’s question of living in a small house with no noise or a big one that was noisy- I’m always complaining about the level of noise in my house. 🙂 Good Job Meg! Keep up the vloging!! Loved it!! Love you! Blessings to you and your family! This Video was awesome! I’ve been lurking and reading your blog for a few years now and it was so nice to actually hear your voice and see your kids in action. Very cool, I hope you make more! is it weird that i just watched this again? Oh my gosh, Talby is your twin!! I LOVED this! Best vlog I’ve seen so far from anyone!!!! I want to comment on your blog all the time but I’m too shy! I just couldn’t help myself this time, you are such a precious momma and I loved seeing your kids and hearing your voice! Waffle too! SO CUTE!I think I’ll go find a green sweater to wear with my navy polka dot shirt now, you look great! 🙂 Hey Meg, I’ve been a reader for a couple years, and I just wanted to leave a quick comment of encouragement. The vlog was great, it gave all of us readers just a little peak into life with Meg’s family. Great job, super sweet kids, and what a creative way to share a bit about your life! Keep ’em coming! Have a good weekend! so fun, meg. made me smile. Mad Mom is pretty patient, I’d say. You really are fun. Thanks for sharing some more of you and yours. So great! I do birthday interviews with my kids but I haven’t let them interview me. I may give it a try. I loved this. Annie was hilarious. It was fun to see your personality too. I love your blog. I absolutely loved this! Wonderful stuff! Thanks for sharing. It was really fun to see everyone “in real life”-even Mad Momma. She’s in my house a heck of a lot and I only have two. 🙂 Love this video haha and the fact you only have 3 of the five kiddos with you and how busy it looks hehe what a wonderful family 🙂 there’s nothing wrong with your neck , loved the video blog It was perfect, I love how you incorporated the kids! I also love how REAL it is. I LOVE YOUR VIDEO! You need to do that more often- but I wanna see Lauren & Scott too- oh, and Craig! Get Craig to make a guest appearance haha! i smiled SO big through this entire video!! You are even more adorable than I remembered. Wish I lived next door so I could come drink coffee with you after the kids get on the bus. Even though I don’t drink coffee. Also my kids don’t ride the bus. But you get the idea. ha loved it!It was good to hear your voice 🙂 super cute!!!! Now there is a voice to the face. ha ha. Look forward to more video’s and by the way you looked great. you are so fun. Love how laid back you are and how fun for the kids to ask questions. Thanks for doing this! This made me happy. 🙂 sweet! The beep in the background cracked me up. Sounded like my dumb beeping dryer! Very nice interview. Did the kiddos come up with their own questions? Also your neck is lovely. Don’t worry about it 🙂 Awww, I love it! Such a special treat to see what you and your family are like! Love it! Annie cracked me up! totally cute and you really do look just like the dixie chick! okay that was fun. cool seeing you in the mom role. could your hair be any cuter?? need to change your profile pic! This made me love you just a little bit more and I didn’t think that was possible! Too fun! Keep ’em coming, girl! Love how the kids like seeing themselves on the screen! And the mad mama part.. haha that made my day 🙂 Cute. 🙂 It was great – loved it! I LOVE Cocoa Pebbles!!! That was awesome. I need to do one too now!! Very fun. So glad you did it. thanks for sharing. bye bye 🙂 That was fun!! Love you even more!!!! So cute!! You’re beautiful and I could just smooch Annie all up! Thanks for sharing! Love it. Makes me want to be your real life friend and come over for coffee (ice cream….my fave too!) A very excellent first video!! Great vlog! Annie reminded me of my 5 year old with her question and how interested she was in your answer. Cute! Loved the video blog! You’ll have to do more! oh meg – you are so funny. and just beautiful! LOVED IT. p.s. we think you all have funny accents! But I suppose you would think we were the one with accents??? love it. you’re even awesome-r than i thought you were. love your kids interrupting, etc. etc. it’s real life, and i love that you share it!!! woo hoo!!!! keep it up, you brighten my day always. love love loved it. That was so nice! It was great seeing your interactions. I can see why Craft Day is so much fun at your house! Great video. Thanks Megan. that just made me so happy! thank you for sharing with us! I think you did a great job! I think it was more interesting too because of your kids asking you questions. I thought it was pretty hilarious when you said to your son, “are you even listening to my answers”, because I could see my son being more interested in seeing how he looked on camera too. 😉 loved it! perfect! MORE PLEASE!!! 😉 So cute 😉 oh meg. that was so fun!! you’re voice is actually pretty close to what I expected! Also, you have the same accent as me! But I know you aren’t from Cincinnati 🙂 Okay, count me in for LOVING the vlog! I vote for a weekly vlog post. 🙂 love it cause its so real!! You are awesome and have a great family! 🙂 I love that your kids crack you up! Thanks for letting us meet you. I loved it! My kiddos came in crying while I was watching in and they both stopped to watch and then started crying when it was over! That was great! seriously…you guys are adorable! i love mad mama and how you always keep it real! LOVE LOVE LOVE, so nice to hear the beautiful voice behind the pics!!! That was fantastic! Love it! Thanks for sharing. 🙂 Ooh you sound like a posh american…. If that makes sense.. It does in my british head.. Haha i love it! I feel the same way about my neck/chin and you know what…yours looked just fine. Perfect even! I love the questions. What a good idea. I might have to do that with my kids sometime. 🙂 I hope to see more vlogs! i love it!! and i love you even more now 🙂 OOPS, Now not know…LOL! I loved this so much! Know I have a voice to go along with the words! You and your kids (& Waffles too) are so adorable! Hope you make more! fun! my kids love to make videos….. More! More! LOL! See, you are a real person now to me and everyone else here. Wellllll, I mean, you were real to me before, but… wait a minute while I dig myself outta this hole. Haha! You’re so famous. This was just wonderful!! Perked me right up this afternoon. Thanks so much! I hope you will do it again. I loved this! So awesome! i absolutely LOVED this. how fun. maybe i’ll get the guts up to do this w/ my boys! I need more vlogs!!! I loved how the switch with Talby to Annie & they started yelling off camera and the “Mad momma” notice! Such a classic. I chuckled with that one. You’re a gem and PUHLEEZE keep the vlogs coming. Your kids are goofy, adorable & just so much fun to watch. Thanks for taking the time to share another dimension of you & your family. Loved it! Love the timer going off in the background too! 😉 Haha! That video is AWESOME. Kids ask the best questions, don’t they? This was so funny and hilarious and awesome! It was great to see your sense of humor–I think my favorite part is when Annie agrees with you about the deliciousness of cocoa pebbles. 🙂 Too fun! loved it, Meg! I laughed when little Annie said, “eeenteresting…” 🙂 Oh, and you’re being silly about your neck…you look great! cool! now i have to adjust the voice i have for you in my head whenever i read your blog. i had a very different one picked out, not better or worse. carazay! Really cute. Your voice was no surprise. Sometimes vlogs throw me ’cause the person sounds SO different than I somehow expected. Weird, I know. love this! i love your blog and have been reading for quite a while….this video is too cute! Hope you’ll do another one with the other kids 🙂 Meg, so great! Your voice is just how I imagined it. That means you are a authentic, great writer. Annie is a hoot! Very cute! I just got a new laptop and so we are constantly making little videos like this. With four kids, mine are very similar, lol. now I love you more than ever! can i be like you when i grow up? 🙂 LOVE IT!! 🙂 so fun to get to hear blogger’s voices. strangely, you sounded just like i thought you would. okay here are my notes, i’m sure you care. 1. your hair looks awesome 2. i love how sean looks so bored when you’re telling about your music choices. ha ha! 3. please do this again, it’s so fun! 🙂 HAHA..mad mom!! LOVED IT!! so glad you did this, Meg! I love having a voice with the writing I’ve been reading. You all are adorable~ Loved it Meg! You sound exactly how I thought you would!:) Your kiddos are adorable! ahahahhaaa….LOVED IT! I love how Sean is asking questions then totally spacing out while you answer them…and then making faces at himself! Kids are too funny! How fun!! Thanks for sharing! Loved the “Mad Mama” ending – she’s so relatable! 😉 How fun!!! Thanks for that! Loved the “Mad Mama” ending! =) She’s so relatable! 😉 That was awesome – so real so fun!! Waffle Rocks! I just love his name. Not sure that I have ever commented before. I love your blog, brings a little sunshine to my day. You are such a down to earth mama, what a fun thing to see a little video of you and your family! Kinda like reality TV 🙂 Love your hair by the way! I loved this video! I can tell just in 4 minutes that you are a great mom! You should make another video but have readers submit questions 🙂 HAHA…so fun!!! My kids love making videos. I need to do one of these with my kids. It would be so fun! I loved your Vlog! And I like how you turned off the video at just the right time…before you spanked your child. Haha! I loved this so much. You are so adorable, and I love matching your voice with your writing. I hope you do this again, sometime:) you didn’t say no to more kids… are you thinking of adopting!!! So cute, your kids are adorable! I love Annie and Shawn’s faces they were making into the camera 🙂 lol great job by all!!..even Waffle!:) LOVED IT! Awww, loved the vlog! It’s fun to put a voice to the words you type! Thanks for sharing a piece of your family with us! Loved it! My 2 1/2 year-old son was on my lap and said, “Sean is a cool guy.” Yay for Vlogs! It’s nice to finally hear your voice : ) <3 Good morning! :) You, your kids and even Waffle are too stinkin’ cute! Love your vlog! Excellent video, loved it! It’s hard to get up the courage to record, and then actually post it- so nerve-wracking! You did a terrific job, as did your children. You sound exactly like I thought you would! Gorgeous video Meg – “Are you even listening to my answers??” haha – you look so calm 🙂 looking forward to more of these xx Here comes mad mama! Hahahaha! Very cute! I loved the cardi and polka dot blouse combo! Very adorable! Oh my word I just loved this!! After reading your blog forever it is so nice to put a voice to your beautiful face!! the kids are so darn cute to. I hope you do these more:) Oh, I loved it! Love getting to hear your voice. It wasn’t weird at all. But I had a moment of hoping it wouldn’t be weird before hitting play. 😛 Is that weird? I love it! The kids are hysterical and I love how Waffle tried to make an appearance too. Keep them coming! Omigoodness, I love you even more now! Thanks for stepping out of that comfort zone!!! You rock! you sound EXACTLY as i thought you would 🙂 and remember that boys don’t do the face to face thing… they are much more “bilateral” and can still hear what you’re saying even when they are not looking at you and playing legos at the same time. love hearing your voice–man, lady, you are easy-going! 🙂 super cute kids, too, thanks for sharing. I think it’s so fun to hear the voice behind the writer. Super cute. Kenzie loved it too. I loved it! And you looked great! You made me miss my old hair cut that was kind of like yours…maybe it’s time for me to change it up too! See?! You ARE inspiring! haha! And your kids are absolutely adorable! That was too stinkin’ funny! Thanks for sharing (esp. the “mad mamma” part…total realness!) That was awesome! Seriously, do those more 🙂 and you have a nice voice!! Love it! You make me want to cut my hair even shorter!! 🙂 I never realized how much Annie looks like Talby! 🙂 You are so cute! You sound just like I thought you would! That was so great and real. I think we can all relate. Keep ’em coming! You have a great voice. Thanks for letting us hear it. so funny! I loved it! Fruity pebbles are my favorite breakfast! Ha! Love the vlog!! What a cute idea! You and your family are so cute! Loved it! Your kids are darling.. Thanks for sharing yourself and your family with us. You really make others feel at home with you…what a gift! So fun to get a small peek into family! 🙂 So funny and real! Love your blog. 🙂 LOVE IT!!! you’re so cute 😉 keep it up! ok, I know this is maybe a silly comment, but…you have the cutest nose I have ever seen!!! Fun!! Cute to watch, although I still LOVE reading your blog posts. Your voice suits you perfectly, it’s exactly what I would’ve imagined! Mad momma cracked me up. And Waffle’s a doll. LOOOVE IT! You guys are so Cute! Super Fabulous! Way to go! I love your doo, and Waffle’s…. LOVE it!!! Your voice is great. The angle was great. Such a classic way for a “family” video blog to unfold! More please…. Very cute video! Loved it! Adorable. I hope you decide to become a regular vlogger 🙂 i adored this. looks and sounds just like my house. def keep up with the videos! Every single one of my daycare kids came over to watch the video… they all giggled at Annie making faces. She is a celebrity in my house now. It was GREAT. I don’t think I could do this. I’m going to stick with writing. Writing a blog is tough enough. You were GREAT and your kids are ADORABLE. I’ve read your blog for awhile and rarely comment, but I flipping loved this video. What a fun, real, goofy, happy, silly family you have. And seriously, “mad momma”? Hahaha. you are suuuuper cute lady! I love you even more after watching that! Seriously, your blog is THE one I check every day. I love Pioneer Woman too but you are definitely more relatable. 😉 Love it! Your kids crack me up! I love that you still got on to your kids!!!! Love the video! Love that Annie! ok meg…this is pretty much the best vlog ever!! I love that you included the kids,,,they are so funny!! Loves it girl!!! I’ll add my thumbs up as well! Loved it!! Great idea including the kids. (I may steal that idea.) You’re adorable and so are the wee ones. Thanks for sharing more of yourself with us. 🙂 Great, I love your voice! We want more, and more Waffle, too. For us dog peeps out here! And, you do have beautiful skin! ha! you’re so cute! So funny….my little girl came up and sat on my lap while I was watching this. After it was done, she said, “Who was that little girl?”. When I told her that it was Annie she said, “I like her. Can we go visit her and be friends?” OH MY GOSH. LOVE IT. Your kids are hilarious, especially hearing Annie and Talby off screen. Oh your kids are just too cute for words!!! Lol!!! I was wondering what you were doing with the chest shot there until mad mom came out! Absolutely loved it. I should get do a vlog with my daughter. That would be funny. So cute…will be so fun to have. Loved it! Your kids were adorable with their questions! Oh Meg, I love it! Vlogs are awesome … your kiddos are so adorable & just may have a future in broadcasting! 😉 Thank you for sharing — BRAVO! can this be a regular feature? i LOVED this–so fun! 🙂 Thanks for putting yourself out there! It was fun to watch! It’s always good to get out of your comfort zone. I’m glad you had you had a mad momma moment or I would have thought your were perfectly patient;) you are so pretty! I loved mad mama making her appearance! haha! I’m totally there. kids are a treasure, a joy, a gift and sometimes just plain too much! but I love mine and it shows you love yours too. I’m not sure I’ve ever commented on your blog before, but I LOVED watching you! As a mother of 4 it’s so fun to read about your life, and especially watch you with you kids!! Keep up the great work!! I. Love. This! So fun. Love the honesty of it all. Cocoa Pebbles, yum! Bono, yum! And even though you warned me about your timer dinging I kept wondering what was dinging in my house. Silly. love it, meg! you are so real…sweet with a side of crabby 🙂 just like me most of the time…unless i’m just crabby! love your vlog! Loved it, Meg. Your kiddos were adorable asking the questions! Loved that it was true to life, complete with kids interrupting and especially the mad mama 😉 Thanks for sharing this slice of your life! It was fun! Your voice was great. I meet so many people who are obviously disappointed I don’t talk with an affected southern accent. I always tell them not everyone talks like that (thanks hollywood) and they just move on to assume I created my voice after living in the UK for a while. So your voice was definitely not a disappointment, but what I miss from my own friends in TX. And you looked great! This was totally cute and fun to watch! made me smile!! you and your kiddos are so wonderful! Loved the last mad mom part. That was great! It’s always interesting to “see” how people talk. Thanks! You have inspired me. I laughed out loud! You are a patient momma with some major cuties on your hands. I’m surrounded by two of my little ones and one of my daycare kid and they all want to know WHO IS THAT?! I just said…”oh…just one of mommy’s friends.” Little do they know that we’ve never met…ha. cute! and i can’t stop staring at those globes in the kitchen. fabulous. We love you Meg D! My girlie and I just took a break from homeschooling to watch you and the kids. Yes, very educational. Can I pass it off as learning? Why the heck not? We learned about YOU! Have a great day! I love it! You’re kids are cute, you look great (really), and it was kind of like getting to know another side of you being able to add the voice to the face. I thought I was the only one who did the nose itching thing. LOL. Okay… seriously… my kids (2 and 4) happened to see me watching this and were captivated. “Again!!” Waffle’s cameo was a huge hit. Who knew? So I request more vlogs from you because they are a family hit and who knows, they may make Apple TV in our home! : ) I second the NeedtoBreathe! LOVED seeing you all in action!! I like mad mom. She’s real! Ha. That was entertaining. What was Annie’s extra question? Loved it… you are so “real” Meg. Your kids will love this someday too!!! well done! loved the faces sean was making at himself and the additional captions were fun too. 🙂 Very cute!! You are a good momma. I enjoyed the interview, the responses verbally and physically from the kids. Great job keeping focused and each child getting their turn. Love it! Annie and her “very interesting…” was so cute!! Love it! Awesome family! Love your video…can’t wait to share with my Lexi so she can meet your Annie. She loves seeing your pictures of your family. Can’t wait to see more videos…Once a week would be awesome! Am I pushing it to quick.hehehe Love it! Loved it! Especially the kids asking their questions – always interesting to see what they will say. I bet my kids teachers know WAY too much about what goes on at my house! so I think you have a pretty long neck. . .perfect for some funky, big necklaces, flowery necklaces. . I am sure you could create something 🙂 Absolutely loved it! Ain’t nothin’ wrong with your neck and you have beautiful skin! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOUR INTERVIEW !!! Now I could hear your voice and see your kids talking and the cup of coffee always in your hand (hahah)… Like I get closer to you even though we don’t really know each other and sadly may never will (in fact I live in another CONTINENT) Thanks to technology so I could feel for a little tiny moment that I am closer to you… loved it 🙂 I like this…you’re fun 🙂 That was great 🙂 What a fun start to the day! we loved it! I watched it with my two yr old, and she wants to know if she can go to your house, and she also noticed sergey’s picture and wants to go to “da baby’s house” too 🙂 rude… hahaha that cracked me up!! Awesome!
COMPLETE DOUBLE RAINBOW IN MY YARD!!! in case you are not one of the 26 million in the world who did not see the double rainbow video…… (warning….he is tripped out for sure and says omg about 75 times….) wow. happy friday. i hope you find something that makes you so happy today that you start laughing and then bawling. IT"S TOO MUCH!!! my husband and I are crying laughing – yeah, we hadn’t seen the vid before! I love rainbows. I think they are very important and here are my thoughts on why: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=114898988557160 That guy just made my day. I love that he is so overwhelmed. Really shouldn’t we all get that excited about a double rainbow? I always make the kids come look when I find one! BTW your daughters double rainbow is too much too!! Oh, love the tee shirt and sweatshirt. So very adorable. My girls would love that. can we have annie’s handmedowns?! 🙂 I love Annie’s double rainbow outfit. Girls size 8 or 10 would work for our family just in case you are thinking of listing any in your etsy shop. Hint hint hint!!!! 🙂 Genesis 9:13 I LOVE her shirt and jacket! Might need to dig out some fabric scraps…but I’ll probably just drool over yours! oh meg. well all I could think of when watching the video clip (and I have not seen it before) was I wish I had that reaction when God showed His glory. . showed His power. . showed His beauty. And I wish that was what this guy was responding to was God. . but I too thought he must be on something. . but wouldn’t it be great if he wasn’t on something. . if that was just his reaction to God’s splendor. . and God was talking to him. . .and showing up for him. . .I am rambling. . thanks for sharing a full on double rainbow all the way!!!! goal for my next rainbow siting: to get half as excited as that guy and make my family pretend to not know me. saweeet. 🙂 Where have I been? Never seen it … but I’m dying!! i love that video. my husband and i quote it all the time. 🙂 “It’s a double PROMISE from God”, I meant. Sheesh, my hands can’t keep up with my brain. 😉 I hope you’re making plenty of those shirts & hoodies for your shop….in a size 24 months or 2T, hint hint!!!! I laughed SO hard with that video. Then the comment above where she responds, “It’s a double from God…you know the one you keep screaming too”…made me laugh so hard my water come out of my nose! Her Rainbow shirts are way too cute!!! LOVE the outfit, the “real life” double rainbow, and the dude … I didn’t exactly laugh, cry, and laugh again, but my throat is now raw from all the shock and laughing I experienced watching the video! I must share it with my family: instant hit! i had never seen that video…it kinda creeped me out! why is he crying?! We are HUGE Gregory Brothers fans over here. Their “Poke Me” song makes me giggle uncontrollably. Seriously. But they’re legit musicians!! Sarah Gregory has a band called Sarah and the Stanleys and they are AMAZING!!! I LOVE them!!! 🙂 That video is hilarious 🙂 I need a double rainbow for my little bebe girl! Gonna be stalking your store!!! Great job the sweatshirt and tee make me want it in my size 🙂 I was one of the rest of the world that had not seen this. Truly happy for this guy that he experienced such joy seeing this. Totally hilarious! he sounds like he is crying to me! haha oh brother dude, get over it! love the rainbow shirt and jacket! i need one of those today…my daughter is turning 5 today and we are having a rainbow themed party! super cute! I cannot tell you how frequently Cory references this vid. It’s a lot. LOVE double rainbows! loved that video. love that hoodie/shirt comb, will they be in your etsy shop? thinking my niece HAS to have them 🙂 Where did you get that shirt and sweatshirt? You made I hope! I want one for my daughter! Does that rainbow sweatshirt come in child’s size 8? hahahahahahaha! It was like watching The Blair Witch movie, hahahahahha! I feel sorry for his dog, hahahahahaah! I can’t stop laughing and I have got to show this to my brother, he will love it. Happy Friday Meg!!!! We quote that video ALL THE TIME in our house. DOUBLE CHEESE SANDWICH!!! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?! Such cynics…maybe he’s just overwhelmed with the beauty…it happens. 🙂 Spontaneous worship. Thanks for sharing this. I loved it! That was a great start to my Friday. Thanks! Oh. My. Wow. Thanks for the morning laugh…it felt good! 🙂 LOVE Annie’s double rainbow. Adorable. My blog post today features a quick and easy rainbow treat, http://maplememoriescrafthouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/gold-at-end-of-rainbow-treats.html. Thought I’d share since rainbows are so dear to your heart! Hilarious, thanks for the laugh 🙂 What does it say about me that I can see the same double rainbow as that guy and not feel anything but embarrassed for him and slightly annoyed at the same time? Maybe I need a second cup of coffee or a little of what he’s been having. I had never seen the video – I love that double rainbow! Oh my…that is too much! I had never seen the video until now. annie is too cute with her wrinkled up nose, peace sign and double rainbow. that guy is loving life. can’t fault a guy for that. how do you not laugh until you cry? i do all the time. but, then again i laugh until i….nevermind. We live in LR, AR, but all of our extended family lives in Northeast OK. My girls and i were driving home after a weekend visit and I was listening to a song called “Faithful”. As we were driving down I-40 there was a beautiful double rainbow (though only a partial) and I kind of had the same reaction as the guy on the video (though not near as intense. Ha!). I got excited and showed the girls, did an ultimate no-no and snapped a pic while driving, and then I began to cry. It wasn’t a coincidence that I was listening to a song about God’s faithfulness & then He revealed a physical reminder that, no matter what, He is Faithful. Faithful and True. Happy Friday, indeed! Seen the video before…the dude is WHACKED OUT on something! Stop teasing us with the dang hoodies!!! Why don’t you give us a round about hint when your shop will open….PLEASE! she is too cute! i want that smile. that energy. that hoodie. have a great weekend. After watching this video a minute ago, Kade just said, remember that rainbow guy? Annie is adorbale! And her rainbow outfit is too! God rocks. i saw this before! Too funny!! Ok, I guess I’m the only one to have not ever seen that before…..oh. my…..well, that was something. hahaha! What is with that? Too funny, thanks for sharing. did you see that guy’s Tosh.O web redemption? Did you make Annie’s sweatshirt and t-shirt? I want those for my girl! Adorable! Hahahahaha. I hadn’t seen this video. Thanks for sharing. btw, I LOVE the double rainbow in YOUR yard. <3 This guy was TOTALLY tripping! But, anyway, I used to see rainbows and double rainbows on the bus on the way to school all the time. We got on the bus at 7:20 am. That was a LONG, LONG time ago! I always thought, and think, of them as God blessing my day. I have to say that honestly I’m not sure that I want to see the video. When my grandfather passed in 1989 (he was my best buddy when my parents divorced) it poured the day of his services, a huge rainbow appeard. Then in 1997 when my other grandfather passed it rained all day until we came out of the luncheon to find a double rainbow. I recently lost my grandmother in 2009. we left for vacation the day after her services and when we arrived at our destination after driving most of the way in pouring rain there was a beautiful double rainbow. so you see, rainbows represents something very special to me. Although as I write this I realize that it would be unfair of me to not look at the video..after all, I love everything you post…BTW the sweatshirt ROCKS!! I hadn’t seen it either…and had to turn the sound off to make my dogs stop barking, lol! I would like to think that guy was high on God’s glory, but something tells me it was something else alltogether… 😉 I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who hadn’t seen this video yet. That guy is kind of scary! Well, I really am in favor of appreciating the handiwork of God, but it sounds like this guy is on a “trip”. Love the double rainbow in your yard though. evidence of psalm 19: The heavens declare the glory of God; Bwahahahahahahahaha…I guess Im THE only ONE who hadnt seen the video…til now. All I can say is WOW…this guy needs to get out more or something. He was starting to scare me a little:)And “what does it mean” dude? Its a double promise from God…you know, the one you keep screaming to. Umm, wow! I had never seen that video until now! I love the rainbow outfit!! Can’t wait for your shop to open! haha! Cute!! Double Rainbow all the WAY! (I am now no longer the one person in the world who had not seen the vid) i saw this for the first time in a starbucks… i laughed til i cried… this guy is too much 🙂 1. i listened to an entire justin bieber song in the car today alone. (she may have heard it many times from me…maybe….but it's true! it IS ok) 2. please enjoy this video that makes my heart nearly burst with so many feelings. 3. yesterday i went antiquing with kimberlee. awesome green suitcase with fabulous wear and tear….. but wait….there's more. i lived in skates growing up. they are even my size. for reals!!!!!
It’s not wrong to do the things that you want. Baby, baby, baby, OH. I found a pair of skates last summer at a yard sale. They were my sons size. I got them home and realized they fit me too! I skated all over our house and my kids loved it as much as I did! Smiling…totally smiling… Obsessed with that green suitcase and those roller skates were a little sign from God! Small story about kismet, fate, whathaveyou…My husband rode a unicycle as a kid, he is 50 now and last week on the way home from a birthday party we saw a lady riding a unicycle. Odd, huh? We drove to the only bike shop in town, which was closed, but the owner was still there, he opened the door and sold my husband a 24″ unicycle…it was meant to be…gave me goosebumps when I watched him wobble down the drive on it the first time! God at work! Love the vintage skates and suitcase! I was a skater girl growing up too! Loved Tootie on Facts of Life because all she did was skate. I wanted to go to that school so I could skate around the halls like she did. I feel your pain on your baby growing up. My 7th child and baby is about to be fully potty trained and I am sad about that! I know, weird but I can’t help it. No more going to the baby section at the stores to buy supplies. I have been going there since 1995. I remember the days when the boys started to read in English they already read Hebrew but it was not the same I wish I had a video recorder then. Nice rollerblades good luck on the roller derby. Loved hearing your lovely voice! It’s not what I imagined, but not sure what that actually was 🙂 As a soon-to-be primary (elementary) school teacher (I graduate in June), I’m so glad to see you That is serendipity. Love the case, love the skates. Wonderful blog you have here. I am glad I stumbled and rumbled into it. Happy Weekend. maybe when we get together to drink that wine you were talking about…we could hit the roller derby. BriNg …briNg your skates…stupid new laptop small keyboard Brig your skates on over to Hutch tomorrow! We are headed to the skating rink to celebrate my nephew’s 9th birthday! This will bring back some good old memories!!! 🙂 Brian just came home a couple of weeks ago with a book that he could read and he was so stinking proud! He is my baby. He does love Justin Beiber, but the other kids think he is just okay. Love going antiquing with a good friend! Loved listening to Annie’s read! Mentioned you on my blog post today. Go, Annie, Go! I just flashed back on my skates. Blue pom poms bell in the middle of them. Rainbow on the side, with knee highs. So COOL!!! I love your find. 🙂 Bless her little reading self! It’s such a massive step – the beginning of the whole world opening up to her and she is doing so well. How awesome! Don’t worry, I’m 36, and on the fence about Justin too. The kids at the elem. school where I work are all bout the Bieber Fever! OOOOOOH, Love!!! I’m in love with the suitcase! What a perfect color! And what a score with the skates! You go! Those skates and that case are ABSOLUTELY awesome! Love it! Love that you were listening to Justin Bieber by yourself! And I LOVE old suitcases and I LOVED skating up into my adult years. Wish I still had my skates. Lost them at some point. I am also so close to my youngest of 4 being out of diapers. That one I am looking forward too! 🙂 Annie sounds so sweet reading. Love those moments! I sooooooooooo wanted those pom pom thingies too!!!!!! Sweeeeeeeeeet Annie 😉 annie is the sweetest. that video is so cute! i love watching little kids learn how to read 🙂 i totally wish we had antique stores like yours around here.. a girl can dream And you are going to be so awesome skating around your neighborhood!!! Dang girl, I will fight you for those skates and that case! Listening to Annie read warms my heart. As a 4th grade teacher, I rarely get to see or hear this sounding-out-every-syllable-reading-and-then-being-confused-by-words-like-of-and-know. Really nice video…couldn’t help but smile. I bought a Justin bieber song on iTunes today. And I LOVE Annie! So proud of her! she is so precious! I love her little voice! Kind of bittersweet, huh? how cool that you videoed it! I am so doing that when my girl starts reading…sniff! 1. You’ll treasure that video of Annie forever! Congrats on your new reader! That is such a special thing to learn to do in this life! Oh my! It was so fun to listen to Annie read and you talk to her. So sweet. I loved the way she looked around the page hoping to see “a-s-k” somewhere else on that page to remind her. Lovely! Kelly It was so nice to hear your voices, they were totally different than the ones I hear in my head when I read your blog! Go Annie! She’s awesome! Oh, how fun!!! Congrats to Annie on learning how to read! Oh, and you should check out Cathy Zielske’s blog. She was a champion figure roller skater back in the day. 🙂 Cathy Zielske: Glory Days Oh yes, you have to have the pom-poms! This may be completely gross, but I still remember how the inside of my roller skate case smelled, like leather, paste and old socks. My skates had lavender wheels, the case was lavendar to match and there was always a tube of (nasty) grape-flavored lip gloss inside. sweet, little reading girl. and love the biebs. but it’s a secret, too. Actually it’s “I’ve GOT a brand new pair…” Oh, the pom-poms! I had a few different colors that my mom and I made for mine. I would change them out as my mood changed! Loved seeing your find. I’ll show my age and tell you I started out in the adjustable skates you wore over your shoes and had a key to change the size…you know, “I have a brand new pair of roller skates, you’ve got a brand new key.” I love listening to Annie read. I miss those days. “K – now”…words like that can drive a young reader crazy but she never got frustrated. Way to go, big girl!! I love how she looks around the page at the picture to figure the words out that she gets stumped on. My girls both did that (I’m sure it is universal) as they were learning to read. I am a third grade teacher, so watching this happen just warms my heart. Oh, and we have those same bed sheets…. just in case you wanted to know that. Oh how I miss my skates. I rocked those skates and the pink fuzzy dice I had on them. Oh, that sweet girl sounding out her words. Love it!! Great job Annie! May your life be filled to the brim with books you love. Meg if them skates are your size you totally need to take them for a test ride! Obviously don’t go hurting yourself, but go do it, it will be so much fun!! I am so jealous of that green suitcase and the SKATES!!!! Do you know how much I loved skating as a kid. I had the metal kind you attached to your shoe with a skate key. So cool, and yet so lame. They always fell off. As a kindergarten teacher, Annie totally trumped this post in my opinion. And I LOVE how she didn’t even flinch when you tucked her hair behind her ear. Good choice for independent reading too. Very cute! Roller skates were a huge part of my childhood as well … the roller rink which had a forest scene in CARPET on one of the walls … like a giant latch hook rug. What a big day for Annie (and you!) Can I ask how you edit your videos? I have tried a few different methods but then I can’t upload them to blogger. Oh Meg! Now I KNOW for sure that we were meant to be friends! Seriously….I was a “three times a week” at the rollerskating rink girl with my best friend Kathleen. We’d beg for rides there all the time and did all kinds of chores to earn money to go skating. Boy did we have fun. But I thought it was cool to purchase the boys black speed skates and so that’s what I sported all around Skateworld rink in Vandalia, OH. I purchased them used from another regular skater, and even though they were about 2 sizes too big I’d wear really thick socks. My husband and I both became roller bladers, but I still have those black speed skates tucked away in a box somewhere in my basement. I think I’ll go look for them! 🙂 LOVE the suitcase! Love the roller skates!!! I lived in roller skates too…we would go to my friend’s basement and skate for hours. Good memories! I check your blog while I am at work. I have never commented before (besides telling you to host a craft weekend) 🙂 But I just have to tell you that I started watching the video of Annie and here I am crying. At work. I listen to Laurie Berkner by myself in the car. Which one of us needs to be more embarrassed? lol I love how when she’s reading, if there’s a word she can’t pronounce, she’ll look at the other words on the page to find something that looks similar! She’s so smart! she is precious. her hair. her toes. her sounding out. your voices. you are a sweet momma. Love the color of that suitcase! And the roller skates are awesome. I never got into rollerblading, but roller skating….that I can do. antiquing with a friend sounds like the perfect day. love those skates/suitcase. great color. Oh my goodness! The memories of skating in our basement & driveway! I forgot all about that! Thanks for the reminder! I may or may not listen to Justin while alone in the car. Just don’t tell my teenage sons. I’m pretty sure they would disown me. Do you remember how to “Shoot The Duck?” Oh…what fun and wonderful memories. Thanks for taking me back today. 🙂 i heard justin bieber for the first time this weekend at a college womens retreat…..they couldn’t believe that i hadn’t heard his music. Please take a picture of yourself wearing these, it would be great 🙂 Love listening to little ones learn to read! So exciting for your baby. Ps she’ll always be your baby (Im the youngest in my family and love it when my mom says I’m her baby) That is AWESOME thanks for the smile!!! Love the suitcase and the surprise roller skates inside! I roller skated as a kid on the really old fashioned kind that fastened on your shoes and had a key to adjust them! I rolled along the paved sidewalks on them. We live in a rural area and in the 70’s there was a roller rink down the road that used to be a pig barn. They rented the ‘modern’ ones as in your pictures. It was a lot of fun! And guess what?? Justin Beiber is Canadian like me. 😀 I don’t listen to him but his songs are catchy tunes. Have a great weekend! and I anxiously await the video of YOU roller skating! i’m imagining you hopping onto a train for an adventure, your stylish, vintage suitcase tossed casually over your shoulder. darling. Love your roller skates! I once found old ice skates in an old case with socks! I fondly remember roller skating in circles around my garage as a kid! And going to the roller skating rink for parties and even for school field trips. They always had the most awesome sticker machines there….good to fill your sticker books up with! Okay, first of all, LOVE the suitcase and rollerskates. What a find! Second, congrats on such a milestone with Annie! I know how I feel when I see Sophie learn something brand new that I take for granted that I already know. What an exciting moment for you! And third (going with your blog title today), we recently made birdhouses with kids. Here is the post if you need a Craft Thursday idea: http://leahsthoughts.com/2011/03/03/lets-make-a-birdhouse/ awesome find!! the old roller skates like that TRUMP roller blades….can you skate backwards??? love love love the color of that suitcase! 🙂 Ok, I think you are the coolest. Reading your blog and seeing all of the COLOR that you post about makes me so happy. Today I thought I’d leave a message because as I was flipping through my Pottery Barn Kids catalog I saw this room and thought, Pottery Barn has been getting inspiration from Meg’s Blog! Just look: http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romply/romplycga/ In their catalog it looks even more like you with a globe on top of the bookshelf and it shows more of the room. I can’t believe the skates were your size and everything! Crazy! I totally love the case. Let’s rent out the roller rink…maybe Amy knows someone. 🙂 Annie reading is adorable! oh I miss my boys reading like that. My youngest loves Justin Beiber, it’s music I can car dance to, too. Amazing find with the skates and green suitcase. I’m antique’ing/thrifting tomorrow…I hope to find good stuff! Oh BOY!!! The saddest day in my town was when they closed the roller rink. And I remember taking roller skating lessons when I was in 3rd grade. My mom made me wear a dress. It buttoned all the way up the front. I fell. ALL the buttons came undone. Humiliated. Seriously. Still feel the shame. Ha ha. Btw, rent the movie Whip It. Quite entertaining. lil bit obsessed w/green (that exact shade!) and that suitcase is AWESOME! where’s the love button for this? MEG! You seriously have to post a video of the roller skating action. I’m guessing you’ve still got it in you to be the grand champion roller skater. No doubt. And you could skate to Justin Bieber. Just throwing it out there. My dad just recently found his mom’s old skates in a VERY vintage old suitcase and gave them to my daughter (who is 9) and they FIT! I remember wearing those exact same skates when I was younger (not 9!). Love the fact that they have been passed along and will continue their journey. 🙂 They look just like the ones in your picture, except I think their wheels are orange. Annie sounds so grown up! Dear M. Please join my roller derby team. No pushing is allowed. Yours. J. annie is so adorable!! Please let us see a video of you roller skating. this was an email that i got from jaz. (i begged her for it) seriously. for me it is a natural transition straight into the Barry Gibb Talk Show on SNL…. talkin' bout chest hair, talkin' bout crazy cool medallions. funny stuff. ****************************************************************************** come over to my other blog to read about la créme coffee creamer today And of course, please pay attention to the overall work being performed. Great photos of old 1970s. I like the fashion of that era. There are vary huge change between 20th century and first generation. Well, I find the belted sweater cool. Sweaters did leave the limelight in men’s fashion and bringing this back now would add sophistication to modern styles. This is crazy! You made my day happy! You know, your photos are so funny! I guess those outfits are out of fashion today. Hahaha… Nice to see these old school ads! The sweaters’ styles look like costumes on some fairytales! LOL! At first glance, the sweaters look something like Robin Hood’s clothing. Hmm… One can clearly see how flamboyant fashion styles were before – that retro feeling. I describe, I’ve witnessed with my own eyes. In no particular order of severity, without any intention to shock nor pass judgement, these fish have been subject to survival challenges that could yet be turned into a reality TV show. Let’s cut to poo, firstly. I’ve seen humans poo by the lake’s edge. My neighbour washes the bird poo from the base of her birdcage into the lake. Her husband, I saw one day pick up a dog turd with a yellow trumpet flower and piff it into the lake. He said hello to me and smiled as he did it. Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; can transfer knowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions .Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all man’s actions , Do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy. Other inventions – the vacuum tube to amplify sound, and coaxial cables to link long distances on land and under the seas — greatly expanded phone service. Transistors replaced the old vacuum tubes, and by the 1960s communications satellites eliminated the necessity of landlines. Today, bundles of glass fibers carry calls on laser beams of light. i almost peed my pants looking at this. HAHA! Thank you so much for this. Made my day. Love your blog! Thanks for these hilarious pictures!! TOO TOO FUNNY!!! Mercy! This is by far the best way to start a Friday. Thank you! I can’t stop laughing.. will share for sure. These are a Hoot! Also, need to comment on your LaCreme post – and your comment about going to bed thinking you can’t wait until morning to have coffee – I thought that exact thing just last night – CRAZY! Doesn’t help that there is a Maxwell House coffee plant here in Jacksonville, FL and you can smell the coffee when you are in the downtown area – SMELLS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD! Happy Friday! “you’re a walking turn-on”…I’m dying. My 6 year old came to see what I was laughing about and he asked “Is that his long underwear??” LOL. Thanks for the hilarity this morning. 🙂 Kill it! I’d send this to my dad but I think he might still have the shirts in the first picture in his closet. I almost swear he wore one for Easter last year. this is priceless!! i added you to my pinterest so that i can laugh every day!! great post!! I remember lime green “leisure suits” and unfortunately we tho’t they were pretty cool at the time. The terry cloth “jumpsuit” is really somethin! And I think the belted sweaters must not have made it to Nebraska! You know we’re always several years behind the big fashion hits! OH MY! Tooooo funny. Thank you. Oh my!! Cracking up!! The Barry Gibb Talk Show is an all time favorite of mine! Holy cow. Bob, Paul, & Steve. Jump suits. Wow. Wow. I can’t wait to show my husband. He’s gonna be totally grossed out…so fun. Biggest hit at the office EVER “You’re a walking turn-on.” Ha! I needed a good laugh today. Thank you for sharing. OH MY Goodness!! So funny, Uggh, my side hurts from laughing so hard. HILARIOUS!!! 🙂 oh my! 🙂 Kelly Thanks for sharing that! 🙂 All I kept thinking about was Ron Burgundy in Anchorman. All those models have those weird lusty faces like they’re wearing cologne named Sex Panther. Oh my! Although it was the end of the era I do have to admit that the top picture, light blue ensemble, looked very similar to one my husband once sported. Haha! I know fashion often repeats itself and some of the fashions (think Rachel Zoe) are pretty cool again there are some (like the male jumpsuit) that should be outlawed! Thanks for the trip down memory lane : ) “shoes sold on 442” Thanks, I was wondering. THis was the seventies right? Like as in my poor little baby and toddler eyes could have seen men in baby blue, gold belted, terry jumpsuits, leisurely leisuring around town. With their junk for all to see???? Too stinkin funny. These is my days, girlfriend. I so remember the jumpsuits!! Hideous then, hideous now. Megan. My dear. I am scarred for life. Seriously. “quick as a flick of her tongue”…. this is probably sharing too much, but my dad rocked the jumpsuit, you just did not want to be in his way when he was trying to make it to the bathroom, I am not sure how easy those were to take off…..not as easy as portrayed in the ads…………………..:) wait…people were really getting laid in these things?! I’ll take one jumpsuit for my husband. Skyblue, to bring out the color of his eyes. hahahahah!!!! “… Bob, Paul, and Steve want patterns and colors that swing too.” BWWAHAHAAAAAAAAA… The men in the jumpsuits? Those dudes and their “packages” are scaring the bajeebers out of me. Seriously. My eyeballs might never really be the same! Funniest.post.ever. I am dying of laughter!!! So, so great! Well, that was the 70s with the horrid fashions, but at least guys wore pants ABOVE the crack line. Now all you see are kids with their pants below their ass… I’m sorry, but I would take the 70s any day. YIKES! I am just trying to picture my husband or any other man I know wearing these HOT clothes….enough of that. Dying laughing here!!! So are you making some of those svelte belted sweaters for your shop? I am laughing out loud. My 3 yr. old thinks I’ve lost it. oh… my… word… HILARIO!!!!! I want to be a walking turn-on! lolololol!…”designed for people like you, who make things happen”…ohh lala…! Hawt!!! I just sent the link to my husband. I can hear him shouting “Huh UH!” over and over. LOL. This is great! That is priceless! I can’t help but think that there was a certain demographic those ads were targeting… I’m just saying. I want my husband to wear one of those outfits for Halloween! bwa ha ha ha… I’m cracking up! The daycare kids are staring at me like I’ve completed lost it. This is hilARious! I posted it on my facebook wall. “She’ll eat you alive.” BWAAAA HAHAHAHA! Hilarious! OH. MY. GOSH! that was INSANE!!!! “quick off with a flick of her tongue” ?!?!?!??!?!?!? ahahahahahahhahahaha! you just made my day! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL I loved reading that ad!!! Oh hilarious! Can’t wait to show my husband when he gets home-I’m gonna tell him he’d look hawt in that jumpsuit-LOL…Wonder how fast he’ll run? dude… my dad totally rocked the one piece jumpsuit:) Yipes!!! That’s what I grew up with! That had to be the most awful time for poor men to wear clothing. Don’t even get me started on the jumpsuits. A man should never, never, ever be in a jumpsuit…just WRONG! The baby blue jump suite is my favorite hah! my first thought on the hat…..where’s Curious George? with a smooth comfortable fit that makes the most of your body…ha ha ha ha ha! i almost spit my coffee out. wow, that is more of him than i wanted to see this morning. I refuse to believe that any one ever took Bob, Paul and Steve seriously. Can. Not. Do it. Haha you made my day…tears of laughter streaming down my cheeks;) Guys who make thing happen, eh? Yikes. thanks for a great laugh this morning!!! omg too funny!! luv the chest hair & the outfits.. Oh. My. Goodness. So funny! Thanks for the laugh this morning! Wow! And, awesome! Thanks for bringing sexy back. That was my era Meg. I LOVE the trip down memory lane. Btw, most guys only dressed like that on VERY special occasions. Dontcha wish you could’a been a fly on the bathroom wall for the Big Zip? When I started reading the paragraph on the “One. Easy. Piece.” ad my mouth dropped open. Wow! I am now scarred for life, thanks Meg 😉 this is just cracking my can this morning!!! thanks for the laugh! Oh my. I have absolutely no words. Oh my. I’m trying to picture my husband in these outfits and, thankfully, cannot! So, so funny. “quick as a flick of her tongue”! I couldn’t believe it! And we say advertising today is suggestive! My favorite is the AH Men. That, and did everyone in the 70s have a mustache?? Bwahahahah!!!! Thank you for a great laugh this morning, even before I’ve had my coffee! “Fits so tight it shows all you’ve got…you’re a walking turn-on.” Oh my… 🙂 hahahhahahhahahahahahahaha! HILARIOUS!!!! i can’t believe women even found men dressed like that attractive!!! 🙂 thanks for the laugh!!!!!!! 🙂 The Barry Gibb Talkshow skit is one of my favorites!! Love it!! laughing before I have my coffee…..that never happens! Bahahaha!!!! So funny. Hey, that’s my Homecoming Date!!!! Quick as a flick of her tongue? Wow! That some really descriptive advertisement there. the wording in the “one easy piece” ad is so suggestive! i can’t believe it. so super gross, dude. and a little awesome. i have trouble with some v-neck tee shirts guys are sporting lately, and look at that chest-plunging atrocity in the first one! ewwww. I was laughing so hard! snorting and tears too! that one easy piece ad has got to be the funniest ever! this is the best! Hilarious! Oh my goodness! It’s almost unbelievable. In sane. Scary. Easy? Oh my. Thank you!! My husband and I are howling. Howling! Reading the One Easy Piece ad put me over the edge. Those outfits are hilarious! Funny to think that years from now people will look back on what we were wearing and think the same thing! Terrifying. i am very happy it's friday. it's been a good week. i enjoyed listening to her children talk….i miss baby talk. i had 6 hours alone in the car of quiet time. SIX. that is a good thing. i did all those. my phone was near dead so i couldn't talk to anyone….a blessing in disguise. and my gps was in the other car so i had to pay attention to where i was going while driving. then i got home….wrapped in a big bear hug from craig…..he said my love story was really good. (ps…go read all of them in the series…with kleenex…they are each so beautiful) and i know that John Rambo was spam but it was such a unique and funny spam that i had to keep it.
and today…i am exhausted by parenting.
some days are amazing and it's the best thing you could imagine and you are so happy it hurts. if it's not the banging on the door when you are trying to go to the bathroom leaving you with not a second to yourself….it's the terrible choices they make when left to their own devices. and to be yelled at for it by them. debbie downer returns….waaa-waaaaaaah. but it is true. WEARS ME OUT. so i will bring it to God again. none of these pictures have anything to do with each other. fillers. and i may have even shared this one already. i need some more coffee. ok. since i was a went all sad and mopey on you….let's end on something funny.
see you sunday. I went home for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and I was allllll alone. By the time I made it, my voice was hoarse and my throat was sore from singing along to Lisa Loeb. I get to ride around now and turn up U2 really really loud now too… it’s a good thing… except when my husband uses my car… not a fan… boy, it’s hard to type when it’s past your bedtime and you’ve had two glassses of wine… see, I spelled glasses wrong 🙂 aw meg… i’ve been gone all weekend and haven’t had time to read up. Thanks for sharing your love story. I really needed to read that. Will you and your husband mentor me and mine? We live in WA state, but I bet we could make it work. 🙂 Marriage can be SO. HARD. Thanks for the reminder that God brings beauty from ashes. Omgoodness I still love ya even after the love story…it was a romance, maybe not the typical that many have but still it was a beautiful love story that has lasted…so many don’t. I love that you went to Ashley’s! As soon as I saw that little apron hanging on the wall, I thought, “uh uh, she went to Ashley’s!” very fun. I am glad that you had a good girls’ day over the weekend. Sometimes I’m convinced that parenting just needs to be shared with the extended family (and I’ve only got one!) Have a great week. oh and I was secretly disappointed that today’s post wasn’t titled monday. Kelly You went to hang out with Ashley Ann….so, so fun!! Your love story was great 🙂 Thank you for sharing! And thanks for sharing all that you do on your blog. Your craft Thursdays have been a huge inspiration to me and I’ve even attempted some of the crafts with my girls. I love that you keep everything real and honest; it’s a lot easier to relate to. hello! i just wanted you to know that i loved your story. i kept meaning to come back and tell you. i also have the sunshine print! 🙂 Hi Meg, just wanted to say thanks for the great craft ideas! check out my blog to see my two wee ones doing one of your craft ideas!! Your story is a wonderful example of how God can redeem our messes. He can use them to refine and grow us! I’m glad you shared your story! Greetings from Toronto, Canada. I just read your story. I cried and cried. I have the same story, only I was 17. We have now been married almost 9 years and have 3 boys. I used to feel sorry for myself at times for not having a prom, or super romantic story, but God is showing me the romance in it as I pray daily for him to reveal it to me. You’re right. It is love when our husbands chose to stay and create a family. True love. Thank you. The good thing about your love story is that its ‘real life’ and its lovely to hear how you got together, and how the people you are now became that way. 🙂 You are an mother and woman of God. I feel so blessed to “know” you. I love this. This stuff really is HARD. I think we are not supposed to say that? Thank you for sharing your love story. So honest…so beautiful and so real….. We are in the process of adopting a young sibling group of 4. We have 2 children already. Your honesty is very helpful to me. It gives me a glimpse into the future. Blessed & joyous, hard and tedious. Thank you. Parenting is sooo hard and yet we fel guilty to acknowledge it. WHY? I agree whloleheartedly: we contine to bring it to Him and He continues to do something beautiful in his time and I am still tired:) Six hours alone…how do I do that? Motherhood is the hardest job I’ve ever had. I hope your weekend picks up. 🙂 Need to go read your love story. Meg, I’ll second that parenting is hard! I’ve been thinking about you with a teen now…if you’re like me, comparing their teens to our teens. My son is a junior in hs and texts a freshman girl he met on vacation A LOT, and it’s driving me crazy. We do the best we know how, make touch decisions that are unpopular, and let some things slide. Finding the right balance of them is the tricky part. I’ll pray for you, please pray for me. Wisdom and patience. Love the SNL skits, keep ’em coming! Meg. Love your story. Isn’t life ironic. We all arrive in our futures and look back on our pasts and say what if. I am the polar opposite of you, in some ways, in that I spent my entire 20’s partying and traveling and living it up. And, while I don’t regret a second of it I sometimes sit and think that it would have been nice to find my love early, to have had more children and to have been done having them by 35, instead of just starting. Meg…I love you! Oh how I wish you were my friend in person to talk to, to get advice from, to point me to the scriptures when I have troubles and questions. I LOVE your blog….I love how you are so open and honest about every day life. I just read your love story and it did make me teary eyed and I can relate with a lot of it. I can relate with how tired the job of being a mom makes you….i can just relate, it’s why I wish you were my friend in person. 🙁 You inspire me to be a better child of God, wife, mother, friend, woman! 😀 Love your blog. Thanks for telling us your story. Meg! Your random..yet intentional writting is so refreshing! Hey-did you ever get my e-mail?? I sent you an idea…any thoughts? Oh, I totally loved your love story. And, honestly, it made me admire you all the more. Thank you for being so real and honest. It’s one of the many things that I treasure about reading your blog. I cried reading your story – the love that you have for Craig is so evident, and is just beautiful. I was so encouraged to see how God has worked in your lives. Thank you for sharing it that with us. I loved your story. Redemption. A tangible reminder of God’s love in sending His Son. Through a broken story. Stories we ALL have. Thank you for your transparency and honesty. It is a gift. Oh my… I just read your story… and was brought to tears! I loved your honesty and seeing how the Lord blessed your lives and brought you through tough times…. and continues to bless you all. Thank you for sharing with us!! THANK YOU for saying that it’s hard. this last year being a mom has kicked my trash. it is so nice to hear that i am not alone. i have a 19 yr old and her choices are killing me slowly but i have to let her make them. it is excruciating….seriously. thanks for reminding me that god is there for me. i forget that time and time again. i love that you are so strong in your faith and always remind me to be the same.:D I hear you… on everything! Parenting is so hard. I am always praying that God would stand in the gaps. But Galations 6:9 is a good reminder to me. “Do not become weary in doing good. For at the proper time you will reap a harvest if you do not give up”. We will see the harvest one day! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the real stuff. You are a beautiful story – all seven of you. Hi Meg! My two very favorite, read them everyday, know and love their kids (even though I don’t really know their kids!), bloggers spent the day together! I saw those pictures and said, “that is so Ashley’s house”! What fun!!! Amen sister! Parenting has worn me out lately too! I love your story. I love your honesty and how you are real about your emotions. I just had coffee with Jenny from Jenny On The Spot this morning and she and I were chatting about blogs we love. I had just started following you about a month ago, and then she was telling me I needed to read your blog, because you are a Christian and a creative gal like me! So happy to get to know you through your blog I hope we meet some day! Thanks for sharing your heart. Hi Meg, i was feeling just the same way today. and feeling bad about it. thank you for your blog and for your honesty. it really helped a lot! Love you 🙂 Meg, your love story is wonderful! So sweet and real, there is nothing better than real love!! Thank you for sharing it! Meg, Thanks so much for being so real. It encourages and inspires. It takes a brave woman to be real. I check your blog and Ashley Ann’s everyday – that’s so cool that you both are good friends! Meg, Looks like Lauren is gonna be a mini-you. 🙂 I love your honesty.thank you. Oh I so know what you mean. I love my boys so much but there are so many days when they just beat me down and wear me out. Other days I feel completly used up but then one of them will say something funny or say “mom I love you” and somehow I drag myself back up the hill. I teach school and I am with little ones all day, but without a doubt, parenting is THE hardest job EVER!!! Meg – beautiful story. I remember you as a cheerleader in highschool! I was much younger but thought you were (and still are) the coolest. 🙂 I can’t wait to read your love story. 🙂 I’m not sure where I found your blog. Not sure how long I’ve been following it. But I read because you have lots of kids. And I have lots of kids. And your life is crazy. And my life is crazy. And because you’re crafty. And I’m crafty. And because we have those things in common, I read your blog. I hadn’t read your love story until just now. And I don’t cry when I read blog posts. Not usually. Because usually there is chaos in the background of my computer time which doesn’t make for a very cryable atmosphere. Just now when I read your story I got a bit teary, which is fairly amazing. The tears came because I saw that we have more in common then I thought. We don’t know each other and we’ll probably never meet. But I feel a bit more connected to you now. And I’m inspired by the life that you’re living. Thanks for that. Something no one tells you about before you become a parent is that you will have some days where you just don’t want to be a parent. Just for the day… no more. They tell you it’s hard, but they don’t say how it’s hard because it’s different for everyone. They say you will be tired, but no one tells you just how tired and for how long. I only have a toddler and a baby on the way… you have 5 children, a dog, a husband and a blog career. You can define tired way better than I will ever be able to. 🙂 Your LOVE story made me tear up… and smile. I love your perfect imperfect life. It’s so real. When the rest of the world makes me feel like an inferior wife, mom, daughter, sister, artist, blogger, you name it…. it’s nice to hear real people and real stories. I guess it makes me feel better… so, thanks for sharing. oh my gosh. i just read the love story. thank you for writing and sharing. i L_O_V_E your blog so much!!! love your post today. i’ve read your blog for so long now. are you my friend? hahaha that was creepy 😉 Loved your love story. Thank you for sharing it with us. Oh, thank YOU for being so transparent and for reminding me once again that there are “friends” and “gal pals” out in blogland that DO get it – that have a heart for God in spite of our past and that HE FORGIVES and FORGETS, which we so often cannot do. You bless me every day and I SO enjoy your blog! 🙂 I can never watch the videos you post (I can see the advert but not the video), but I love the photos. And the commentary. And the randomness. And, of course, the “realness” – I am a mother of three and often wish for a margarita right after breakfast. Meg, I love you! (not in a creepy way, but a friend way). I’m older than you and my kids are older than yours, but I still relate to all of it. Parenting isn’t always easy or fun…alot of the time it’s the opposite. I love your realness (probably not a real word). Keep it up and your love story was the best, because it was real. I’m glad you had 6 hours to yourself. Sometimes we need that recharging time. Thanks for ending with a funny Jonas clip…very cute! You called me a jedi. Pretty sure in this house that is the highest form of a compliment one person can give another. Thank you for this. I only have two kiddos, but they have been beating me up the last week. They’re only 2.5 years and 5.5 months! It’s just been one of those weeks where I’m struggling to come up for air. Thanks for reminding me that I’m not alone. Meg!!!! I love your story!!! And I love how your husband gave you a big hug and told you your story was really good. SO SWEET!!! Thank you for sharing yourself with us!!! Love it and love how God has just blessed and blessed your life and family. Thank you for letting God use you! You are a blessing to me! Meg…so touching and honest! Thanks for sharing your love story. Just shows you can never judge people. Your life seems so great, I just assumed you had that “picture perfect” courtship, wedding, ect.and you guys are some of the lucky ones that things just come easily for. Naive of me I know but I did and not in jealous or petty way. Just happy for you guys. This reminded me that we all have our stories. You are even more real to me and I respect you and your husband even more now because of how you have chosen to live your lives dedicated to God when it wasn’t always so easy. My Dad always tells me a ball has to hit bottom before it can bounce up…sometimes those rock bottom places give us what we need to stop and listen and feel God pointing us in the direction he wants us to go. Has been the case for me anyways. I have been experiencing some hard times the past few years…some self inflicted…some out of my control…some very public and out there for others to see…and some deeply personal. I can’t describe why your blog touches me but I think it has helped me feel like my life has color in it again or that it can if I choose to let it come in my life. It just makes me happy. I know the Lord is in all things…even blogs if we choose to see Him there and listen to promptings for our personal lives. I can’t believe I’m commenting…I’m usually just a lurker. Just felt like I had to today. All I can say is thank you, and just know it’s for so many great reasons! Oh, wow, Meg. I was choking up through your whole love story. Amazing. The bathroom thing is crazy! On a daily basis my daughter, dog AND cat come in to visit me. Sometimes my husband happens to be in there too (I will blame that on our closets being in the master bathroom). They can all be ignoring me but the second I need to go pee they are all there. Hello can I not have 20 seconds to myself for that? That would be a no. Maybe I should start locking my bedroom door… I agree with the parenting comment. We’ve had a LOT of discussions lately with our oldest on making better choices and dealing with the consequences that come with any choice and its hard and he’s only eight!!!! love this post. the good the bad and the ugly. is this how GOd feels about us sometimes? how he can love us so wildy and completely and yet be like– seriously? i give you three hours and THIS is whaat you do with it?? come on now. 🙂 thanks meg. 🙂 well i agree, parenting is dang hard. and that clip was awesome. and i loved your love story…that’s real stuff right there. i like you! Your story was great. Thank you for sharing that with us! It is amazing what strength we can find when we look beyond ourselves. I just wrote a blog post about that, too – we had a very scary ultrasound and start to this pregnancy (baby #3) and it has taught me so much. Enjoy your weekend and your beautiful family. Hi Meg Love your posts! You always make me smile. 🙂 Meg, Your honesty is truly a gift. You so often write what many of us feel but are too scared or anxious to say. You have a unique way of making the realities of life a little easier to bare. Life isn’t easy, parenting is certainly not easy but God never said it would be, He did say that he will use all things for good and I regularly see Him make good on that. You are great at putting a smile on my face and reminding me that I am not alone and not to take myself so seriously. Thanks for being so transparent. Meg, what a beautiful love story…sorry I missed it yesterday! I will always, always, always love your blog…it truly makes me happy and smile and that dog of yours is awesome! Your dog makes me appreciate the one I rescued last year even more. Have a great weekend and thanks for sharing your fun and sometimes crazy life with us…so cool to be along for the ride! :O) thank you for today’s post…your honestly… and linking your love story post from danielle’s blog….i miss baby talk too..♥ parenting IS hard – i hear ya! Your love story is beautiful! And you are so right… parenting is exhausting and wonderful and it requires prayer. I think that’s all part of His plan! Blessings to you, lovely soul! thanks for sharing all of it!! meg, I am reading Grace based parenting right now by Dr. TIm Kimmel, and How to have a new kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman. I gotta tell ya, Meg, yours has quickly become one of my favorite blogs. It is real. I don’t leave here feeling badly about my life because yours is all beauty and smiles. I leave feeling like life is hard and we get through it…and then we smile…until it’s hard again. The good and the bad are all okay and you aren’t afraid to put it out there– or maybe you are and you suck it up and do it anyway. Thank you! God is using you mightily. Keep sharing your story, encouragement and the real-ness of life. 1. I LOVED your story. It’s HIS story & that’s what makes it so wonderful. you make all my days better. you are so funny! (and real) 1. I’ve got a mad crush on Alec Baldwin. (Not the one you’re thinking of.) You went to Ashley Ann’s. Sigh – so jealous!!!! Loved your love story. Love your blog. I love the post you did of your house. Really made me feel like I wasn’t alone in that battle!!! Not sure if I commented on your love story or not…I’ve had a sickie at my house allll week….plus, only three days of school in two weeks…this week, sunshiney and beautiful…and he’s sick 🙁 BIG.OLE.BUMMER 🙁 BUT, I don’t want to be ungrateful, I am happy that I wasn’t at work and got a call from the school and then have to cancel patients…blah blah blah….I was just saying allll that because my days have ran together and I canNOT remember if I left a comment…I read that beautiful story of yours….made me very happy to know that two high school sweethearts made it work….makes me a little sad….that I was that couple too (minus the baby) and we just didn’t make it happen 🙁 Ah well….I wouldn’t trade a thing….my hubby is truly my soulmate and perfect for me 🙂 Amazing how God’s love is always there….during the bad and the good 🙂 Happy Weekend!!! I spend part of my days waiting on your posts… i miss baby talk too…..oh no. here comes the baby itch… THANK YOU!!! I’ve been a Debbie Downer on my blog the past few days too. I’m going to have to CHEER UP. Maybe a six hour car ride would help me too. I’m so glad Craig hugged you well. I often wonder about things we’ve left behind and moved on from. Do the still sting? Maybe. I don’t know. LOVE your attitude. LOVE your consistency. LOVE your truth. thanks. MEG! your love story makes me cry every time i read it. and let’s be honest i’ve read it a few times cause its on my own blog. by sharing your story you have made HIS story known. you are a beautiful child of the KING and i am so happy you shared! love to you. I can relate to every single word of this post. I have four children. It’s crazy hard. I often wonder what I was thinking (usually when I find half a tube of toothpaste squeezed out on the bathroom countertop or an entire can of soda is spilled on the carpet.) And, when it’s good, it’s downright magical. But for today, I’m giving it up to God, too. *sigh* Thanks so much for your honesty. Your love story is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I totally agree with you on parenting! I do it Mon – Thurs every week on my own essentially. From breakfast to bed. The minute they are snuggled down, I crash….or read blogs. 🙂 That feeling you get singing in the car really loud is kind of like the same feeling I get reading your blog-inspired and happy. I just read your love post and felt a little weird as it is very similar to mine…including the suprise pregnancy after high school and marriage and five kids really quick. And you’re right on both counts–it is a great life and yeah it wears me out, too! Amen to that. Some days you just have to get up…dust yourself off…and start over again(the life of a mom). Good to know that there are others out there that feel the same as I do. i loved reading your story. life is hardly ever how we had imagined….sometimes, it is even better. i think that is how your story unfolds–even on the hard days. i get that. oh, do i ever. parenting 10 and 16 year old boys will keep a momma humble, that’s for sure. we also have so. much. basketball. 🙂 have a wonderful weekend!!!! hearing your love story and all the others reminds us that we are all in this together and that life is messy but God is our Redeemer. mmmm. love it when you keep it real. and use adorable filler. thank you for that. Oh, Meg- how could we not still love you?
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Amy - LOVE! I usually read your blog on my phone, so I have to wait until I get time on the *real* computer to see your videos. And with 4 kids, that’s pretty hard to come by! lol I have to say, my favorite part was the sign asking them to use the disposable cups. I need to make one of those!! No matter how many times I tell them, they always feel the need to dirty up the real cups!! ARGH!! 😉
Ali - That Waffle steals the show every time – you guys are FUN!
crystal beutler - LOVED the show!!!! Your house is just so happy looking. I need to stay a sit a spell on that cool porch. 🙂
Your photos are looking so amazing lately — even more amazing than they usually are. What are you doing to bump up the color and the clarity? Everything looks super crisp and bright. Teach me oh wise one. 🙂 You will have to share when I see you in Park City. Let me know if you need a ride from the airport, k?
Dawn - That is a great way to document your everyday life. Awesome idea.
alicia @ la famille - this is toooo fun!! how do you get the music in it? i love it! what a fun way to document your day 🙂
Jenny B. - Awww! That was great! I loved getting to see around your house and how the rooms flow together. 🙂
Southern Gal - Just getting around to watching the video while my granddaughter sleeps. You did a fantastic job! And I really like that song.
Doris - I love that video, made me teary eyed.
*hugs* to you and your family
Kacey - Super cute- and so “Wonder Years”! Love. 🙂
julia - You have missed your calling…video-grapher!
I love this vid!
sam - really, really cute! thanks for sharing that! 🙂
Karen - So cute!! I loved this. Sweet!!!!
Laura Phelps - I am crying….
Jessica Kujawa - i love it! the song, the kids, waffle, your house…the everyday of a mom…and it definitley has a “wonder years” vibe to it:) hope to see more!!!
Salma - What an awesome and upbeat video! Also can you please share the blog for those yummy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies? You are such motivation!
amanda - so cute! and it is very wonder years’ish! 🙂
Leslie - So stinkin’ cute!!
Crazy weather in CA too – supposed to be thunderstorms today and then 100 by the weekend – hot!
Ariel - Have you seen this rainbow wedding yet??? When I saw it I thought of you….rainbows, gorgeous photos, handmade goodness! Yes, it is a hippie-dippy-trippy wedding, but it is beyond charming and one-of-a-kind!
http://www.threenailsphotography.com/blog/taste-the-rainbow/
Love the video…such a sweet world you live in. Would love to be your neighbor!
Ana - Looooooooved it ! I just missed Lauren… 😉
Ann R. - love the sign about the plastic cups…..totally doing that – why did i not think of that before? i hate when the kids yuck it up with all the 20 cups on the table – gotta go one of those days, son with a migraine, daughter with swimmers ear, have to go do the carpool “without” my son, my house is a mess and i start school tonite and work tomorrow – thanks for helping me keep things in perspective, otherwise i might go crazy!
tara pollard pakosta - so precious!!!!!!!!!
you are missing the biggest sister,
was she sleeping?! next time tape her sleepy head in bed LOL~!!!
too CUTE!!!
tara
Lisa - We had a great weekend – minus all the rain we’ve been having! That could stop any time now! 😉 I love Waffles – he looks like such a good boy! I love Annie playing on the floor with all her stuff – Waffles doesn’t try to eat any of those toys? We have a 6-month old puppy and he trys to eat everything within his reach. And finally, I love the sleepy, sweet faces on Sean and Talby. 🙂
Have an awesome week!
Bobbie - Super cute. Better than Spielberg, much less blood, guts and blowing up aliens,
Leslie - Loved it! 😀
Hanny Norton-van der Valk - Love the video,and what a lovely TIDY house you have. It was a lovely weekend here in Brittan too and we went sailing, the only place to be, and picking up a great suntan.
Katy - I always love your videos. This one is no exception. 🙂
Kat - Video is gorgeous. Such a great way to see your home and family on a normal day 🙂
I loved The Wonder Years!!
Sandra K - That was SO awesome. Thank you! 🙂
peta - i loved every single second of this, Meg. Your family are gorgeous. Loved the sneaky peek look around your home too! I am such a sticky-beak 🙂
Lauren - loved it…. thank you for sharing!!
amy jupin - miss you.
big time.
merran tatum - SO CUTE!! loved that. talby is getting prettier and prettier and annie cracks me up every single time. always wanted to try those cookies. how were they? it’s funny to see you looking at MADE b/c everyday i look at your blog first and then go straight to MADE. my two faves!
shauna - yaaaaaahhhh! i LOVE it!!!!!
why do i feel like i got to be in your family for like 2 minutes and 15 seconds?!
Jacci - That was awesome, Meg. Seriously good stuff. This is how you vlog! It fits you to a T! I still like the fun ones where you talk and show us lipstick and stuff, but this is extra fun 🙂 🙂 🙂 I know others already mentioned it, but a little tutorial would be great!
Rachel Harder - if you want a twist to your yummy morning coffee, try the Pioneer Woman’s version of iced coffee (it’s on her website). it is a-ma-zing-ly delicious and easy. if you make it, please have an extra for me while you are sitting in the sun by your pool.
Kristin S - This was awesome! Now I want someone to teach me how to make videos on my Flip camera.
Dana D@BoysMyJoys - That was SOOOOOO good!
Jena Simms - And Happy Monday right back to you… Wonder years, YES! Now where is Whinnie?
Sandy - I love the video and the song. I had never heard it before it’s awesome! 🙂
Kori - p.s. and totally loved the wonder years! can somebody say ‘syndication’ already??!
Kori - loved every. single. thing. about that!!! 😀
Kimberly Dial - Oh Meg …. loved it! Thank you for sharing your home & family … you are a blessed woman! 🙂
Kimberly Dial - Oh Meg …. loved it! Thank you for sharing your home & family … you are a blessed woman! 🙂
Miranda - Cute vid! Way to start the week off! 🙂
Suzanne - Loved it! Especially Waffle – what a personality he has!
Thanks for letting us take a peek into your world.
Suzanne
Lee Ann - Loved it – even though I didn’t love the Wonder Years 🙂 No tan here in the PNW. Not even hot. 75 and overcast. My girls are making your butterfly canvas art today. We made the oreo, brownie bites as well. More tasty Tuesday ideas for us?
sue - The 108 comments before me say it all. Happy Monday. !!!!!!!!!
Juli - That’s adorable! Thanks for the peek at your darling family and cute house.
Stacia - This is wonderful. I love, love, love this video. And the song! So perfect! My 14 month old climbed right up on the couch by me and danced along. Then she bit me. Ah, life.
jennibell - LOVE IT!!!!!!!! You are sooooooooo inspiring 🙂
Lisa A - Love this so much!! Such happiness & I loved seeing your house:)
Loni - Love that! I need to learn out to make a mini video for my family!
BTW, How do you keep all your white so WHITE with kids and a dog? Maybe I just suck at house cleaning!
Come decorate my house in Texas. I love your house!
Laine Chambers - LOVED this!! I’m so inspired. Totally taking out my video camera…don’t want to forget these days and moments with my three kiddos. (And one on the way!)
Jessica Noble - Very creative! Love it. 🙂
Emily - I love the Wonder Years! Love waffle… he has such a sweet face. If you have satellite tv you can get reruns of the Wonder Years on the HUB.
Jennifer - Love It!
Makes me want to steal my sons Flip for a while…
Iris Brown - I luuuuuvvve your video!!! Absolutely adorable and celebrating the everyday. Thanks for sharing.
amy b. - People in my high school used to call me Winnie-loved the wonder years! awesome video! i’d say life is pretty good at your house! and mine,too-we are blessed!
Melissa Martin - Loved it! Definitely had a Wonder Years vibe to it! Brought a smile to my 🙂
Gina - I am the little sister mentioned in the first comment and I loved it!
aubrey - cute. and i love that it’s scorching hot and you’re nice enough to make cookies. 🙂
Vicki - My kids were dancing around to the song, so I played the whole thing again and they watched. About halfway thru, Jack said, “I want to go to that house!” I think he like the lego rocket. Lily liked the pool. :o) Wish we were neighbors!
lauren - totally made my day. who could ask for more?
Janelle - That was just the cutest little video 🙂
tiffany m gardner - what a nice reminder of what is important….family!
meaghan - SO FUN!!! love that!!!
lisa - Cute video!! My weekend was perfection – I had a baby last Saturday and have spent every day since soaking up baby newborn smells, squeaks, and snuggles.
Lisa - Oh my gosh!! That was absolutely adorable. Loved it!
se7en - Just love it!!! Love all your stuff, especially your coca cola mouse pad!!!
Stephanie A - Loved, loved, loved it!
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Huge, huge, huge smiles! Thank you for giving me such an AWESOME start to my Monday!
Holly - love it! You are so blessed!
jen - So fun… and I am jealous of your CLEAN house!
Tammy - awesome job on your video!
the whyte house - it’s been so hot here(a whole 30 minutes away from you)and it’s gonna be so horrible wed and thurs…but it’s absolutley beautiful this morning!!!
Courtney - What a happy home! I just finished my daughter’s playroom re-do which was totally inspired by you! Thanks so much for sharing this!
Kate S. - Now this is the kind of video blogging I would like to see more of! I watched this entire thing with the biggest smile on my face. Wonderful. So feel-good and happy.
Leah - What a great happy video! Awesome start to my Monday morning. I like Waffle’s cameo appearance and all the Pet Shop people. My daughter would be in heaven in that room! Great song too. I’ll have to check out Marcia Ball.
Jimi - Love your video! What a great slice of life you captured.
Tonya - so. i totally cried. what is wrong with me? this video is beautiful. just makes me sad to realize my kids are growing up and I have almost nothing recorded of their daily lives. thanks for the daily inspiration.
ThisMamaThing - Oh, this is so fun! Can I come stay at your house? It looks so busy, happy, colorful, warm! I’m new to your blog, and I’ll definitely be back 🙂
stephany - Love it! You are quite an inspiration!
Juli - Oh, I loved that so much I cried,that’s no surprise since I’m pregnant & I cry at the drop of a hat but…!
Heather R. - Love the song! GReAt video. Waffle, kids, coffee, and an alligator wave…so sweet. 🙂
Mansi - creative & warm
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Loved it. In fact, Id be perfectly happy if all your posts were just like this one. Its like happy in action:)
Oh and I made some of my own Anthro inspired towels(http://handbagsnpigtails.blogspot.com/2011/06/anthro-inspired-vintage-towel-tutorial.html) like the ones on the link in your sidebar. Such a fun,easy(& inexpensive) craft project. Want me to come teach it at craft weekend? Hahaha…obviously kidding. Im still sad that I cant come:(
xo
Laura - I love it! I know you don’t have a perfect life. None of us do. But, it looks like a fun, happy life. Such a fun house for your children! They do realize that not everyone has such a cool looking house, don’t they? Thanks for bringing smiles to so many faces!
andrea - Great video! Great to see that someone else’s house is a mess too! A hint on using plastic cups. At my Friday mom’s Bible study, we made cork coasters one day when we didn’t have a babysitter and therefore no Bible study. I cut mine in circles, decorated each with permanent markers with a look that represents each kid. Their cup for the day sits on that coaster. Made one for myself and the hubby too. I need another one, one for coffe and one for water! 😉
julie - loved so many things about that video!! talby’s chair bumping sean’s chin, waffle’s legs on the wall (that’s how i sleep, too waffle!), the colors, the fun activities… we had that croc, too… it popped after the first use… boo!
the weekend was fun, but mondays are always rough for some reason. wish my hubby had summer vacation, too.
sara @ it's good to be queen - i love this so so much!!! WOW, your house is clean. And your house just looks so happy and pretty and cozy. love it. this is a happy video for this monday morning. you can make a video anytime, yes please. 🙂
Lisa Goldstrich - Ha! My 18 month old was completely enthralled with this and sat still on my lap for 2 minutes…this never happens! I think he especially loved Waffle…”doggie, doggie”…haha! Have a great day!
Necole - What a great video! I am love your house. I live in Texas and it is super duper nasty HOT!
Denine - YOU are so FUN
Beth Ann - I love this!!
Juliann Brenner - hee-hee; super cute Megan! I love it…now to just get a shot of that ever-elusive-Lauren :-))) Maybe you could sneek in her room and take a video of her sleeping – may be the only time she’ll “let” you get her on film 🙂 Hahaha.
Cassie - How fun!! Thanks for letting us in 🙂
Melissa - I loved it!!! I so think I need to do that! You and I are very alike…thing is, everything you Sonia something I LOVE, and so I copy it!
Sharla - Very cute. You know it’s coming . . . what programs/camera did you use for this? It is so sweet – I wish I could look back at my childhood in videos and definitely want to start recording these!
leonieke - love it, it looks like having 5 kids and no school is just fun.
and because that situation (with 3 kids) is comming my way in about 3 weeks i enjoy this video so much. gives me courage 🙂
Elise - What a fun video!! And no, you’re no Steven Spielberg, but You.Are.Meg.Duerksen!!!!! Seriously, that was so cute and I love your home!!
Elise
Kelly - Oh I love it! My weekend was great, thanks for asking and I am good. It’s my birthday! My husband made peach/blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes this morning and cleaned up the kitchen! It’s gonna be a good, good day! Maybe I’ll take a video too. hmmm . . . fun stuff. Thanks for sharing. Have a spectacular day. Kelly
p.s. I love the new header!
LeAnne - I loved it! Thanks for sharing. I am reading Crazy Love right now. Thanks for recommending it. It will be life changing. I can’t remember if you have read Radical or not. But that is my rec to everyone other than Francis Chan’s books. It’s a must read for Christians I think.
Shannon - This is so fun Meg! Love the music and I’m thinking I might copy this idea for the 4th of July 🙂
Mrs. Edberg - It is still rainy and spring-like here in MN. I am yearning for heat and sunshine! So is my garden. 🙁
Beth - Great way to start my day at work! shh don’t tell anyone….
missed seeing your oldest but I am sure she is to busy….mine was at that age.
love love this video…please share how to do this with music…i have wanted to do some myself and would love to find out how.
Ashley - LOVED the video!! So fun! Thank you for sharing!
My sick little one danced along to the music while we watched. I guess it’s on the new download list. 🙂
So, how were the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies? They looked yummy.
Sheila P. - I love this!
Kelly - Cuteness! What a happy home you have there!
robin - your kids crack me up, and so does waffle. Great job on the video…it was nice to start my Monday work morning!
Lisa - Looove the video!
Sorry I don’t usually comment but I always read you in Google Reader!
Love all the color in your life, I am redoing my kitchen right now and I’m actually doing white cabinets and black countertops, I like that I can use accessories to change the color and look whenever I want.
Linda - really loved that! thanks for sharing your life with us.
amy - i usually never watch videos on blogs, super cute video. ahhh..the wonder years, love. i think i need to see if the library has it now, my whole family watched that when it first aired, it is a part of my childhood!
Sarah Alcantara - Loved your video. Loved the Wonder Years. Have a great day!
Kerri - OMGoodness I LOVED the Wonder Years! Remember when Winnie was hurt and Kevin climbed up to look in and check on her in the window and Bob Segar’s “We’ve Got Tonight” was playing – LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! 🙂
Angela Atkins - Love the song and love the video. My two year old has asked me to watch it three times now. Also love getting to see your house as a whole, putting together all the pieces I’ve seen in your photos. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us!
Lisa - That’s so great! Looks like you’re having a fun summer. I have that flip camera too…isn’t it awesome?!
Wendi - Good morning to you, too. Thank you God for Megan and her beautiful family! 🙂
Cindy - That was fun! Loved the song! Beautiful house! Beautiful family! Can’t wait to meet you at our photo shoot !!! Of course, I think my kiddos are just secretly hoping to meet Waffle. ha 🙂
Sugar Mama - My daughter is 8 and she still has those littlest pet shop ALL over the place! Gotta love them!
And did I ever tell you we got a Labradoodle from the Humane Society and when I saw him I immediately thought of Waffle. Waffle is a Goldendoodle, right? His hair is curlier than our Flash. But they have the same adorable face. Love it!
My middle son watched the video with me and he now wants a Foosball table in our kitchen instead of the table. That would be fine and all except the daycare kids would have no place to eat. :o)
Wow, I just left a long blabbing comment.
Dori - Totally a Wonder Years feel..fabulous!
Alisa - you are a “happy” in my day!
tammy - that made me smile!!!
Carly Winborne - this is super duper cute! my little girl watched it over my shoulder and her comments were great. she loved waffle, the piano, all the colors in your kitchen, the globe. she said she wanted to live at that house. and honestly, so do i!!!
what a great way to start the day. precious.
Maria - Thanks, Meg, that was a fun way to start a rainy Monday morning.
happygirl - So cute and it looks like a fun summer in Kansas. I need to learn how to cut video together like that. It looks fun.
Halley T - Loved the video! I am new to this blog (have been reading it about 2 weeks) and I”m LOVING your honest and down to earth style. Your blog is an encouragement to stay at home moms who sometimes think they are going to lose their minds! Blessings to you and your family.
Rachel J - Great video! Love the Waffle part! And the COFFEE part! Have a great day Meg!
Kari - Totally cute. Do you ever get tired of people telling you how fun you are?
Tina I - Must download that song. Loved the Wonder Years and enjoyed seeing your home and family. It was like getting to be the proverbial fly on the wall. Enjoy your sumer!
the domestic fringe - I LOVE your video! Seriously. SO adorable. Your house is awesome and your children beautiful. Those little chairs lined up on the porch…I want to steal that idea. Thank you for sharing your life. Happy Monday!
-FringeGirl
Karen Lehmann - that made me happy 🙂
Karen H. - Loved it – thank you for sharing… so sweet! 🙂
Dina - Needed that this monday morning:-) SO sweet! Fred Savage was my awkward little boyfriend. That girl he was in love with (was her name Winnie???)…way too skinny:-) Have a great week!
sara's art house - I love your family 🙂 I feel like I am a part of it all…great video!
Amanda - So fun!
Amy Lynne - Fun! Happy Monday!!!
Terrie G - Very ‘Wonder Years’ish! Loved that show!!
The triple digits are going to hit us in a big way this week…live in your pool!
I want a pool…always been a dream of mine.
I’ll just live in my craft room…another dream that finally came true! 🙂
Great weekend…got to make baby things all weekend with my little girl!
donna - good idea…..can you teach us how to put different music to the flip?
Christy - Love the video, the song fits it’s perfect
Heather (One Take On Life) - Fun! Love to see the daily life. What a great idea. Found your blog recently and have really been enjoying it.
Jenn Schires - LOVED it! Makes me want to make a video of my family!
danielle burkleo - um. i love you. that’s all.
Mrs. - Okay, so I LOVE that you had to learn how to do the videos, AND you did it! Sometimes learning new things is hard, especially when LIFE takes over. Good for you.
ALso, I noticed the missing teenager…My 13.5 year old is beginning to disappear from family time as well. Something about friends…
Lori Bowring Michaud - Loved it! Reminded me of when my four were little. It goes by fast, Meg! My baby will be 21 on September.
lorelei - I wanna come over for coffee. all the way from NY.
hey, i am wondering how you attached the song of your choice to your flip video. i can’t figure that part out and therefore can only add songs that come with the flippin program. 😉
donna - you are so creative and everything you do is so hAPpY. i love the sign in your kitchen regarding the use of plastic cups! i have 6 kids and in the summer i have to run my dishwasher 2 – 3 times a day, so we use plastic cups and paper plates to decrease the running of the dishwasher – i always wonder which way is better for the enviornment….better for my sanity is the throw aways. Thanks for the early morning smile – have a great day Meg.
Jen - This was really cute…and fun. It really makes me want to record things like this. We never seem to see your oldest daughter around. Is she there, but just doesn’t want to be in included…or not home much? Or still sleeping…:)
Carol S. - Super duper video. Really adorable, yes, quite Wonder Years and thank you God for a wonderful life for Meg! Not all peaches and cream I’m sure but just lovely. It was absolutely gorgeous in Chicago this weekend, sunny and a little breeze, we went to the racetrack and had a ball.
Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Haha Waffle is so funny!
Hope you have a great Monday : )
Gemma xXx
Michelle from Australia - Loved it! Particularly Waffle. And your lovely mirror smile. Here is Australia it is mid winter. And cold! Well, cold by our standards which considering we are mid-tropics, probably isn’t that cold. Happy Summer!
Jennifer DeLosSantos - SO cute!
I wanted to be Winnie, and was in love with Kevin.
Kim - You always have such great ideas! I love this – no birthdays, graduations, bike riding without training wheels – just EVERYday. I’m tucking this one away….
Yes, i LOVED The Wonder Years. I wanted to be Winnie Cooper so badly. I loved her hair.
Chelsea in MO - LOVE it! Very fun way to document the everyday things that make our lives go around.
Jennifer S. - Love it!
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - HEEHaw…that was fun!
Trish - ummm, WOW!! I love this. Such a great song and your video was awesome!
I’m gonna go share it with my little sister, who is the youngest of us 6 kids, married young, became a mother shortly after and now parents 6 kids, 5 of who she birthed and one on loan from the State. You remind me of her.