sometimes the best thing to help a really hard situation is
talking with your girlfriends late into the night
and sugar.
i made it 6 weeks.
i only had one (BIG) piece.
but it was worth it.
and i am sugar free again.
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the red bag i am currently toting around…on the kitchen pillows….with my ipod pouch on top. i don't think there is one that is more perfect for me…anywhere….ever.
I love polka dots too! And your blog. 🙂 i’m always saying to others, “i never met a polka dot i didn’t like.” i love polka dots too- so I LOVEd this post!! I always LOVE all of your pictures and you are a constant inspiration to me 🙂 xoxox I love that Olivia is on your bathroom wall. My daughter would be in heaven in such a bathroom! Seriously fun pics…as always! Do you buy your material online somewhere? thought of this post today when i purchased a cute little gray sweater with white polka dots from target! only $20! 🙂 Love all the polka dots! I just made some fun polka dot flowers and jewelry for my etsy shop!! Great pictures! Stephanie the-still-waters.blogspot.com seriously love the bathroom! Where did you get Olivia and others? also love polka dots! Oh boy! I love polka dots too and now I have a serious case of longing from looking at your fun things. When I first came to your blog therre was the picture of the polka dot rain boots on top. I’ve been on the lookout for some ever since then. No luck yet! Yeah!! I’m so glad you liked it!!! 🙂 How about these: I have a two year old with a pair of rain boots you need to own…if only your foot was a size 6-7 in toddlers. HAPPY! What a fun post. You alway make me smile. love the boden dress, but jeepers!! $148…i can see why you chose the target dress!! I love your polka-dots and love for color! You are beautiful! I’ve been eying that same dress at boden! To bad it’s out of my price range. I hear ya.. There is nothing in the world like polka dots.. I am always drawn to anything that has them on it. I even painted them up my staircase. haha NOT my husband’s favorite things, haha but he got over it.. I don’t care who you are… they just make you happy!! Love it! Love it! Love it!!! i love,love ,love polka dots too but in pink lol I’m right there with you! I LOVE polka dots…in fact, I just posted about them too! love the pictures…polka dots just make me happy! Just love it! I love your blog and the inspiration you give to all of us! Without all that colour life would be so dull!! Do you have a favourite colour? I am new to the blogging world…and I am so glad that I landed on your blog planet as my first-love experience. The polka dots, the pictures…the simple things that frame life. Thank you, thank God! There’s just something about polka dots, huh! LOVE ’em! I think I own that same bath towel — hearts and rainbow colors…a perfect combo. Aaah, I love polka dots! Thanks for the dose of happiness. Oh, me too . . . me too! Just can’t get enough of the cheerfulness of polka dots. They really make me smile : )! Such happy pictures! I happen to have a thing for polka dots too and I think ‘lil girls look esp. adorable in them! Such happy pics! I happened to love polka dots too, especially on ‘lil girls, they look precious in them! Man alive I love all that polka dot happiness goin ‘ on!!!!! They just make ya smile don’t they??!!! I can’t really pull them off anymore with my boys….they are almost 8 and almost 5 🙁 Sadness 🙁 And um, just got that Boden catalog….and holy cow! I want almost everything in it!!! I need a job 🙂 heeee heee 🙂 Ah well, I’ll stay at home instead and just salivate over it all 🙂 And if your robe comes up missing, you’ll know where to find it 🙂 I’m tottttally stealing it 🙂 Ya know, all the way from Oklahoma 🙂 I dogeared the Boden dress, too. Then I wondered if it would make me look like Minnie Mouse? Polka Dots make the world a happier place. I’m just sayin! How did you get olivia on your bathroom walls!!!????? Goodness gracious…so glad you cleared that up!!! I always wondered if you liked polkadots…and was just waiting for you to formally admit it ;). My daughters and I love polka dots so much that they’re in the name of our blog! http://www.teapotsandpolkadots.blogspot.com Nothing like rainbows and polka dots to bring a little happy into your day, and we can always use a little more happy. When I read these posts, I think we are soul sisters! Polka dots and rainbows, definitely on the top of my favorites list! Love all yours 🙂 That last picture makes me happy too! Fun fun! so much fun!! I love polka dots too. they get me all giddy and always make me smile. the anna maria horner one in your stash is my all time favorite. sigh….. enjoy your cheerful dots!! And I love polka dots too, but every time I see something with polka dots I think of you! Do we know why they are called polka dots? Just curious…I’ll google. Rock the dress Meg! looks like my house for sure! Megs, I’m so glad that you found that robe!!!! and it looks perfect on you!! Thanks for yesterday it was such a nice relaxing fun do what ever you want kind of day!!! Lets not wait to have another in the near future. Thanks again your the best! Love Ya, Kerry 🙂 I heart pokidots too. they are so fun. love all the pics. I love your post today. Love polka dots too. You have such bright, colourful, happy things! I love polka dots a whole lot too so this post has made me smile, big time! xx LOVE it ALL. you take the best pictures. and that bathroom is SO cute!!!! harmonica! I love polka dots too! They just so happy. You looked cute in the fuzzy picture. Too bad the setting is messed up:) Love that hat. I have polka dot rain boots…they are so you;) Try this one: found it on Michelle my Belle A rainbow of polka dots-could there be anything better? I think not! 🙂 I’ve been wanting black with white polka dot laces for my chuck taylors for awhile now. Your blog is such a happy place, thanks for sharing. This post just added a big dose of happy to my day. Oh, go take a look at this My sons first grade teacher also loves polka dots so it’s been fun buying her gifts this year. I got lucky and found her a box of chocolates in a polka dot heart box for Valentines day. The polka dots in her class room make it such a happy place for the children. I love that when I think of bright and beautiful colors I think of you!!! Nothing is as happy as a polka dot! I have no idea why, but I recently read an article about how polka-dots caught on…I thought it was funny that they had to “catch on” – that at one time there WEREN’T polka-dots!! lol Crazy! The red Boden dress is torn out and on my “must make” list. Wish me luck! I also love polka dots and rainbow colors (and color in general) and coincidentally also have a stye today. GLORY…I’m not like some polka dot lovin freak but I LOVE all those fabrics…they do make one happy I am so inspired by your blog! Such color and happiness, your love of life is contagious! my daughter call polka dots “bubbles”. I like dots with stripes too…the crazier the better. P.S. I loved your “someone in my house has chanaged all the settings on my camera”. I have two less kids than you and things like that happen in my house regularlY! Oh my gosh. I love rainbows and all kinds of pretty designs. So I can relate. I made heart shaped crayons for all my students for valentines day (with broken crayon pieces) and they were so, so pretty I could hardly part with any of them!! I love to just LOOK at things. It makes me inspired to be creative, even if I don’t use the item I’m looking at. Does that sound crazy??? I had a bottle of glitter on my computer monitor for years just because I loved to look at it and it inspired me (I don’t think I ever used it . . .wonder where it is?). Love your polka dots! i have nothing to say today.
***bird painting made by the fabulous jeanne oliver at "a bushel and a peck" ********
**************and i am really wishing i could eat a cupcake right. this. minute.************************** ps, I’ve been doing no sugar for two weeks. Other than the comfort of eating a big fat cookie or cupcake…i find my cravings are seriously dwindling. I also want a cupcake right now…but I’m choosing “eye cupcakes” on your blog. It’s eye candy to me! your pictures speak when words don’t! love them. you are awesome meg! i’ve been traveling and am just now catching up on your blog and all you’ve been up to! congrats on the “homies” win thing, love, LOVE your kitchen remodel, no sugar!!! ugh. i too am an addict :(. you never cease to inspire me. that is soooo good. I’m going to print it and put it in my journal. Thank you! I also love that book. I have two copies so that I can lend it out to friends when they need it. So glad you shared that part from the book today! It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear from the Lord! Again, thanks for sharing! Did you know yesterday was delurker day?! Love that study, too, and with you on the cover. The book sounds amazing..bad cover and all:-) It has been a tough week around here. My friend and neighbor tried for three years to get pregnant. The babies (yes twins) were making her so sick that they had to be taken at 28 weeks so she would live. She almost died three times after their birth. The girls had been fragile but stable. The littlest (2pounds) died on Wednesday. She was three weeks old and I have had such a hard time because of their sadness and I was so sure…so sure that she would live. It is hard to trust that God does all for our good sometimes. Sorry for the book..I really needed this today. Just recently found your blog and am loving it – you inspire me to see and use more COLOR in my life. Thanks for sharing that snippet from the book you are reading. For me, living in the gray is an unstable and unfulfilling place to be. God wants more for us – the abundant life. Thx for the reminder 🙂 great book…lent mine to my SIL…need to get it back..or order a new one…fav quote…later on in the book…”faithfully following the Shepherd…on step at a time?” And a prayer for every day…”if my Children sin against you Lord…may they get caught!” And pictures say 1,000 words….so you technically said 14,000 words based on how many photos you posted today. mmmmmmm..froot loops! I love the pictures and I too have cut out the sugar in my diet as well. I know it is so hard to do but I know it will be so worth it. Thanks for the passage – it was so nice to read! Have a great weekend! Big hugs! xoxoxo I am always inspired by your great, colorful photos. Today you have inspired me on a different level. Thanks for sharing. This post was timely for me to read, I posted today about my ongoing effort to calm my anxious heart. and mind. and the pictures made me smile. as usual. 🙂 which is why i have a post publishing on Sunday about you. thank you. Thank you! I really needed to hear that today! I’m not anxious…just the whole reckless abandon really struck my heart! are any of these photos a part of your etsy updates? i’m looking forward to seeing what you’ll add to it! We are on day 6 of the “eat clean” diet. Every meal consists of either egg whites, oatmeal, chicken, ground turkey, brown rice, sweet potato, zone bar or some other veggie or berry. It’s been very challenging. I love bread sooo much and anything sweet. But in this short amount of time I’ve already lost 3 pounds. Just push past the cravings…eat a little fruit. I find that helps me immensely. Thank you for posting this! You have no idea how we needed to read those words today! I think you say a lot with your pictures!! I do love the quote you gave and will have to check out that book (though now I’m scared about the cover). There is nothing I love more than a jar of Crayola markers. MEG, I’M GOING TO GET THAT BOOK NOW, BUT NEVER WOULD HAVE FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU STATED. GLAD YOU SHARED. NOW, COULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THE “HOW” TO PUTTING PICTURES ON YOUR BLOG IN THE WAY YOU DID. I AM SO SLOW ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT, AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR STEP BY STEP INFO. YOUR ROCK MEG. THANKS. GO NO SUGAR !!! did you get the bird canvas from bushel and a peck? looks like her stuff. 🙂 love the photos and i will have to add the book to the list! I am a faithful follower of your blog….you don’t know me and you will probably never know me….but I just had to comment today. Today has been a life changing day in my life as I found out today we will be having our 6th child in 7 years. I am so excited and SHOCKED at the same time and I have to TRUST that God KNOWS what He is doing in my family and our lives. I think I am going to have to get this book! With a husband that is in the middle of loosing his job right now and not getting a regular paycheck, I am a bit anxious in ALL aspects of my life. I can now only trust that God has a plan for us much bigger and better than what I can imagine! Thanks for your wise words and always making me smile. You are an inspiration and I wish I were just bit more like you! You just seem to have it all together! Me…Not so much:) Thank you for that. My husband and I have no other choice but to trust the Lord right now. I am pregnant with our first, and the doctors saw cysts in her brain. THey could be nothing, which all signs are pointing to that, or they could be fatal. All i can allow myself to dwell on right now, is that I trust the Lord and i have faith in His purposes. Thank you for that little piece from the book. I have read it over and over and will continue to do so. Blessings! hi! Meg, That message is wonderful! Thank you for sharing it! How do Fruit Loops manage to stay in your house???? Those would be gone in a SECOND around here. You crack me up. The cover of that book does look like a feminine product ad now that you mention it. One of my favourite reads, even though I wouldn’t call myself anxious either. Coincidentally, we’re doing the no-sugar thing also. My daughter’s on a special diet for her epilepsy, so we’re doing it as a family. Oh my giddy aunt. It’s tough going, but I’m assured that after two weeks, the cravings will subside. Protein shakes with frozen berries are our saving grace. Hope you have a great weekend. Meredith xo. When you have nothing to say, your pictures are awesome. I am a color lover and the white blanket of snow here currently is just making those colors pop right out. Maybe I’ll get out my BIG box of crayons 🙂 funny…about the title and the feminine product ad cover.=) what a great read, though! and is that beautiful bird plaque made by jeanne oliver?=) thanks for sharing! Love your thoughts on the cover of the book. You keep me laughing, Meg! That is a great book! Thank you for sharing that today! Happy weekend! hang in there!! No sugar – the rewards will be so good!! Meg…. I buy the individual fruit cups, applesauce, those kinds of things for us. And blocks of cheese. And apples. Oranges. Good food like that. When you get a craving, cut a chunk of cheese. Grab an applesauce snack pack. A couple or so carrots from a bag of those little “baby” carrots. Or one of those “cutie” oranges in your jar up there. Those things are small and will curb your craving, get you by until it passes. And won’t hurt your appetite for mealtime later. And are GOOD for your body! All those things are inexpensive — especially compared to the sugar goodies! If you don’t like applesauce, look at those shelves and see what’s there you like. YOU CAN DO IT, MEG!! sounds like a wonderful book Wow I might have to get that book. Loving the socks, supper cute! We read this book in my bible study last session…it was life changing for me! I LOVED it. I WAS an anxious person but now I trust that He will always take care of me and I dont need to be anxious or worry. God doesn’t like it when we worry b/c he feels like we aren’t trusting him!! That sounds like a very good book! That is good stuff. I struggle with the trust issue in all aspects of my life…especially the little things, oddly. Why is that? I can hand over bigger things easier but the small things I assume God doesn’t care about those as much. I fought the urge to have a diet coke at lunch today and I am so glad I did now. I really dont know if I could fight off a cupcake! Hope you have a good weekend Meg! I think Rachel really helped define trust and faith for me…I don’t think I’ll ever view it the same way again. I hope not. That’s a great book! I have recommended it to so many friends. I think I need to read it again… I hear ya. You helped inspire me to go the no-sugar route. I hate it, but I’ve been meaning to do it for some time now. There is never a good time. So, yesterday, I made myself do it. Literally NO sugar. NO bread. Basically nothing that tastes good. It sucks. How about you? Are you eating NO sugar, or just the obvious stuff. Good luck. You can do it!
I just discovered your blog today! So much inspiration for my own! I loved all of your pictures- beautiful family, beautiful house, beautiful crafts! Your dog is so cute- looks like my Wheaten Terrier- what is he/she? Love it all! So happy I found you, thanks to Ashley Ann Photography! AHH! I’ve been looking for a typewriter like that since I saw a photo of one on flikr last year. Can I ask how much you paid? I’m tempted to say if I saw one, I’d take out a loan to buy it because it seriously makes my heart stop. the typewriter is gorgeous. does it work? Just took a tour of your painted lady home. Beautiful, the pictures as well. Must be heaven to live what you love! LOVE! The leopard shoes. That typewriter is awesome! I am quite jealous of this find. 😉 I was thinking that you just need to let go and let god. Place your trust in knowing that you are not in control, you are merely here to serve. I think you are serving so many – so well – and that someone is indeed watching you with a grand master plan. I hope hope hope I never tire of that perfect shade of aqua. I can’t imagine that I will, but I also used to think that about Shabby Chic everything. 2 Questions: Been eyeing your rainbow cake/cupcakes for a few months in anticipation to make them when my youngest turned one…it was a long process but so fun! Thanks for sharing that!! I think it will be a new tradition at our house for sure! It was great meeting you at Silver Bella too! I just loved that class…it might have been my favorite. And I love your blog too! These photos are just amazing and I’m a little green with envy!! 🙂 I’ll be stopping by often! I love all of these. I should do this more often!!! Oh I love those glimpses into the color and the clamor of real life. Perfection. You do those little snippets SO WELL! I am loving me some Waffle:) What fun pictures…I love your chore chalkboard! Love Annie with the glasses on. Love the typewriter too. Post pictures that show where it gets to live! Meg, I have just given your blog an award, please stop by http://www.arkonite.net to collect it! That turquoise blue typewriter looks just like the one at the top of “The NieNie Dialogues” post! loved these. PURE eye candy! LOVE the typewriter. We have such similar taste:) oh annie 🙂 I love her Where are the yellow and grey flowers from?!?! Did you make them? I have to know – they are fabulous! seriously love the color of the typewriter…the dog’s hat! the chore chart…well, it makes my heart sing and sink. i def need to do better assigning tasks. great shots! you’re killin me with the adorable pics! I love following your blog…especially when there are picture-heavy posts. 🙂 lovely pictures Love the birds and afghan! Those shoes are to die for!! Also, love the chore chart. And the color of that typewriter!!! That’s the best part. Hey! I recognize that owl!!! Cool pics (especially that one 🙂 Just last week I brought home my mother’s Royal typewriter from 1954ish. Except for the fact that hers is roughly the same color as the case, it looks exactly like the one you got. Would you mind telling me how much you paid for it? I am going to bring my mother’s to some antique stores around here, and I thought having some idea of what it’s worth would be a good thing. I love , love , love your blog. It’s one of the few I check every day. Have a wondeful weekend, Patty ALL of those photos are so fabulous!! i love mr. waffle in the hat and annie in the glasses…C.U.T.E.! oh, and those felt flower pins…i love those!!!! glad your grey cloud lifted. 🙂 You have such a great eye for things! I’d love to live near you so you could take pics of my family and help me decorate my house! Have a wonderful weekend! I want to know – What is in the bowl next to the chips? It looks like rice, black beans, tomatoes… what else? Looks good! I want that typewriter SO bad. Love the pictures and the window Annie is standing in!!! I’m glad you feel better. Enjoy your weekend and chore helpers. Your blog always makes me soooo happy 🙂 Happy weekend to you and yours! I am coveting your typewriter. I love, love, LOVE turquoise and red together. It is my new scheme. Your typewriter would look great sitting on my bar. Those pics are so great they should be on greeting cards. I loved them all! Love the pictures of Waffle!!! Goodness those pictures are wonderful! You’re so talented! I feel like I just walked through a chunk of your life 🙂 LOVE Waffles’ cute hat. Seems he’s kinda giving you “the look” for that. LOL! Love it! Love the pics… I cannot believe a white couch survives in your house! Dark brown for us, thanks! LOVING all the colour, your blog’s never grey 😀 I learned to type on a typewriter like that! Whoa…those were the days. Loved all the cool pics, your doggy is so darn cute! Have a blessed weekend! :O) OH thanks for all the beautiful picture. I just love your blog!! The typewriter is so cool wher will you put it?? Happy weekend!! You have quickly become one of my top favorite bloggers. When I check the blog feeds, I always read yours first. Thanks for sharing your life. Great pictures…I LOVE your chalkboard chore chart. You’ve inspired me; I’ve found my weekend project! LOVE LOVE to see life through your eyes… I so enjoy your blog! Have a great weekend! what are those flowers? did you make them? more info PLEASE!!! Amazing pics, as usual! I love Annie in those glasses!! And that little boy with her on the computer is adorable! I am in love with that typewriter! The color is so pretty, bright, hip, cool, and fun! All the crafty things pictured are fabulous as well. Beautiful! Have a super weekend! xo awesome. awesome pics. So often pictures say it all better then words. have a fun weekend! take LOTS of pics! my brain feels foggy. it will pass…i need some sleep.
I’ve just discovered your blog and its amazing, such beautiful pictures. Really your great at photography you really have an eye for it. I love looking at your pictures, it sure helps my fog! 🙂 I love all your random photos. I scroll through them so fast, just see what’s in them, and then I have to go back and slow down actually look and enjoy. I so wish you would sell prints of your photos! I would buy some in a heart-beat. Lovely pictures, so calm and peaceful. I can’t wait for the random snow pictures. Not that I wish a snow storm on you guys because hell, that would require shoveling and it’s not like you don’t have enough to do right? But I love your snow pictures. 🙂 Fall is good for now though since we don’t really have a Fall here, so keep those coming too. So cute! Hang in there! Send that cleaning fairy over to my house 🙂 ha ha, megan. nice comment. here i am sending you an e-mail about stalker’ish people…good grief. i felt like i was one of them for a minute. oh, well. Wow. Death and destruction among the sunflowers and pumpkins. You do need some sleep! Let Waffle do the week’s blog posts — he’s clearly auditioning for the spot. Steps with leaves…..I just want to sit there with a cup of warm cider and watch the leaves dance. I LOVE that little clock! Send her to my house when she’s done with yours. Lovely photos as always:) The photos are so pretty. I need to see things more creatively. Right now all I can see is moving 800 miles from my house:( I heart Waffle! He is the cutest dog in all of blogland! Speaking of cleaning fairies, this woman I work with has a mother who comes into her house while she is at work and totally cleans everything, does her laundry, EVERYTHING! How crazy is that? love the pics. i love how because nothing is perfect, it’s all so beautiful! Your loveliest post yet. I think I just found my Sunday Stunner for the week. You are such a good and faithful photographer…my camera sometimes goes weeks without me picking it up! If you see him, please send him to Ohio! (I’m still holding out faith that the cleaning fairy is a MAN!) I love the typewriter pic. Have you seen the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency dvd? In the show the assistant has to use two typewriters to type anything because she doesn’t have all the letters on one. It’s so funny….really…I guess you had to be there… Waffle has a tough life What kind of camera do you use? oh, waffle. i knew you were a mac guy!! Waffle looks so tiny with his head resting on your MacBook! Love the picture post … as always! Now I know where the cleaning fairy is! LOL! I wish my cleaning fairy would call… I’d like a visit from the cleaning fairy 🙂 When the cleaning fairy is done at your house, please give her my address. Waffle helping at the computer..too cute! i’ll be your cleaning fairy, if you’ll be my laundry & cooking fairy 🙂 oh, i like that clock! Love the pic with Waffle on the keyboard – too cute! Wow – good stuff in those photos. Love them. Please send your cleaning fairy my way after she’s done at your house 😉 are you? i really don't have much to say.
totally random. happy friday! lots of random goodness going on over in your neck of the woods. you can even make dirty dishes look like art. 😉 Have a great week… Beautiful pictures, I love Fridays too thanks for the sink full of dirty dishes. I love it! Fun pics have a relaxing weekend! Beautiful pictures. And I absolutely love your header too. Inspired!! thanks 🙂 sugar sisters. taunting me. um…so very curious..exactly WHAT FALL sports does your hubby enjoy, because as far as I can tell, the football and baseball games are FAR from over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In fact, I believe we have MONTHS to go……. my fav is the kitchen sink, because it makes you real I love all of your random pictures that you take. It’s such an inspiration to take more pictures of everyday life…because someday when you look back you’ll be able to remember all the small details and little things that made us happy. 🙂 Love all these pics! 🙂 So many fun pictures, hard to pick a favorite … it’s either the pic of Annie happily eating something yummy, the swingset daredevil pic or the sunset on the farm – too fun! Awesome photos! Especially love all the photos of the pumpkins!! Halloween is only a week away!? mmmm, ravioli. last night’s meal. Luv your photo’s you have the same drinking glasses as us. Following your blog has made me realise how important it is to spend time with the kids, have just played backyard soccer with 8 yr old son and I won. Thanks for all the inspiration. Ah! So my heart jumped in my throat when I saw the jumping off the playscape onto the trampoline(!!!) picture. That is my future. I know it. Bracing myself:0) I knew it! You live in that house down there… you know where I mean 😉 I so LOVE your photos… this bunch, the one I like best is the pile of dishes! Have an AWESOME weekend! Love them all, but do you know which one I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE? Fun Random pictures!! Love the rainboots and the sink piled high… ours looks like that all the time and we don’t even come close to having how many people you do… I hate to think what ours will look like if and when we do 😉 I love your sink picture. Mine looks the same today! love the dirty dishes – reminds me of my childhood when mom always cooked a big dinner and my sister and I had to do all the dishes for a family of 6 kids and 2 adults. still doesn’t seem fair! I love all of your random pictures today, Meg. The one of Lauren and Waffle is adorable – especially since she’s a typical teen (who doesn’t want to be seen with her family – lol) and one we don’t get to see often enough. The one of Annie with the chocolate mustache is so cute and the fall photos are just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend! Big hugs, Trac~ :o) happy friday, meggie! i love your realness (is that a word?) 🙂 in your pictures. you are truly one of the most authentic people i know. random and real and honest and so so cool. i don’t know you but love to follow you. i wish ohio and kansas were closer so i could get to know you in person. keep up the great work. you inspire many!! tgif. LOVE the dishes. And I mean LOVE! Love it. All of it. Lauren is gorgeous! Like her Momma!!! Have a great weekend girl!! Thank you for posting that picture of the overflowing sink. It’s normal and somewhat comforting to know that my sink isn’t the only one in America that ends up like that! Thanks for the pretty pics too. your daughter is so pretty. does she know she’s so pretty? she’s so pretty. I love random pictures! And I always love a good chocolate beard on a kid. I just don’t think it gets much better then that! love these. I have been meaning to ask you about your photo editing. we also have a mac & we have iphoto… is that what you use to edit your pictures? I thought you were using photoshop but then i saw your list where you want to get and learn how to use photoshop… How do you make the sun so bright in your pics and how do you focus on one object and blur out the background? I LOVE IT! Oh Man! You just had to share that cupcake picture, didn’t you?! Good thing I made brownies last night… Anyway, your son is NUTS! 🙂 You couldn’t get my kids to do that for anything, they are the biggest chickens. Love it! Beautiful pictures, especially of the pumpkins, I am crazy for pumpkins. Enjoy your weekend, I’m so happy it’s Friday too, especially since I took the day off to be with my youngest daughter who turned 14 yesteray. Love 3-day weekends! love the pictures. and i was going to have to go all. . . her house is amazing, her photos are amazing, she has adorable pumpkins everywhere. . .amazing. . . and precious kids and dog. . . amazing. simply beautiful! My kitchen sink looks strikingly similar to yours! This Friday AND THIS FRIDAY ONLY…I am actually sad it’s Friday….because my hubby has been home ALLLLL week on vacation and it’s been so super nice having him here 🙂 I don’t want it to end 🙁 But normally, I am sooooo ready for Fridays 🙂 I bet it’s been a lonnng week…what with driving to OK and all for the U2 concert!!!! I still can’t believe THE MEG DUERKSON was right above me!!!!!!! Happy weekend to you! Gorgeous yaay! you found a use for your wood thing (the mini pumpkins inside)! sooo cute! Thank you for sharing your life with us. It makes me happy. such pretty pictures! hmm i think football is still going on?! but i could be wrong lol i can’t even tell you how glad i am that it is Friday. what a week… it just seems so hectic. today i am celebrating friday with a pumpkin spice latte. oh yeah! Yippee for me.. I made it! i love your kitchen. so full of love. good food. dishes in the sink. real stuff. love it. happy weekend! Not only do we have the EXACT same outdoor playset, my kitchen looks EXACTLY like yours does:-) Oh dear! the picture of your dirty dishes…well…it completes me! thanks so much for sharing that one! your kitchen sink is my kitchen sinks BFF! I love the picture with your daughter and Waffle! Randomness is good. Oh, wow. I thoroughly enjoy all your pictures, especially your random. It refreshes me. 🙂 Keep the random coming! And, yes, LOVING Friday! you do the best “random” happy friday to you! i am so glad it is friday:) pumpkins in the cubbies…very cute. Your photography is just beautiful. Really beautiful! I love that truck picture…such beautiful pictures of Fall..this is the time of year when I really miss not having seasons. it is gloomy and DARK this morning.
she had on her brand new Cora dress…and her mac n' cheese for F week (food).
if i got to go to her preschool…i'd be running there everyday too. such a happy place. i didn't want to leave today. i should have just sat down and played too. i am going to go walk in the gloomy weather…and suck in all the fresh air i can. on a different subject… who could possibly feel gloomy after that? Oh I so miss teaching preschool. I took a deep breath and immersed myself in the classroom photos and pretended I was back. This time of year is so fun when you work/live with preschool age kiddos. oh to wear cute pink tights & a cora dress Greatest post!! Aren’t you glad that even when you oversleep the day doesn’t have to remain gloomy and bad?!?! I like to think that these are the times God allows us to get the rest we needed! 🙂 I love the beauty of Fall and Annie looks adorable in her Cora dress! Cute………………………………………………….. we have such cooooooooool leaves! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 oh, this makes my heart swell. OMGosh… I want a Cora dress! For big grown up me! :o) So cute! As is the little peanut wearing it! And those fall colors.. to die for! We skipped fall here and went straight to snow and winter. The leaves fell green… I’ve never seen that before. So sad! Oh well… I LOVED this post and that Cora dress…this post made me SO happy and I smiled, smiled big…now I can go and tackle my huge workload…thank you. You’re awesome and I wish you were my neighbor! Hugs and blessings to you on this Fall day! :O) What’s funny Megan is that her preschool classroom reminds me of the photos of your house! All colorful and fun and creative and imaginative and bright and cheery! those are the happiest pictures ever! beautiful cora dress, and adding the striped tights was just perfection… go annie! I would stay there, too! What a lovely place to learn and grow! 🙂 annie’s preschool is so magical. wow. magic. love all the pink! No, I cannot believe the fall goodness! I’m jealous. It’s beautiful! Enjoy it 🙂 Those pictures are fabulous. What amazing colors. And that dress is precious, as is the girl! I love how your little girls wear such bright and cheerful clothes! The preschool looks like a fun place too. i ADORE that shot of annie’s striped legs, red patent leathers, apple dress & the red hedge. BE•A•U•TI•FUL. just gorgeous. what a fantastic preschool! the colors of the trees there are just gorgeous! love how annie coordinated with autumn so well…adorable. Oh, I mean, seriously, how much fun to paint a big orange pumpkin hanging from the ceiling! Wow! I’d run there too….all the way from here! Those pictures of your daughter by the trees are gorgeous Meg! Just GORGEOUS! This just looks like a dream — are you sure it isn’t a stage set? So beautiful and happy. I have to say that down here in Florida, we don’t get leaves like that. That red tree was beautiful. I wonder if northern Kentucky has leaves like that? I will know in a couple of weeks. Oh Meg, these photos gave me goosebumps. The leaves, Annie’s stockings and shoes and her Cora dress….your gorgeous pre-school…beautiful, beautiful. Hope you enjoyed your day with a full heart. Meredith xo. wow, I love your daughter’s preschool classroom. very jealous of the red beautifulness in your area. i just posted my fall pics, but there’s hardly any red. tear. Those are amazing. Love the red fall colors and her outfit is just adorable. What a fun classroom she gets to learn in. Great pics Meg! I just love your Annie. She reminds me of my “baby” when she was a little girl (same hair, same eyes). My baby is now almost 19. Enjoy the little sweetheart. That preschool looks so stinkin’ cute- You’d expect the Wonder Pets to live in there! How fun! I love Arthur’s HUGE cupcake! if this is what YOUR gloomy looks like, so God help me! Colorful, smiles, rainbows, dolls…looks beautiful! MY gloomy??? Well, THAT is another stpry…. I so wish trees turned that color down here in Houston. Love Annie’s dress, particularly with the tights – so much happy color! My daughter has a few dresses similar to that that I found on Etsy. Love those rainbow flags in the preschool – am currently obsessed with tracking them down – any ideas? So lovely. I don’t blame her for being happy to be at school! Hope you enjoyed your time outside. Hi! Thank you so much for the beautiful fall pics… I am really missing fall here in the desert 🙂 what gorgeous photos of your little girl – stunning autumn foliage! beautiful leaves who wouldn’t want to start their day at that school with friends? looks like tons of fun. Nothing better than a new baby! Thanks for sharing the fall pictures. We had an early freeze (ahem, snowstorm) the weekend before last, and all of our leaves fell and froze! Without ever turning any colors. 🙁 It was the dreariest saddest fall ever (followed by a weekend of 80 I might add). What beautiful colors in your pics! You are so talented! love the fall pictures. Amazing colors! And the feast w/the baby dolls cracks me up! OMG that dress…so cute..and that does look like a fun preschool!!!! I love the pictures, and what a great preschool! Those are the red bushes Russ wants a picture in front of for fall – he has been waiting for them to turn the last month. His facial hair is back – so it is okay 🙂 I’m in love with Annie’s preschool too, do they offer adult classes, I’d be there in a heartbeat! Wow, beautiful foliage. Great fall pics too! 🙂 She is DARLING! Love that photo of her with the red leaves and her big, brown eyes. funny, i just took pictures of those same bushes yesterday…i didn’t have a super cute model though…just a little squirrel following me around them. those pictures of annie are soooo sweet!!! i love her outfit…very annie! I need some of Annie’s preschool today too. Waking up in the night with a baby and sick kids is getting to me. Maybe I’ll just keep pictures of Annie in her cute tights up all day to keep me slightly more cheerful. 😉 A new life…..yes……exactly the recipe for brightened spirits. lol i stayed all day at my daughters school yesterday for her birthday:) it’s a neat place but no where near as awesome as annie’s little school! i keep telling you about my in-laws living in newton i swear one day we will pack up and move there just for the pretty homes,shopping and this cool school lol (and maybe to meet you!!) oh and annie’s outfit is the cutest!! all those colors (be still my heart!!) Oh, I LOVE the fall colors you have on your street. Gorgeous! We don’t get fall color like that here in California. Can’t wait to see the pictures from the birth you photographed. I photographed a birth last year for my friend & you are right…there are no words to describe it. such an honor! oh wow. so fun and colorful! and i love that annie’s wearing her cora dress, and that she matches in her own little style! where is that preschool? i went to zion, and i don’t remember my classroom looking that colorful. love these photos today! its gloomy here in oklahoma also~ do you know what kind of trees those are? I love the red! Annie has such style!! She looks perfect out there with all the reds of fall. Her preschool looks so fun, I wouldn’t want to leave either. LOVE how colorful the preschool is. You should get a job there.Seriously. You could do art for them. seriously. Megan please tell me where you got those tights at. My Addie is crazy over pink and I know she would love those. Gorgeous pictures 😉 So COOL! Love the preschool and the photos of Annie and all the beautiful colors around are just GORGEOUS! Great job on capturing them all, Meg! :o) her school looks awesome. I want to go to that preschool too.
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Whitney - Oh my goodness! I can’t blame you, I wouldn’t be able to resist! I went 3 days last week with no sugar at all except natural sugars. No chocolate was torture, and I am back to sugar again. I made your mint chocolate brownies even though it wasn’t Christmas (my mom always made them too, but she wasn’t around to get her recipe and yours was practically identical!) I also made your apple puff pancake-delicious too! Without sugar- have you lost weight, feel any different, have more energy, etc? How do you do it??? Congrats!!!
tara pollard pakosta - 6 WEEKS IS a LONG time!
wow!!!!!! good for yoU!
but that looks delish!
tara
Staci Danford - Well man it looks worth it.. YUMMY… I felt like I needed to lick my fork just seeing it.
Staci
Amber - Is that cheesecake? It looks like it was worth it! Six weeks without sugar is a big feat. I think you need to allow yourself a little treat now and again. 🙂 I don’t think I could last even a week without sugar.
Hannah - Sometimes you just have to. This looks delicious!
Dana D@BoysMyJoys - Please share the recipe!
Looks delish!
DreamGirlLisa - Whatever that is, it looks like it was worth it. You lasted longer than me 🙂
Bethany - I just have to say that I love your blog! I have been a secret stalker for a while and I finally decided to let you know how much I enjoy it! I am a new mom and you inspire me everyday to be a fun, God-filled mother. Thank you!
Erika - Way to go girl! I’m not even thinking about attempting that at this point!! Just wanted you to know that I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog. And it’s extra fun that you’re in KS, my home too. 🙂
Melanie - Good for you. I can’t believe that you made it 6 weeks. I would be crazy without sugar. I wish I could get off of it but I love it.
H-Mama @ Family Team - Sometimes nothing will do like a lil’ sugar & friend therapy. 😉
(((hugs)))
vicki - Well now listen…if your gonna do it….do it RIGHT! Yummmmmmm.
pam - if those leftovers were in MY fridge i’d have had another piece. YUM.
your self control is awesome! way to go!
Jessie - I hope that pic was the small piece you gave your friend, because that was sooo not a BIG piece!! 😉
amanda - Congrats on the no sugar for 6 weeks – wow! I’m beginning today. Going good so far (11:45 AM – ha!) Since going off – are you feeling any better, lose any weight? My husband is an athlete – no sugar in 5+ years! He says he doesn’t crave it – completely uninterested. If only … 🙂
amy jupin - you make me smile. and giggle. and smile some more.
Jodi - 6 weeks is amazing!!! Sometimes we need to take that babystep back before we can make GIANT leaps forward!
Keep up the great work!
jeanne - You have to have some every once in a while. I bet it was worth it. How is running going? I wanted to go this morning but there is a little snow.
katy - WOW, don’t know if I could give it up…sugar is in (probably) everything I eat. I’m actually more of a salty girl though, I can outdo myself on salt!!!!!!!!!
Yes, girlfriends and sweets (I believe they go hand in hand) are AWESOME!
Tara - WOW – that looks soooooo delish!
You are amazing.
6 weeks.
oh my goodness.
I don’t think I can go 6 hours.
~Tara
Dianne - Wow! 6 weeks…I’m in awe! You have will power like my husband. I have none…
Julie - Six weeks?! Way to go! You’ve inspired me to start right NOW. I’d love to know how you’ve done it. Any tips? How are you feeling? I’ve done the vegetarian thing, am now vegan…so I know I can do it. I just need to think of sugar as crack. 🙂
Julie
purejoy - ohmystars! who would have the willpower to refuse that??
i would like to hear the answers to leslie’s questions. how has being sugar-free changed you?
Christy - Oh my! I don’t blame you that looks so yummy
Sarah @ Clover Lane - What, WHAT???? 🙂
I’m kidding…I think a 6 week detox allows you to be able to be moderate…a treat once in awhile isn’t going to kill anyone.
I’m not there yet…only 16 days. If I relapse now, it will be the end of me.
candace - It’s all about balance. You rock!
jenjen - I can’t believe you’ve lasted 6 weeks. I can’t even go one day – lol! You are amazing!
XOOX
Jen
Immyyas - Ummm yeah that SO looks worth it!!! 🙂
Chalk Inscriptions - It is always worth it! I go out once a week with a random friend at the Cheesecake Factory. Every week is dessert week! And no….I don’t diet. I chase after 4 kids.
Lisa Currie -Gurney - NOTHING DOES A HEART BETTER THEN SUGAR & GIRLFRIENDS. JUST SPENT 3 HOURS AT STARBUCKS WITH ONE OF MY VERY CLOSEST. AND, THEY HAD TO “KICK” US OUT.
HUGS FROM MAINE
Kelly - Mmmmmm…yummm….
Kacey - 6 weeks? Way to go – you must be so proud of yourself!
Kacey - 6 weeks – WOW! What an accomplishment! And you’re going back? Yay for you!
dianereeves - 6 weeks…that is an accomplishment.
We have dessert days at our house…Thursdays and Sundays…that means we eat sweets with no guilt twice a week.
My husband is pretty disciplined with the twice a week thing…and we are with our kids too. Me, on the other hand, I like to add a few extra dessert days in my week. Sometimes a girls just needs some chocolate or cheesecake or brownies.
Laura Phelps - I don’t think there is any sugar in that.
At least, that is what I am choosing to believe.
That’s my story, and I’m sticking with it.
(good for you)
Amanda Mc - I’m a firm believer in letting yourself have a treat every now and then! 6 weeks is a LONG time! Glad you enjoyed something sweet 🙂
Christa - Whatever it was, it looks delish! And was probably worth the slip, no?
Suzanne Gallagher - By the looks of that scrumptious piece, I think I would have to have given in for the day as well. Tomorrow is another day and you will start off wonderfully again! Best wishes!
mel - That is awesome! You are allowed to have a slip up 🙂 And, I am so impressed that you are going sugar free again! For the past 10+ years, I give up all candy & dessert for lent. It is only 40 days, but it is so hard! Good for you for being sugar free for so long!
Amnah - Ha! You might have now stored enough sugar to last another 6 weeks. That looks soooo good.
Kimberlee J. - I think I’ve been eating enough sugar for both of us. I’m glad you went for it…maybe now I can put the brakes on.
Becca Parker - Totally worth it!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - YEP I hear ya girl:) We splurged today too and it was definitely worth it. Now back on the wagon again!
annalea - been there before and yes, it is totally worth it.
Karina - I can’t imagine giving up sugar for six days, let alone six weeks! I hope having a big chunk of it helped you deal with whatever it is. whatever, right??
angela - I use to throw in the towel when I gave in to something. But then I went to Weight Watchers (years ago) and learned there is grace in eating too. Tomorrow is a new day.
Stephanie - Oh my, is that cheesecake? Looks yummy!
Julie K. - Good for you!! That’s called GRACE. 🙂 xo
Trish - yummy! By the way I LOVED your polka dot entry… you are a fun gal!
Courtney Walsh - You did good! 🙂 And I did the same thing. I gave myself one piece of banana cake then went back to no sugar. I really believe it’s all about balance and when you decide to go for the sugar again, to do it not out of some emotional reason (usually in my case, that’s anger) but because you simply want to eat a piece of banana cake.
I gave up sugar and gained 3 lbs. How’s that for annoying?
meredith - Well done, Meg. Balance in all things is a happy way to live. Virginia Woolf once said “One can not love well, live well or sleep well, unless one has also eaten well”. Hope whatever the situation is seems a little more manageable and less burdonsome for you. Girlfriends and sugar….what a God given combination! Meredy xo.
elizabeth - That’s probably the best way to do it so you don’t go completely bonkers. Because no sugar at all is just not sustainable, right? I was inspired enough by your denial of sugar to go on a sugar strike myself and got through the past week. Today I indulged in a chocolate cake (that I think I got the recipe for on your blog!). It was delicious but I’m back tomorrow. I hope I can do at least six weeks — way to go!!!
your cool friend Cheryl - I always give up candy for Lent and I can tell you 6 weeks is a looong time! Good job 🙂
Holly - six weeks is great! You deserved a sweet treat!
Brooke Whitis - I think you did great. It is such a challenge to do. I did the same thing when my husband was deployed. Helped me to focus on the Lord. I had to. I was dying without it 🙂 And without him. Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS on six weeks. I know you will make it just the same…
Staci - Oh man!!! SIX weeks!! Good for you Girl!!! For Lent, I am going to give up sweets ;( Will be the longest 40 days…but I figure if Jesus can die on the cross for me….I can do this for him 🙂 Sad comparison really 🙁 Did you lose any wait while doing the no sugar thing??? And did you honestly feel better??? Please tell me yes 😉
Leslie - So are you able to tell a difference in the way you feel since being off sugar? Are you thinking more clearly? Do you have more energy? Is it worth giving it up? Not that I think I could do it….although I did kick the diet coke habit so who knows? 🙂