this is heavy but so compelling.
i have already set my dvr.
i read Half the Sky but haven’t read this book yet.
i will be soon!
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what a fun way to remember! i was going through Instagram and Facebook, seeing so many posts on what they learned this year. then i looked through these photos. this year i found out how to love my kids deeper than i ever have. this year i realized i had dreams in my heart i hadn’t validated. what i reflect on again and again is thatĀ through it all God is so good!! bring on 2015. (i think… maybe just a quick nap first)
just thank you. Thanks for being you!! that is all š I never get tired of your beautiful photos! Those photos are soo great! It was the motivation I needed! I have to print mine out and take more in 2015! Time just slips by way too fast. Great documentation of your year! Congrats! great post – i think taking pictures really helps us remember where we have been… wondering where you got your ‘Jesus loves me’ t-shirt? Love the pictures Megan! (does anyone call you ‘Megan’ anymore?…or is it just Meg. Anyway – only comment – love any picture of Stanley – SO cute. And Annie is freaking Adorable – should be modeling for GAP or something. Miss you as always š Wow. What a beautiful, reflective post. You are inspirational to so many Meg!!! So many beautiful smiles! And I can’t wait to watch your dreams unfold! Amen! Here’s to 2015 I like your photos and perspective. You’re one of my favorite bloggers…real…colorful…most important, faithful. My blogging schedule has been reduced to one a year, lol. I don’t know how you do it, but sure am glad you do. Jealous of all your adorable pics with hubby. My husband ducks when camera comes out! I loved all of the pictures! i share so many of these same thoughts and emotions, especially in the message i keep hearing from jesus. Happy New Year! Thanks for always being such an inspiration Meg! Cheers to 2015! I’ve loved following along with you here and on Instagram. Thanks for sharing your life with us! Well said! Here’s to 2015! alright. let’s see… this past week has been bonkers with activities.
ever since annie was home sick on thanksgiving break we have been recording The Price Is Right on the dvr. COME ON DOOOOOOWN!
two weekends ago craig asked me if i wanted to hang up a new light?
on IG people keep asking for a christmas home tour.
ok…. one last thing today.
but…. even though i am total slacker in the card mailing department… maybe you aren’t? (and i f you are thinking WHY would i ever sendĀ Meg a christmas card?? i get that and there is NO PRESSURE whatsoever to do this weirdo project. Ā just an idea that popped into my head. i knowĀ that not all my ideas are great š ) I just moved, too! I’ve received three cards, one was a relative, one was my realtor and one was a friend through whom I order Mary Kay. š I feel your pain. Of course, I haven’t even started my cards yet … no, really, I haven’t even taken the photo I want to use for the cards. I always send Happy New Year cards. Takes some of the pressure off. Merry Christmas to you and your family. You are a true inspiration! I am a cleaning lady and I applaud you that you make your kids clean their rooms etc. So many people don’t make their kids do anything. They need these life skills I agree! You’re so funny…receiving Christmas cards from your faithful followers, even though most are strangers. But I have an idea of what you can do with all the cards you will undoubtedly get. I heard this idea from one of our parish priests, and have practiced it for a few years now. After the holidays, we put all the cards in a basket by our kitchen table and when we say grace, one of our kids picks a card out of it and we say a special blessing for that family. Sometimes the same family is prayed for many times over throughout the year and I always think how maybe God knows they need extra prayers! It’s a fun and wonderful way to keep Christmas blessings going the whole year through. And that being said, “Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!” Meg- Keep up the good work with your blogs they are an inspiration to me and literally make me laugh out loud sometimes. Merry Christmas and the most blessed new year! Hi Meg, been reading your blog for ages and have loved sharing it with my daughter (especially the art projects you do with your kiddos) over the years! Would love to send you a Christmas card….especially since I am just getting around to that and despairing that once again we’re sending non-photo versions, because really, the tree just got up and we’re looking for last minute gingerbread houses–your blog inspires me and I love your open heart! Best to you and your family! Have I told you lately that I love your blog. Yup – its true. Even when you don’t blog for a week. Because I totally get that. I am down with the cleaning lady too. Merry Christmas Meg! Sent you an email! Would love to send you a card!! P.S. I have eaten a bowl of peppermint ice cream every. single. night. since December 1. I will go in withdrawals on the 31st! So, I am TOTALLY showing the paragraph about the cleaning lady to my 9yr old who, after flat out refusing to her weekly jobs today, and then threw a fit about having to do jobs before fun plans, snapped to her father and I that WE never do ANY jobs in the house EVER. Ahem. Are you KIDDING ME??? Sigh… I too used to rock Christmas cards…but I have spent a good chunk of my day addressing and writing in cards and I’m wondering how worth it is, LOL. Its my favorite thing to get cards, so I should, oh…and its my business…lol, but between three dozen wrong addresses, and the fact that it’s 12/20…this is nuts!! š I also have to comment on The Price Is Right. š My husband loved that show as a kid, and when my kids were tiny and he worked weird hours, he loved being home at that time random days, he’d commandeer PBS Kids or Nick Jr to watch that. My kids were never as entertained as he was, haha… Anyway, good for you on the race…I keep hoping I will learn to enjoy working out too…I try, and I have to believe that’s good enough for today. Merry Christmas, if you don’t blog again before then! š Meg, I would LOVE to send you one of Christmas cards!!! I have one for you, truly I do. I will pop it in the mail when I have your address. š Though we’ve never met, I love you like a BFF. š We are sisters in the Lord & one day I will hang out with you. If not here, then in heaven FOR sure. You are a treasure on so many levels. Dude – what an epic blog post! It was like a good catchup over coffee with an old friend š Several thoughts on this great post: 1) My dad was a teacher and you reminded me of when we watched game shows together over Christmas break – there were LOTS of game shows in those days. 2) IKEA has FABRIC? I still have not made it to the new one in KC, and it’s only an hour away… 3) I love sending/receiving Christmas cards, but will not be doing ours this year until after we return from a 10-day trip to Israel (leaving a few days after Christmas!). 4) Gorgeous chandelier! Oh, saw your son’s name on a list of 3A football honors – congratulations to him! Your posts are always so beautifully random, and I connect with that so much, that it always evokes in me a completely random comment back…so, here goes: b. Sophia and Jack have recently become OBSESSED with the Price is Right. I’m like, really!?! Also, Let’s Make a Deal. I’m all, are y’all 86?? But they don’t care…they love it. And they want to go on it and win all the things. c. I used to have a cleaning lady…when I had a house. I missed her more than my mother when we moved away to North Carolina. Really. She was a godsend. Now that we’re house shopping again I just really hope I can find another good lady. It’s such a lifesaver. d. I am totally sending you a Christmas card. Totally. 1) I did NOT know you and Peppermint are BFFs. What???! Guess what…me and peppermint are enemies. Go figure. Love that during this busy holiday period you can not post for a week. That is getting your priorities straight! Then a fun post that was worth the wait. Wonderful time with your kids, can’t get that back. Going slow over here and it’s just fine. With high schooler and college kid a lot of the pressure to create Christmas magic is gone, and I am totally cool with that. I’ve got 4 gifts for each of my two boys, and I’m pretty cool with that…really need one more each…hate for me to have purchased more gifts under tree for me than them! Chipotle gift cards may fill the ticket. Enjoy your blog. Merry Christmas Meg. Love the dining room curtains! That bold gingham grounds everything else in the room. Love! Now, about those Christmas cards. We, too, have moved a lot – four times in four years! I have simply given up. With all the moving no one can find us, and with all the moving I can’t find my address book. So we, too, are cardless this year. Which makes me happy to have your beautiful blog from which to wish you and your family and anyone reading this a very joyous, merry, blessed Christmas and a bright, happy, and healthy New Year! Thank you, Meg, for another year of sharing your thoughts and ideas with us through one of my all time favorite blogs to read. Merry Christmas! Love peppermint lattes!!!! And your house is looking amazing-of course:) I’m thinking your mailman will have a huge santa bag of cards for you;)! Merry Christmas! i’m thinking about doing new year’s cards. they seem to be all the rage… boy, am I glad you posted today!!! I read everything you write, and missed you this past week! Merry Christmas to you and yours! I love the idea of scheduling appts in December and then taking the kids out to lunch and shop for their siblings! I am totally going to copy this next year. Such a great idea for alone time and help them have fun giving! Random question–What kind of vacuum do you use and is it good for the dogs and the kids to clean up all the messes? Trader Joe’s has peppermint hot chocolate and peppermint JoeJoes (their version of Oreos) , and my friend gave me Starbucks instant peppermint mocha latte packets today, and Dove makes peppermint chocolate squares and it seems I have a problem too! Sending you an email because I would like to send my peppermint loving buddy a card! Merry Christmas! your dining room…….the best! each detail is perfect. buffalo check in black and white, it just doesn’t get any better. merry christmas, enjoy each moment. And now, you are going to receive approximately 743 Christmas Cards š Remember a post on your blog from long ago, talking a little bit about your love Christmas Cards and how you would make Craig bring them home from work? Even his coworkers cards? Yeah, I remember that too. And yes, I do that too. I don’t know why I love them, I just do. May you have the merriest of Christmases with no Christmas Eve breakdowns Meg š I’m with on the whole price is right thing! I get totally choked up seeing anybody win anything! sappy people unite š Just sent you and e-mail and will totally send you a card! I have contemplated not sending them, but decided to again this year. I am in love with peppermint, also. I love the taste and smell. I am actually drinking a cup of peppermint tea right now. Have a wonderful weekend, Meg! Love that chandelier and those curtains. I am hoping to get brave enough to make some in 2015, maybe gingham will be the way to go. Cleaning is never done, and unfortunately it doesn’t seem to matter how many people are in the house either, the mess is still the same. Peppermint and I are BFFs also. I totally get the “swoon”!! And the professional cleaning help. A year ago September our son got married in our back yard. For 6 weeks I had weekly cleaners while I worked outside – it was awesome! I have a broken wrist presently but can still dust, darn. And I did send photo cards but then, I can’t bake. or cook, or. . . I’ve read your blog for a loooong time but don’t comment very often but I will definitely send you a Xmas card. You need Xmas cards in your mailbox!! We live in Kansas City and we’re Jayhawks, too š Now you know me well enough to receive a Xmas card from me! Haha! Emailing you now. Your dining room is beautiful! It looks like the perfect place to have a cup of candy cane coffee. š I would love to send you a Christmas card. It is my favorite Christmas card to date because it is our first Christmas as a family of three. Yay!!!
i should get outside again today! o meg, this post makes me miss joplin! thanks for the lovely photos. Isn’t the school in Marion County off 50 Highway? So sad about the heart rock. At least you have a picture of it. My kids find heart rocks for me too. My 6 year old boy brought me one today and said “mommy I found you a heart rock but it was muddy so I washed it off in a mud puddle and dried it on my shirt. ” Sweet boy. Oh and the old, rusty forgotten places make me so happy too.I need to stop along the way to enjoy them as well. You are good … photography is awesome.. so glad craig let you stop… we are all the richer! District 34 schoolhouse…hmmm…my grandma is from Chapman. Was this anywhere near there? You have such a great eye – for color, for photos, for arrangement – I always love seeing the world from your point of view. Looks like you all had a fabulous day. Love all those old rustic buildings, so sad that many of them are abandoned. so many beautiful photos. That’s a beautiful heart rock! I always look out for heart shaped rocks too, for some reason. You’ll have more. :]
then one night we had a big storm and my mom found this BIG green frog in our window well. W E I R D O S.
I really enjoy your blog. I’m just getting back into mine after a long time off.? I love the shabby chic of your craftroom in the craft house. Can you show us pics of your new craftroom? Can you come shabby mine up? How fun! My girls LOVE catching frogs and toads! After each rain we always have some in the pit of our walkout basement. We have lots of fun pictures of frogs and toads. I love that they aren’t afraid to get dirty and have some fun! Love your blog! The frog picture is insanely awesome and I love your new/old coop. We have chickens and love the fresh eggs even though my children are not quite as enthused about doing any of the work anymore š Enjoy your beautiful place. Glad Talby rescued the big guy! The fingers is right…..yuck! Don’t touch it!!!! š Looks like fun! Your girls are brave. š This reminds me of growing up in MO. Love the pictures! Stanley is getting so big! PS. Is it wrong that I immediately thought FROG LEGS?! Not that I would ever consider eating them now that I live out West, but I remeber that was a big deal growing up. Now I think EWWW! To add to the above… We have so many around our house I have to walk real slow when cutting the lawn to wait for them to hop out of the way. Last week when mowing I felt like I stepped on something squishy. I turned to see I stepped on a frog! That I mowed over!!! I felt A W E F U L!! (And grossed out!) So I killed the motor, ran away, and left the rest of the mowing till the next day, when I wore my rubber boots instead of flip-flops. š My 6 year old Olivia is obsessed with catching frogs. I love that she isn’t scared of them and getting dirty. Exploring nature is the best! Can’t wait to be able to take Blueberry on adventures – I imagine that Chris will be leading the troops when it comes to that. I used to work in a builder’s merchants and we’d find little frogs hiding in the pallets of sand bags – on at least 3 occasions I caught little frogs hopping their way towards the tills and nearly getting squashed by trolleys. I used to get told off for rescuing them…… of course i have no ideas about what to do THIS father’s day for Ā my husband but i thought i would tell you the BEST gift we have ever found for Craig in past father’s days. he loves ice cream. about 4 years ago now… we got him a homemade ice cream machine
he makes really yummy ice cream too! it’s the kind of machine that turns & turns, is really loud and you fill the outside with lots of ice and salt. š anyways… back to the ice cream MACHINE. if you wanted something quieter, smaller, sleeker and i guessing much less messy… you could try this one.
this one looks similar to the white mountain one but the motor attachment is plastic instead of metal. MaxiMatic 6-Quart Old-Fashioned Ice-Cream Maker
then this one i have seen at walmart and all over.
Hamilton Beach 4-Quart Ice-Cream Maker, White
and then i saw this?!!
Cuisinart Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker
there is also an attachment you could put directly onto your KitchenAid mixer that makes ice cream?!
KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker Attachment + Bonus Soft Thumb Release Ice Cream Scoop and this has nothing to do with ice cream machines but don’t you think this green mixer belongs in my new kitchen?
KitchenAid5-Quart Mixer
i was looking for recipes and came across these books.
the thought of a cute ice cream shop in brooklyn just seems dreamy…
Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from BrooklynĀs Favorite Ice Cream Shop
and hey… even if you are dairy free there is still ice cream to be enjoyed!
Dairy-Free Ice Cream: 75 RecipesĀ
we made milkshakes the other night and annie requested Oreos in Ā chocolate ice cream. š what is your favorite flavor ice cream? and help me…. what should i get craig this year for father’s day??? What a fun gift! Our summer bucket list includes breaking out the ice cream maker. As for ice cream flavors- The Ice Cream Factory in my hometown in Maine makes Chocolate Fudge Oreo (chocolate ice cream with oreos and a fudge swirl) it’s my favorite! And makes an awesome milkshake! (They also have terrific flavors like Cherry Seinfeld- chocolate ice cream with white chocolate chips and bing cherries! Yum, now I want to drive the half hour to them and make my own sundae with chocolate fudge oreo!) I have the Sweet Dreams and Sugar Cones book and I really like the recipes I’ve tried – salted caramel and the chocolate using dark chocolate are my favorites. I’d like to try Jeni’s and the Perfect Scoop sometime because I hear them recommended as well. Get him a gigantic (like laundry basket-sized) basket of every type of ice cream topping known to man and then y’all can try new combos and make memories all Summer long! My dad adores ice cream and the old-fashioned hand churn is a major Summer memory for me.BTW, my dad orders his hot fudge topping by the case from some fancy-schmancy place and he is not like that at all except when it comes to his ice cream – so go for the toppings!!! Happy Summer!! I would add my FAVORITE cook book of all time: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. They are smaller batches, so you’d probably have to double for a big family, but they are SO GOOD! She goes into the chemistry of making good ice cream and these actually have a great texture after freezing, unlike the typical icy vanilla homemade ice cream, which is best eaten right away. She also has a new desserts cookbook out. I also have a bigger Hamilton Beach ice cream maker that has worked well for 5+ years! Hmm, I am already dreaming up which flavor ice cream to make next… Oh, Meg… an ice cream post?! Just when I didn’t think I could like you more. š I’m into gifting experiences. We have enough stuff. We are taking my husband sailing. He has talked about wanting to do it forever. Not sure if Craig would be into that, but doing something special and unique as a family is such a wonderful gift. We had a mixer similar to the Hamilton Beach for about 10 years until part of it got lost in a move. We now have the Hamilton Beach and it has worked well for about 3 years now (granted, we only use it about 3-4 times per year) but for our needs it’s great. Our first ice cream machine came with a recipe book and one of our favorites is the cinnamon ice cream! Yum!! You have just given me one more reason to want a Kitchen Aid! Why oh why did I not ask for one back when we were getting married. It’s so much harder to convince the hubby I need one now when I’ve already survived nine years of marriage without. I think the idea of just having an attachment to store for making the ice cream is such a great idea. I get kind of annoyed by large appliances taking up room on my shelves. My husband’s favorite Father’s Day present was a root beer sampler I put together for him a few years ago. I bought a ton of root beer in glass bottles. I tried to get a dozen different brands, but couldn’t find quite that many. He loved it and it has become a yearly tradition (and shopping challenge for me). This year he just asked for music, but I am thinking about getting him a bunch of stuff to organize his tools and work bench area. Not looking at that messy eyesore every time I need to borrow a tape measure would be a great gift for both of us. š I bought that 2 QT Cuisinart ice cream maker above from a neighbor’s yard sale a few years ago- 5 bucks! We made so much ice cream that year! So don’t forget to check yard sales. People clean out and don’t want unused appliances taking up space in their kitchen. Ice cream makers can be one of those if you don’t use it enough. š Happy creaming everyone! So, I looked up father’s day gifts in kansas… u have to check this out! out!http://www.cloud9living.com/kansas-city/popular-experience-gifts We really love homemade ice cream at our house too, but so far every machine has been a dud or more work that it appears to be. We had the Cuisinart soft serve maker, but a lot of the plastic pieces broke apart after less than a year, it was hard to clean and took up too much valuable space in our freezer — so it got dumped. š Thank you for this post. I had no idea the KitchenAid mixer had an attachment for making ice cream. Where have I been?!?! Sooo my grandparents had a tradition of making homemade ice cream for all birthdays, which ended up being a once-a-month event when I was a kid. My family had moved away so my dad carried on the tradition for us. He does raspberry, strawberry or peach, but the #1 requested by my mom and siblings is oreo. For my wedding, we were given a machine like the Hamilton Beach white that you’ve shown. My husband found a recipe book by Ben & Jerry’s and that was what we gave as wedding gifts for a long time- an ice cream machine and the book! LOVE homemade ice cream. My mom likes to remind us that “back in the day” they had to sit on top of them while someone else cranked them. If you haven’t tried some chopped up Snickers in plain ol’ vanilla, give it a whirl. It is yummy. I prefer waffle cones! And we got my husband a fishing cart and we are headed to the beach and pier to let him fish to his heart’s content. Maybe the family could take in a baseball game together and head to your favorite ice cream shop afterwards? I think experiences are just as good as traditional gifts sometimes! LOVE ice cream. Too much. It’s my food achilles heel. I can turn down any dessert except that. The cake lady above? I’m her polar opposite. Hold the cake, just give me the ice cream. We should do birthday parties together. š Summering with my Grandparents in Eureka, KS meant lots of ice cream outside but we got to crank it! Luckily there were a lot of Grandkids. I have both of those ice cream books, I’m also a lover a gorgeous covers, but the best recipes I’ve found are in The Perfect Scoop book by David Lebovitz. So yummy! My husband actually asked for TIES this year!! Love the KitchenAid, but I think you could DIY it! http://lifeasiknowit-blog.com/2014/06/paint-kitchen-aid-mixer.html We have the same ice cream machine. It is loud (!), but makes great ice cream! We are on our second motor, however. I love mint chocolate chip, but we always make vanilla in our ice cream machine. My husband is getting a power washer this Father’s Day. We were on vacation in the Ozarks a few years ago and bought a cheapo sunbeam one while on vacation (it was on clearance at Walmart for like $10 or something crazy cheap, we were looking for pool toys). We made ice cream on the patio overlooking the lake. I had completely forgotten about it and it is sitting in my basement as I type this. I need to get it out today. My kids and I are going to a pick-your-own strawberry farm and I think that ice cream and strawberries sound great! I might need to whip up an angel food cake quick too! Does anyone have any favorite ice cream recipes they’d care to share? Ok (whispering here) – I really don’t care for ice cream. A taste here or there, maybe, and maybe fudge brownie something or other once in a great while. At parties I always say “cake only, please” and people think I’m nuts. But my family knows that little quirk about me. Also, smoothies make me gag. Although….you triggered a memory, and when I first started dating my hubby, 35 years ago, they had an ice cream maker. And I think that would be an excellent Fathers Day gift – off to check them out! Google how to make Crush ice cream. Trust me, it is delicious. Especially with pineapple. You are welcome. yes, it’s that good! I have a cuisinart and I love it. Another great ice cream recipe book that I loooove… The Jeni’s ice cream recipe book. Hers is the best base, hands down. We love making ice cream! It is definitely a summer tradition for us. And we always, ALWAYS, take our ice cream maker with us on vacation. Do you have Big Red soda in Kansas? If so, mix 1 can of condensed milk per 2L of Big Red. Not really ice “cream” but it is a favorite of ours. We’ve done it with Root Beer too! š Mint chocolate chip! Or teaberry. Or choc peanut butter cup. We had an ice cream maker when I was a kid — that we only used in the winter. We used snow. It was LOUD. Dawn Fun! We used to make homemade ice cream at my grandma’s house every year on the Fourth of July. It’s my favorite holiday. We had both an electric ice cream maker and an old hand crank one. Sometimes to get the best results, we would start a batch in the electric one, and then move it to the hand cranker. You had to sit on it and put ALL your muscle into it. We took turns. š It was always soupy, but oh so yummy. Nothing else really like it. When I was little and my grandparents still had their huge garden, all the kids would go pick strawberries so we could have them with the vanilla ice cream. YUM. We love making homemade ice cream! I got the ample hill creamery book for Mother’s Day. Lots of neat ideas & flavors. But I was disappointed with the amount of ice cream the base recipe produces. We have a family of 5 & it barely made enough for each of us to have 2 small scoops. Our favorite flavor is either vanilla or chocolate with frozen chopped ding dongs mixed in, delicious! A couple years ago Kevin’s aunt gave us the Cuisinart soft serve machine -maybe I’ll have to bring it when we visit! It’s a lot of fun. Those spaces on the left hold toppings and as the crank turns, you open the spigot, and with each rotation, little portions of toppings drip out, along with the ice cream. Actually it happens to be my current favorite ice cream at Baskin Robbins. It is chocolate with chunks of chocolate and oreo in it. I LOVE it! We will have to try Oreos in a shake this summer. I LOVE homemade ice cream!!! I have a cheapo Sunbeam one I bought at Target a few years ago and so far it’s holding up. I really want to get the Cuisinart one or the attachment for my Kitchen aid. I keep holding out for Mother’s Day but clearly my family hasn’t gotten the hint š Cuisinart had a lime green colored one that I wanted SO bad but I haven’t seen it in a while so I’m not sure if they’re still making it in that color. voila! paint your hutch the color of that mixer! I have that white mountain passed downed from my grandfather which he used when I was a kid, so I’d say you can expect it to last! Drooling through this whole post! We have chocolate icecream with cookies in here in New Zealand! Mmmmmm! I have the kitchen aid attachment and I LOVE it! It’s super convenient because it just hangs out in your freezer…you don’t need to mess with ice. It’s almost TOO convenient š Just bought that soft serve ice cream maker for Father’s Day. I kinda want it too. Haaa!! Oh my goodness!!!! THANK YOU!! I am going to get my husband that kitchen aid attachment and one of the recipe books for Father’s Day!! Ice cream (and cooking) are his THING! We have that exact White Mountain. My parents have the hand crank abd we love to use it when we’re visiting them. Best quality ice cream maker out there! Our favorite flavor is Milky Way – tastes a lot like a Frosty. YUM! I love that you husband was thrilled with a ice cream maker! So ice cream that’s homemade, is it any healthier than store bought? I’m guessing it would be . . . that self serve machine is rad (and slightly scary) Best wishes on finding a great Father’s Day gift. You need to look up Jeni’s Ice Cream. She is an Ohio favorite and has the best unique flavors. I think she has two books out! first of all…. A WINNER for the Love Does ****************************************************************************** email me your address and i will ship it to you! now if you aren’t Brenna… go order the book
i gotta be honest… it was THE BEST moment of my mother’s day.
i like that guy. freezer aisle. everything about this post was inspiring. I loved reading this post. Especially about the tough guy wanting flowers. My husband is a tough looking, tattooed guy. š Your mother’s day flower story brought tears to my eyes. You are kind. Love that you gave the guy flowers. I bet you made his day! We did yard work for my mom for mother’s day also! […] whose lives don’t intersect with mine in many ways, but whose posts just make me happy.Ā This is one of those […] I love your random, photo-filled posts about what your family is up to, Meg! And love seeing all your nature/flower pics! I especially love seeing how you guys fill your warm summer days š It came so fast this year, its crazy!! My daughter will be in 2nd grade next year. Where did the time go?!? PS- *love* your white kitchen!! Gorgeous! Meg, I found the perfect mug for you a few months ago, and I bought it on a whim. I’d love to send it to you for you to keep, whether at the Craft House or your new home, if you’ll allow me to. I’ve been reading your blog for years and years, although I only comment occasionally. I think I sent you a direct photo of the mug on Instagram a while back … I can’t remember. Anyway, I’d love to mail it to you … it just screamed “MEGAN DUERKSEN” at me, and I had to get it. š “i gave him a huge bouquet of fresh cut flowers for his girlfriend who he said was upset with him. This just made me cry. And I already knew the story!! What Heather said!! She said it perfectly. And I love the peonies; the home we moved from 7 years ago had several pink and white peony bushes and I really miss them. i know it’s silly but these are my favorite kinds of posts. Your tattoo guy story sounds like a story from Love Does š The flower story is the best!! And the Nike socks made laugh too…my boys are 9 & 11 and asked for Nike Elite socks for Easter and almost died when the cashier said my total was 36.00 for two pair of socks!! In my head I thought I will never tell anyone I just did this!!! Lol I love it when God shows up as a tattooed man ready to snag some flowers, but instead leaves us with more of himself. Your peonies are so pretty. Here In north central Wisconsin I might not see mine until the 4th of July! I’m not kidding. The stems just started to peak out of the ground last week and are only like 2 inches high now. This winter was brutal. Considering it is 38 outside this fine Saturday morning….I don’t think they will speed up anytime soon! You are so awesome! š I bought that book on the kindle today. Hoping to read it on our mini road trip tomorrow. Thank you for being an inspiration to momma’s… and women in general! I loved the “tattoo guy” story. You have such a big heart! Happy Mother’s Day! The story about the man & the flowers just made my day. Beautiful! You’re so pretty! Love that last picture and LOVE the story about the man and the flowers! God is good!! Kelly Looks like a colorful week, and full of good things! Also. That looks like such a sweet dog. I’m jealous! I love the tattooed man story. Good, good stuff. And. We’ve lived here 7 years and I still don’t have handles/knobs on everything. Oh, we bought them way back in the beginning, but it’s a chore that has yet to be completed. Although he did finally work on them a few weeks ago and only has a bathroom and a half to go. But. We’re one knob short. *sigh* hopefully that place is still in business and has more….. Sounds like a nice week. Meg, I spy a Vancouver Island Starbucks coffee mug in your cupboard! So do I! (Well, I live here ā¦) Gift from a Craft Weekend-er?? You beat me on the kitchen cabinet hardware. We moved into the house and after making so many decisions, I just couldn’t make another one. So the cabinet doors are still bareā¦ I have a feeling when we finally get that done, we will wonder why we didn’t do it sooner! š Sounds like you had a fabulous Mother’s Dayā¦ and I love the story about the manā¦ I’m sure you made his day! Meg – I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while now and I just want to say that I LOVE it!! I find all kinds of inspiration on it, whether it be spritiual, creative, fitness, junking or decorating. I find you so genuine and I just look forward to your posts. I’ve found that in the blog world, there seems to be this “need” to show only the perfectly styled pictures of our life, and while I appreciate a beautiful picture, I want to spend my precious time on things that I relate to. I usually end up feeling inadequate about my own life after reading some of the blogs out there. I never feel that way after reading your blog! I always feel inspired and like we could totally be friends. š I love your style, your home is beautiful & I’m trying tof figure out a way to move into the craft house! I really appreciate when you post pics of your laundry piled on the couch or books strewn on tables & your kids crafting! I love that you are continually striving to do/be better but still share the reality of day to day hectic life. Basically, I love your genuine-ness and your heart for the Lord and it totally permeates your blog. I just wanted you to know that. Have a wonderful weekend! – Heather I followed your advice. I ordered the book. (I even convinced my girlfriends that we had to read it this month, as the inaugural book for our book club.) Amazing book! Wow! Thank you for sharing it with us! Cant wait for a home tour, your design/decor is always so uplifting. I love the peonies! I’m still waiting for mine over here in Northern New York. I loved your story of giving the flowers to the man. What a wonderful god ordained encounter. It is so good that you saw it for what it was, a moment to give, maybe plant a seed. =) Happy belated Mother’s Day š I can just imagine that big tattooed guy years from now
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Stephanie Wilson - Thank you so much for sharing this. I will definitely be watching and learning how I can help.
Angela - Wow. I will be watching. Thank you for sharing this.
Kelly - I had not heard of either of these books. Thanks for sharing this.
Sarah - Half the Sky just about broke my brain. I just got this one yesterday and I expect it to do the same.
Janet - Thanks for that link-I read half the Sky and also watched the series that was based on it. I don;t remember how it was originally aired, but can be streamed on Amaaon.
BeckyB - Thanks for sharing this… I will be watching. Loved Half the Sky.
Gevay - I will definitely be watching this. Thanks so much for making me aware.
Jill - Thank you for using this platform to proclaim God’s truths and fight injustice! It’s so easy to get caught up in the day to day. I appreciate that you keep bringing it back around to this. (I like to read about your day to day too, though.) š
Nikki - Wow. Heavy stuff. Makes me want to hug my children a little tighter ;'(