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April 18, 2011 Filed in random,things i love

everyone asked about my photo collages.
that is so random.
i love it.

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i made them at picnik.com 
back on this post….talking about my favorite posts from 2010.
it's part of the collage section.
it's a premium feature though not in the free version.

i hung them on pom pom trim (joann's or walmart or hobby lobby has it) from little clothes pins in the craft dept.

i printed them as 12×12's at scrapbookpictures.com.

their website is a little bit….lame.

but their product is fabulous.
great prices.
great shipping.
i use them for everything i have printed in the past 5 years.
so don't give up when you first go to their site.

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someone asked me about my awesome wreath….

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it's from danielle.
she is saving her pennies and getting crafty to go to blog sugar.
you should get one and help her out!
they are cute!
i canNOT wait to meet her!

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i think that "wildflowers" by tom petty could be the best song in the history of all songs. 

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sometimes i have the thought: 
"if i have to go to the grocery store ONE MORE TIME i may lose my mind."

this month i have been thinking that all the time.

even if i was more organized……

i would still have to go.

i am tired of that chore….over and over and over. 

BUT….as i type those words….i can hear my spoiled little mind…..so lame….boo hoo you have to buy food.
i need to change my thinking.

make it a positive.

i GET to provide my family with healthy food.
i GET to go to a giant store with more food than i could eat my entire lifetime.
i need to quit whining.

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i got to see her.  :)
she looked very grown up and pretty.

thanks for sharing all your prom stories…it was a nice distraction! 

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i have lots to do today….if i can stay motivated.
leaves are coming out of the flower beds finally.
phone calls and errands.
and the groceries.
AND JILLIAN….week 3 starts today….i am kind of afraid of what it involves….sore muscles for sure.

what does your monday have going on?
 

 update:   SQUAT JACKS in week 3  
               pushup/headstands
               and jumping on one foot….who knew that this would be difficult?
               annie just showed me that jumping on one foot was going to be her talent for  the church 
               talent show next week.
               and apparently it IS a talent because i can't do it more than three times.
               what have i done to this body?!
               why didn't i appreciate it when it looked like it did for prom 1991????? 


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Hayley - I keep referring back to this post and now I am FINALLY ordering collages…what resolution do you save the collage in to have clear 12×12 print outs?

Annie - Oh Meg—I can so relate to the grocery comment. Seriously—we are so blessed here in the United States–I have 2 full grocery stores less than a mile from me where i can get ANYTHING I WANT. Oh MY GOSH….I have NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT! I have been following your blog for awhile and I think this is the first time I’ve commented. I so enjoy your candor, freshness, spunkiness, and you are just plain fun. I pray God’s blessings on you and your lovely family. Signed–a now “uninvisible blog follower!

the whyte house - thanks for the tip on the photos. i’ve been trying to put some together for my son’s birthday party. i already have premium picnik and that site will help out a lot.
lauren–don’t you know that wearing trench coats over prom dresses is all the rage now?? seriously. it was in on E! last night. 🙂 lol.
she looked soooo pretty!

Michele - OMGorgeous! That’s it. Gorgeous.

jeannie - Lauren is absolutely gorgeous. It’s nice to see and read about her on your blog pages. She is stunning! Hope she had fun:)

Sheridan Eketone - Wow.. Lauren is STUNNING! Ok… ABSOLUTELY HATE FOOD Shopping! Something I dread on a regular basis! On the upside… this weekend (in New Zealand) I’m heading to SHOUT conference to see Israel Houghton & New Breed! How could life be bad?? Hope you have a lovely EASTER!!! Thanks for your posts, you are one FABULOUS lady! Sheridan x

Tammy - Lauren looks beautiful, love her dress & hair!
Also love your photo collages & your random posts! Hope you had a great day!

Lia - hii so overall do you like 30 day shred? is it really effective? im trying to decide if i should order it. i have started gaining weight since being married and HATE running and dont really have the money for gym membership – plus i dont think id ever go. would you recommend jillian?

tiffany - the collage was good. the wreath sweet. but your daughter in her prom dress was truly priceless.

Jenna - I’m starting Ripped in 30 today and I’m scared 🙁 Lauren looks beautiful … I love her purple and her hair!

jennibell - Megan, thought of this when you posted the bit about being grateful for being able to grocery shop. . .just an attitude adjustment. . .this is a really good clip that I think you’d like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&feature=share

georgia - I wish I had the motivation to do more workouts!!
I need to lose 2 stone in 5 months to fit in my wedding dress, feeling slightly depressed as only lost 7lbs in the past 4 months!!!!!!!! Arghhhh

jennibell - Today. . .played tennis, took the kids out for donuts, hit the library, and an impromptu lunch at Sam’s Club with my husband 🙂 Now. . .schoolwork (for the kids — I finished up my Master’s theses yesterday – ya!), make dinner, get one to soccer practice and fit in Jillian somewhere. I’ll start week 2 today.
Thanks for the info on the college pictures. One of my 2011 goals is to take a “picture of the day”. . .this might be a good way to document them 🙂
For grocery shopping. . .something that has helped me. . .I keep a constant list going on a pad in my kitchen. I have “trained” everyone to write down when they open the last box of cereal, get the last gallon of milk out, etc. and that makes it so much easier for me not to overlook something and have to make a quick trip back. Of course weekly menus cut down on the grocery shopping trips too but I haven’t mastered those yet. Wish I could since our closest grocery is 13 miles away. Hope you get all your stuff done today!

Rach - Oh don’t get me started on my list for today or for the next 2 weeks. I am due to give birth next Friday (c-section), we just moved into our new house last weekend (it’s not a fixer, but it’s not perfect either… lots of projects in the works), we are still 1/2 in boxes and in the process of finishing the 2nd bath, I am the size of a whale at 38 weeks pregnant and trying to run around after a 2 year old and a puppy is exhausting, and I have a laundry list of stuff to get done before my parents get here to help tomorrow night. Phew. At least today I dropped off my laundry to have someone else do it for me (yay for fluff and fold) since our washer and drier are buried by boxes and not hooked up yet. Busy busy busy.
On a lighter side, I am so glad you got to see your daughter before prom. She looks gorgeous! Oh how dresses have changed since the 80’s. 🙂

Nichole - I thought I’d get stuff done this Monday, then it became so windy that everyone is having issues keeping their cars going straight on the road. *sigh* So now that works over, I’m staying in. And probably doing counted cross stitch.
I’m not really sure I could jump up and down on one foot either. Maybe I’ll try later.

Leah - Lauren looks SO pretty! Glad she let you take her photo and share it with us. I LOVE Picnik and that collage feature is my favorite. I hadn’t though of printing them out and hanging them though. I’ve been doing Project 365 (photo a day) on my blog and making a collage at the end of each month. I think I’ll print those out and display them. Thanks for the inspiration.

julia - daannngg! what a babe!

elizabeth pilling - so glad you got to see her off. she’s beautiful. i spent my prom in the er getting 17 stitches in my forehead after i knocked myself out running into a pole that was hiding behind streamers. HA!

Heidi - She looked so pretty! I had to laugh- I have a dress in black that is almost identical to that one and my husband’s favorite suit is exactly like the one her date is wearing. 🙂 Except they look much better than we do. 😉

Shaina Brown - starting week one of jillian. all the while my 2.5 yr. old and my 3 yr. old niece tear apart the house. wish me luck!!!

karen - do you have a vegetable garden meg? that could help some trips mayyyybe!?
Best Garden salad:
cut tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, celery stick and leaf, (hot banana pepper if you like it hot), glorious olive oil and salt! the best salad ever!! and fresh crusty italian bread to soak up all the freshly grown juice goodness!!

Ali - I’m starting week 2 tomorrow,,is Ripped in 30 working for you?
I am following the diet too, mostly,, except for dinner,,I eat what I feed my family..just a few more veggies, and smaller portions of everything else,,,except yesterday,,I ate tortilla chips!
I have lost a little weight, and am getting stronger for sure…but I want major results:) Like, swimsuit worthy results!

Danielle Thompson - I too am glad you got to see Lauren! Evidently you saw some of my family too that backyard is my brother’s house. Hopefully their group had a fantastic time!
This Monday I’m working.

Janelle - So I have to admit I was a little sad when my Get Ripped With Jillian finally arrived from Amazon…I figured if I don’t have it, I can’t do it…right??? I ATTEMPTED the first week yesterday…and laid down on the floor about 1/2 way through. I can do it though…I think!
How do you just not cry looking at that pic of Lauren? I know it is happy…growing up…but just looking at her picture (and she’s not even mine!) just truly tugs on my heart strings!

Sara W - This morning I was just wondering if you got to see Lauren-so happy for you. She looks fabulous.
And yes, level three is oh my HARD! I follow the easy girl more times than not.

Lacy Brauner - Today Meg, I clean up after Hurricane payton and Hurricane Jacob..both born durin Hurricanes, Rita and Ike..Not a good combo..if you live in Houston, it has to be a bad omen to have babies during Hurricane season..Also, cleaning up after our baby lab/hearder mix who tears up the backyars. Also, I have to do mass amount of laundry and also, hit the dreaded grocery store. Its not the shopping i hate, its the money i spent and bringing hurricanes with me is never easy.. I wish i was more organized.. but..you make a good point.. waa i have so many clothes( i hate) i have to wash them, (in my house) i have to feed my family waaa waaa i need to be more positve as well.. thanks meg for always being so positvly REAL. as a feshly new single mom, most days are hard, but i look at my hurricanes faces, and it is all worth it..and there are people out there who have it soo much harder then me, i need to stop feeling sorry for myself:]

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - I’ve tried and tried to go to scrapbook.com and order pictures… I’ve given up over and over… one day…
You’re daughter is BEAUTIFUL! My baby girl is going to her Jr. Prom on the 30th. sigh…

Katy - Ooookay.. 🙂 Can I just say, Lauren looks GORGEOUS! Thank you for sharing that print site! I have Picnik premium so I am going to whip up some collages and have them printed out. Gotta hit up Wal Mart for some pom pom trim, too. 😉
I wonder, do you have Pinterest? I would love to see your pin boards, if so! If not.. Let me send you an invite! 😀

BriBedell - The grocery store is the devil. Love the pictures, I really wish I had a nice camera. Not that I would have any clue how to use it but I’m just saying it would be nice!!! Lauren looks so cute! My younger sister is her age, so although I don’t parent her I know how stressful they can be/act!!!

Nicole - I think Wildflowers could also be the best album ever! Also, I’m loving those collages & the way you hung them up!

Melissa - Today is day one of spring break for my kiddos. I’m being a bum. We might do a craft. Other than that, it’ll be a lazy day!

Necole - Monday is usually my detox day from working all weekend. I am a nurse, an sometimes the work can take a toll on you like any job. Unfortunately, I have a to do list that consist of driving in traffic. I hate traffic.

AshleyAnn - Lauren looks amazing! She picked the perfect color – just gorgeous on her. I am so glad you got to see her.
Sometimes it is hard not to whine 😉

Alicia @ La Famille - monday: change sheets, make a TON of phone calls, a few errands, and finish a few things for a new “line” of fun things for my shop. oh, and school my children 🙂

Katie - I am so glad you got to see her!
Today is cleaning up from celebrating my birthday (a bit early since it is on Good Friday) with both sides of the family! And probably eating really healthy and going to the gym because of all the delicious food. Can’t complain about that I guess!

Wendy - I’m doing taxes today … can u say procrastination?!
U are blessed … Lauren is beautiful!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - LOVE Lauren’s hair the most but everything about her looked beautiful!
My Monday? Sewing, sewing, sewing. Then violin lessons for the 7 year old(skipping little ones gymnastics class to take big one to her lesson. UGH)
Every time I hear the words Blog Sugar I get all happy inside:) I cannot WAIT!
xo,
Sarah

susan ponder - The Petty song has long been a fave! I’m happy you were able to see your daughter off to prom.

Lisa Currie-Gurney - SO GLAD YOU GOT TO SEE HER!!! SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL “GIRL”, MEG.
THEY DO GROW UP WAY TO FAST!!!
DON’T FORGET TO HAVE A BIT OF TIME FOR YOURSELF TODAY… AND I DON’T MEAN JILLIAN. THAT DOESN’T COUNT. ITS GOOD BUT TAKE MEG TIME. EVEN IF ITS JUST A QUIET MOMENT TO SIT AND BE WITH, Him.
HUGS FROM MY HEART

danielle - bahahha. that’s my evil laugh.
i cannot wait to embrace you…does that creep you out?
a little?
just a little?
i wish i was doing jillian michaels…sort of… i wish i was getting the results and not doing it actually.
lauren is stunning!!

Lauren - I feel the same way about the grocery store, I’m sick of shopping and it is so expensive.
But then I thank God that I have the money to feed my family, to nourish them and watch them grow. I thank God that I haven’t ever had to put them to bed hungry as millions of mothers around the world have to do. So yes, we have to keep it in perspective 🙂

Jen - OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!! I only got through about 10 minutes of Week 3 today. OY. I’m trying not to get discouraged and go back to week 2 and telling myself that it doesn’t have to be perfect this time around. What are you doing to stay on it??

happygirl - Lauren looks GREAT. LOVE the wreath. HATE grocery shopping. My Monday includes going to work and coming home and making food for everyone and going to bed. I guess you can see why I don’t have pictures on my blog.

Sophie - Wow, Lauren looked gorgeous! What a knock out!
My Monday is very relaxed as I’m on Spring Break right now. My friend’s 18th birthday is tonight though, so I’m going to her party.
Have a happy day! (:

flowerpowermomma - Lauren looks lovely and her date sharp too. I hope they had lots of fun. Most importantly, I’m glad you got to see her AND take a picture. woohoo!!
hmm, today I should get laundry done, some main dishes made ahead and in the freezer for ‘wedding week’, and I want to try out my new electric (yeah) hedge trimmers.
Then finish off the day with a small family birthday party for my adorably cute great nephew who just turned 2.

Alissa - Your daughter looks gorgeous! My son had prom this weekend also…..so hard to see them so grown up!
I am working today and then starting an extreme fitness class tonight….I am very nervous, I’ve been assured I will be unable to move for a few days. Will be drinking lots of water throughout the day to get ready! Enjoy your Monday:)))

Sarah - Love your random colorful posts! Lauren looks amazing! Love the collages….I’ve got to do some!

Georgia - Love the Collages!!! going to do that myself i think!
Lauren looks stunning!! – lovely dress!

Kat - Lauren is an absolute stunner! Glad you got to see her and take a pic.
Love the photo collages, very inspiring. IF I had room to put one up in our tiny house with six people in it!
As for groceries we try to only go once a fortnight. Yes you read that right and then top up weekly for fruit and veg, bread and milk.
My Monday included water aerobics, a hot choc with my two youngest, errands and a quiet afternoon at home procrastinating and feeling rather blah on a dreary, grey autumn day here in Aus.
Kids are now heading to bed, so I am going to do lunch boxes.
Hope yours was productive!
Better go listen to the Tom Petty song now.

Michelle from Australia - Dear Meg. I’m reading and reading and thinking ‘oh how sad we won’t get to see how Lauren looked’ and WOW, there was the picture as I scrolled down. WOW. She looks fabulous. Just like her Mum.
And in my Monday here in Australia was paddling around in the pouring rain trying to get things done before we scoop up our little family and some friends and fly to Fiji for a week over Easter. Only 3-1/2 hours flying time from here. An easy flight for us 🙂 Not like the 14 hours to Los Angeles or 9 hours to Honolulu.
Thank you for your writings. I love them. I love the colour of your life. I love the inspiration. Thank you again.

Hannah - This is a lovely post – your daughter looks stunning! Thanks for sharing about where you got your mosaic prints done – I’d spotted them & wondered about them, so I’m glad others asked the question rather than just wondering! I hadn’t heard this Tom Petty song before – I love it now though. As soon as it finished I had to click replay I liked it that much : )

Gemma @ Musings Of A Gem - Hi Meg!
I have to admit I love the collage pictures too…great way to show lots of memories!
Today I am going to try and create some new designs for cushions…great stuff.
Gemma x

shelley - Your daughter looks amazing !! wowzie !! I would lock her up in her room NOW ! I loved your pompom trim so much and i didnt even get a pillow..boo hoo..so i went out and bought some to hang Jude’s art from in his room !! He loves it. Calls it his “lotsa balls hanger” (hee hee). I detest the grocery store! I think food is the biggest waste of money (although I love it!!)…i mean come on…we buy it..hall it into the house..put it away…have to cook it..then we…well you know what happens to it after it is eaten…money pooped out !! sorry i had to say that. I love the wreath..wish it went with my home decor. I wish i could change all my home decor, but we are broke so i just deal with it. Its not bad….just old.
Happy Monday to you !

Alicia - My Monday has one thing going on – finishing an assignment about teaching the Creative Arts to primary (elementary) school children. We have to write up a unit for each of the art forms- Music, Dance, Drama & Visual Arts. I’m basing my units on the book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”.
I think you would like it 🙂
I would normally too, but I’ve been working on it alllll weekend, and now I’m up to the part where we have to write a mini-essay justifying the implementation of the creative arts in the classroom. Interesting, yes… but ugh. Theory. Give me the hands-on, instruments being played, paint on your hands, clay under your fingernails, anyday!

Brook - Your daughter looks so pretty! I hate the grocery store too. Do you have an iphone or itouch? I have this amazing app called mealboard and it’s been LIFE CHANGING!! Lame that an app about menus can change my life but it has. You just enter your favorite recipes and it saves them forever and then when you are at the store you can just click a few of the meals and it makes you a little grocery list with the ingredients you need. I still hate the store but the thing I hated more then the store was the deciding what to eat and listmaking. Now I can even click on a few things and email the list to my hubby and he can stop and grab the stuff. If only I could find an app that would just bring bread, diapers and milk to my door!

Valerie @ Chateau a La Mode - Your daughter looks amazing…love her dress. I almost didn’t get to see my son go to his prom last year….long story, but bottom line I totally relate so I’m glad you did get that picture. It’s so important to us mommies!

laurenjean - she looks beautiful !! I can not wait for Blog Sugar !! And I hear you on the hatred of grocery shopping. i HATE IT !!!

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random thoughts.

February 24, 2011 Filed in random

shaving.
i wish i didn't have to do it.
i know i don't HAVE to but yeah….i kinda do.
i wish that all of the women in the world would unite and say NO MORE.
and then in turn all the men would say "i love your hairy legs….it's hot"
and my problem would be solved. 

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28 yards of pom pom trim.

remember i bought all that?
remember i went out in a blizzard to buy it?
actually i have bought over 40 yards of it and i had a bunch before i bought that.
well….it's gone.
i have sewn over 40 YARDS of pom pom trim to pillows.
i am a weirdo.

my etsy shop….will open….in march.
let's say probably

monday march 7.

cool.

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did i mention that parenting is really hard?
i did ?
ok…just wanted to remind you that i don't have it all together and it's HARD.
and i am feeling….
overwhelmed and under qualified. 

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i am on the desk top computer here….so i have the OLD iPhoto library.
here was february 2007:

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playing simon says in the NEW kitchen…no furniture yet.
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and little talby…
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i can't quite tell what the top line says but the second sentence is "the boy is eating breakfast"

then february 2008:

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jenny and lisa were visiting this weekend in 2008!  i miss you girls!
AND…i am currently wearing that exact same sweatshirt at this very moment!!!!  oh my.

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little laurney.
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her 13th birthday night.

then here is february 2009:

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looks the same now….but more mature/old.

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very close up of our cat emily taken by lauren.

and finally february 2010:

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wrestling with dad….and waffle.
waffle always starts barking and jumping around when the kids wrestle with craig….so funny.

ok.

i finished my list yesterday.
and took more pictures of oranges.
and watched parenthood.
it was GOOOOOD.

now…i am off to california to be filled with so much RAD photo knowledge that i hope my head won't explode.
YAY for blue lily.
YAY for GoPro.
YAY for beach houses.
YAY for no laundry for four days.

:) 

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Felipe - I think so too. I have watched all of the seosans 4 times, and i really think that they ended it on a cliff hanger. What about jess? i mean i know he is in heros, but i hope they make a new season of gilmore girls. Ok well i totally agree with you… bye.

Pangeran - I have been hearing that there isnt a sesoan 8 just that ABC Family is showing the sesoan 7 and that they are calling it new because its new to ABC Family which is going to make alot of people mad I know it already has made me mad. I was so excited now someone has pulled a lucy on me. “Pulling the football out before I go to kick it”

Carlos - hiii im maggie me and my siestr watch every season about 15 times we can lip the words im sooo pist off because they say that they arnt making another season what if theres a cancer paitent out there who wants there to be an 8th season huhh??? and she could end her life at any minute and her on wish was for them to make a season 8 like seriously they dont care there just some rich celebertys that they dont give a shit what others think soo they better read this and if they do then it will make them think that other people want this and that the world doesnt revolve around them

lazer-cosmetics - Lovely thoughts shared here. I like all. There are few lovely families which are live together and shared happiness in between. I am apart of such family.

Lauri Hersh - You’ve got a wonderful family! I know parenting can be stressful sometimes, but one cute smile from them can make you feel brand new again. And girl, try to cope up with the beauty innovation. Stop shaving! Don’t you ever hate hair ingrown on your skin? Go, try some laser hair removal!

kristen - i’ve been following your blog for quite some time now & i feel bad because i actually thought out loud…”she has a cat?”. Maybe I need to pay closer attention to things…
parenthood makes me laugh & cry & question everything all at once. I’m talking about the show & real life.
i love love love that show.

Kara Janzen - Megan! The one picture of Sean is from Kindergarten and he would have done that drawing and writing with me! My goodness that brought back some memories! Also, I’m pretty sure the first line says something along the lines of “The boy is going out” and then the second line is maybe “with ____ a date.” I LOVED watching that kid draw in Kindergarten! Can’t believe how big your kids have gotten!

sandy toe - I am having a giveaway with Shabby apple…giving away a cute little girls dress…come over:)!
Sandy toe

Kristin S - ENJOY this time learning and learning and playing and playing.
As for shaving. Well, I bought a Groupon for laser hair removal. The “do not bleach or pluck for weeks before” is quite possibly the meanest thing anyone has ever done to/for me. Who knew I’d have a full beard within two weeks? She said “just shave”. SHAVE MY FACE??? Yep. Whole new world of ridiculousness.
I’m a month from 40 and do NOT want a mustache or beard thank you very much.
Hope it is all worth it…
Again, enjoy!

Michelle Price - You said you were having a hard time with parenting. I heard this quote yesterday that totally applies. I feel that way too – on a daily basis.
“Raising children is like trying to eat Oreos and brush your teeth at the same time.”
Have a great day!

Alycia (Crowley Party) - great post! excited to see your etsy shop!

Valerie@Chateaualamode.typepad.com - Enjoy your time in California and let us know how it goes.

Suzette - I think it’s, “The boy is going out on a date.” How cute! My son thinks girls and dates are creepy!

Valerie Page - First, I just want to tell you I look forward to reading your blog each day. It’s kind of like a pick me up for me. I enjoy using your craft ideas with my 3 daughters and they enjoy it too. I show them your blog all the time. My 9 year old, Leila loves seeing photos of your girls and what they are wearing. If my Leila could wear Dorothy shoes from Wizard of Oz everywhere, she would… (even to P.E.).:) Parenting is definitely hard work. I have been in my house for 3 days with 2 sick kids. The good thing about it is that we got to watch a lot of movies while they got well:)

Christy - Finally got around to watching Parenthood last night, too. Amazes me how well Amber and Drew “fight.” They are incredible actors. Whoever is writing the scripts over there must be eavesdropping/spying on real families because they nail it every week. BTW, have a great time in CA!

kristine - wait, you have a cat?!!?
have fun in CA! wish i could be with you!!

Kari - Such fun pictures! Our dog loves to get right in the middle of all the wrestling.
Parenthood is one of my very favorite shows! I swear I laugh out loud and cry at every episode. It’s just so good.

marnie scott - lets blame the moon. i had a rough day yesterday too. weird how silly little parenting thoughts can make you cry. AND its a good thing we are the only ones that hear these little thoughts…..(until you burst into tears after yoga class in a little sandwich shop) CRAZY LADY! i will tell you what my friends told me…your children are SO lucky to have you~you’re going to hear this waaaaaay down the road. i am glad you have your blog for an outlet…WE are grateful for you. your words make me feel like i’m not alone~thanks. really really.

mary beth - If I was going to CA I would shave my legs too! I’m on a no shave jag myself..what else is winter good for, right? It keeps your legs warmer…whatever…have fun girlfriend and come back with lots of tales to regale us with!

Diana Gibbs - Hmmm…the hair on my legs is so long I could probably braid it…just sayin’…although when the weather gets warmer and the jeans come off and the shorts go on, I’ll have to get out that danged old razor and shave.
Love your blog!
Hugs,
Di

Terrie - I had the same thoughts on shaving yesterday!! Hate it with a passion!
Sooooo JeaLouS that you are going to San Diego! My old stomping grounds! Miss it very much! Also wishing I was going to learn more about photography! I love it…have lots to learn! If you need an assistant any time…Call ME!! Have a great time while you are away and don’t think about the laundry that is piling up in your absence! LOL!!..sorry…I just had to go there! Pay back for the die cut? You ARE LaUgHinG aren’t you?! Hugs! Terrie

Christina - No shaving? I’m in. I’m already two weeks in. 🙂
Have a great trip!

Jenny Joy - I have to speak on shaving legs. I have a 5 foot rule. If the hair on my legs isn’t noticable within 5 feet, then I don’t need to shave. My husband doesn’t care either way. Besides, if you aren’t married to me, and I didn’t give birth to you, you have no business trying to scope out whether I have hairy legs or not.
*stepping off my shaving cream box*

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - Last night I was laying in bed, and I could hear Kevin crying to Parenthood and mumbling “Oh, this is so powerful!”
(he’s kinda girly)
so I watched it as soon as I could today! SOOO good! 🙂

Megan Bellomo - Bring warm clothes! It is freezing over here, it might even snow in LA, WHAT??

Jenny B. - Have a GREAT time! I hope maybe you’ll share a few pointers when you come back. 🙂 Oh, and I think it says, “The boy is going out on a date.” He’s spelling the -ing sound e-a-n-u (gooeanu = going, eat eanu = eating) and he put the rest of “out” on the 2nd line ou…wt. Yup. That’s it. 🙂

elisa - I so wish I was going with you.
I am having issues. Issues with everything.
Parenting is hard. I need a break.
I want to move but I don’t want to move.
I don’t know what I want.
Ugh.
Enjoy your trip, I am gonna live through you!!!

Tracy Fisher - Have a blast! I am jealous…. NO laundry… for 4 days!
Tracy Fisher

Lina - ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!! YOU deserve this weekend and I am sure you will have a total blast, can’t wait to hear about it when you come back…..and can’t wait for the shop to open….I am so in love with those pillows with the yellow sunflowers and turquoise background….I am going to send you some pictures of my room and living room, to see what you think might go nicely, I have to introduce some nice color to this house full of boys, they will kill me if I do pink all over, but our new house the granite is kinda of orangy…..so anyways…will send you some pics to see if you can make me some super beautiful groovy pillows!!!!! HAVE A FANTABULOUS TIME!!!!Lina 😉

Karen Gerstenberger - Bon voyage, traveling mercies and God bless you! May this workshop open many doors of joy for all who participate.

Staci - Have an awesome time Megan!!!!! And that bit about hairy legs….well, there HAS to be a SNL about that 🙂 Annnd, our little dog does the same thing…starts barking when we wrestle…but generally, he then tries to attack (for fun) the person who is needing the help the most????!!! Crazy dog 🙂 Can’t wait to hear all about your trip!!!!

Karly Meeks - I love your blog and have been following it for a few months now. You have such a beautiful family and are such an inspiration to me. I like how “real” you are about everything. I don’t have kids yet but aspire to be as good of a mother as you are.

Mindy Harris - you have a cat? have a blast in cali. can’t wait to see pics.

Kate - I only have one word for you: CROSBY!!!???

Kat - You really do capture your world/life beautifully in photo’s, so how great that you get to go and extend your knowledge even further in photography.
Sounds like you need the break away. Hm, parenting is HARD.
Enjoy the time away and the head space.
I too love Parenthood and I love looking back at old pics of how much the kids have grown.
Do you get all teary/sentimental when you see how little they once were?
I am going through that this week and oh I just want to press rewind and do it all again.

Southern Gal - *post
I don’t know what a poat is…sorry.

Southern Gal - You’ve got to see the Should You Shave Your Legs chart on this poat: http://kellyrachel.com/blog/2011/02/21/rainy-days-and-mondays
Some of the others are hilarious, too. Have fun in California!

Kate - Girl, you don’t have to shave!
I stopped shaving about a year ago, and it’s been the MOST liberating thing ever. And ya know what? I’m still hot. And everyone knows it. The hair thing is such a ridiculous societal issue started by MEN in fashion. Same thing with high heels. I could go on and on but if you want to stop, I swear: it’s not bad. It’s actually so much fun.

sue - Have fun !!!!

hannah - i didn’t get the manual for mothering either. love your honesty. does that say “the boy is going out on a date?” (my teacher instinct had me trying to figure it out!) Question…. do you all have TV? or watch TV? how have you encouraged your children to have a love for art work and participate in your Thurs crafts? love your ideas!

danielle - enjoy! so jealous!

Nicole Q. - Have a blast!

Sugar Mama - I don’t think I’m qualified to parent TEENAGERS. I’m a pretty decent parent to children 12 and under. Anything over that is becoming too much for me to handle.
And I have yet to watch a single episode of Parenthood and not cry. Even the happy episodes make me cry. I relate to so many of the characters. A beautifully written script.

deborah@applesinwonderland - a laundry vacay sounds pretty good. i’m easy-peasy. shaving your legs for the state of california? i might shave mine for hawaii. or cleveland. whatev. have a blast!!!!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Im amazed at how quickly my girls(5 & 7) are growing up and love to look back at their old photos. And the pic of your kitty is a great shot.
Im curious to know if you’ve ever done a post about a house tour? I love that your photos are really large on your blog and Ive loved what Ive seen so far but just wondered if you have it documented anywhere in s certain spot? Id love to see it:)
XO,
Sarah

Kate Cupps - I think “The boys is going out on a date.”
So cute.

Tess S. - all your talk about PARENTHOOD made me start watching it. i watched every episode from this season in like 3 days. i have a 3 month old and she still gets up late at night to eat. the only problem with watching an entire season in 3 days and being completely caught up… is being caught up. i now have to wait a full week to watch another episode. addicted. aaaaaaaddicted.

Sara - Have a great time!!!!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Girl. Are you boozing it up while you’re scraping wallpaper?? What a fantastic idea!
Have fun where it’s warm.
Bye.

Kim - Enjoy your laundry hiatus (I’m soooo envious!!!)
I am beyond excited for your shop to open. I hope there are more of your adorable t-shirts for little girls- my daughter refuses to stop wearing the t-shirt I bought for her last year even though it is starting to resemble a belly shirt….

Kori - have fun in ca! wish i still lived there right about now…it’s still snowing in my ‘hood. please bring back a pic or two to share of my old homeland!! pretty please?

Amber - “The boy is going out on a date”. ?
Love random posts.
Happy Thursday! Enjoy Cali! That’s where I’m at, it’s wonderful, of course. 🙂
♥ Amber
Silver Lining

Sarah - I love that you are drinking a beer while stripping wall paper. That is something I would do too. Have fun is sunny california.

jeana - the boy is going out on a date? I love the pictures and the memories. Parenting is hard. Very. Have a wonderful trip Meg. Enjoy yourself! (random comments to you random thoughts)

Beth - I love looking back at past photos–it’s so good to remember how the kids (and the dogs!) have grown.
Have a GREAT trip!! CAn’t wait to see pics from it and to hear what you learned.

happygirl - Yay!!! for finishing the list. Have a great trip and share the knowledge, if you don’t mind.

Dana D@BoysMyJoys - Parenthood made me get all teary-eyed.
(Big surprise there- what doesn’t make me cry?)
Have fun in Cali!!!
Now, I can’t get “I’m going back to Cali, Cali, Cali- I’m going back to Cali- I don’t think so.” out of my mind!

jodi @ back40life - I know – isn’t Parenthood the best? we devour it every week!
have a fab time in Cali – we’ll miss you 🙂

Jennifer P. - Funny how I remember all of those pictures you shared. Your photography is like a good, unforgettable movie 🙂

Nicole - omg – Leah?? So jealous right now…

Lorelei Eurto - Give Kelley Wenzel a big hug for me when you see her there!

Geli - Pack some warm clothes, it’s cold here in San Diego and it’s supposed to rain Saturday/Sunday.

steph - i love seeing how your kids have grown and matured… although thinking about it, you probably don’t like it?! then you can really tell that they are indeed growing up. 🙁
lovin’ the pic of you pulling down wallpaper with a beer in your hand. ha ha ha ha! i should put up the picture of me laying sod at our house with a beer in my hand. seems like we enjoy the same things? booze while we do manual labor?! ha ha!
enjoy GoPro. man, oh man! i would LOVE to do something like that… not enough of a pro on the camera though. just play around all the time. i hope you have a blast. i’m super jeal. laugh lots with tyler and wendy for me, please?! they seem so hilario!

Jana Moore - Would love to be going with you to GoPro…..have fun!!!
Jana from Kansas too!

Gemma - Have fun in Cali!! I hope to see lots of pictures when your back 🙂
Gemma x

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to-do list.

February 23, 2011 Filed in home decorating,random

i have too much to do before tomorrow.
when i am stressed about getting stuff done….my natural instinct is…..to do something unrelated.
like sew four pillows for my couch.

i just HAD too.

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is that circley colorful fabric not THE most amazing?!!  i bought a ton of it because i love it so much!
(it's by alexander henry…it's called Boule.)

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i have issues.

i am sure it has a name and a therapist or a doctor could talk to me about it….prescribe me something perhaps?

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so many things to get done but instead i take pictures of my coffee cup.

isn't it fun? 

so graphic.

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instead of using my time while annie is playing….i stop and take pictures of her playing!
this is definitely a problem.

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just a quick lamp makeover with spray paint and a vintage tablecloth and hot glue.
you know….cause i don't have a page long to-do list.

oh wait….i DO!

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I.S.S.U.E.S.

ok….i have to get stuff done today.

things like……pack for my trip.
feed my family.
clothe my family.
clean my home.
make cupcakes.
put clothes away.
make arrangements.
fill in schedules.
make phone calls.
watch parenthood.
sew four more pillows…..just kidding. 

if you have emailed me….i hope to get back to you.
i am super behind on email response.
because i am very busy.

(taking pictures of oranges) 

bye.

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Lisa Palmese - Love the Pillows But I adore that lamp.
It is Gorgeous
thanks Lisa

Luciane - Hi Karin,I wish I could splurge on cutosm Alluminaire lighting and matching throw pillows (which I love)! I happen to have a “Heartfelt Award” for you at my blog, since you were one of the blogs that inspired me to start my own. You can pick it up .

Shahd - Oh wow, that would be awesome if you were on the hunt for sotnehimg you’ve already got pictured in your mind.But then again, this is why I wouldn’t want a custom house built. What if they build/make it EXACTLY like I asked and then I hate it?! Ack. I am much better at tweaking and remodeling. :)Can’t wait to see what you come up with though!

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andiejaye - i love love love the idea of arranging books by color!!! i tried it and loved it!!! thanks for sharing the idea with us! i put 4 links of your picture and blog on my blog post about it. (it’s little i have 8 followers) i hope that’s ok. if not, let me know and i’ll remove them. i just think you’re fabulous! blessings, andie

Lisa Currie-Gurney - I TEND TO DO THE SAME THING… I’VE REALIZED IT HELPS ME TO FOCUS ON WHAT I NEEDED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
HUGS FROM MY HEART

Sarah - I am also a crazy color junkie and I love love love those color-coordinated kids books!

Heather aka moreygirl - I’m the same way about not doing what’s on my list and sewing something fun instead! Love this blog!

Kristin S - Annie’s facial expressions are absolutely classic. You’ll be so glad someday when that sweet baby face morphs to teenager that you have so many great photos.

Lolli - wait, can you paint brass?

amy jupin - the lamps look FAB.
all capitals.
the pillows are so you.
love them.
i suffer from the same problem–procrastination!
hate it.
one more thing, i hope you have a great time on your trip!
🙂

Lorie S. - You seriously just made me laugh out loud. Such is my day, everyday. The list of things I need to do and the list of things that I want to do. Feel so much better on the days that I do the things I want to do. So since today is a rainy day, I think I will read, sew, play, and make cupcakes!!! =)

Kat - Meg, you are SOOOO inspiring! Thank you! LOVE the lamp and the pillows. Okay, i am a beginning sew-er, seamstress, whatever…i know this is a DUMB question. But would you mind telling me…do you use pillow inserts for your pillows, or just stuffing?
Would you mind telling me what size you make them (20×20?)…i love the size of yours? I am DYING to sew but FEAR is overwhelming me…fear of messing up. But you have inspired me. Thank you! 🙂

Katie - I would buy a print copy of the orange photo! Just saying!

Corinne - Love the pillows, love your blog, love your spirit.
I was on another site http://www.designmom.com/
and saw these http://www.designmom.com/2011/02/a-few-things-51/
and thought of you…thought you might enjoy.
Have a great day!

Leah - Those are great photos. I don’t think you’re wasting any time. By the way, do you really arrange your books in the order of rainbow colors? I’m impressed!

Katy Frame - Because I am very busy.
(Taking pictures of oranges)
LOL! You are hilarious, Meg! 🙂 I hope you have a fun time on your trip! You so deserve it. And for me complimenting you I deserve a cupcake, right?? It was worth a shot! But seriously, have fun!

Crystal Swoverland - I can’t find Alexander Henry anywhere in my area! I LOVE that fabric! I need some of those pillows, no, not want…NEED!!! I am remodeling and those are my colors!!! HOW can I get this fabric??? THanks for the wonderful post, you always brighten my day!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - 1. Hey – is today Annie’s birthday? 😉
2. Did I miss the part where you told us where on earth you’re headed?
3. I have the very same affliction.
4. Must know how you did that tablecloth lampshade thing. I’m way impressed.

Tracy Fisher - fabulous fabric… and great use of time… i think many of us relate… i was outside today taking photos of my kids snowboarding (because it snowed today… and my son insisted on wearing his creapy hat he got in Mexico… that scares the neighborhood little kids)… all the while avoiding the same list as you have apparently.. minus the cupcakes..hehe.
Tracy Fisher

Marcella - I so know the feeling!
And there must be a lot of people like me commenting on this post! Which it is a relief that I’m not the only one out there that operates like this.
I bet it does have something to do with being a creative person….

Nicole - I am the SAME exact way! The longer my list is, the more I can find to do that is NOT on the list it seems. Procrastination is my forte!
And I LOVE your new pillows! Color Color COLOR! Happy 🙂
Good Luck with your list!

Lin - Haha. I feel so much better about myself after reading this post and the comments. I am NOT alone. Yay! I will go so far out of my to avoid “chores” it’s crazy. When I run out of time to get things done, and am tired I tell myself I’ll get up early and do it in the morning. I even go so far as to set my alarm early, but then the snooze button always win.

Lisa - I want one of your pillows! I need someone to teach me to sew. I’m so lame when it comes to that stuff. Love that you were avoiding your long to do list. I do that occasionally too! 🙂

Penny - I am glad Parenthood is on your list. I love that show, I always feel a little let down when it ends though. I also love your blog and get excited when you have a new post. Makes my day! Love the photos. One Easter I was having 25 family members for dinner and I sat down with my girls and colored 2 hours before dinner. It relaxed me and everything turned out fine!

Tanya H - that’s what I’m doing reading your blog right now. Ignoring my enormous list. drat.

jenna - I couldn’t help notice the bicycle runner on the table.
I have to have that fabric! Or I would love a pillow!
Where did you find it?

Jen - You DO have to watch Parenthood! Whew… it’s loaded.

Gretchen DeMoss - You make me smile.

shauna reed - lampshade=ahhhhmazing.
email me if you need anything in socal.
i will be like 45 min away if you need anything 😉
like a bell or some marshmallow milk….whateves
ps i am gonna be shopping with julie while you are soaking up photography brilliance on sat.
if you get mad at the class and ditch (ha ha) you can come with us…..
xoxox

FeFe - I hope you moved watching Parenthood to the top. It was good!

Tanya - I just showed my sister this post and said “See, there ARE people like us”. Then I asked her “And who looks at a white lampshade and SEES THAT final outcome?” To which she responded “I do”. And I said “Oh yah”. It’s me who sucks.
I love your pillows.

Georgia - The first photo makes me so happy, them pillows are so bright and cheery, so summertime! woo love them!! 🙂
When i need to be busy i just cant do it. i read somewhere once that if you dont feel like doing something then DONT, only do it when you feel like it…
Happy middle of the week day!

Kelley - Excellent pillows! They absolutely needed to be made. Needed.
Safe travels tomorrow

Vanessa at He Gives Hope - have you done a post on your coffee table? did you make it? b/c i am in LOVE.

Keli Cook - I love your new pillows and the makeover of your new lamp!

Anna - I love that picture of Annie and the pets. Super cute.

becky@oursweetpeas - Ahh, I think we are long lost sisters. I am blog reading instead of: cleaning my house, unloading the dishwasher, etc., etc., I did take all 3 kids to the dr.’s and McD’s AND library today so I think I’ve earned a little Parenthood on Hulu too. 🙂 Thanks for the idea.
yeah, I have a problem too.

Stefanie Arnold - someday I hope to say I was so distracted because I was sewing new pillows for my couch. Someday… for now, my creativity is confined to drawing stick figures and cutting out snow flakes 🙂

Shana - I have diagnosed you with ‘Procrastination’ – not otherwise specified.
I would give you therapeutic advice but I have blogs to stare at, books to read, and coffee to drink.
Sorry.
Cute mug.

Kari - You are hilarious.
Seriously.
My in-laws are scheduled to be here in less than two hours for the weekend and I have a HUGE list of things to do, girls are both napping soundly… but instead I updated my facebook status (is says: “Please keep me in your thoughts … I have lost my TO DO LIST!”) and decided it was imperative I check your blog before getting back to looking for my to do list.

Michelle - haha, this is awesome. i so feel ya! i have a super long to-do list as well, and i’m sooo procrastinating! you’ve inspired me! maybe i will go take pictures of oranges too! ha! by the way, i LOVE those pillows! where do you get the fabric???

Karina - Lovely lamp, lovely kitchen, lovely bathroom, lovely pictures…
At least you are not eating to make up for the stress…you are taking pictures instead and that HAS to be less fattening than what I usually do when I feel paralyzed by my to-do list…I have been known to eat sweetened condensed milk from the can…and finish the can in one sitting!! Maybe I should buy myself a camera…

julie h - this made me laugh, that is so very much myself…can you explain that i am not the only one that does this to my hub?

Jenny B. - OH WOW!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new couch pillows!!! And the little chairs at the coffee table!? AWESOME!!! Those may have been there the whole time, and I just now noticed them, but still… SO cute! Thank you for helping me get over my fear of decorating my home with primary colors. I’m serious. For the past 11 years, I have looked longingly at deocrative items with lots of bright colors, and thought, “oh, I like that, but it just wouldn’t go in my house.” Now, I have a brightly painted alphabet canvas that was destined to be on the wall of a little boy’s room as the centerpiece on my mantel, and it’s my favorite thing to look at every day. I can’t wait to do more! Whee!! 🙂 You inspire me!

Aimee - Oh my, I think I have the same syndrome. Miles-long to do list = do something nowhere near ANYthing on said list.
I like to call it Head-In-the-Sand-itis.

Kori - apparently your condition is a nation-wide epidemic! i have it too and i’m in washington.
love the pillows (more for the pom-poms than the fabric, although it is great!) and the lamp…too cute!

Dawn - Love the pillows and the prints are awesome. Your rooms are so colorful I love it.

Kirsten P - I love how the aqua in the’circley colorful fabric’ makes the aqua mirror just pop!
I love the children’s books arranged by color!
Parenthood was great last night. And the previews for next week – can’t wait.
Will you get a chance to go to the ocean and listen to the music of the waves? Enjoy it for me, too.(if you do)

Esther Dee - don’t know about your to-do-list but I do know that those pillows are to-die-for!!!! so pretty and happy 😉

Mrs. Wonder - I do the same thing! Therefore, I’m several days behind on my list. LOVE the lamp, marking this for ideas, we’re house hunting and I’m excited to decorate!

wendy, NJ - OMG! I love you! You are so funny and such an inspiration! Whenever I’m feeling a bit blue I look to your blog as I know it will always be colorful (literally) and in content!
And can I just say I love the fact that you are able to leave markers out in an open bin on your white table…My 3 yo would have a field day if I do that!
Thanks again for such inspiration! Keep it coming!

Kara - love it all but especially your lamp makeover! if you are still wanting to put off your to-do list you should post a tutorial 🙂 lamp shades scare me a little bit, yours looks awesome!

Rach - Yeah. I do the same thing. I’ll find myself mid project and be like “how did I get here? wasn’t I supposed to be doing something else. Must stop…. can’t stop.” But hey, life’s short right!

gina f. - fun photos! Now that you have a happy heart i am sure you will fly thru your to do list! love how your books are arranged in rainbow order and the lamp makeover is super!! have a great trip!

Courtney Walsh - Good lord, I am sooo behind too and yet here I sit doing important things like reading blogs!!! lol
I agree with the person above me. soooo many houses are showing a neutral palette these days, but COLOR is soooo inspiring. Love that you arranged your dang books in rainbow form!! lol awesome.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - You are doing NOTHING wrong, but everything RIGHT!

Elizabeth Walters - I LOVE how colorful your house is! I always stick with neutral… b/c I am boring like that. 🙂

Anne @ Baking Me - I love that lamp, very cute. I have issues with lamps. I am always on the hunt for a great lamp at a great price, no such luck yet but I keep trying 🙂

Trina McNeilly - Love this… love all the pictures. The lamp and pillows are fab. sometimes distractions are good 🙂
xo

Jen Brandt - You rock.

jennifer - Oh good! I thought I was the only one with this issue. So glad to know I’m not alone!

Ana - Meg, I can totally relate. I have like 20 things to do and yet I get into a catatonic state of denial hoping they will all go away. However, that strategy never works out… 🙁

Leah - How did you make that lamp shade?!? Please share! It looks amazing!

blu - …or if you are me you are in front of the computer while the laundry, children, dishes, and bathrooms are calling for you 🙂 I’ll get to all of them immediately, just let me post a comment first…Meg you are way cool please keep doing ALL that you do!!

Jocelyn Stott - LOVE the lamp! It looks great!

Jessica Johnson - the colors in this post? FAB to the ULOUS. seriously. the books? arranged by color??! genius.

asnipofgoodness - I soooooo get this, I do the very same exact thing, for some reason the need to get something done, causes me to get other things done….I just don’t get it! I mean I get that you do it, cuz I do too, but I don’t get the why, cuz it just never makes much sense!
I LOVE the pillows, and the lamp, OMGoodness, so extraespecially colorful!I just LOVE the glimpses of your style that turn up on your blog!
I have a HUGE lamp shade that I picked up at restore, and that is just the perfect solution to a less than desirable funky stained cover! Now I need an oversized lamp base to hold it up!
Oh, and I read “your story” just the other day, and I really loved your unapologetic honesty! What a wonderful picture of God’s redemption! Thank you for that!
I almost never comment, but I ALWAYS read, thanks!

Joy - You and I, we were seperated at birth. I call it piddling…and I love that the books on the bookshelf are arranged by color. It made my heart smile.

Lindsey - Alexander Henry has some of the most amazing fabrics ever!

Maeva - Where can I find the bicycle fabric in the last photo?!

Mindy Harris - your pillows and buntings are going to sell out on etsy in 5 seconds. i can’t get anyone to even LOOK at my stuff. hehe. i’m not complaining, i promise. etsy’s FUN! i hope you get everything done you need to. it’s okay to take photo or craft breaks. i do all the time.
and, safe travels!

Andrea - Just read comment above mine. Yea, I was intrigued by the color coordinated bookshelf too. Made me smile – was totally you.

Andrea - LOL!! I do that too. My husband says I only operate on crisis mode! Have many, many projects that need finished – need to set my own deadline.

ajdked - Ehh, I have a huge to do list today. Instead I’m still in my pj’s drinking coffee, blog hopping, totally intrigued by your color coordinated book shelf. I have a pile of laundry looming over me. I think I will stay in my pj’s for a half hour longer, then get moving!

Shannon - it’s okay to waste time taking pictures because we all love coming to your blog to see them so really you are just doing it for us which makes you so thoughtful 🙂

deborah@applesinwonderland - i have no idea what you are talking about here. how can you not make pillows with that kind of *look at me* fabric poking at you? and how can you not take adorable pictures of annie in the tub? i say, you have to do those things. xoxo–a partner in crime:)

Trish - ha 🙂 my list is a mile long too, but here I am reading your blog about the stuff you are doing… i believe we have what is called a mix between procrastination and ADD 🙂
can’t wait to meet you tomorrow 🙂

purejoy - dude. if you have issues, i have I.S.S.U.E.S!!
love the fabric. the cup. love bathtime fun. great coffee mug. love your kid’s books are arranged by color.
you complete me.
lists be damned!

Sara @ Happy Brown House - I just love how bright and happy your house is! I love that you embrace color!

sara @ it's good to be queen - love all these fun pictures. LOVE that lamp!!

Kelly - Did you put the tablecloth over the existing shade? Love the lamp and pillow fabric!

Cory - I have a TON to do today as well. Clearly I’m just reading your blog instead. Thanks for the distraction! Love all your pretty pics 🙂

Jenn Shock - I should be studying for my first Survey of Fashion test that is tonight, yet somehow I ended up here. When I stress about getting something done, I always tend to find something else to do, even if it means cleaning! Weird.

Michelle Whitlow - btw, LOVE the pillows!!

Michelle Whitlow - oh my gosh, I’m the EXACT same way!!! hehe We’re moving from GA to WA in just a couple months. There is SO much around the house to do. Oh, and did I mention that I’m 5 mos pregnant?? Yeah, I have a list a mile long. And what am I doing?? Reading blogs…and maybe I’ll go scrapbook something after that 🙂

Courtney Henson - I have the same affliction! It is hard, very hard for me to do something like clean the house for company or a party when I have a chalkboard wall to paint in my kitchen or pillows to sew for my couch! (All this I did last week getting ready for family to come stay for a few days..!) Oh, how I relate! But I love your pillows and really love, love that lamp makeover! And you rainbow hued kid’s books all organized by color! So, so pretty!

Vicki - Loved this! Those pillows are to-die-for! And your happy, colorful pictures are the best. Good luck with that to-do list!

Molly - I have things to do too….but you know what I am doing tonight…re-arranging the books in the bookshelf so they make a rainbow! Love that!

Jessica - I’m new to your blog… so I’m not really sure of your kids ages but I have a 4 yr old and there is NO way I could have a white table, an white-ish sofa, and a JAR OF MARKERS all within arm distance of each other! How do you keep those from getting marker on them?
I’m asking bc I’m jealous :/

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - Megan,
I am in complete denial…absolute denial, that I will be on a plane tomorrow. Nothing packed, nothing ready. It’s how I deal with stress, ignore the situation. Which of course leads to copious amounts of stress over a very short few hours when I have to do whatever I’ve been putting off.
There will be lot’s of excitement at our house this evening. It makes for an roller coaster life : )
Dana

Amanda - I love how “watch parenthood” is on your to-do list. It’s on mine too!

AshleyAnn - I love that lamp so much!!!
Have fun on your trip…

Carrie - I am like you, except I start the to do list but on the way to the bedroom to put away laundry I stop in the kitchen to put dishes and then end up in the living dusting. So while it may seem productive, everything ends up only half finished. Ugh!
Have fun this weekend. I am JEALOUS!!! (in a nice healthy way though. lol)

Kathi - LOL! This is why I check in everyday, love your attitude! Have a great day.

Keri - If I were to be a stay at home wife and we had our own house, I’m sure I would be the exact same way… Do everything else that is not on the list…Those are great pics though!

Heather - i have that same disorder! and lamp envy. that lamp and lampshade you worked your magic on are a-mazing!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Oh my gosh you’re not the only one! Whenever I have custom orders to get done, I end up “rebelling” and making a different bag for no one in particular. Its almost like I cant do the things I need to until I do something I dont need to. Maybe its something about being creative. Yes, we’ll blame it on that.
BTW, when will your shop open? (No pressure, Im just curious)
XO,
Sarah

Janie Fox - Love your pics … mine are so bad I should just post stick figures with my text. Blathering is my claim to fame. Picture taking I want to learn, but I am too busy talking! Safe travels!! xoxo

Laura Phelps - you need TISSUES for parenthood. I cried for HOURS.
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE this post
the colors
and sunshine
and brightness
and all of it…
it makes me HAPPY
so if you put “make Laure happy” on your list,
it is like you DID do something you were supposed to do
and now, even better, you can cross it off of your list!
see how much you got done today?

happygirl - I LOVE your pictures. PLEASE don’t change. Then your blog will be boring, like mine. (my blog isn’t really boring, I just don’t have all the beautiful pictures) Your children won’t go to college and your daughters will be single the rest of their lives. PLEASE don’t change. I think the circle fabric is GORGEOUS. Have a GREAT trip.

candace - watch parenthood first. and don’t stop taking pictures – looking at them is MY distraction from the impending “get-to-do” list! ha!

Sugar Mama - When I have a long to do list I get anxious. First, I’ll bite my fingernails. Then I’ll have a panic feeling wash over me. Then I distract myself with something completely unrelated (usually that involves eating)…. and ONLY then do I try to work on the list.
Those pillows I must have.

Stephanie@Geezees - OMG! All of that color is making me giddy 🙂 Love those throw pillows.
Hope you have a good day Meg 🙂

Kimberly Dial - If I took pictures as lovely as yours, I’d have a hard time stopping too! Your pillows are ‘fantabulous’! You never fail to make me smile — thank you! Now …. get busy girl 😉

Kimberly Dial - If I took pictures as lovely as yours, I’d have a hard time stopping too! Your pillows are ‘fantabulous’! You never fail to make me smile — thank you! Now …. get busy girl 😉

Heather - There is nothing that paralyzes me like a long to-do list. What is up with that?

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Heehee! Loving your cushions : )
The sight of your kitchen makes me giddy…so jealous!
Gemma x

rachel / cr.e.at.e - i just laughed out loud with each new funny close up photo & your coordinating comment. AND THE LAMP! 😀 absolutely hysterical [but it looks awesome, i’m not laughing at IT]. we have the exact same ‘problem’ so if you get help, a diagnosis or some meds, just let me know so i can help myself. randomness & procrastination central, here [going 34 years strong]. hopefully now that you got ‘other things’ out of the way, you can be productive! [that’s always my hope at least] 🙂 GOOD LUCK!

Katy - I love your house! That first picture of your beautiful pillows in your living room with your kitchen in the background, perfection!
PS – Oh, and I am the same way. My eldest is at preschool, my youngest is napping, my bed is unmade, my kitchen is a mess, and I have a ton of laundry. What am I doing? Checking your blog while waiting for the pictures that I just edited to upload for my blog. I am losing it…

Jen W. - Laughing so hard! I love that you are busy taking pictures of oranges. That’s awesome!

Candy - we were just talking at MOPS yesterday about how important it is to take pictures, even of the normal everyday life, because you can’t get those years back when life was hectic and your kids were little, but at least you will have the pictures!

Ana M - love ya….
your posts make me happy…

Kim - I do the exact same thing. I had a giant list of things to do yesterday-but not before I decoupaged book pages to the top of my coffee table. That is a must-do before preparing dinner and getting ready for a gathering at my home last night-don’t you think! I think it’s called “avoidance”.

Beth - GREAT lamp! good luck getting stuff done today!

Nicole Q. - That is exactly how I handle my to do list!!! LOVE those pillows!!! Have a great trip!

tracy dickinson - ha! i just finished watching parenthood this morning! i have a TON of things to do, but couldn’t wait any longer. it was SO good. good luck getting everything done!

alyssa - that’s hilarious. I do the same exact thing when I’m busy. I have a long to-do list and I just keep finding other things to do! I feel your pain.

katie - i am exactly the same way. i drive myself crazy like that: when i’m stressed about things to be done, i always catch myself doing other things that don’t need to be done…creative or fun things alot of the time. as i’m doing the not-necessary, probably fun thing, i’m thinking: “what the heck am i doing right now?!”

Tracy - LOL I LOVE LOVE LOVE your pillows AND the graphics on your coffee cup – TOO CUTE! I love all things circles and polkadot type stuff anyway! 🙂 Good luck with your to do list and have fun on your trip! Thanks for sharing your goodies today. Also, one more thing – could you add to the “bottom” of your to do list perhaps – to do a tutorial for your fabulous lamp makeover (not the spray paint part obviously), but the fabric part with the hot glue – I have a lamp in my daughter’s room that I want to do the same thing to. You’re so awesome and I always love coming to see what you and the family are up to each day. Have a great day, Meg! xoxoxo

Miranda - hahaha funny stuff – I get most of my list done when I am in a time crunch then run around like a mad woman!

ashley jensen - Ha! My daugter does the same thing with her little toys, takes them into the bath tub and lines them up. But there is nothing wrong with getting distracted with the things that make you happy!

Shivaun - If you’re crazy, then I’m crazy! That’s helpful now, isn’t it?
You make me laugh…and I need to because my 2-yr.old has the stomach flu and I have 6 others who I know will start any second. Laughter is good 😉
I’m busy, too. Reading blogs.

kimberly - love those pillows! i mean LOVE!

Amy - I think you have mastered smelling the roses…don’t change a thing;)) Happy Wednesday!

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January 20, 2011 Filed in funny videos,me me me,random

i am convinced that the writers for Parenthood have hidden cameras in my home
and they are recording everything that goes on and they are making our life into a show.

it simply must be!

it is too real NOT to be the only answer.

i can’t even show you a clip because it’s too obvious what is so similar.

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i promised cinnamon rolls over the weekend….it didn’t happen.

i finally decided to make them on sunday night.
craig ran to put gas in my car and i asked him to get the whole milk i needed.
he came home and sat in the kitchen with me while i was making them.
i poured in the first three ingredients.
then realized i had no flour.
HA.

9 cups is kind of a lot to ask your neighbor for….at 9 PM.  🙂

so i FINALLY made them on wednesday.

mmmmmm.

they are PW’s recipe of course.

she makes me feel like i can make anything.
she makes me feel like wonder woman in my own kitchen!
i love her.
i wish she was my friend.
the end.

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we have a day off of school today because of ice.
my husband said it’s totally fine out there on the roads….so that means that it’s all for nothing.
lame.

but i did get to sleep until 9:00….that rocks.
talby and i are cuddled up in our super soft robes.
and i made a FULL pot of coffee today and i am gearing up for….shall i say….a loooong day.

they are currently watching Meerkat Manor on Netflix.

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Debbie - Hi Meg, I’m over here peaking around your blog. Hi, I’m Debbie. I’ve been here for years actually. No you don’t know me because I’m shy that way. Anyway, I decided to come back to this post and thank you.
Yes, thank you MEG for posting this back in January. Since I love your photos, blog and respect your recommendations…I ended up signing up for this class the very day you posted this and introduced me to blue lily. I’m so impressed with blue lily blog and find them to be such a burst of sunshine and laughter.
Thanks again, I’m so excited and finding it hard to contain my joy. I look forward meeting you too.
Blessings – Debbie

Heidi Jo the Artist - Just got Meerkat Manor for the kids yesterday, they love it! Thanks for writing what’s on your mind, fun to get new ideas for me/the kiddos. 😉

Brooke - Love your new header! And my hubby and I watched this video together and it is so cute!! In fact, I might go watch it again! I love it!

alyssa - my heart goes pitter patter for parenthood. I LOVE that show. It is pretty much the only thing I watch anymore. so good.

Jennie - oh PW. her shredded pork might be the best thing i ever ate. i haven’t made the cinnamon rolls yet, but they are next on my list.

Colleen/And Baby Makes Five - Parenthood ROCKS!
And if you’d love a delicious cinnamon roll recipe with a little less work, here’s our favorite (made with the aid of the bread machine): http://andbabymakesfive-colleen.blogspot.com/2008/03/easter-morning-highlights.html
SO. DARN. GOOD.

Jen - I agree with the others, I wish you were my friend. 🙂 Love your blog

stacie - i’m a quiet reader of you blog. you are my favorite though!! i don’t ever think i’ll be a professional photographer but i wanted to sign up for the blue lilly weekend just to meet you, and hang with you and learn with you and laugh with you. i love that you are so real. you write straight from your heart … i’m learning to travel from my head to my heart more often.
it’s four to one at my house today. oh my!

nicole i - ok. i don’t really know you but i sure do like you. wait that sounds stalker crazy like but it’s not. you say things i think but don’t say….and you like parenthood, madmen, kids, Jesus, africa and so on.

karen - I made your ‘lunch’ for dinner tonight. My husband and son loved it! Thanks!! I love your recipies!

Renae - I think you feel about PW the way I feel about you! I’ve not been reading for too long but you’re me, I can tell. I don’t know what that says for you unfortunately! 😉 I love me some Parenthood, Pandora (I have a Jack Johnson station), and my 6 year old son and I just made PW’s cinnamon rolls a couple of weekends ago and I hear you. I seriously have been telling everyone I know that my rolls turned out so great…so proud of myself. Thanks for the daily laughs! Hugs, Renae

Emily - I am new to your blog, I have loved being part of your world. I have to say that this crazy post was really funny! I could tell by the end of the blog post you were more than one cup of coffee in…hehe. I hope you had a great day, and your kidos surprised you! BTW, love the red coffee cup! : )

Lisa Currie-Gurney - PARENTHOOD IS MY FAVORITE SHOW. IT IS SOOOOO REAL. I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE OUT THERE GETS IT. LIFE. REAL LIFE.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO GO TO THE WORKSHOP. YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH…
HUGS FROM MY HEART.

MGF - love lOVE LOVE THIS SONG. tHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHaRING.
nOT SURE why i was in caps.
Also, parenthood rocks.

elma riedstra - Lov love LOVE the video!!! The little girl is sooo cute. We have no school tomorrow so it is be withthe seven:) have a wonderful day!!!

Kristin S - You want to be friends with PDub like we want to be friends with you.
Seriously, your random posts are my fave.

Leigh - Now I’m totally curious about your Parenthood similarities! I love that show.

Tonya - We LOVE Parenthood too! I love that the show can make you laugh like crazy and bawl your eyes out all in the same episode.

Tara - LOVE parenthood.
my husband and I laughed so hard last night that we nearly cried.

Maria - PW cinnamon rolls are the best! I never have whole milk, but always have skim and half and half. I just fill up the cup almost all the way with skim, then top it off with half and half.works in a pinch if you’re ever stuck. I cannot tell the difference.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Hi! I LOVE this video… especially when she kinda yawns at the endish (I think)… A.dor.able.
Hope your snow day was good. 🙂

Margo - Mr. Duerksen was right – the roads were fine. I left town 45 minutes earlier than normal to make sure I had plenty of time to get to Wichita. I got there so early! Lucky for my department I was feeling kind and I stopped at Lamars for donuts and still got to work 30 minutes early! Hope you enjoyed your day at home with the kids!

Jessica J - I love PW and just made her cinnamon bread the other night! So YUM!
If my vacuum broke down it would be 24 hours before we were walking through animal hair ankle deep (we have 4 cats and 2 dogs!) so thank you Dyson for making an amazing animal hair vacuum.
I love your blog and have been a long time lurker — so, Hi! 🙂

Jennifer - ahah! Wish I could feel more sorry for you but I am a teacher and LOVE snow days more than my students do. Now a snow day without my kids….??? that would be insane wonderful. I can’t remember the last time I was in my house alone for even an hour.
I absolutely adore Parenthood. Such a great snow.

andrea -

meg, please consider putting a link for joannes blog, she needs our prayers.

candace - Parenthood – I watched every episode of Season 2 last week on OnDemand. Then, I ordered the first season from Netflix – DVD 1 came today. I just told my husband I haven’t enjoyed t.v. this much in a very long time. Yay for maternity leave time to watch all of it!
If you need more dirt to suck up, you are free to follow that snow/ice and come vacuum my house to your heart’s content!

heather - Love Parenthood.. love cinnamon rolls…need a new vacuum…love that song. perhaps I should move in?
fav part of that video? “one day i’m gonna whistle?” too cute!

Carol S. - super cute video, can’t say I know the band but I definitely know and like the song. Good luck today…it’s almost over. I’m bummed, everyone is having snow days but Chicago!!

kristine - LOVE that video. for as many times as we’ve played that song at our house i’m surprised my daughter can’t sing it herself! we saw edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes last summer. made me want to be a hippy real bad 🙂
also LOVE those cinnamon rolls. wish i could come over and help you devour them. so craving a sweet now!

Laura Phelps - if you were my neighbor I would TOTALLY give you 9 cups of flour
Nick and I once asked our neighbor for two glasses of WINE
HAHAHAHA
I am laughing remembering this…
we had already had a bottle
but wanted a little more
and we were drunk enough to go and knock on our neighbors door!!!!
HAHAHAHAHA
they gave us a bottle 🙂
I miss you

Alisa - i wish pioneer woman was my friend too…. see, that is the sad thing about blogs… you get so close to people that you’ve never met. i love your thoughts…always refreshing.

Lindsey@ Piecefully Home - love mumford and sons! pandora is the best.

melissa - every post. it’s like we were seperated at birth…only you inherited all the style.
my vacuum is currently broken. how does a family of 6 (mine) live without a vacuum??? i guess i need to head over to amazon myslef. i’m not a researcher either…except for on price. i want cheap but, it needs to work!

Amanda - I’m pretty sure I started watching Parenthood because of you – thank you! I love it! But now I’m gonna have a hard time watching it and not SEEING your family in it. HA!
And why on EARTH did they call a snow day today??! Well, I’m glad for my teacher friends, because I remember when I was a teacher and I longed for snow days and we never got them. But seriously, how dumb to call it TODAY and not last week! Go figure.
Hope you survived the day.

sara @ it's good to be queen - oh i hear you. we are having a snow day here too….sigh….

RLG - I think Parenthood is the BEST show on tv.
Why isn’t it nominated at the Emmys???
xoxo

angela - you know what i love most about blogland – that it is truly much smaller than it appears – after reading your blog as i ate my lunch today, i called my dad b/c he is a teacher at the high school there, and i just wanted to see if he was really off today (not that i didn’t believe you, but this can all seem a bit surreal) – a lo and behold, he was home! so – because i read your blog – i got to have a wonderful conversation with my dad (i’m in buffalo, ny now and continue to marvel at all the snow days i read about and we just have to keep plodding along because we have things like snow plows here)AND over the course of the conversation i found out that my dad is lauren’s geometry teacher! see – small world!! hope your day was tolerable and know that you brought a smile to another 2 faces today!!

Amanda - Those cinnamon rolls look awesome-maybe I’ll be brave enough to try her recipe now…
I’ve been looking for a new funky robe and I’m all about black w/ white polka dots!! Where did you find that? It’s so cute!!
Try to stay sane today…;)

Kelley - Then there will be two of us nervously laughing as we are surrounded by no one we know next month at this workshop.
I LOVE the closeness between that little girl and her dad while they’re singing and her arm is draped over his or the guitar. Too sweet.

stacie jameson - I’m sitting in ICU with my son Noah and this video put a smile on my face today Thanks its just what I needed.

Kimberly - Fear…yes it does get to us one way or another. I am stepping more boldly out of the shadows and just beginning to comment on your blog and others that I follow. I have been scared to do even that. Scared that nobody will visit my blog. Scared that I don’t have a good enough camera. Scared that it isn’t as full or fancy as other blogs. 2011 is going to be about believing that we all have something authentic to offer…including me! Thanks for always sharing the truth as you see it…it is so comforting and sooo inspiring.

Gemma - Love your little random posts : )

elisa - Did you see them on Ellen yesterday?? She was a-dorable!!

Kirsten P - I couldn’t quite catch all the lyrics on the song by Alexa and Jorge so I googled them. In case some of you didn’t either, here’s the link:
http://www.songlyrics.com/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros/home-lyrics/
Thanks for posting the video, Meg.

dawn - I pretty much have the same thing to say as Trish (a couple posts ^^^^ up there)… I love your blog, you really do make me smile. And yesterday I was soooo super duper grumpy — so this is a great way to start the day. Thank you. 🙂

amy jupin - parenthood rocks me deeply. and i have to say, i think of you quite often when i see the teenage drama stuff. that is so HARD.
i love that song, home, by the way. everytime i hear it, i STOMP around like a little kid and it feels great! 🙂
we were out of school for the ENTIRE week last week. and monday too for the holiday. i was going crazy. but i made it, i survived. you will too.

Trish - You make me smile. the end.

Heather R. - We are in Leavenworth…living the snowday dream, too. Love the video you shared. So sweet. Coffee mug, clink.

Janelle - Parenthood is just delightful. Didn’t you just love Craig T. Nelson when they were talking about who wears the pants in the family and then he said how that sounds awful or something like that? Just cracked me up.

Alli - Oh my word…I have the same vacuum as a famous person :-).

Amanda - Parenthood is soooo good! On so many levels. totally afraid to be the parent of teenagers one day.

tinycandi - I would definitely go if I could afford it! I hope you have a great time! I’m jealous! 🙂

annie - i manage to get a little teary-eyed during every episode of Parenthood. Love it, and the music? Perfection!

heidi @ wonder woman wannabe - Oh how I heart PARENTHOOD – such a great show!
Wouldn’t it be great if ALL us bloggers could be real life friends even just for a day? 🙂
Hope your day flies by without too much drama, mama!

Kori - O.M.Gosh. That video is just about the cutest thing I’ve seen!! I love when she comments about herself whistling one day….
Adorable.

Stacia - 🙂
I love Parenthood too.
I was just thinking yesterday that I could maybe be okay with the kids growing up a little bit (and sleeping!) and having conversations with them.
Then I watched that episode (a day late) and I am back to “Please stop growing up!” I dread having a situation like Hattie’s w/ my daughter. Just dread it.
I too (like another commenter) wish it was longer every week.
I wish you were friends with PW in real life too. And then I would be friends with you (in a dream world) and you could introduce us. 🙂 🙂 🙂
And MommaH’s comment is awesome!

merlin - Could you do a review of the vacuum? Bag/bagless, effectiveness on dog hair both on the floor and on the furniture, and then the usual stuff, comfort and ease of use blah blah. I NEED something that WORKS, that is not going to bankrupt me with fancy bags, or exhaust me as I drag attachments and heavy equipment around.
OK, that would be much appreciated. Maybe you could persuade the Eureka company to offer up a give away….that is how sad my life is, I would LOVE to win a vacuum 🙂

elisabeth (bovagoods) - LOVE parenthood. i have always wanted to make those cinnamon rolls. they look soooo good. lots of colorful rainbow goodness on my blog the past two days. totally thought of you as i wrote them. 😉 can not wait to hear all about blue lily. so fun!

becky - i was thinking about you & your sweet family while i watched parenthood with my hubby on tuesday… because you’ve said before it’s very REAL. i loved when hattie said “i don’t get why you’re taking my door off – i didn’t do anything wrong” right after she LIED to her parents multiple times.
i looked at the hubbs {MY high school sweetheart} and said, ‘does she NOT realize why they don’t trust her?’
he replied ‘we did the EXACT same thing’.
too bad he’s right. ugh. i hate it when that happens.

Melanie - I love Parenthood. I am so thankful that I have a 16 yr. old BOY and not a girl:)

Candy - Your awesome! I feel like YOU have cameras hidden at my house! We have a snow day today as well, and I have made those cinnamon rolls and done the exact thing, but it was sugar for me, the sugar is pretty important. I too, wish you were my friend!

Heather - You must have a big fan base in Olathe! I came across your blog at The Lettered Cottage a few weeks ago, so I was tickled to see where you live (I grew up in Hutch). Anyway, the video is too cute!

Pamela - Love Mumford and Sons. Love Pandora. Love those cinn. rolls. Enjoy your ice day!

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - You have a gift… I feel as though I just sat down and had a chat with a good friend. As does every single person who will comment here today. You have what PW’s got. A je ne said quoi, I’m sure you two would be fast friends. The coolness in the room would be tangible.
I really like MommH too : )
Dana

lauren - You rock.
I wish you were my friend.

Kate - Sometimes Parenthood stresses me out. I get so tense about Hattie and Alex and Adam and the thought of my 6 and 2 year old girls! Eeek! Everytime it is over I say, “I wish it was a bit longer.” It is starting to make my husband insane. 🙂

MommaH - Megan, I just have to tell you right here and now: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT!!! Take it from a woman older than your mother (probably),who always felt out of place and self conscious everywhere, at your age – there is really nothing to be all uptight about. Nobody else has it together either.
I see you young Mothers at church who are 25 – 45 and older, and I think, “I don’t think I was ever that cool when I was that age.”
When I see YOU at church you always look so cute, as do your kids, and even if Annie and Sean are fighting over a chair, and you are exasperated, you are fine. NORMAL.
I see what you create on your blog – with your house, your fabrics and your camera and I am awestruck. You are incredibly talented, and you don’t need to be afraid or back up from anyone!
There. That is my mommy sermon for the day.
You are loved, dear Meg. By people you don’t even know for sure. Be blessed!

Alicia - Hi Meg! Parenthood is also one of my favorites. I am often surprised how many times I get teary-eyed while watching…signs of a great show!
My 12 yr. old is not quite there but I see signs of future sassiness! I hope your day goes smooth and school is back to normal tomorrow…we moms need all the days we can get!

Penny - Love Parenthood. Glad I am not the only one who cries during the show. And I did cry during Alex and Adam’s conversation. It is very real.

shannon - I love pandora too but we hardly listen to it anymore since we have sirius. We are home today because of snow though and probably tomorrow b/c it will probably freeze tonight…not good. I am supposed to go to a concert tomorrow and my momma is flying in from arizona on saturday….not cool. (no pun intended). Anywho…got any craft ideas for our long day at home too for children 4 and under? 😀

Deb Meyers - hey…that is an adorable little girl! On Youtube there is a link to an Alexa T=shirt @ http://www.gonnawhistle.com, apparently to help a college fund.

Teresa - I am not married, nor do I have children but I cry at some point during every single episode of Parenthood. Every single one. This past week it was during Alex and Adam’s conversation. Love that show!

Heather - I am a regular reader, never really a commenter, but I had to say that your last line about the 5 against 1 not being a fair fight was so cute, clever, and hilarious. I so enjoy your attitude and blog.

Casey - I have never seen parenthood but have heard such good things about it. I guess I need to start watching it!
I promised my kids cinnamon rolls too but STILL haven’t made them. I have to clean the kitchen first. Boo.
How adorable and sweet is that video! I loved it!

Toni - I LOVE parenthood!! That show is so realistic. Seriously, Tuesday night is my favorite night of the week!

Amber - You will be amazing at the photo conference. I’m so happy for you

Jodi - Pandora Rocks… enough said… not sure if this guy is on Pandora yet or not, but you must google Jadon Lavick. simply.amazing.
Enjoy your day!! :o)

Karen - Hey Meg~
We are snowed in in Olathe today too; 6 inches and I need to clear a path from the garage to the street to get the trash out.
I laughed out loud at your Parenthood comment! I am with you there on that one. My 18 year old daughter and I watch it together and for the last episode I just kept looking at her and asking “is that what daddy and I sound like”? What about Modern Family; do you watch it? Last nights eposide was hilarious! Thankfully that “situation” hasn’t happened to us, but just the thought of it gives me hives!!!
Enjoy the coffee and your kiddos today!

Traci - i love parenthood.

Alisa - I’m not liking the news that your kids are off due to ice today. My 17year old is traveling from KC to Wichita today on a big tour bus for a thespian conference….eeek! I hate bad weather, especially when someone else is in charge of the driving.
I♥Parenthood too. It does seem a bit too real sometimes when I’m watching it.
I love that video too, watched it this morning on Miz Booshay’s blog and it just made me smile.
Blessings for a happy day~
Alisa

Michelle - GOOD luck with all of the kids today!

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one day.

January 13, 2011 Filed in photography,random

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"getting ready to go to school was like getting ready for extended deep sea diving"  
name that movie line.

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– 2 degrees.
a very cold school drop off today.

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spoiled rotten dog…cuddling by the space heater.

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best heart yet.
annie found it in the yard last week…so random.

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mmmm….hot coffee.

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mail has arrived….happy mail.

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time to start a project…

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cut and cut and cut.

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pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips.
two dozen gone in one day.
my kids love them.

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my snack…apples and peanut butter and a little honey.

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lasagna for dinner.

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be happy.
she's happy because she just ate some chocolate apparently!

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she gets him super wound up….they are good buddies.  :)

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oh yeah….that is the best picture in the bunch.  

hot bath.
candles.
glass of wine.
Mad Men Season 3.

it was a good day. 

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Faith - Mmmm. Your pumpkin muffins look divine!

tami - I havent had a hot bath in so long, quick showers usually. I think i will do just that today!

Anne Good - Where did you get the pug shirt? I LOVE it! I have a dog blog and I would love to get my hands on one!

Courtney - It is everyday pictures of life that makes me happy! Your blog makes me HAPPY!! In my time of despair this is a fabulous reminder of what I am surrounded by, thanks for that!!

allison - the pumpkin muffins look and sound amazing!!
can you please maybe post the recipe? 🙂

Paula Montalvo - I have recently found your blog and Love it! Agreed……A Christmas Story! My favorite Christmas Movie EVER!!
Looks like you made the most of a VERY cold day! You are a girl after my own heart…….Bath, candles, wine and Mad Men!! I think we are cut from the same cloth! Blessings <3 Paula

Rach - Spoiled dog for sure, but smart too. I’ll send you guys some warm weather. It’s down right balmy out here right now.
Happy for your good day. I love days like that.

Linda - Love Love Love this kind of post. So bright and colorful yet simple and real. It’s what I love most about your blog. Thanks for brightening my day!

Jen - so glad my kids aren’t the only ones who can down a dozen pumpkin muffins like there’s no tomorrow!

Blanca - That is a perfect day, Meg.

Mary - I am intrigued by your sewing project with that fun fabric and look forward to seeing what you are making.

Jill Tracy - Seriously LOVE this blog Meg! I love seeing your day to day with your family. I love how open and honest you are. And all the color, yep love that too 🙂

Melissa - I love ending the day with a warm bath.

Danett - Love this idea. I think I am going to try it tomorrow.
http://www.danettsetmire.blogspot.com/
http://artallages.blogspot.com/

Dandy - Love it- I might try that tomorrow.
It was 76 at the beach today- I’ll try to send some warmth your way 🙂

Liz Prince - LOVE your blog. I only read three daily and yours is always first 🙂 Can you PUHLEASE email me or post in your comments where you got that multi-colored cream fabric w/ polka dots? I NEED IT! Thank you so much!
Liz
princeposse@gmail.com

karen - i’m glad you had a good day.

Jaimie - I just love how real you are. I love that you don’t “stage” your life for photos. You show a coffee mug on a paper towel, not delicately placed in a totally white background on a nice little plate. It’s so real and comforting and I think that’s a big part of why people love you so much. : )

Lisa - Please share the pumpkin muffin recipe!! Thanks for always brightening my day.

Julie - I never knew pb and apples was weird?? now pb and pickles… not too sure about that!

sarah - Oh you had me with the space heater AND the hot bath! Is it spring yet?

Kristin S - That IS a good day!

kat - Fun, Fun, FUN! Whad’ya get from Piperlime? Also, where do you buy your fabric from? Do you order it online?

Kimberlee J. - Nice movie quote. 🙂
Happiness is Waffle in front of that heater. I have been freezing today. I am about to join him.
Happy Mail rocks.

Valerie @ Chateau a La Mode - That is some great fabric you have there. I can’t wait to see how you are using it.

sarah - Wow that’s some serious cold weather.
I love the pictures of your day 🙂

deedee - loved the post! loved the header! loved the pics! i love your blog… 🙂
those muffins look good.. would you be willing to share the recipe? i’ve got this great recipe book that i want to fill for the little ones. 🙂

amy jupin - love the new header.
all that fresh new fabric…yummy!

amber - cute new header. i can’t wait to see what “project” you are talking about.

Tracy Fisher - Had the rainbow cake at my daughter’s 13th bday… glazed apple bars at a friends house… and just made the Mexican chicken the other night… All were delicious!!! Can you please post the pumpkin muffin recipe? Pretty please???
Tracy Fisher
ps.. loved the Be Happy shirt with chocolate on the face… I love youth!

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - If you want to feel warmer, just pop over to see what real cold is. And now, even though I’ve stopped drinking coffee at home, I am about to get up and go make myself a cup. Your happy cup of java did me in.
Dana

Sam Miller Gott - A Christmas Story!! Yeah for hot baths and wine. x

Gina - Love that movie! Stay warm, looks like it was a great day for a hot bath too!

gina f. - cute pix! Can’t wait to see what you are making with that beautiful fabric! Have fun!!

Lindsay - apples and peanut butter = greatest snack EVER.
I wish so badly that I had an awesome bathtub. We’re in an apt now with a shower/bath and I don’t do baths in shower/baths. Is that weird? I’m grossed out by the walls. And that it’s an apt. Ew. Can’t wait to have a home with a NEW tub. I will soak forever.

karen - You can put your arms down when you get to school!!!
My family spent Christmas in NYC and our hotel did not have the channel that showed A Christmas Story all day. My family really missed that.
We love Waffle

Maria - mmm…you just reminded me that I was going to try to convert my pumpkin bread recipe to a chocolate chip pumpkin bread recipe…this weekend might be perfect for it!

patti - Love your new header!!! Where do you find such beautiful fabric?

Alli - What a fabulous day!

Lisa Currie-Gurney - I SO NEED TO MOVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
HUGS FROM MY HEART

jennifer - -love your new header
– A Christmas Story?
-It was 10 below here yesterday when I dropped the kids off. SO wrong!
-PiperLime always makes for happy mail.
-what are you going to make?
-I really, super duper need your recipe for those muffins! 🙂
-have you tried apples and almond butter? That’s my favorite.

margo sexton - You wrote about this a few posts back but I wanted to comment on it. You wrote that you love movies with Vince Vaughn PLEASE tell me I am not the first person to tell you your husband looks very very much like him. I have thought it for as long as I have read your blog. Just wanted to share and would be curious to hear if you have been told that

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - eeeek! are you making a quilt??

Carrie Kiser - Perfect day indeed.
Especially if there was no “you know what” out in the hallway on your only clean towels while you were in the bathtub! LOL

april - love this post!!! -2 degrees is way to cold!! Waffle may be the samrtest dog ever to lay in front of the heater…I would do that too!!! lol

Jenny Joy - I can’t wait to see what you do with all that adorable fabric! Pillows? Something else? I’m sure it will be great! 🙂

Beth - Love the last picture especially if it is that cold where you are at.
Yeah I agree can’t wait to see what you make!

Shannon - A Christmas Story! I love that movie so much and I love coming here to lurk at your blog 🙂 Your pictures are the best, your family is adorable and I want your house!
Thank you for always sharing your life with all of us.

ashley jensen - I love heart shaped things and a rock like that would be on display in my house if I found one! Our dog likes to lay in front of our space heater (in our computer room) too.

Ryanne - Love the new header. And envious of your bathtub!

Stacy - oh ya hot baths are my new obsession. I have to run in icy snow packed Wichita so you know what i’m dealing with. I can’t seem to warm up so i find myself soaking up some warmth in the bath. & I need your pumpkin muffin recipe!! They look wonderful!

nancy beach - so where do you get all your wonderful fabric? I LOVE all the colors.
Don’t you love the Piperlime boxes? I turned mine inside out and reused it that way.

Cari - Well, I thought 7 degrees was cold this morning. I’ve got nothing on your -2! Ha! 😉 And there’s nothing like a handwritten note in the mail. It truly is a lost art! Stay warm today! 🙂

Janie Fox - AWW I adore Mad Men. I have just started watching How I Met Your Mother….loving it. I might steal that Waffle!! And Talby and Annie- too cute!!

Keri @ Keri's Korner - And I thought my family was the only one with spoiled rotten dogs! LOL. My mom has a chihuahua that will scratch at her house coat until she open it and lets him in to snuggle. If she is sitting down, he is right there tucked under her arm. It doesn’t matter if it is winter or summer. That’s his spot.

Laura - That last picture just made me relax… I realized I was sitting at my laptop all tensed up.
And, as always, I adore your dog.
(and I adore the fabric and Piperlime box)

chasity - a christmas story???
love this one too~
fragile….must be italian
🙂
great photos!

happygirl - I think one may have had to live under a rock for 20 years to not ID the movie. I LOVE your day, all but the -2 degrees. I could live without that forever. Please stop by my blog some time. You have inspired me.

sarah @ Perpetual Blind Date - My favorite is apples and fat free caramel. Yummy! Looks like you had a fantastic day.

Amanda-ThriceBlessed - Line from A Christmas Story, ha!
I love peanut butter and apples too.
After your house tour photos, these are my favorite kind of posts! 🙂 Stay warm!

katie - i LOVE apples & peanutbutter!! I think it’s hillarious when people say it sounds weird!! and your dog is soooo stinkin cute!! He’s getting fluffy again!!!

Sarah - Oh those muffins sounds so good, would you be able to share the recipe?

Tammy - Great pictures!! Love the one of the puppy by the heater. That is hilarious. =) Beautiful girl in the pictures too!

kasey - starting season 3 of mad men myself today.
with a glass of wine.
in the afternoon.
as soon as Fin gets on the bus at noon.
hooyaw.

Christy - Can’t wait to see what your going to create!

Kimberly - Hi Meg….I have been following your blog for over a year and here is my first public appearance! What made me finally speak you ask???? Peanut butter and apples…I have been eating that since I was a little girl…..so glad to know I’m not the only one. Other friends thought it was strange but it tastes oh so good!!! I love your home, your family, your blog, your photos…the way you see life and share with all of us. You are a blessing to this world. keep sharing! xoxoxoxo

Elisabeth - This cracks me up because we had 6 inches of snow in Atlanta and are on day four of school being closed! We have cabin fever–wish we were as snow hardy as you all! What are you planning to make with all the gorgeous fabric?

Shana - A Christmas Story!

elisa - Sounds perfect 🙂

Melissa - Love this post!
You really did show a perfect day.
Especially the tub at the end!

Shayne - Love the space heater picture! That’s exactly where I would be. 🙂

Tara - perfect day.
all except the 2 degrees part.

Jen - Can you give us your pumpkin muffin recipie?

danielle - looks like a wonderful day, indeed.
love your header…and that fabric… can’t wait to see what you’re making!
and i could use some of those muffins. for reals.

Jess Mead - Adorable pics, as usual!!! The last one is my favorite too. Glad to see you shop Piperlime. I can barely find anyone that even knows the store exists. Love it!!

Gemma - Hi Meg!
Looking forward to seeing what you make!
Gemma x

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=814874035 - “A Christmas Story” which I think is the greatest movie of all time.

visart-dali.com - Apples and peanut butter? Hm… interesting
Loved your red coffee mug, yesterday was looking for red plates, love red dishes!

Kori - Apples and peanut butter are yummy together….
BUT!
Have you tried a peanut butter and (sliced dill) pickle sandwich??
SO very good. Promise. 🙂

PaisleyJade - Such good photos – going to have to try apples and peanut butter now!

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some of my favorites from 2010.

January 1, 2011 Filed in family fun,random,special

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thanks for reading this little blog.
thanks for your kind words of encouragement this year.
thanks for a wonderful year.
i can't wait to see what 2011 brings…..are you ready?

 
bring it. 

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Leslie - Love your colage pics and I so enjoy checking out your blog everyday. Happy New Year!

Laura Phelps - I MADE IT AS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES!?????????????????????????
that just brought tears to my eyes…
I love you
you are one of my favorites too 🙂

Cari - What a FUN recap of 2010! Does Lauren even realize how gorgeous and photogenic she is?! Good grief!! Happy New Year!! 🙂

Amber Pamper - Happy New Year Meg!! 🙂

Susan @ Living with Punks - Love the colage. Beautiful! Thanks for including in your favorites list. Im honored.

crystal beutler - I think you should blow your photo college up big and frame it. In fact, I think you should make it a yearly tradition. 🙂
How’s that for opinion. 🙂

elliottsurf - Just such gorgeous photos of your life and family. You are such a positive inspiration for me. Can you tell us how you make the photo collage? And how does your blog allow you to post the collage so large?

elisa - Great idea to do your faves of the year!

Thebeadgirl - i love your pictures…thank you for sharing your life with your readers!
happy 2011!

marta - such a beautiful collage of 2010. i love the painted pedicure and other such little details that round up a good year. wishing you a happy new year and thanks for the sidebar shout out. xo. marta

Amy jupin - meg, you sure make me happy. and this big ol’ collage about sent me over the moon! it’s so you, so full of color and so happy! hope you all had a happy new year too!

Kelley - I think this post recaps your year beautifully! Thanks for sharing your life with all of us. Your blog has been a ray of sunshine in my life which happened to be a little more on the challenging side. Thanks for encouraging, sharing and convicting through your words and pictures in 2010!

Shelly Primm - i love your blog. just ask my husband and kids? i am always saying, “meg does this and we are doing this craft because i read it on meg’s blog”! you inspire me to be a better mom and wife. happy new year!

tami - I have really enjoyed reading your blog. Its my top blog. Happy New Year!

Lemonade Makin Mama - I’ve been a little lurker over the past month, thanks to my buddy Becky, (Farmgirl Paints) who ranted and raved about how wonderful you were for the past year… I finally decided I needed to see for myself, and she was right. You are wonderful!! 🙂
Decided to quit lurking and comment to tell you that, as well as wish you Happy new Year.
Blessings,
SAsha

staci amy - Thank YOU!!!! Don’t know what I would do without your “little” blog =) you encourage me and I have never even met you! Crazy, huh! Happy New Year!

Janelle - Thank YOU for your delightful blog. Happy New Year!

Lisa - Happy New Year, thank you for always giving us something to look forward to (:

Dawn - Great collage. I really enjoy reading your blog. Happy New Year.

Kimberlee J. - The format for these pictures is one of my favorites. What app. did you use???

Amy Lynne - Great pictures! I love all the color you capture in your life! I hope you have an amazing 2011!

lovethosecupcakes - Yes, so ready. A happy and healthy New Year to you all.

a brilliant melody - Happy New Year! I’m a new reader and I really love your blog! I’ll be coming back!
~Breeanna

Jenni Carlisle - I LOVE this photo montage and it proves once again that you live a happy, joy filled life and I am so thankful you share it with us!

Amy zeller - LOVE your blog Meg! I feel like I know you and your sweet family. Thank you for your positivity, honesty, and awesome ideas. Wish I was your neighbor!

Katy - And by stone, I meant the marbles, etc. that you put in the cement!

Katy - Happy New Year, Meg and family! 🙂
Where did you find the stones for the stepping stone? I can’t find them anywhere!

Judy Johnson - Pictures of all the reasons I LOVE <3 your blog. Happy 2011!!!

Kirsten J - AHHHHH!!! Meg! You just gave me my word. Ready. Thank YOU 🙂

Deb Meyers - happy New Year, Meg! Love your blog, you are a gift.
Waffle CRACKS ME UP!!!!!!
deb meyers

Heather R. - Happy New Year, Meg! Thank you for sharing “Whatever” with us…it has been a great pick me up everyday. 🙂

Mary Ann - Happy New Year to you as well! I found your blog this year and find myself checking it daily to see what you and your family are up to! You’re an inspiration. Thank you for sharing.

Michele - Happy New Year, Meg! So glad I found your blog in 2010. I look forward to seeing what you have in store for us this new year.

Valerie @ Chateau a La Mode - Hi Meg, what fun to see you and your family throughout the year. I found your blog later in the year, so it was fun to see things I missed. Your blog is so fun, keep it going!

Rebecca Kriner - Happy New Year, Meg! Your blog brings me so much happiness! Love to you and your family!!! XOXOXO

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Happy New year to you friend. Love all those fabulous shots!!! Keep ’em coming:)

laurenjean - Thanks for sharing with us. You bless me on a almost daily basis.

kimmy - Oh you are WAY fun! Just found your blog… can’t wait to read more… ~Kimmy

laura @ theshorehouse - I don’t post often enough how much your pictures make me smile but the new year seems like the perfect time to start. That, and your new year card photo just literally made me LOL. 🙂

Ashley - Happy new year my favorite blogger!!
Here’s what we are focusing on this year:
“Keep your eyes towards heaven in 2011”
Focusing on serving this year.
xoxo

elizabeth highsmith - your colors make me happy! i like to think of people as colors, it’s official you’re the rainbow! may your year be merry and bright with plenty of rainbows and pots of gold on each end!

DanaD@BoysMyJoys - luuuuuv it!

Jen - Wonderful pictures on a wonderful blog owned by a wonderful person! If I could only read one blog Meg, it would be your’s. Happy New Year…blessings to you and your family!

Mindy Harris - your year in review using pictures is just awesome. you are a cute family and are a blessing in so many ways.
i said the same thing about ’11: bring. it.
xoxo

Courtney - Your blog is still my fav and I am so thankful you share with us. I always enjoy reading what you have to say and seeing your beautiful pictures. Thanks so much!

jennibell - Great collage!!! Thanks for sharing.

Shana - Those are good ones.
I’m glad you look like the pretty people on tv.
Instead of the UPS guy – like me. 😉

Karey - This made me happy. Thank YOU for your amazing blog and your honest and true words everyday.

Kat - Ps your pics and eye are awesome. Love all the little pops of colour and the story it tells.
Just beautiful!

karen - Thanks for sharing your year with us!!!
Awkward family photos are the best

Kat - Bring it on indeed!
Thanks for the colour, inspiration and keeping it real.
Happy new year to you and your beautiful family Meg!

heidi @ wonder woman wannabe - you’ve got such a great eye! 😉 happy new year to you!

Alicia - I always love checking in with your blog Meg…such great pics and fun stories! Many blessing and Happy New Year!

Julie - I LOVE Annie in the last photo ~ so funny! Totally reminds me of something our #5 would do! Happy New Year Meg! I look forward to reading you lovely blog this year and seeing all our Lord brings to you and your wonderful family this year.
🙂

Kerri - I’m ready – BRING IT! :))

Simple Daisy - Beautiful!!
Happy New Year:)

Tara M. - You inspire me! I have three daughters and we do a lot of the crafts that you post. Thank you!

Gemma - Love all of your pictures!!! They are so summery and bright : )
Gemma x

Nikki - Beautiful photos Meg.
Happy New Year…. Many blessing for 2011! Nikki xx

Holly - Love all your photos! If you have a chance I would love to learn how to do a collage. I got Photoshop for Christmas (!!!) but do not see how to do it, the only one I saw did overlapping photos. I am really trying to learn more about my camera and you inspire me so much to photograph the everyday things of our life.

purejoy - wow. that’s a nice compilation! beautiful pics from the whole year. wouldn’t miss a day without you either. thanks for sharing your skillz!

Lorie - Wouldn’t miss a day without you!

Jamie - Ooooo, those are some good favorites!

marlowe @ come home to roost - Beautiful photos Meg!

paige - happy new year meg!
thanks for sharing your life with us
xo

Gekakel - Happy Nuw Year to you and your family, Meg!

www.binreallife.com - I love all of the bright, happy colors! that pretty much sums up you blog…bright and happy!
God Bless!

Suzy Adams - Meg, thanks for always bringing a smile to my face! I love your blog. You make life so colorful! Love love love it! Happy New Year.
Suzy

Holly - those are some great pictures! Happy New Year to you and your family!

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totally random in every way

October 29, 2010 Filed in random,WAFFLE the wonder dog

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dreaming about everything in the american girl catalog on the trampoline.

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scott is #80

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scott played great in his first year of jr. high football.
it is pretty cool seeing him in those black and gold uniforms. 

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sean found this BIG bug in the yard and we watched it climb.
he went in and got an insect book but we couldn't find anything like it.
interesting.

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craig and all his girls took the dog on a walk in the woods.

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pretty porch pumpkins.

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hot.
hot.
hot.

see….i told you it was a random post. 

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Jacci in Ohio - Well, I see that your womderful readers have already told you that Sean found a wheelbug. They’re one of the bugs in the “Assasin Bug” category. So fun to look at, but good thing he didn’t try to hold it 🙂

Erlita Fisher - Elisalou had a similar bug on her blog…
Looks perfectly Halloween-ish to me!
http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2010/10/27/holding-onto-fall-with-both-hands/

patty - what beautiful glimpses into life…
my daughter has already dog-eared the whole catalog and declared this coming xmas an”american girl christmas!”… for about a week, then she took it back.
oh to be young and full of dreams!

Mary - Ahhh . . . the american girl catalog.
I had as much fun as my daughter back in the days when we ordered those delicious accessories.

Christina - You’re so cute!

Sally H. - It’s a Wheel Bug, that huge hook thing can cause a bite that causes bit whelts. But they are not aggressive, and beautiful to look at. Isn’t nature fantastic!

aimee - i love random!! 🙂

elisa - Don’t research assassin bugs!

Jenn - Oh my gosh I totally used to dream over the American Girls catalog when I was little too. I remember saving for 2 years to buy Samantha… Ahhh, good memories. My mom still buys clothes for her at Christmas — 21 years later.

Heather - That is a wheel bug and they are rockin’ cool! Looks like a stegosaurus! We live in KS, too and we’ve been finding them in our front yard.

Mindy Harris - The Sean picture is precious. He still has a eensy bit of “baby” left in that purdy little face.
And Craig…*blushes*

Karen Greenfield - My daughter is 25 and I am 61 and we are right there with the American Girl catalog choosing, daydreaming, wishing I’d had it as a child…….which dolls do they have? I have Kirsten, Dinah has Flick (Felicity), Josefina, Addie and we inherited my Mother’s Molly when my Mom died. They are all looking forward to getting into their best outfits and sitting our for Christmas. xxKaren

Valerie - That’s why I come by to see what random thing you’ve posted today. Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Valerie

karen - I just booked my family with a session with Blue Lily is Houston in May.
I knew you would understand how excited I am…my family is not too excited now but are in for quite a surprise!!!!
I can’t wait.

Cari - Sometimes randomness = awesomeness.
Oh, and if you see some weirdo continually clicking onto your site from the Little Rock area, don’t worry. It’s me. I’ve been enjoying going back to the beginnings of your blog whenever I get the chance. I’ve laughed and cried. Our stories are eerily similar.
Happy weekend!

Chelsea - We’ve always called those bugs “stink bugs”… They make a stinky smell like a skunk!

Staci - I love random 🙂

Jill - I’ll have to tell Sean that I’ve seen 2 of those same bugs at my house. Very weird looking!

a pocket full of posies - LOVE the apron!!! too fun!
Have a wonderful/fun weekend!
Blessings!
Jill

Rach - Sometimes random makes more sense to me. 🙂

Lisa - My girls have been carrying the American Girl catalog around for a week! My personal favorite…the $300 camper…sheesh.

*LuLu* - Say Hello To The Pancake King For Me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sugar Mama - You have just inspired me to take more every day photos…. the “just because” photos. They are always my favorites to look at!

Krista - Yikes! That is a Wheel Bug or an Assassin Bug!!! HATE THEM!! Luckily I didn’t find any this year, had lots last year.
Love Craig’s apron, did you make it? Cute stitching!
My girls also drool over the American Girl catalog. I am wondering if you have any at your house and how your girls take care of them. They’re a big investment, and though my daughter’s really begging for one, I am worried it will end up at the bottom of a pile of stuff in the play room and be forgotten. They’re still not understanding the concept of money, $100 and $1 are all the same to them!
Happy Weekend to you!

Tammy - I love your blog & love your random photos! Hope you have a great weekend!
Oh, and I love the ‘pretty porch pumpkins’!

Jennifer De Los Santos - In my attepmt to organize every minute, I constantly fail, and “randomness” happens. I am growing to love the random daily things that make me smile.

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - A man who cooks AND wears an apron IS hot, hot, hot!;) I love your random posts. Have a great weekend girlie.

sharron - I saw a commercial last night and it looked like your Annie!
Happy Random weekend!!!

jennifer - My daughter would love to be right there in the middle of that American Girl drool-fest. Too cute! And all those pumpkins on the porch are great! Love all the different colors and sizes.

Carly Winborne - i think it’s funny that your husband is wearing an apron that announces him as pancake king yet he’s making bacon. that just made me giggle.

Mary - Ok, so I was just informed by my hubs that “stinkbug” is not what this one is really called. That is just its nickname around here because when you kill one (yes, that sounds just bad when you type it) they smell like sour green apple.
Ok, thats all I got.
~mary~

Mary - I love your random posts! The pic of you and Talby in the car is my favorite. And isn’t that a Stinkbug??
~mary~

Kimberlee J. - That pancake king apron cracks me up!

tasha roe - random is good!
isnt that a stink bug?

Juli - I love the picture of you & Talby in the car-so Norman Rockwell. My 9 yr old has been pouring over the AG catalog too.

Keri @ Keri's Korner - I just love your pics. Even though they are random, they are great!!

Suzanne Speight - Can I just say that I love Waffle? I have even shown him to my husband, and sometimes I will see a dog that resembles him and yell, “Look, there goes a Waffle!” What kind of dog is he and does he shed? (I’m sure you answer this a lot, sorry)

Sarah - I used to do just what Talby and Annie are doing – I’d look through the American Girl catalog for hours! My friends and I would pretend we were the girls in the catalog – oh the memories! It’s good to see little girls haven’t changed all that much!

Crystal - Random is my favorite! How cool is it that Craig is “man enough” to sport that apron!! lol Have a great day!!!

Melanie - Sounds like a perfectly normal day:)

Holly - How do you get your husband to wear an apron? Mine just won’t. Great pics.

Tracy - LOL those are GREAT every day photos and Random is always interesting! Have a great day and a great weekend, Meg! :O) xoxoxo

Liza - Aloha – The bug Sean found is called a Wheel Bug. Visit Whatsthatbug.com for great info on all sorts of winged, crawly and creepy things.
Happy random time from the land of Aloha ~

Julie - Random is where the good stuff of life is ~ it’s the not planned, just living stuff. Like it!

Jenni Carlisle - I {heart} random. Love your porch pumpkin patch. We use to have the plates your Hubs is holding in the last pic. How’s that for random? Have a fab weekend!

Taking Heart - I love random little notes in between the random photos… very… random.
Have a great weekend!!!

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