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March 7, 2009

i promised annie we'd go for a walk on wednesday morning before preschool.

so that afternoon we did.

she rode in her stroller with her sippy cup and a bag of sliced apples to snack on.

i had my camera.

both happy.

it was so bright and sunny.

the squint-your-eyes kind of sunny.

the nice weather came back…no longer being rude.

on our walk we were trying to pay attention to the small details….textures…colors.

good times.

the sun makes so many things better and hopeful.

also making things better…..argyle tights.

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Patty - I very much enjoy your blog – especially the photos – especially the close-ups of your kids – and the ones you take in front of walls. You have quite an eye.

Jamie - I love your blog, so glad to have found it. We live on the East coast and I like seeing the old Newton area where I went to school. Maybe you could wander a couple blocks over and take a photo of my dad’s shop – Just Like New Shoe Repair, I keep wondering what it looks like these days. I haven’t been back to Newton since 2002. Great photos.

erin - oh how i love the midwest! i’m a missouri girl transplanted in south carolina, and yes, the weather is a lovely 75 and sunny today, but it can’t compare to the flat happiness that is home.
i love reading your blog, and finally worked up the courage to comment. the midwest lured me in.

adrienneK - finding all the A’s along the way so neat!!!

Di - You make an ordinary day in our lil ‘ole town seem “so much more.”

Tami - Thats so kewl you have a fox theatre as well, we have one here in Atlanta,Ga

Jill Jones - You are great. Just great!
~Jill

Allikayes Mama - Hey girly! Love your photography!! Also I must tell you…I love looking through your fun links that you find! I always check to see if you have added any fun ones!! Thanks!!

kasey - you always dress her so cute.
xo

Melanie - LOVE those tights! Too bad I’m too old to wear something like that and still look cute. 🙂

Ruth - these are gorgeous! fascinating for me culturally… i am in london and kansas seems like another world! i love the bright colours and big spaces and the fact you can see so much of the sky… wanna swap?? please?!

Ashley - I love what Annie wears! She reminds me of my 4 year old. Isn’t life so fun with a 4 year old?! Love your blog, your great ideas and your beautiful heartfelt decorating.
I’ve been thinking about you and praying for you because I know losing Cora must have really made your heart hurt and hit really close to home.

Shannan - Your town looks SO much like my town! Also, you need to make a coat rack with all of those faucet handle thingys.

sarah - Pretty.
Love the last one of Annie!

Adrienne Hopkins - What fun! We too got a taste of nice weather today. Yes. To live again. 🙂

Julia - I love the pics – what could you do with all of those valves? Something fun…

BlueCastle - I love your pictures! It’s amazing how much beauty there is in the small things. Argyle tights rock! 🙂

Regina (QueenieBee) - What a fun time together! She’s such a cutie!

danyele - that annie is so stinking cute! and i love the pics!!! the faucet handles make me smile.

gina - LOVE her red shoes!!
And all of the A’s and other great finds. 🙂

Erin - Besides the photos of Annie having a great time on your walk, my favorite is the tail light. Something about the color combo makes me happy. Thanks for the photos!

Amber - I love sunny days…they just make me happier! What a fun morning. I love that lime green and blue truck. Such great colors. And yes those tights are too cute! Thanks for sharing a bit of your happy morning.

carissa... brown eyed fox - FOX theatre… i wanna see that place!
i lOvE your pics! all i know is it sure seems like you live in SUCH a neat area… a lot of spirit!
we woke up to SNOW!!!!! 🙂 crazy!
i know the sun will peek out again this week… i hope!

FrenchGirlRN - Great photos…love the tights!

patti - wonderful photos, as always. i absolutely love the old, distressed, and weathered things. i feel like often times people are so quick to disregard and build new without appreciating the “love” that goes into a weathered building, chipped paint, rusted hardware, etc.

Amy Warden - The sun DOES make everything better. I’ve been cooped up with a sick one all week, and I was so glad we could go outside for a couple afternoons. 🙂

Karli - I love the the photos and I love the Argyle tights! Adorable!

Carly - i love seeing the world through your eyes and camera lens. your blog blesses me daily.

Starnes Fam - Beautiful photography. You really have a good eye for it.
I had my first girl after 2 boys 1.5 years ago and I simply cannot buy enough tights – the funkier the better. If you have stores or sites with cute tights, please send them my way! I’m a newbie to the girl world!

Michelle - Thanks for sharing a hint of Spring.
Michelle
http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/

Gini - Really, really great photos. You inspire me to stop and take the time to do such a thing. I’ve been carrying my camera around with me more. Thank you for that.

tasha - love the argyle tights!

christine - gorgeous pics!! the “a” one is fabulous!!

Heather Mattos - agreed!

Kelly Anne - Looks like a fantastic outing! And I ADORE those tights. If I could have them in my size, I’d probably wear them every single day.

Jen N - You are a great photographer. You have inspired me. I love the picture of Annie with the ‘A’ next to here.

Staci - GREAT picures Meg…as always! Annie’s argyle tights make me happy too 🙂 I really would like a pair 🙂

chas at the wild raspberry - what great photography!!!! i love the close-up of what appears to be a very old and colorful truck. it’s so nice to notice the small details in life.
warmly,
chasity

jesse Peak - Looks like a great time!

Tess S. - argyle makes every day fabulous. :o)
beautiful pictures
beautiful girl

sandy toe - I love the tights…love them!
sandy toe

Laura Phelps - I really have to tell you how happy I am to have discovered your blog. I have four kids…and one is an Annie, too. Your color, pictures, and faith are something I look forward to each day…a quick little check in to your newest post, and I am renewed! Thank you.

Rach - I know you are a busy woman, but I nominated you for something on my blog if you have a sec to check it out. Love the new pics!!!

Carrie - Love the pictures. The last one was the best!

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tease

March 2, 2009

our weather is being so rude.

we get these beautiful warm days…full of sunshine…the plants start to bud…we all open our windows.

and then we wake up to 14 degrees the next day.

and on top of that…NO SNOW. at all. all year!

how rude!

last week when it was nice the girls got all their jumps out on the trampoline.

no coat.

no socks!

a little healthy sister wrestling….

with gigging and screaming.

and static.

i just think that if it's going to be 14 degrees….there should be some snow.

we want to go sledding.

we want to build a snowman.

i want the hot cocoa moments with the red cheeks and sweaty hair from a good hour of snow play!

unfortunately….i don't always get what i want.

so how about a different approach?

thank you for that break from the cold.

thank you God for sending some sunshine into february.

You must have known how much our hearts needed that sunshine.

thank you.

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Amber - Hi! I just stumbled here tonight & am absolutely loving your photography & use of colour. and your composition rocks! Wow. I’m sure you’ve been asked a million times but what camera are you using? Thanks for the fun – I’ve really enjoyed looking around & will be sure to visit again soon 🙂

Amy Warden - Really no snow??? It’s amazing how just a few hundred miles can make such a difference. KC got a bit of a dumping on Saturday. It will be gone soon though…

traci - we who get snow would gladly trade with you who do not. love the static pictures!!

Lazy Mom Leslie - I like your new outlook.
Thank You God!
I need to remember that.

katie - that last picture is too perfect, staticy(?) hair was one of my favorite things about trampolines. and not the dirty feet it gives you!
i am LOVING the preschool daze blog! thanks for posting that. i teach special needs kids and a lot of the things i do with them are basically preschool level activities. so fun to see such creative things going on in kristin’s class! i guess i should say that on kristin’s blog? 😉

Jenn - I feel your pain about no snow… we only have about 4-6″ still in our field – we should have at least 2′ left still! It’s going to be dry summer with no snowpack, that’s for sure. Glad you all got out to enjoy the sunshine though – doesn’t it just improve your spirit and make you feel good?! God knows when we need a little boost.

Jennifer P. - well–if you had snow, you’d have that big pile of wet snow clothes dripping all over your wood floors…so maybe it’s best to have a year off ;)!
Glad everyone loved the sunshine!

adrienne - Love your happy things list! Haven’t ssen the last ten, yes 10 things until today! Paper hearts… perfect for teachers!!!

Mrs. B. - lol-ing at “our weather is being so rude.”
I am sympathetic. 🙂

Becky Strahle - Your photos are so amazing. You really know how to catch a moment. Thanks for sharing. I’m ready for Spring too. We live in Minnesota and it really doesn’t get warm until June!!

kasey - I’m with ya! If it’s going to be freakin cold, might as well be snowin.

meredith - Our morning shows in Oz were reporting huge snow fall in the US – hope it found you too. By the way, I went on that rockerbaby etsy site and fell in love with those dresses. I’m trying to think of someone I can buy one for! Beautiful, beautiful. Have a great day, whatever the weather.

kathy b - What happy, joyful, photos. I could almost hear the giggling.

Jamie Sampson - Have I mentioned how much I like you? You are so funny and charming and likable and relatable to. You rock. The waether has been the same here, it will be 50 and nice outside and the next day we wake up to snow which I guess is better than 14 degrees and no snow. 🙂

carissa... brown eyed fox - little static heads… a gift for sure!

Kelly - great attitude! love it! Thanks! Kelly

Clare - We are in Kansas also, but we did get snow (about 2 inches). My daughter is too young to play in it though, I did take her out for a picture. I posted on Wednesday and we are in short sleeves in the park then on Saturday the poor girl is bundle up in her snow suit!! Love Kansas!!

Lori - Keep hoping! Here in Richmond, VA, we haven’t had a significant snow since 2005! The kids have been disgusted with no full snow days….until today. Overnight, we got a good 8 inches of beautiful snow. Most of the city is shut down (this is the South!) and it’s still snowing a little. So don’t give up hope.
Great post. Especially the static-y hair! And every time I look at Annie’s picture on your Etsy store, I crack up – so cute!

Heather - You know, I’d try to be sympathetic, but it’s below -20C here today with the windchill, so I’m having a hard time. 😉

Aubrey - oh yeah–you have not met fickle weather until you’ve lived in utah. sometimes we get big snowstorms in JUNE. i’m not exaggerating.

Aubrey - ha–I will trade you some our snow for your warm, window-opening days! yeah, it ruined our tramp, it was already ripping and needed to be replaced, but the foot of snow on it didn’t help anything.
i love static tramp hair.

Kate - ohio’s the same way.
well, we did end up getting snow, but i would’ve rather we hadn’t.
yesterday and today it’s freezing, and just a couple days ago it was ridiculously warm.
ugh, i hate this climate. gets my hopes up, and then brings them down.
-kate

Jill Jones - Aww, that was sweet. And it’s nice to know I’m not the only bad mom who doesn’t have a fence thing around the trampoline. So… thanks for helping me feel normal!
~Jill
jilljones43@msn.com

Shannan - Seriously – No snow…all year? I agree, if it’s going to be frigid, it might as well be snowy. Unless it’s March, and then I prefer the sunshine, so I can at least look outside and pretend that it’s not 10 degrees!

Julie K. - Oh please take some of our snow!!! We are so tired of it! Though … spring is right around the corner here in Chicagoland! Can’t wait.

elisa - Thank you for the reminder to be thankful when warm days pop up in the middle of winter. I too was grumbling about how cold it is today- Seriously way too cold.
Wish I could curl up under a blanket with a good book- dang it. Too bad I just finished the Twilight books.

sandy toe - Sun is a good thing..what cute pictures.
sandy toe

Carol J. - hi…oh what memories those pictures pull in! my 3 girls loooved having a trampoline out back! they jumped for hours on end, they wrestled, they cried, they laughed, they planned, they dreamed. it was such a great thing for them.
and by the way…i’d gladly give you some of our snow. nine more inches last night here in new england! altho i prefer it cooler than hotter, enough already!!

Rachel Reeves - The static pictures is priceless!

Starnes Fam - Static…..we live with static…..it’s everywhere and drives me crazy!

mom - We got 2-3 inches of snow Saturday. However, we couldn’t go out and play!

Kellie - We got snow in ALABAMA yesterday – not just a dusting, but 4 inches!!!! WE slid down hills in baby pools and on boogy boards and cookie sheets – ya’ll would have laughed at us, but you make the most of it with what you’ve got! and by Wednesday it will be 75 degrees – gotta love it!

adrienneK - oh i love the static picture!!!

Staci - I KNOW!!!! WE WANT SOME SNOW TOO!!! My kids are dying to build a snowman…I don’t think it’s gonna be in the cards for this Winter 🙁 Although…here in OK…we’ve had some really great snow in March 🙂 If it’s not gonna snow….let’s move on in to Spring!!!! My poor little tulips are super confused :0

Lisa - LOTS OF SNOW TODAY IN MAINE!!!
HUGS,
http://sophie4me.blogspot.com/

Trish - That is the sweetest post ever! I love trying to find the good in things! It’s hard sometimes, but I try.
Your girls look like a hoot!
God is good!

Wendy - Way to change your outlook. I’m hoping for spring soon. If it isn’t gonna snow, it might as well warm up, right?

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no-school friday

February 27, 2009

i don't like change in my routine….

so no-school days throw me off.

but i was happy to get one extra hour of sleep this morning…to the minute.

waffle came into my room exactly one hour later than i usually get up.

annie still had preschool and the two new creation preschool graduates

came along for the drop off.

they noticed right away that ms. kristin was wearing the hoodie we made her for rainbow week.

talby whispered "MOM! she's wearing it!!" with a big smile to me.

sean wanted her to zip it up…so he did it for her!

for sean to feel that comfortable, it makes my heart happy. (thank you kristin)

i told talby before we left the house "if you come with me…we'll get D, O, N, U, T, S."

she looked confused….ran and got a piece of paper and a pen and said "spell it again."

i did and when she wrote the S she gasped out loud!

it was the cutest.

i got the peanut butter donut.

sean brought his crazy straw from home. he's been saving it for a special occasion. :)

after donuts, sewing and preschool pick up….

we hit the pool.

with friends…for mommy and for the kids.

boys love splashing.

why?

i hate being splashed…freaks me out…always has.

annie had so much fun.

it was the first time she swam without me IN the water with her.

it's a tiny pool so she just floated around the big kids…going from group to group…in her floaty.

pruney.

seriously shana and pam….this time at the pool made my whole day good.

we all had such a good time.

and now they are getting ready for bed and i am packing up more etsy stuff.

i should have it all mailed out soon.

thanks for your patience…that part of the shop is so new to me…and overwhelming.

then i will get right back to the fun part…CREATING!!

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Lori - I LOVE DRUBER’S PEANUT BUTTER KNOTS!!!!!!! You have no idea how jealous you’ve just made me.
I now live in Nashville, TN and every time I’m back in town I drag my husband there for my fix.
I’ve wanted to say “hi” for awhile now and let you know how much I enjoy your blog. You seem familiar, but I’m not sure we’ve actually ever met—however, we do know a lot of the same people. In fact, I believe you know my Mom—Diane Walter. She says she failed your valentine’s day craft at Mom-to-Mom. . .??? Just be glad you didn’t give her a hot glue gun.
I wanted to say thanks for you showing off your messy, fun creative spirit. I’m a graphic designer in a job I don’t love wishing I could do more fun, creative things. You’ve inspired me to quit wishing and just start doing. I’m not picky about what area I’m creating in, so I’ve just got to make time and do the things that are going to make me happy.
Thanks for letting all of us into you beautiful, bright and warm world!!!

Sheryl - Meg, I have an idea for you. Maybe one of your friends who is not as creative as you are but willing to help with the Cora project could organize, pack up and mail your stuff for you. It’s that whole hands and feet thing that the Bible talks about. Romans 12, 4-6. I love your site and feel like you guys are part of my real life not just my blog-hopping life. 🙂

katy - Fun day! Donuts, LOVE ‘EM lots…I want one right now and I even ate one this morning at my parents house, but I still want one.
The rainbow sweatshirt is fabulous!

amy - hi meg! i chose to give you an award on my blog. please head over to one day at a time (jupinfamily.blogspot.com) to see what it’s all about! 🙂
amy

sandy toe - Okay..I love this post…each water picture is so fun…Have a great day.
sandy toe

jodi - hey, if you ever want to make your etsy shop a regular business, you could add a shipping center to your studio.
check this out: http://makingitlovely.com/2008/10/27/studio-tour/
i thought of you right away–
great pictures, meg!
jodi

Julia - I love the photo of your older daughter with her “hair roll”. I remember doing that!

Amanda - do you have any plans of selling hoodies for adults like the rainbow one on etsy? I am in love with it!

angela - That’s funny….I hate splashing too. It only causes fights in the end! What a fun day. Those pool days usually wear the kids out and they sleep good! Hope it worked for YOU!

callie grayson - what a fantastic day you had with your kids!!!

katie - great pics!
i want to see more of that classroom, i love all the art work. looks like such a fun room!

Gini - I just love sitting back and watching kids in a pool. Even though my kids swim competitively and workout 6 days a week for 2 hours – they never tire of it. They could stay in another hour just to fool around with their friends! Makes me exhausted just thinking about it. Your’s looked to be in their glory!

Lazy Mom Leslie - What a great hoodie you made! That almost makes me want to be a pre-school teacher. Almost! But then I realize it would also make me pull my hair out. So, I guess I won’t be a pre-school teacher. But I sure am thankful that some people are!

Aubrey - You’re such a good mom–our days off from school turn into PBS marathons. Yeah, I’m totally lame. whatever.
Talby’s so cute–my daughter asks me what I spelled when I spell something I don’t want her to hear. It’s fun watching them learn.
Next school day, I’ll consider swimming. Except I have to get in because I have a 2-yr-old.

Stephanie Loitz - What a fun day Meg! I’m a new reader as well, and just LOVE your blog. You inspired me to start my own. lol
I love your photos and your kids are so cute! It looks like a day of no school turned out to be a wonderful day. That art preschool looks AMAZING!

Suzanne - what a great way to kick off the weekend!!
hoping you got my e-mail about 3 custom tees??? i know you’re super, crazy busy so i just wanted to double check…
enjoy the weekend!

Jill - What a fun day!! I love the pictures. And your son is so sweet to help his sister swim.
I am a new reader of your blog and I love it!
Have a great weekend!

ang - Please tell me you were eating donuts at Drubers!!! I haven’t eaten those donuts since my bethel days and haven’t found any that taste quite as good! Nothing like a good chocolate/peanut butter donut at 11:30 p.m.!!! Looks like a fun day!

MGF - A good trip to the pool. Did you even have to get in? If not that is even better.

sara's art house - Adorable hoodie!!! And that preschool classroom is great.

Michelle - Very cool way to spend a no-school day. My kids would totally love it. 🙂
http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/

Karli - I really love your photography. Really. A LOT!!!

kasey - do you know what i noticed? you are not in the pool, but holding the camera.
nice.
bet you didn’t even have to put a suit on.
xo

Amber - Sounds like a fun Friday…especially the donut part 🙂 I love the look of that rainbow color chart. Those pool pictures are great too. Splashing, pool hair, bathing suit bums and pruney hands…all too funny.

Heather Mattos - Don’t worry, I have sent out absolutely nothing!
That classroom SO reminds me of my old room {the one I had before kiddos, when work involved kids other than my own. i miss it. boo-hoo.}
xo

Ashley Ann - A pool?! I am so jealous. I want a pool to drop in at right now. The picture you took over Annie’s head looking down at the steps and floatie…I LOVE THAT SHOT. I think I am going to have to copy it this summer, so cute and tells such a great story. I just love it! All the pool pictures are fun, you did a great job telling the story of your time there without the need for words.

Starnes Fam - Love the swim pictures. Reminds me of my childhood. So fun!

lee ann - As always, great/fun pictures. Love the one of Talby and her friend…..she just looks beautiful, missing teeth and all 🙂

kristin - hee hee hee
my heart was warmed being with sean again.
a sweet soul, he is.

jimaiemarie - i love the pruney hand pic!!! 😀 it made me smile

sarah - LOL. I love that she ran and got paper so she could see it spelled out…and love how excited she was once she realized what it said. Awesome!
and yeah. I don’t understand the splashing. Freaks me out too for some reason. I was the kid who HATED water in her face.

vicki - My most favorite thing when I was growing up was staying in the pool till I turned into a prune….I always craved orange juice after swimming….no idea why!

Staci - Wow! So many things to comment in on this post!!! I LOVE that Sean brought his own crazy straw from home 🙂 How cute! I LOVE Talby’s hair in the one picture at the pool! I LOVE Annie’s strong face in another 🙂 Oh yea…and I don’t get why boys love splashing either 🙁 Makes me very angry to get splashed…maybe it’s because I have naturally curly hair…and I spend waaaay too much time straightening it…to only get it wet (I know, then why should I be in the pool anyway?) UGGH! You are such an amazing person Meg! Have a great weekend!

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the everyday

February 19, 2009

(photo by annie d.)

hi.

i am playing catch up today (and the next day and the next).

lauren is home sick.

i am having the best time sewing all this stuff for you.

LOVING IT!

now the post office….not excited about that but you are going to be patient with me right?

here are a bunch of random shots from our past week.

(can you tell i spend the most time with annie?)

hope your day is calming.

if not….maybe you could string some rainbow beads on ribbon…it's very calming.

i am behind on email.

my house looks like a tornado hit (and stayed).

the dog just threw up in the living room.

i need a shower.

but it's all good.

so very good.

new stuff in the shop as of last night. (see my etsy link? i love linkies!)

my neighbors made and donated some things for the cora playground that you can purchase.

thanks girls!

and……….i'm off!

see ya.

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sara - I have to tell you… I just recently added you to my google reader and I think that you are absolutely adorable. What made me comment today, though, is the little people. (Yeah, I’m a little behind on my EIGHT HUNDRED+ unread items!) It just made my heart smile to see all those people… my son (3) is so very in love with them. he sleeps with them, eats with them, the x-ray fish is his beloved. we actually had to get 4 more fish off ebay for backup.
the really sick thing is that it’s become an obsession for ME, too! I am constantly looking for more, more, more… Oy!
Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us!

Jamie Sampson - LOVE the bathtub photos. They made me smile and feel happy. Thanks! You rock! 🙂

Shawn Chen - Hey Meg–
You don’t know me. I am Jess’s second cousin once removed–sounds distant but you probably met my kids and husband. The girls were in Jess and Joel’s wedding–I stayed home and accidentally had a baby while they were gone.
Anyways…I love your blog; you know the cupcakes you made the day you drew on your bathroom walls? What kind of frosting did you use? I can never get my frosting just right–yours looks so luscious. I keep wondering…
Shawn Chen

Staci - We have those same animals Annie is playing with in the tub 🙂 I MUST learn how to sew dang it!!! Have a great weekend…hope you don’t have to sew the ENTIRE time 🙂

traci - i can feel the happiness in that post. a tornado in the house doesn’t even rattle you. love the beads!! have a great weekend.

Nicole Quiring - I’ve been following your blog for almost a year . . . I’m friends with Lynette Jost – we moved out to Utah at the same time – my husband (Jason Quiring) knows your husband from church camp or something. He’s a youth pastor. Anyways, Lynette told me about your blog and I’m loving it, you are so talented and so REAL!! Love it!
Nicole Quiring

Jenn - Oooh, dog barf in the living room… nice. Better than other things I suppose! Nice work on the Etsy shop – Love seeing your creations.

kasey - Meg, I’m so happy that all your things sold and now you are on your second batch.
good things.
xo

Angie Seaman - Hey girl. You have a tag award over on my blog. Go check it out.
Big hugs, Angie
http://www.angelicagracedesigns.com/blog/
http://www.angieseamanphotography.blogspot.com/
http://www.agdprayerblog.blogspot.com

tami - You look great how fun!

Laura Phelps - love your pictures, smile and energy…and the rainbow beads. How can you not smile at THAT?

Becky Vogt - Hi Megan! I just had to tell you how much I’m enjoying your blog. You are very talented and creative! And thanks for posting pics of your home, I’ve always been so curious to see the inside, the outside looks amazing!

Jennifer P. - Love to hear the happiness in your voice!
Now I am off to check out this shop—if you’re making it, I need to have it 🙂

Julia - The underwater picture is so neat – one day your kids are going to love that you took such wonderful pictures of their lives.

Michelle - Make your life a little easier by preprinting your shipping lables (thank you, paypal!) and signing up right there to have your postal carrier pick up the packages at your house. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that feature in paypal. Who has time to go to the post office? 🙂
Michelle
http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/

Lazy Mom Leslie - Love all your pictures. But I say that every single time!

Dana D @BoysMyJoys - I am in NO rush for my order. And if it helps, you can just wait on sending out my package! Who knows, I’m sure I’ll be buying more! You could just mail it all out in one big box… whenever! I’m loving your pillows! But they keep selling before I see them! I’ve subscribed to your shop’s feed now, so hopefully there will be a pillow in my future!

sarah - Wonderful pictures. I love how you give us peeks into your everyday life!

danyele - i love all your shots of annie. i have lots of sofie because she’s with me all the time.
i hope you have a fabulous-o day! i wanted to give you a little linky to one of the ways we have honored little cora paige with the help of tabitha…
http://godzchyld.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-19-several-acts-of-love.html
off to look at your new things on etsy…i have a bday for jada coming up soon and i know you will hve something fab that will help build the playground too!!!

adrienne - Strawberry Fields…. MY FAVORITE!!! I looooove vintage linens.

Trish - I just found your blog through another blog 🙂 I love yours and I am here to stay! So glad you sold out of your Cora items. Love the bathtub shots. it reminds me of my little girl “the fish” 🙂

traci - Love the pics as always, the shop is fabulous. Make funky tees for size 10 girls. LOVE the glitter letters. Bought some before they were taken and would love MORE!!!!!!!!!
ALL FOR CORA!!!!!!

Anna - MEG! That glass tray with the beads on it…is that a tray from a “snack” set? I found 3 of those with the little cups at Goodwill. I have been looking for more. Where did you find yours?
I am still holding out for more red 😉 Cute stuff added last night!

Jeanne - To be small again in a BIG tub full of toy!

sandy toe - I just love your pictures…I am not a bath person…but that water and all those toys seem dreamy for a child…my girls would be in heaven!
-sandy toe
** I am new to your blog and I am loving it!

Rachel Reeves - First off….you’re pretty! I don’t think that I had seen another picture of you (Aside from the glasses on the sidebar).
Secondly, I love bathtime pics. Too cute!
Have a faboo day!

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funny annie

February 9, 2009

"Mom….pleeeeeeeeeeeease will you tell me how to spell poop?"

"For my birthday i hope i get a REAL baby.

oh wait….i don't want the pee and poop stuff."

"Mom…did you know….when i stand on my tippy tippy toes…

(stands up up up on her toes reaching high in the air)

i can reach my light!?

i can't when i'm thwweee…but i'm four now."

"for my birthday will you make me a wedding cake?

with purple frosting?

that tastes like grapes?"

what a goofball.

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callie grayson - such sweetness! I love the wedding cake with purple frosting that taste like grapes, too cute

Robin Laws - winning photos of this silly, silly sweet girl 🙂

Patty - You brought back memories for me with your photos. My daughter (now almost 20) had a wicker basket she always carried around with her. It was full of her “peoples” – little play figures that she would line up and create playtimes with. I hadn’t thought of that in quite a while – thank you for the smile.

Starnes Fam - I do love a goofball. How cute. My son lines up his trains like that.

Donna - I love your stories…………I have 6 kids (four teenagers) and I miss all the “funny” little things they say and do. I wish I would have had a journal back then. Now I am trying hard to capture the funny things that my 8 year old does………….I just posted a funny little story on my blog……….just in case I forget.

traci - she is so funny. what are you going to do when she is in school all day. you can get her some of those apples that taste like grapes. not sure if you can fulfill the wedding cake tasting like grapes. well actually, you probably could.

Lauren - GREAT photos! Not to mention such a cute, witty young lady you’ve got yourself

Staci - Oh man…sweet Annie 🙂 You needed that cuteness today. And I’m sure you will do your very best to make that purple wedding cake for her next bd 🙂

Amy Warden - So cute! We have the littlest pet shop “pets” at our house too!
Hey, I tagged you in the “sixth picture meme” on my blog. If you haven’t done this one before, it’s loads of fun and doesn’t require much time. Since you’re the Picture Queen, I think you would enjoy it!

carissa - grape cake… hey… could work! 🙂

Lazy Mom Leslie - SOOOO cute! Love all the pictures you take of your kids! You inspire me to be better about that!

Regina (QueenieBee) - Annie posts always make me smile. Thanks so much for sharing her with us! My all-time favorite was the one with the funny thick glasses a few months back.
And Little Cora, thank you for sharing her with us as well. My heart is truly BROKEN…all the way here in SC! She and her family are ALL I’ve thought about in the past several days…especially yesterday and today. I’m in constant prayer.

Christy - She is such a doll! My 5 yo was telling us how to “break up with someone yesterday”. Oh my goodness! I don’t remember being like that at his age.
PS. Remember these days when she is turning 14. 😉

Marla - Considering the situation the McClenahans are in, I too have been soaking up my children and loving all their craziness and sweetness and beauty.

Rachel - She is adorable…I love the things she says!

Ashlie - She’s so cute! I love hearing the things little ones say!

sarah - How cute, and so funny!

Rachel - Aww, that is adorable! When I was young I also thought “wedding cake” was the Best. Thing. EVER. so I totally agree with her there!

jamie - Priceless!

Tanya - What a cute post. Wouldn’t it be great if we kept the contentment and hope of a child’s heart through our entire lives?

Katy - Love her comments!! Sounds like my 5 year-old! By the way, made your cheesy potato soup…..oh my gosh it was GREAT!!! I think I had seconds…no i had thirds!! Hubby just called and asked if I could bring some of it to him for lunch!! Thanks for the recipe! Keeping Cora’s family in my prayers.

danyele - precious…absolutely precious.

Kate - i want a birthday cake like that too.
i especially love the quote about wanting a real baby, but then changing her mind because they poop and pee.
smart kid.
-kate

Shannan - Please, pleeeeeease make her a wedding cake for her birthday! And then be sure and share pics with us. 🙂
I can’t stop thinking about Cora’s family and all of you, too. Will keep lifting everyone up.

adrienneK - so cute!!and look at all those little pet shop friends!!!

Lee Ann - Love those comments! So glad you’re writing them down. Praying for all of you as the tears are flowing!

Aby - She’s a doll Meg. You’re such a good mom. I’m so sorry about Cora. What a little angel… literally. Keeping you and her family in my thoughts and prayers…

Lanny Stanard - Okay how cute is she? and look at all those, well I don’t really know the name of them so I’ll just say toys! glad to see a happy face today, so sadden on the lose of Cora,we would like to know if there’s and funds set-up? please let me know… Have a wonderful day:)
bIg hUgs! Lanny…

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fourteen

February 7, 2009

she is one year older….

her birthday was much anticipated (by her).

thinking about it constantly.

(annie is four and talks about her birthday everyday…not much changes in 10 years)

she only wanted money….for shopping of course.

she got a bonus gift of goofy stuff like face paint, care bear underwear and skull earrings.

she took cupcakes to school.

i didn’t know that kids still did that in middle school…

she had a basketball game that evening and played the best she’s ever played.

it was so fun to watch her hustle.

her coach even said “she was on fire!”

she requested pizza hut pizza for dinner.

then it was time for cake.

yeah…..she’s 14 alright.

well…you are looking at one smart girl.

i can see a glimpse into her future and see a strong woman there.

i have high hopes for her and big dreams.

i hope she does too.

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Kirwin - Your daughter is beautiful. My daughter is almost 3, and already a handful…does that mean we’ll have easy teenage years together? ; ) Fingers crossed, but not counting on it!
BTW, I love the creative birthday bucket she got. It’s always nice to open surprises on your birthday. You’re a great mom.

Blanca - Happy Birthday to Lauren!
Oh the drama that follows these girls. All we can do is ride this huge wave out. My daughter just turned 15 and is already planning her 16th birthday party.

traci - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREN!! she is a beautiful girl. deep down she loves all the commotion. even the rabbit ears from talby. sounds like she had a wonderful day!!

patricia - My Mother told me this,
“the first 7 years they belong to the mom, the second seven they belong to the dad, and after that they want nothing to do with either of you til they magically turn 21.”
Just keepin it real, I love her snarky birthday self.
She looks like a cool kid that I would be proud of.

Shana - Happy Birthday Lauren! Love you girl!

Lazy Mom Leslie - She likes it. She would miss it if it was gone. Crazy love is what they all need and your kids are lucky to have you for a mom!
http://www.lazymoms.com

Wendy - My mom gave me great advice when my daughter turned 12. She said, “From here on out, don’t take anything she says or does personally until she has kids of her own.” I remember that every single day. She’s almost 14 now.
Happy Birthday Lauren.

Linda@ Restyled Home - What a beauty…frowning or not!
Happy birthday to your girl!

queen b - i love your blog 🙂 Do you mind …what paint color is on the walls where everyone is watching the superbowl ?
It looks tan or khaki..I love it.

Teresa - From a former 14 year old that’s now a 24 year old (*gulp* where do the years go?! i still feel 18) she’ll remember back and think of all the wonderful things her parents did for her. Especially her mom. We all go through that stage. I look back and remember all that grumpiness and bad attitude and it just makes me want to be a better daughter to my parents.
You are truly one heck of a cool mom! And you’ll see, one day she’s going to wake up and get it. You have a beautiful daughter she’s going to grow up to be something great! 🙂 You just have to be patient with the rebel years before you get to the *really* good ones.
God bless 🙂

Cherry Tree Lane - I can already feel that feeling. The feeling of pride for my child. Happy Birthday to your baby girl….

Chaos-Jamie - Dang! Wasn’t that just us? I have to admit, I see her mama in that irritated bunny ear photo.

carissa - hey… loving those pics of your FOURTEEN year old daughter… can you believe it!
she is going to be an amazing woman… with the two of you as her parents… for sure!
and oh gosh… do i ever remember being that age… i was too cool for all the fluff!
we know now all that fluff… the little things… really are what make it ALL special! 🙂
hAppY BiRtHdAy Lauren… !

NorthDakotaMama - Your daughter is so beautiful! Your pictures truly capture her personality… you are very talented! I must say… I look forward to reading this blog every day!

Julia - I have one of those at home too (a boy)!.

Mandy - OK, seriously….could you PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do a post on photography!? Your pics are AWESOME!! Do you set your camera on auto or manual? and what lens?? help a sista, out!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the picture of you daughter blowing out the candles! you are such a neat person 🙂

Ashley - Meg,
14 is a real drag when your the parent isn’t it?! My oldest daughter is 14 too and WOAH what a year! I do agree that DEEP down in the trenches of their hearts that their is still a little angel… we just don’t see it too often-
LOL Love your blog, thanks for sharing!
Ashley

Staci - Happy 14th Birthday Lauren!!!! She’s just so beautiful Meg 🙂 One day…I am sure that the attitude will just blow away in the wind…I know it won’t be any too soon for you 🙂 Until then, enjoy the beauty 🙂

sarah - That bucket of goodies makes me so happy, and the yellow cupcakes…and the heart cake.
I’m going to enjoy my next 12 years or so before that attitude kicks in. I hope she’s not EXACTLY like me, but I’m already seeing signs that I have no hope. haha.
You are a wonderful mother, and I hope that at least sometimes she lets you know, or shows you signs of being appreciative.

Regina (QueenieBee) - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREN!!!!!! I have a daughter the same age, so we “get” what life for your family is like..and we’re livin’ it daily! Drama aside, it really is a fun age.
And that cake looks super delicious.

Starnes Fam - I love this celebration. You did well combining some fun for the family and a great time for your teenager. My oldest just turned 8, but I’m paying attention.

jamie - Big Happy Birthday! My almost 14 YO still talks and talks up her Birthday like it is the Big One! LOL.. It’s nice to see my Teen isn’t the only one that asks for cold hard cash! Kills my family members that want to buy her something to give cash.. Must be a Teen thing. Hope she has a wonderful Year. Jamie

Donna - My daughter turned 14 on Thursday – so many things I can relate to this post. She too, wanted money for shopping………and the moods – oh the moods!!!

Ramona - Great photos! She is a beautiful girl. Speaking of teenagers- I hope the Lord in His grace spares me from having a teenager like I was. I was good outside the home but a nightmare at home. I still can’t figure that one out!
Keep doing what you are doing- you are a great mom!

Sandy - Thanks (again!) for sharing your family with us and always keeping it real. I get so tired of the blogs that want everyone to think life at their house is perfect. My daughter is 19 and we’ve always been very close; I don’t think she acted like a 14 year old or a 15 year old when she was that age. HOWEVER – I have a 15 year old son that more than makes up for both of them. Your readers’ comments that it will get better help me to stay positive and hopeful. 🙂 Keep believing in her and loving her – that’s what I do with Seth and hopefully one day it’ll make a differance.
Love from Troy, OH

Jessica - I remember being that age. I can now look back and say that it was never enough. My mom tried, and I was an ungrateful teenager. Nothing was perfect for me, yet I expected it to be..even at 15 or 14, or whatever. Keep being the best mom that you are….someday they will thank you for it. Someday they will actually learn the “life lesson” you are trying to teach them at the delicate age of fourteen. Even if it’s when they are 25.

Alyssa - Do you mind me asking what lens you normally use?? you’ve said before, but i forgot….

Sara - Good luck!!!! I only say that because my daughter is seventeen (almost 18) The attitude started at 14 and there is still a hint of it!!!! Sixteen was the worst!!!! Love the heart cake!!!! Love all you photos!!!! I have to have your camera( and house) !!!!!! Sara

kasey@lolabboutique.com - seriously, you look tooooo young to have a 14yr old!
xo

Lauren - I completely understand! My sister-in-law is 13 about to be 14 and she is definitely going through the dramatic stage of hating her family! I’m 25 now, but I completely remember how harsh I was at that age. Just know it will get better…..and keep praying for her! 🙂

Shannan - She looks 17 to me! When I was 14 I was woefully uncool and didn’t even notice or care. No cool clothes, no make up, bad permed hair, etc… Lauren is so beautiful! I hope she enjoyed every minute of her day.

danyele - love it! my brooke (5) just said, “what a beautiful bday cake”!! my p turns 14 in two months…ahhhh. i love the goody bag! great idea for me to steal!

regina - I LOVE how you do things! I can bet that there is always something going on in your house and that it is never boring. Love the Bucket of stuff

Linda@Lime in the Coconut - Happy 14. Tumultuous often crazy years….but oh so fun!
My baby will be 14 in May. Oy.

Lorilee - My “baby” boy will be 14 on March 30th. I am dreading 16 and driving! Your 14 year old is beautiful!
Blessings,
Lorilee

karen - I came over from another blog (I think it was The Mommy Chronicles). You are an admirably creative woman, and I like your style. It’s inspiring.
Your daughter is lovely. Our Katie would be turning 14 next month (if she hadn’t passed away in 2007 from cancer), so I enjoy seeing the expressions on your daughter’s face at this stage, as she is celebrated. At that age, they are full of life and pushing limits, AND it is beautiful; it makes us all grow with them!
Sending prayers for Cora and her family, too.
http://www.karengberger.blogspot.com
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/katiegerstenberger

chris - Oh I wish I lived at your house, birthdays look fun , tomorrow is my birthday and I will be lucky if I even get a cake , I’m betting no cake , truly all I want is to go out to my favorite diner with my family , that will make me happy , but a pink bucket of goodies well that would be the best.

Lanny Stanard - Happy Birthday Kiddo! wow fourteen I can’t even remember 14 Hmmm Have a great day, and I like all your gift’s lucky girl;) Megan next friday for sure it’s been a bad week for me my Mom’s not doing so well:( please keep her/us in your prayers!
Lanny…

Penny - I love the pictures. She is a beautiful girl. My youngest daughter will be 15 in April. I know the looks and I also know the love! It is a challenging age. It does get better. My oldest daughter(21) and middle daughter(18) were home from college this weekend and I listened to the chattering over breakfast. They have grown into beautiful young women. You will cherish these moments. I know I do!

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loving red

February 6, 2009

my eyes are always drawn to red.

i changed a tiny bit in the entryway.

you probably can't even notice.

and that floor…i don't like….especially when i see it in a big photo…yuck.

i wish it were wood or covered in a rug.

i made curtains at my girls weekend when i made the matching lampshades.

i cut them and sewed them there.

came home to hang them….they were WAY short!

i even said quite few times how they looked wrong but just kept sewing.

so….a half a yard of red velvet later….problem solved.

the entry way feels like a room now.

and my sister gave me the little bird hooks for my birthday.

yes…that was 5 months ago.

but i finally hung it up.

i love it lorel!

red makes me happy.

oh yeah….keepin' it real…one more time.

here is what it looks like when the kids are home.

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Anj - Thanks for keeping it real Meg! Love love love what you did. So pretty!!

Shutters Perth - I was very delighted upon going through your article that ponders me with bucket of productive and essential information. And I just admire your creatively personal touch for your home designs.

anna see - Wow! Oustanding job. It looks like a happy home.

Kristen @ More Than Mulberries - Came over from Kimba’s – I LOVE your mudroom!!! How great is that? (and how jealous am I? a lot) Red is one of my most favorite colors – it just makes me happy. Great job on those curtains too – so cute!

Misti of Studio M Designs - I’m a first time visitor, and love your blog. I am a major fan of everything red, and post about red all the time. You did a fabulous job on your room, thanks for sharing the “real” photo! Funny how crazy things get when the kids get home…
~Misti

natalie meester - Hee Hee Looks like my messy mudroom in the keeping it real phase@!
Love your posts

Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land - Hi Meg! I love your mudroom. The red looks fantastic.
I linked to it from my post today.
Kimba
http://asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com/2009/02/linky-love.html

Jess @ Just a Blink - Thanks for keeping it real!
The red is superb!

Jen - Looooooove it all!
♥Jen

Lauren - I love the last picture, which brings your awesome entryway to life. The red looks awesome, great work on the entryway, you’ve definitely got style.

patricia - Each and every time I come back here, I say stupid things like you made my day – but keepin it real, this time, your bit o red made my february.
You got heart!
pve

Dawn - I love red too. Just the littlest burst of it tucked in somewhere makes me feel happy. =)

Andrea - Oh YAY for “new red thing”. Love them all!

Linda@ Restyled Home - It turned out beautifully (of course) but I’m loving that final shot. Makes me feel at home…
Linda

Jen R - I love the red too…. that is how my house looks every day!

Patty - Your entry is so crisp and bright and WOW it’s lived in, too! Thank you for the organizing inspiration, but mostly for sharing that last photo! Have a nice night!

Shannan - 55 comments? Holy Moses. I am way behind here… I guess we are all loving the red. I am only recently learning to truly appreciate red, now that my Shabby Chic phase is finally fading into oblivion. Oh, I’m love little bits of black, too. Is that a little cubby-hole curtain I spy? Makes me wonder what’s behind it! Beautiful entry way for a beautiful home.

Taryn - My mom loves red too- she tends to buy a lot of red. I love your birds and your entryway. (And the keeping it real photo! It is nice to know that we are not the only messy ones around.)

Victoria - Ohhh I would be so happy walking into that entryway every day. 🙂 It’s beautiful and happy!

Chaos-Jamie - you made me snort my soda with that last photo! Looks just like my entryway at 3:32. (minus all the cute details)

Carla - Red is my favorite!
Your entry way looks GORGEOUS!
At least you “keep it real” is style, Girl!
That’s what I’m talking about.

Nina - oh yeah……I love red too!! Like you, it just make me happy. And can I ask you something…..how do you get your pictures so big on your blog??
thanks….

jimaiemarie - how much do i love you keepin it real??
THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS much!!! lol!!
i love your mudroom, it looks so cute!!!!

kasey@lolabboutique.com - what i wouldn’t do for an entry way with cubbies!
looks great.
xo

Nessa Dee - Love red! And love those curtains!! Beautiful mudroom!

Sara - I love your mud room!!!! Where did you find your fabric?It is gorgeous,also love your door.

Kim - Red is my favorite color – I’m thinking about painting our kitchen island red. Still trying to talk my husband into it!

Cecilia - Red IS a very beautiful color! Me, myself and I are having a pinkish-period right now. I love pink, and turqouise!
Love from sweden

Aubrey - Oh and where did you get those red buckets? I think I have a weakness for buckets. And I think I’m too weird.

Aubrey - Ooh–I love red, too. If I were you neighbor, I’d want to come and steal all that stuff–even your purse–except I’d leave all the contents. I’m not THAT psycho. Your house is so cool. My back entry opens right into the kitchen. Really. If you’re not careful or blind and don’t walk straight in you’d run into the table and sometimes my kids come rushing in so fast they slam the door into the oven door handle and stuff I have perched on top of the oven come crashing down. Maybe we should have moved to Kansas to get more house for out $$$. Or maybe I’ll win the HGTV house. big fat YEAH RIGHT.
Are you going to make cute red pillows or cushions for that bench under the window? Of course it’s fabulous the way it already is.

Anna - Can you please tell us where you got the red boots? I really want them…you know how I like red and white polka dots :o)

LuLu - Oh I am crazy for red too, I want your wellies- dang cute, and i am so glad to know that my kids are not the only ones who come home and dump their stuff! hee hee so thanks for keeping it real.
LuLu

Kate - red is one of those colors that just pops.
and makes you hungry.
*stomach growls*
but yeah, beautiful curtains, beautiful house even when the kid-nados (like tornadoes, except in kid form) attack.
-kate

Brittany - Thanks for a glimpse into your reality! I feel better now! But I LOVE the red as well!!! And the curtains look lovely!

Kelly - love the red, it’s gorgeous. and I love that you “keep it real” because I only have two kids and my house is a mess like that a lot!!

alyssa - my eyes are drawn to your house. Can we move in?

The Rauths - ooooooooo….eye candy! i LOVE red too! it just makes me happy! =) love your entry, too. that fabric is fabulous.

Mary Lou - What is it about RED??? I LOVE it too because…it reminds me of birthday party balloons, Christmas, happy flowers, etc. It’s just a happy color, it can’t help itself. : )
You did a great job on your red damask projects. The velvet border was a stroke of genius!

Katie - Love your curtains…especially with the red velvet on the bottom. Kind of a happy accident!

Staci - OH man do I love red too!!! You would LOVE my new stove that we are putting in our new house…it’s old, from England, old….and it is all garnet red and I think I’m naming her Ruby 🙂 I mean, seriously, do people really name their stoves?? I do. I really must have that fabric for something!!!! And oh yea…I love it when you keep it real 🙂 You make me smile so much!

Lee Ann - Love it all! I want a red laudnry/mud room. I saw a red and black one years ago and fell in love!

Lee Ann - Love it all! I want my new laundry/mud room to be red! I saw a red and black one years ago and fell in love.

Sandy - You make me laugh (thank you!) I love the red and beauty in your entry way – and even more I love your keeping it real pictures. Thanks for helping us to know we aren’t alone. 🙂

Mindy - I just found your blog this week and I am loving it! I have 4 kids so I love the keeping it real — instead of all those “fake” blogs who make their lives look perfect. Your red curtains are so gorgeous and I think they are better with the velvet!

Julia - Hi, I just found your blog – I love, love, love the pictures of your house. I’ve been wanting to get something from Tanya Whelan’s new line (I thought I recognized the red fabric as being from “Darla” – if not, it sure looks like it!). The curtains are wonderful. I just got a new red accent for my kitchen – red is really growing on me – http://www.flickr.com/photos/29635318@N07/3251338104/

carissa - FOR THE LOVE OF RED… i just love it!
the curtains turned out GREAT… that trim… perfect!
the funny thing… the polka dot red boots… the hot pink snow boots… the brown snow boots with pink trim… the exact same pairs are in our entry! 🙂 peas!

Heather - Love, love, LOVE your entry way! I fantasize about turning the laundry room into a kid-friendly entry with a bench and hooks . . . your “keeping real” photo reminds me that likely it’ll still be a bit of a disaster:)

Lisa - Hilarious! It’s so comforting to know that with your five kids and a dog, your house does get messy like the rest of us – phew *wipes forehead* I thought you were superwoman for a moment there. I still have my suspicions. I actually think you were meant to make the drapes to short. The red velvet makes them so interesting. I would totally by these in a store.
Take Care,
Lisa

Tracy - Red is my favorite color and I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your curtains – the Red velvet just made the curtains PERFECT! See… you were supposed to mess up that way and make them too short so you could add the “real” finishing touches! Great job! :o) And I LOVE the fact that you “kept it real” as always – that’s what my foyer looks like always too between the kids and the dog! LOL Thanks again for sharing! Hugs, Trac~ :o)

Beth - You know it’s “wear red” day for women’s heart issue awareness?? How appropriate!

Cami - I so LOOOOVE the color red! Your house is awesome. I like the keeping real picture too!!

Heidi Jo the Artist - I loooove red too! I’m finding that is the one color in every room of our home. Thanks for sharing! You are definitely an inspiration to me. I especially love the curtains and what was a problem with them being too short became even more beautiful with velvet!
I also love to play shoots and ladders (we have the Sesame Street version) with my kids or any game for that matter. Playing with our children is very important, not only for our children, but for a parent to have memories too of having fun with the kiddos.
We’ll continue to keep Cora and her family and friends in our prayers.
Have an awesome weekend!
Heidi Jo the Artist
http://swirlsofcreativity.etsy.com
http://swirlsofcreativity.blogspot.com

Jennifer - Oh my gosh…. love it all! I have been addicted to red lately. And not the earthtone red… the bright-make-me-smile-‘cuz-it-pops red! Too fun!
I love the curtains… glad they were short because that velvet is the perfect touch!
Red smiles,
Jen

Trina - I love the perfection and I love the keeping it real.. that is life…. try for perfection but live in pic # 2 most of the time.. wow your curtains are fab!
I’d be happy living in that little mud room. xx Trina

Laura Phelps - thanks for the real life shot. I feel better now!

Gini - You’ll love brown eyed fox’s blog today then!!! Anyhoo – I have a fabulous blue handbag that is lined with a lovely red….love love love it!!!

Tracie B - I love your blog and I appreciate your “keeping it real photos” so much! It’s incredible important to be inspired by the small things in everyday. When you show us your mess after we’ve been looking at the rest of your fantastic photos, we can take that inspiration and leave the behind the all the pressure to live a “Martha Stewart Lifestyle”. Thanks.

Suzan Freeman - I found my way to your blog by way of the Sticklers blog. I LOVE the fabric you used for the curtains…just what I have been looking for for my kitchen. Could you tell me what the name of the fabric is??? Thanks so much for sharing a picture of your life.

betsy - And today is National Wear Red Day for woman’s heart disease awareness. How fitting!
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/educational/hearttruth/events/wear-red.htm

Emily - I love all the little touches of red and the bird hooks, anything with birds really. I laughed when I saw the brown suede boats, because my daughter has the same pair and they are laying on the floor in my mudroom as I type. Glad you kept it real!

Suzanne - love, love red!! my favorite color!! i even had two red cars…unfortunately, the first one was totaled by a man running a red light, the other we had to let go since we were growing out of room…hard to load kids in carseats in a two seater…
love the keepin’ it real photo! i have plenty that could rival it!
happy friday!

Lisa - The curtains are gorgeous and I love the keeping it real photos.

traci - love the red!!! so cheerful. cute curtains, i so wish i could sew!! that’s what my front porch looks like all the time, shoes and bags everywhere!!!

Rachel - This gives meaning to “a mother’s work is never done”…love the pics…especially the “real” one!

Arielle - Thanks so much for posting the “keeping it real” pictures. I LOVE blogland for all of the incredible inspiration it can provide, but it can also suck me into this distorted world where I start to think that messes don’t happen in other people’s houses and if I just worked a little harder my house would look like a page in a magazine all the time. I appreciate that you can blend insipration with reality. It’s more than inspiring, it’s downright encouraging!

Stacie - I LOVE that red purse!!!! And lovin’ the keeping it real photo . . nice to know I’m not alone 🙂

Rachel Berry - Okay Loving your entryway!! 🙂 Love the red and white so much and thank you for making me feel so normal. Our entry way is sadly enough our laundry room (old farm house) and when my kids get home from school or rooms look exactly alike!!! Sigh…. Thanks for a bit of normal. 🙂
r.

Alyssa - I love the red too…Love the curtains and I noticed them in the first photo in the cubbything. I think you can fix that floor up…..Your Meg….aka Miss Crafty…I am sure you can go into Mary Poppins craft room and craft it up with something.
Love the keeping it real photo. Thanks for making me smile.

beckley Vining - me, too. i threw what has become our definition of a party lat night and got out all my red stuff. it was fun. and the curtains? nice work. and i like the velvet. it anchors the fabric since you have the darker blind at the top. my opinion. and i think it looks fab. if we lived in the same area, i’d give you my jute rug with the red trim that i have no use for 🙂
but my main reason for visiting (aside from a common love for red and jealousy over your ability to make your own curtains!)—i think you said you are going to visit the Macs today? would you please hug them from milwaukee? we are praying. and loving. and hoping. and extending grace and peace to them in this time. maybe as some “wood for the fire.”
grace and peace.

Heather - LOL I adore the keepin’ it real pictures. Awesome. The red is so fresh.

Beth - that last pic still has me laughing. soooo true!

Alyssa - very valentinesyish! do you get tired of hearing how inspiring you are? i sat up and read some of your old blogs for hours last night! wierdo alert! kidding. really, you should have your own magazine. i love the lamb or donkey or whatever he was & the look on his face! i would never thought to put that into words, bravo! keep it coming!

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