does it get better than this????
elizabeth was 6 days old.
and perfect.
and so loved.
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i am off to california!!!
i typing this from the denver airport.
woo-hoo.
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here is a dorky video blog about how messy my house is. i left this morning to go running. it's going to take some serious shift in my attitude to get over that. my list for today: bank tomorrow i get to see her and her with her!!! ………………………………………..
For reals I want to be your real life friend. 🙂 I am showing my husband this video so he can see your laundry room, and stop asking me if we are still behind on the laundry!! haha 🙂 Oh lady. My house. I have to leave it to relax these days… Maybe you could do something with the laundry basket drawers. I have seen ideas for them all over Pinterest. You could just do them up and put their names on each set or whatever. Here is a link to the blog that I saw them on. http://ana-white.com/2010/11/laundry-basket-dresser?page=1 i know i’m several days overdue with a comment, but i just had to say thanks for that video. you are way cool! 🙂 Oh, and I forgot to write that I love the rainbow list of things to get done. I think I’m going to have to do that with my sharpies, maybe more will get done then-with the happy colors!! Uh, messes! I wish I could wave a wand sometimes and the whole house would magically be clean, ha ha. I feel like I’m always cleaning up something, the life of a mom. Hey! That looks like our house, but there is only two of us 🙂 You guys LIVE there, of course there is going to be a littlle mess. Great Vlog, by the way. I felt like I was there visiting and you were talking to me! Hope to see more! I just did our first real vlog…on a chili recipe, haha. The world needs more of those, right? It feels weird to me, the whole vlogging thing, but I want to try more. Hope you will to! I say NO to more hampers and more signs. I say YES to less clothes. Less clothes equals less laundry. With four boys myself I had tobchange something otherwise I was taking the emergency credit card and heading to Mexico, alone. They now have four pair shorts, four tee shirts, two pair jeans, two collared shirts, on pair khakis, five pair undies, two pair pajamas. Easy peasy babe! thank you thank you thank you for that video – hysterical! I always think geez, why can’t I be more organized, why can’t I be like so and so who is always on time, car neat, clothes neat, and house neat. my kitchen table is piled with papers, bills, riff raff. I’ll clear it and it comes back. argh! and my laundry room…its a mess, although its usually a mess with CLEAN clothes not dirty, but still not organized!! so thanks for keeping it “reals” and no, you are not a big fat mess, you are a busy mom like the rest of us who admit to keeping it “reals”! Oh sister, I thought of you today as I cleaned up 7 bags of crap out of my kids rooms and located my blush, blow dryer and several pair of earrings that have been missing for weeks. Soooooo bugged! I think my blood pressure went up about 20 points. You are so cute! I love how real you are. It is so refreshing in a world where everyone reveals a partial reality. Love it. I’m right there with ya! wow. i honestly cannot believe you are that concerned about your headphones. I would do ANYTHING just to have time to work out. i stumpled upon your blog and just was dumbfounded by your post. hope your mani and pedi were great! and I also hope you find some peace with yourself and that you are so lucky and blessed beyond your belief. you definately have “first world issues.” maybe take a step back and realize what you have and what you just posted! Ahhh, Meg, you are the best! Thank you for keeping it real! You know you’re not the only one right? I’m off to fold laundry shortly. Oh, Meg…you are officially my hero. Because you are real. And I really needed real today. 🙂 You’re awesome. And your big fat mess looks so familiar…! Love how u can embrace the mess with a smile 🙂 I love that you are keeping it real for all of us that love and follow your blog. It can frustrating to only see the seemingly “picture perfect” homes and lives on blogs and then look around at our own homes and see the daily mess. I so enjoy your creative ideas and colorful home. Keep up the inspiring work! You are so adorable! Thanks for every moment of truth you share with us Meg! We have a hot mess of a laundry room too. However we do have a laundry system that’s working. It’s a vast improvement over what we used to do… yup mom doing it all and kids not caring and clothing strung all over the house more often than not. i don’t know you. i don’t even know how i found your blog. but i love it! i love your honesty. i had my 5th baby 9 weeks ago, so you are now a role model of mine, from afar. 🙂 thanks for the video. LOVED it. 🙂 I just watched this with my 4 months old and he started smiling and laughing at you! I guess you have a new fan. HA! “For Real”!!! You’re awesome sauce! I love your mess, and not trying to hide it. YOU are not a mess…you’re wonderful. Love how you keep it honest. I got a mani/pedi a few weeks ago…it’s my happy pill. Anyhoo the guys put a new kind of polish on my nails that WILL NOT come off. You have to try it. It won’t chip. It’s amazing. Have no idea the name…just say the polish that won’t come off. Good luck on your conference. You’ll do great. Say hi to Heather for me. I’d love to meet her too. Seriously, I adore you and your freedom to be Raw and in the moment. <3 AWESOME! You are sooooooo REAL! I love it! Thanks for sharing, and making the rest of us feel ‘normal’, whatever that is. love it. loved hearing your voice and seeing the mess outside the frame, thanks for sharing : ) and the sonic cup on the couch mad eme laugh because i came out into the living room the other day to see one of the kids’ chocolate milk in a glass cup with a straw in it balanced on the couch. really!???! have a fantastic weekend, meg. bleah, i hate when they change the desktop wallpaper on MY MY MY computer!!! Let me just say that I wish I could be a little more of a mess. I am compelled to be neat and orderly and it’s horrible. I get almost panicky at the messes my kids make and have to let them go. I have learned to let them keep their rooms/ playroom as they want it and to try to keep the common living areas less messy. I had to learn to walk away and to remember that it was just stuff. And often cleaning that stuff can wait! Love your blog Meg!! I also have 5 kids and have FINALLY found the best laundry method for our family so I wanted to share it with you…. We have tried everything…. from me doing all the laundry, to the kids doing their own laundry, to me doing the washing and then putting the kids laundry in “their” individual baskets to be folded (which always resulted in wrinkled clothes)…. So here’s what I do now…. When I know I will be home all day, that’s a day I pick to do the laundry (or spread it out over 2 days if you’ll be really busy). The kids all have a laundry hamper in their room. I ask the kids the night before I know I will be washing to bring their hamper to the laundry room and separate their clothes. I usually know it’s time when I see more clothes on their floor than in their hamper. In the laundry room I have 4 baskets – one for darks, one for lights, one for whites, and one for darks to be washed in hot. Once a load is finished, I take it out of the dryer (preferably while it’s still warm and not too wrinkled), shake it out, and lay it over the back of the couch in the family room. I lay shirts/tops in one pile and pants/bottoms in another pile. I put items to be hung up over the arm of the couch and have a basket for undergarments/socks. I do this until all the loads are done. I just keep alternating loads during the day. When ALL of the laundry is done, I assemble everyone in the family room for the “folding party”(which usually includes the bribe of a movie) and I start tossing them their items from the pile. They fold as we go and believe me, when I have finished tossing out items (which is actually funny in itself), they are practically done folding. I then pause the movie until they have all taken their items to their room AND put them in the proper places. I then fold mine and my husbands items and I, or one of the kids, will take care of the undergarment basket during the movie. Believe me, I have tried everything and this works great (and yes, sometimes, those items sit on the back of the couch for a day or two but this eliminates wrinkles pretty well and also eliminates having a ton of baskets floating around the house….. Love to you Meg – Good Luck!! 🙂 You crack me up. Thanks for being authentic – it is SO encouraging….far more inspiring than showing a spotless home. Loved the Sonic cup. That made it art. Meredy xo You are too funny! Glad to see there are “real” mom bloggers out there who don’t have everything perfectly in order. My house looks similar, but you know what, that means that there are lots of wonderful loving memories being created with my family. I will have plenty of time when they have moved out to clean! 🙂 Hope the baby pictures went well! I love seeing your big fat mess because it looks like my big fat mess! They say creative people are messy people. I like to believe that. As far as kids doing their own laundry. It’s something we did in our home. As soon as each child enters high school they are responsible for their own laundry. It works out pretty well and they usually get it done by the time they are down to the last pair of socks or their underwear is running low. There is an exception with my son and I won’t give you details let’s just say I need to jump in from time to time so that he wears clean undergarments 🙂 that was too cute 🙂 THank you! i am a working mom and I swear I am always feeling guilty for my house not always neat and clean. oh god thank you. You are normal and I think I am too. I ll tell you this…were both pretty good moms! 🙂 You are beautiful!!! Inside and out. Your family is blessed to have you!! Thanks for the sweet vlog. Can you feel the love from the ladies here? You’re our hero!! Enjoy your fun time 🙂 I miss your sweet laugh!! i love this post. Awesomeness. For reals. Hugs to you beautiful mess! You are my soul sista. Yes, I want to see the inside of your fridge next, because right now mine is disgusting and I need to feel better about it. Or clean it out. Or both. I love your blog!! It is so nice to know that I’m not the only person that doesn’t have a perfectly clean house all the time!! Thank you so much for sharing with us all! haha! My laundry room kind of looks like that too. You should totally show us the inside of your fridge next! I love you Meg and your big fat mess! 🙂 Your honesty makes me smile. When I first became a mother I was always running around trying to keep my house clean wondering how others did it, but then one person told me, that sometimes moms with the messiest houses are the best moms because that means they are spending the most time with their kids rather than worrying about the mess all the time. Keep up with the video postings, they are fun to watch! 🙂 Meg!! You are so darned cute!! And REAL!!! You crack me up!!! I just love you!!! Thanks for keeping it real and making me feel so normal!!! man. that made my day. seriously. there is really no way a human being can do all the *extras* you do and keep a spotless house. you have five capable kids and i am ALL FOR kids doing their own laundry. i only have 2..a nine and a seven year old. they do their own. it’s awesome! yay..you did a vlog!! where was waffle though??? Meg, You are so *awesome* and *real* and *funny*! I think having a mess just means that you have a house full of family. How sad when the day comes when I walk into a room and there isn’t just a tiny sign that someone, anyone has been in there but me. 🙂 Hope you got your earbuds back and got your run. ok, I LOVE your blog and it’s like a little pick me up when I see a new post in my reader! thanks for being so honest….just realized as I tried to capitalize my “t” that my kids must have broke that along with the # five that no longer works 🙂 I have 4 kids and the oldest is five and a half…..so glad my house is not the only one that is a mess! I feel like mine is never “dirty”, i vacuum and dust often but it is ALWAYS messy! Guess I better get used to it cause it doesn’t get better as they get older?!?! You are the cutest thing ever and your hair looks super sassy in this video. We all appreciate your honesty! We are all in your shoes! 2 things… first, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has a hard time when my kids take my stuff. 😉 Second, thank you for keeping it real. I was just feeling discouraged about the mass amount of laundry I have piling up and about my house being messy. I decided to avoid the mess longer and get on the computer. You made me feel better! And a little motivated. Good luck getting your list done. Hope the day ends better then it started (i.e. having your ear phones taken) 🙂 hey meg! what lip product/shade are you wearing in this video? i love it! Love this blog since it VALIDATES REAL LIFE! That video made. my. day. You are so pretty Meg! Really! Did you ever get your teeth bleached at the dentist or are they just that white on their own? Okay. I loved you before, but I like love you to the second power now. I was ready to call my husband – at work, no less – to tell him that my mental breakdown is imminent because of: the state of my home, the huge pile of clean clothes we hid in the closet when guests were coming over – 5 days ago – that has yet to be removed, the entire roll of paper towels I had to remove from the toilet – AFTER my son had pooped on them… Um, yeah. You get the picture. um so. your laundry room could be in your garage. that is still full of unpacked boxes from a move that took place in APRIL. full of stuff this is going to the Good Will on December 26 (because the christmas ornaments are somewhere at the bottom). CANNOT wait to meet you and share war stories. 😉 seriously, I think you’re great…I’d really do it for you. How a control freak does laundry….the other day my son did laundry without me knowing….I asked/interrogated everyone in the house until the culprit finally owned up. He DRIED IMPORTANT things that shouldn’t have gone in the dryer. AND HE WASHED dark denim jeans with whites. I KNOW!!! ah…..comfort. lol. hanks for posting this. i know i am normal, but liivng here with my parents temporarily makes me feel like the biggest slob in the world sometimes. we have seven children and we are staying in my parents upper floor. so 9 people in 3 bedrooms. things get CUH-RAZY but no one understands here. YOU get it. thanks, Meg. yu have the prettiest smile, btw! you look like Nancy McKeon. Oh, Meg. Your video makes me love you even more!!! I mean, if that were possible. 😉 I think we are kindred spirits. I crave organization….but it doesn’t come naturally to me. At. All. Most days I think I need to hire a professional organizer…but then she’d have to come everyday for the upkeep. *sigh* I havent watched the VLog yet because Im watching Temple Grandin, a movie that was recommended to me as a teacher(about autism). I cant wait for this weekend. I fly out tomorrow as soon as I can get out of school. Im nervous and scared about flying/traveling alone by myself(all the way from NY). 1. your amazing. thanks for dropping everything/being okay with me being crazy late/lost yesterday AND taking great pictures Join the crowd…we all have rooms or houses like you so you are sooo not alone! By the way, I just have to comment, you have BEAUTIFUL teeth and a great smile!!! If anyone else said that, I promise I didn’t say that to steal from them but those pearly whites certainly showed up on your vlog…so fun by the way…and I wanted to just give you a compliment. Have a beautiful day, hope you find your ear plugs (so annoying, I’d be really mad!) and have the best time at Blog Sugar, you will rock the house I’m sure! Woot Woot! This is so sweet!!! You are darling! But I must correct you….and I’m yelling, mmmmk….. AAAAAHHHH!! Meg! you’re a doll, not a mess! BUT I thought of the BEST IDEA EVER FOR YOU!!! Well, it’s not my idea, i found it on pinterest….this would be terrific for your laundry situation…. Oh my goodness! I LOVE your hair. If only mine looked that good on a regular basis! i just have to comment EVERYTIME a blogger does this….THANK YOU!!! thank you for letting us know that we are all busy, unorganized, and have messy houses. its so easy to let the pretty pictures on the internet trick you into feeling not up to par with the rest of the world! and this relates to a pin i saw yesterday and it was soooo true: dont let comparission steal your joy!!! AMEN!!! and horray for messy moms!!!!! oh my goodness, the comments you typed MADE the video. you’re hilarious!! I am so glad i’m not the only one with a house in a big fat mess!!! You make a great vlog Meg. I love how you say Craig 🙂 you’re cute; not a big fat mess, Megan. Aren’t we all a mess? So good to see the “for reals” – i love it, makes me feel like a normal person….. You’re a natural vlogger! I posted a link to Pinterest earlier for a Laundry room dresser thing that held hampers, but I don’t see it now though. I’ll email it to you. Thanks for keepin’it REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!m AWww…..I wish I could come over and help you clean and organize your house. I used to have a lot of houses to clean but have cut back on those jobs. I only have one house I clean now but today, I did a “one-timer” job for a lady. You make me laugh. I recently wrote a check to the library for around $20. Yeah, ridiculous. I am usually on top of things except for when I am not. 🙂 its good you keep it real – so many people have the ridiculous notion that the perfect life that we see in blogs is a daily reality – it’s not and I think so many women think they are not good enough because we keep comparing ourselves. Good for you! oh wow! my house i never dirty like that! You’re too cute to be a big fat mess…I hope you have an awesome trip! 🙂 The only way I can keep from ‘backsliding’ and doing my kids’ laundry for them, is by keeping them on a schedule. Each child (I only have 2) has a set day of the week that is THEIR laundry day. If they miss it, they get to spend weekend time doing it, instead of whatever fun activity we may have planned. We don’t miss they fun, but they do! It took them only once of missing the fun, and then they realized I meant business. Think about adding it to your chore list on the chanlkboard. If they only need to do one load, they could probably get that in between the start of dinner and bedtime. There have also been times when they bartered with each other- if one needed just a few things washed to re-wear in the week, he offered to help his brother fold his clean clothes, if he could throw in what he needed washed with his brother’s load. Just a thought! Have fun at Blog Sugar!!! I have to admit, I miss busy days. Staying at home with an infant is tough work sometimes! Our six kids have been doing their own laundry for about a year–we’ve got a system that manages to keep the laundry room clean and their bedrooms reasonably clear of crushed clothing. They each have a hamper in their rooms and a designated laundry basket/cubby in the laundry room. We’ve assigned each of them a specific day for doing their laundry and we enforce it. Thanks so much for the post I would be so mad if someone took my headphone when I planned on using them. I have music playing all the time. I’m glad you posted the video. I was walking around my own house yesterday thinking it looked like a tornado came threw. And I don’t even live in Kansas. You’re so funny…that’s great! I hate when my kids take my stuff! I even have a sign taped to my closet door that says “Kids stay out!” but it doesn’t work. They are always sneaking in to get something. I hate sneaky kids too. Whew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Ha ha ha! You are so cute. Thanks for sharing. Your house looks like mine and I have four kids. =) Thanks for showing us you are real. For reals! Sometimes our life through photos looks a lot more put together and we feel pressured we have to be put together all. the. time. I love that your home looks like a home. Laundry, dishes, crafts and even a sonic cup on the couch tells me that your life is full. Full of little people, full of love and full of life. Isn’t that what it is all about? I visit your blog all the time, but have never commented. I didn’t take the time to read all the other comments, so there may be someone else out there that has already shared this idea, but I’ll share it anyways. You are not a mess at all!!!!!! Your home is still Beautiful and you are a Beautiful woman too!!!!!! love this post. Love your haircut! So cute. thank you. you keep giving me reasons to like you even more! good luck on your speech. wish i could come hear it! you will be great! but i will throw some prayers up on your behalf just in case! ha! if anyone ever gives you a hard time about your house mess, you should kick it old school, and tell them these 3 words – “sorry for livin’!!!” Nuff said! 🙂 Just wanted to share how we do our laundry here. My kids do their own laundry (they have since 4th grade). What I did is give them their own day do get it done. It was a day they picked. They each have a hamper (or 2) in their room for dirty clothes. No dirty clothes are ever in our laundry room except on “laundry day”. So, basically the hamper fills up in their room during the week. Then on their laundry day, they have the laundry room for themselves for the day (we have a washer where you can set it for small loads if needed). My kids usually have 3 loads each (dark load for school, dark load for gym clothes – towels – undies etc., and then a light load). Some weeks they get it done in 2 loads. They have all day to get it done – the only rule I have is the laundry room has to be cleaned up and cleared out before they go to bed. Right now, my 2 boys are splitting Saturdays – one starts around 11 and gets done around 3, and the other starts at 3 and gets done around 7. When they each picked a school day, they would start their laundry right after school and have it all done by bedtime. That was back when they wanted their weekends off. The benefit to doing it this way is the laundry room is always clear unless laundry is actually being done. Then the clothes go right back up to their rooms. I go to bed with a clean room, and walk in to a clear laundry room when I begin on my days. I also know who should be in the laundry room and on what day so if someone is slacking, I can remind them that bedtime is coming up really soon – and they can finish. That is great! I mean it brought a smile to my face. You are real….just like the rest of us. Thank you for sharing your mess. It looks just like my house. Big hug! As someone else said (or maybe many someones!), you are adorable! Thanks for the smile… and have a lovely day! You are beautiful! And so realistic, I like it 🙂 You are adorable! And I LOVE your honesty! Raising 5 kids and still managing everything you do, is truly inspirational 🙂 I’m not going to take time to read all the comments so someone might have already said this because it isn’t that earth shattering, but here’s what works for us with the laundry. I have 3 kids, 11 yo boy, twin 8 yo girls… Love your truths, the written ones, pics and vlogs…they help me get thru my days!But…I don’t wonder about your motivation for cleaning your house just your motovation for ALL of the awesome things you do crafting, blogging, traveling to Africa, pics never mind just running the family home in general!! It is all so inspiring and yet you are so down to earth. soooo….i love the video! you’re so funny! i saw where you are returning things to cato….i LOVE cato…so you asked for questions….what are some of your favorite finds at cato? what’s your style? Hi Meg. I thought of an idea that may help your laundry situation. You might have already thought of this, but how about each kid has their own laundry day. On that day when they get home from school they do their laundry. I hope this might help. You are super great and so funny! Have a great day! You are adorable! Would it weird to say I love you? Yes? Ok, never mind then…. You are so cute and hilarious! Thanks for a look into your home! I don’t feel so bad when my home gets messy – although it’s only my hubby and me so far. Hopefully you can figure out a way to get the laundry room in order because that would be very stressful for me (which it seems to be for you), especially if kids were running up looking for a certain clothing item that they couldn’t find because they left it in a heap in the laundry room. I say kudos to you for making them do their own laundry and hopefully someone will chime in with some advice. I don’t have kids yet so I know nothing about it, sorry! This may sound absurd but I use to have a laundry room that look exactly like yours then I got rid of the dryer! Yes, I up and sold the dryer and my laundry room has been clean ever since. I still wash our clothes but they never pile up , my motivation is Mother Nature herself. I never know when it’s going to rain so if I wake up and it’s sunny the clothes have to be washed and hung out to dry by 9am(it takes at least 6 hours for them to fully dry) and usually their still damp at 5pm (our humidity’s crazy) so the kids(4) are forced to hang their clothes up right away or they’ll stink! Really (reeeeeeally) appreciate seeing your mess. It’s so easy for us to see these gorgeous houses and moms (like yourself. man, you’re BEAUTIFUL!) and feel like you have it all together and we’re a hopeless disaster. Thanks for keepin’ it real!! i forgot to say…im 21 and my laundry is always behind….its inevitable….but i do have 3 hampers so I can separate my laundry and take it to the laundry room then back to my room….one basket at a time I decided that checking your blog was more important than reviewing a case study for school 🙂 i love your vlog….and i love how real you are…have fun at blog sugar!! Love it…we are all the same at the end of the day. Moms who can’t do it ALL! I always try to tell myself when I feel like I’m suffocating in the messes and the laundry, there will be a day when the its all gone and I will miss it! I’m so bummed I can’t make it to Blog Sugar 🙁 I’m in northern CA! First…your hair is fab! thanks for letting us know that you live a real life with lotsa rainbows scattered about! Thanks you somuc for sharing your real life!!! I feel so much better! 🙂 Those sunflowers in the background, are they real or faux? If faux, where did you find them? YOU ARE AWESOME!! Thank you for your honesty. I feel much better about my own mess at home now 🙂 Thanks for sharing your mess! ha ha–we ALL have them. I know that even the moms who look like they have it all together, really *don’t*, and it’s so nice to see a mom being REAL! Love that! Love the video! I live by the quote, “Dull women have immaculate houses.” Thanks for making me smile today, Meg!! Thanks for that. I feel much better now. Your hair looks cute though! Post a video of Waffle, whom I cyber love. Would love to see and hear him fer reals (fur reals?) instead of pictures. You’re so brave to share – I think creative minds are always a little messier (at least that’s my excuse…) You’re my favorite “read”, and my inspiration to add more color to my life. Thanks for keepin it real. I found some really cool laundry sorters in a stand at IKEA. they were pretty cheap and work pretty well for sorting things. Don’t worry about the mess, you are just living! You may have a messy house, but you are not a mess! And you have CUTE hair! Have fun in California! Love it! I love homey homes that are “for reals”! You are great! I’m glad I’m not alone. I loved it! You should do more videos. I hope you have a great day and a safe trip. I’ve been reading your blog for over a year and the thing that keeps me besides your creativity, is how real you are. I appreciate it so much. Thank you! I know I’ve said this before but I just have to say it again … You are just too funny! Take it from me, one day you’ll only be doing laundry for the two of you & it will make you sad 🙁 BTW, I know you don’t believe me but ’tis true, ’tis true 🙂 You should work for the Kansas Department of Tourism ’cause you make me wanna visit … have a great day! I know I’ve said this before but I just have to say it again … You are just too funny! Take it from me, one day you’ll only be doing laundry for the two of you & it will make you sad 🙁 BTW, I know you don’t believe me but ’tis true, ’tis true 🙂 You should work for the Kansas Department of Tourism ’cause you make me wanna visit … have a great day! I doubt you are a big fat mess. After reading your post, I went to check to see if my headphones were where I keep them. My girls love to use them. I must have music when I exercise. I have a big to do list today. Camping this weekend! I have decided that I am going to have to introduce chore charts into our family schedule. My girls are ridiculous. Happy Day to you! So funny! Thanks for providing me with some humor before I clean my own messy house today! I just really love watching videos of people telling about themselves. Watching a video makes a person all that much more real. THANK YOU!!!!! Just came in after bringing three of my kids to the bus…the dog attacked the newspaper, there are shreds EVERYWHERE…the kitchen is a disaster, laundry, the basement with all the toys I haven’t even looked at in a week. I can not tell you how much I appreciate seeing the reality of life happening at others houses as well! I am loving your vlogs. They are so honest, and simple, and they make us other moms out here feel normal like you! My house is a big fat mess too…and I have no motivation to clean it. I’d rather be making baby quilts…and knitting baby hats…and baby hammocks to hold that new grandbaby in all the photos I’ll be taking! Can you imagine what my house will look like when the baby actually comes? I won’t care…’cause I’ll be at my daughter’s…with the new baby!! 🙂 You’re not a big fat mess, you know. You’re a mom with a lot of kids, and a life. I’m not sure on your current process with the hampers. We keep them in our rooms and then take them down to the laundry room when they are full and its time to wash. Then you wouldn’t have to see it and smell it when you need to take care of your own stuff? Of course my laundry is in the basement. Maybe though, after this trip you will have some time to rest and recover from the crazy summer, craft weekend, etc, etc? I hope so. i hate when the kids take out stuff too. i knwo i don’t always comment, but i ALWAYS read your blog. so much so that i dreamt about you last night. what! it’s not something weird, we met. hubby and i drove to your house. your hubby was there, i think a couple of your kids were running around in the background. even your really close friends were there (the ones you always post about). sorry i can’t remember their names. anyway, you and i hit it off right away [of course;)]. you showed me around your house, which did not look like your current house. anyway, it was nice to wake up with you this morning! heehee hope your day gets better. I always listen to music when I cycle other wise the sound of me dying winds me up lol. And when I do the shopping at the supermarket. con: getting up at 6 AM is not fun for me… pro: there was a HUGE rainbow on the drive to the school bus today at sunrise. (have you listened to the double rainbow song….please say yes….if not…go do it.) pro: my kids bus stop is in the country. it's beautiful pro: holding babies in the nursery at BSF (bible study fellowship) this morning…rocking them to sleep con: missing BSF lesson to watch the babies. pro: shopping with my friend who sits and gives me input for almost 2 hours and then brings in the con: never getting enough time together with my friend! pro: getting an early birthday card with $25 Starbucks gift card! pro: finding an outfit for blog sugar, a starbucks and making it home in time to pick up my kids :) pro: kansas speed limits up to 75 mph. pro: everyone had homework!!! i love homework. not kidding. pro: PARENTHOOD is back on. mostly pros outweigh the cons. …………………………………….. i am taking some baby pictures today. desperate for a nap. and for some reason i feel out of blog post ideas……anything you want to know or wish i'd talk about??? ……………………………………………….. you can read about my favorite bag designer Elisalou over HERE and receive a coupon code for your bag! also you can enter to win a Keurig and Green Mountain Coffee back here. ………………………………………………..
Where did you get those awesome sparkly shoes 🙂 I am desperate for a nap, almost always!! You really make me miss Kansas a lot. 🙂 I had no idea you did BSF! I am in year 7…never thought I’d make it that far! I love that I have sisters around the world that I am studying with and don’t even know 🙂 Yay for Acts! What local stuff do you do? Restaurants, gardens, pretty churches…that sort of thing. I may not be one of the best commenters around, but it is a fact that I have to check out your awesome Blog every single day because you ROCK!!!!!! Love, Love your Blog!!!!!!! Meg, Meg, Meg… you know these are my favorite posts of yours. The ones that are just normal, every day life. Though, you do a lot of those and that’s the main reason I follow your blog. I wish PARENTHOOD was on everyday!! I LOVE PARENTHOOD! It is seriously the best show ever! I would like to know if there are any devotional books that you would recommend?? I am 22 and have been looking for a really good one for a long time, but just haven’t found the right one yet! Also, since Christmas is coming up, I am wondering how you buy gifts for 5 children! Do you spend a certain amount on each child?? I hope you have a big family one day and just wonder how you and Craig do it! Thanks for being such an inspiration! I too am wondering whether you are taking Baby Mac photos? I know Jess is probably tired from what she’s had to do this week (insert laugh here!) but I’m hoping she’ll update soon! Sounds like a good day, especially the starbucks gift card! share your testimony! tell us about your walk with Jesus and how your family incorporates your faith in daily life 🙂 I just recently found/discovered your blog and I’m completely enjoying your writing. I loved today’s pros/cons — such a calm ‘aaahhhh’ (sigh of contentment) moment. lovely. keep it up! I love reading whatever you write about! But since you asked .. 🙂 I am about 3 months along with my husband and I’s first baby and I would LOVE to hear some of your advice, tips or ideas for a new mom since I think you are an awesome one! Soooo what are you wearing to Blog Sugar? Did you find something to go with the sparkly shoes? Will be praying for your speech – that you’ll be calm and relaxed and fully able to enjoy it, rather than terrified:) I’ve just read Bear Grylls autobiography and he gets incredibly nervous when he speaks publicly. If Bear Grylls, former SAS trooper, part-super hero gets a wee bit nervous, I think you’re allowed to feel a little apprehensive too. It’ll just make you all the more endearing to the women gathered. Meredy xo You are so awesome and so real!! Your blog always makes me happy as does Starbies…mmmmm new Salted Caramel Mocha Frappachino makes ME happy! I love the idea of a question and answer segment with you and the love of your life. Also I think it would be cool for you to share how you are financially successful in your marriage, child rearing and the businesses you run, you are obviously doing something right that I believe we all could learn something from your good sense! Have a blessed day and thank you for sharing your awesome life with us! :0) A question for you: I’m so jealous of your 75 mph speed limit! Although most people here in San Diego (including me!) drive at 70mph. anything you write about is great…even a pro/cons list 🙂 I’d love to know what you plan on wearing with those jeggings. And…I;d love to see some more of your home. Love the bright colors and whimsical details in your living room, would love to see some more of your spaces. I love Pinterest posts! I can’t help sharing what I love with non-pinterest peeps! jeggings! they make me NERVOUS. but jessica clearly likes them. so maybe i need to give them a try. alone. in a room by myself. can’t wait to hang out with you this weekend! you are going to do great. I love Parenthood too and I am so happy it’s back on. I love those jeggings, I may have to try. You will do great at BlogSugar! Wish I could go. One more for you… My kids had to fill in the blanks for their mother’s day bookmarks. You should hear how they described me (I blogged about it a few weeks ago… cracked me up). ____ Hair. ____ Eyes. likes ______. Wears ______. Needs _____. Makes ______. Fears _____. Saves ______. Enjoys ______. Collects ______. Loves Me! Have your kids fill in the blanks for you. It’s fun. Tracy Blog ideas I’d love to hear from you… Top 10 treats for school lunches. One appetizer, and One dessert recipe you’d allow me to use in my new cookbook that I am frantically writing (with permission of course). 10 things you love about your life. 3 Bible verses on living a good life. 3 great quotes from famous women. Is that a start??? Tracy Fisher I would like to know when you are coming to lovely er, Delaware…to take pictures of MY babies!! Jeggings creep me out. I touched a pair last time I was shopping for jeans and it made my legs itch, seriously. I prefer denim, I think. I know you said at one point that you don’t feel comfortable giving photography advice. But what if you shared a few tips that helped you at the beginning? Things you learned from other photographers. A few tips that you use when you are taking pictures. I’d love to know what time of day you think the lighting is the best for pictures. I’m still trying to learn that. 🙂 Happy Birthday Missy!!!!!!!! I hope you had a fun day celebrating with your family and friends. Here’s to another great year filled with amazing adventures. a day in the life post of photos would be so aweseome! starting with waking up right down to bedtime stories! what outfit did you buy?? Would love more of your recipes, ideas for gifts that you have gotten your kids that have gone over well, what a day of your life is typically like… I always love your post! I would love to see an updated home tour. I miss you craft Thursdays. Photography tips maybe? All your pictures are amazing. I love your decorating style! It has helped me find my own! A day in your life! Anything Love it All!!!!! You are awesome! I love your blog. It is my favorite because you are honest and open and feel like you could be everyone’s best friend or sister. I would love to know more about your house. Do you know the history of the house. Have you found anything interesting as you have remodeled? The house just seems like it has a story. Anytime you post pictures of the inside of your home I feel all inspired. Keep on posting, we all love you! Just keep doing what you’re doing. I’d love to know the story of your blog. I’ve been following/stalking (heehee) you for the past year…love to know why you started and how it grew! Being honest about your size….you rock! How about your recipe for meatballs? :0) I LOVE Parenthood! You are my favorite blogger. I love that you love JESUS and are not preachy. You are godly by being authentic. You do not stage your photos and you don’t do things for the blogs sake. You tell us your good and bad, your ups and downs in words and pictures that make you YOU. Please keep doing the same. I check in on you everyday. You give me inspiration to create and to be who God created ME to be. I just want to say that I think you’re awesome and I’m really, really bummed that you aren’t my big sister/friend/mentor. You inspire me daily! I really love your blog. I have a 4 year old girl who is a crafter. (she gets it from me) We seriously do a craft EVERY day. It’s like she’ll die with out it. 🙂 So, I always enjoy your crafty posts. Any house posts are great too. I would love to see the finished project of the pillowcases from craft weekend and how to make it. Also loved the aprons! I love how you find the pros in the cons. You are a positive person, you. House pictures, house pictures and more house pictures!!! PLEASE!! Got a glimpse of your hardwood floor with the design in the center and am dying to know more about that. It was from your post about painting the hallway. Also, more of your recipes!! You have no idea how many of “yours” that I use on a weekly basis. I need some new ideas please! Yea for an outfit! And amen to 75 mph in Kansas…I’m lovin’ that! Blog posts – how about “a day in the life” of each of your kids? That would fill a week! I think that you and Craig should do a video and interview each other! Do you decorate for fall? I’d love to see your ideas if you do. I love your blog – its the colour in my week. I live in the Pacific Northwest and lately we have had a lot of grey! I’d actually love to hear more about your BSF study, if only briefly. I’m considering joining one in my area, but I’d like to hear more about it from someone who regularly attends. Maybe a small part of an upcoming post?? I would love to hear more about Craft Weekend!! And, I just love seeing how bright and colorful your house is. AAAAND, I love how you blog daily, it is the first one I click on – your optimism makes me happy! (OK, so first it’s Facebook THEN, it’s your blog!) What are your plans for your red /white chippy paint glass knobs (cabinet?) find? I love your photos, I love your honesty, I love your posts like this that are really sort of just your random thoughts – no theme, just a window into your mind. Love your home so more pictures please!!! You make my day with whatever (ha!) you post, but if you’re looking for something…have any kick-butt, easy, yummy soup or crock pot recipes??? I would love to see more house pics. Also could you share what paint color your kitchen,living area with all the windows, and dinning room are? Would you say they are close to the color you pick for the upstairs hall? I too would love to see house pics, especially the third floor! I love pictures on blogs…so really anything with pictures is just great! I also love when you show what you cook. Its real and everyday like the rest of us. Maybe you already talked about this before I started following but here’s an idea: Love hearing about other people at BSF! We started back recently and my almost two year isn’t sure about it yet…. 🙁 She’s been going since she was in my belly….but of course doesn’t remember it! What inspires you to be so creative? I find creativity is the first thing to go when I am tired, or stressed, or feeling blue and at the same time being creative gives me energy, is stress relieving, and cheers me up and makes me feel good about myself. Does this happen to you? how about a tutorial on the aprons you made at craft weekend? I’m thinking about making some for Christmas gifts- they turned out great! You posted your clothing size on the internet. I LOVE THAT! Brave and real and good. “Olivia Newton John/sandra Dee” – I will crack up in my head on that one all day. DO you really like the jeggings? I was blessed with a JLo figure and just bought a pair of skinny jeans that I really like. I do not know if I am ready for jeggins. I cannot wait to hear about you trip and blogher. How does everyone doing their own laundry really work out? I would love to see more pics of your lovely home and the renovations you’ve made along the way. You’re home is fun, fresh and full of character. LOVE it!! I second Sara Torbett’s comment – balancing being a wife, mom, friend, etc. Or photography tips/how you do things. Or some of your favorite etsy shops – holiday shopping is upon us! (PS – thanks to your blog, I just ordered 2 custom name pillows from Chrissie Grace and I’m beyond excited.) I just started BSF last week. I think I’m really going to like it. Though some of the study questions have already stumped me. Have fun loving on the babies! i’m feeling a little uninspired to blog right now too. we’re getting ready for a cross country move and it’s got me WAY distracted! um….how about your BS outfit? give us a tour of your blogging corner? show your favorite beauty products…wait, don’t do that one…i’m planning on doing one like that…everyone will think i copied 😉 ha! have a great rest of your week! I love your post about date night from a while ago. Would you mind sharing more about being a wife ( joys and struggles)and how you balance that with having kids? Do you ever find it hard to make your marriage a priority when the demands of kids can be, well, demanding? 🙂 i love whatever you write, seriously….but i especially love pics and stories about your family…maybe more about Lauren? We haven’t gotten an update on her in awhile 🙂 Are you taking baby pics of the new baby mac? I have been eagerly awaiting an update on their blog 🙂 I just love hearing about all your favorite things – you really have great taste! What shirt are you wearing with the jeggings? blog topics…the whole getting-paid-to-write-about-life-on-a-blog-thing, what camera do you use? when did you get into photography? i ditto the before/after edits I would love if you told us how everyone AND their mom started reading your blog. Also recipes. And talk about what your bible study is about these days. Because of you I picked up Francis Chan’s Crazy Love. It’s awesome. You were right 🙂 How bout some house pics … it’s been awhile – and I just love your house. Perhaps some shots of areas we’ve never seen before … foyer, back staircase, hallways. Did your laundry room get painted? Remember way back when you said the kids were painting your laundry room? I think you should give us an update on that. I’d love to see some before/after shots of your edited photos. I love the jeggings! I was thinking something like that or skinny jeans would look good with your sparkle shoes and then just about any top would go. Sorry I didn’t make the suggestion when you asked for them. I love it that you just posted what size you are. You are awesome, Meg. How often do you run/exercise and for how long/far? Are you going to blog about Craft Weekend? What you did? Who was there? 🙂 I want to hear how you keep motivated. I’ve been following your blog long enough to know your house isn’t always perfect, sometimes you have bad days, that you’re actually human. 😛 But I’d like to hear about motivation to craft/create. I’ve heard/read that professional photographers edit photos from a shoot before they are ready to show to the client. What exactly is involved in the editing process? Maybe you could even show us a couple examples. I really love your blog! 🙂 Favorite ways to de stress? Favorite beauty products and guilty little pleasures shopping? How did people discover your blog when you started to write it? Did you promote it anywhere? Do you plan to redo your third floor anytime soon? I’d love to hear how you’re able to balance being a wife, mom, friend, etc. I’m a new mom finding it’s difficult to take care of husband, baby, house, church, etc. And still have a moment for myself somewhere too! Any tips? we can’t wait to see you at Blogsugar. we all support you. you inspire so many. you give back what you put out and I hope you will be able to feel the love this weekend! my prayer for you that even among the nerves you can see the beauty of the fellowship, for we are all beyond joyed that you willing to speak. xo. what did you end up getting for blogsugar? i’ve gone shopping two days in a row and am leaning towards a cute flowery dress over skinny jeans… Any recent Craft Thursdays? Would love to get some ideas. How about other recipes? Have you put up any fall decor? I always love your house photos, especially the seasonal ones. What do you want for your birthday?
what a full month this has been already so far. what if i trip? what if i say the wrong word? i am wearing some fabulous shoes…. and right now….that is all i know about the entire trip. i picked up my barn treasures this weekend that i bought last week at craft weekend….. so true. i went to see The Help AGAIN. i had pictures last night. hope your monday is fabulous.
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i spotted your shoes at kohl’s today and thought of you…and prayed for you. blessings from afar. Everyone needs a bright red chair in their life…it just gives you energy looking at it. Might just be the BEST family photo ever! It speaks volumes and I.Love.IT!!! i loved catching tiny baby frogs in my grandparents yard when I was younger! If they still lived there I would go and catch some. Kelly Love your barn finds…have you seen “Picker Sisters” on Lifetime? Fun show…http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/picker-sisters BLOG SUGAR! I wish I was heading to southern CA… It’s where I grew up. I think you are gonna do great speaking. Anytime you speak from your heart it will be well received! And I’m jealous of your fun chippy paint finds. 🙂 love…………………the shoes i would kill myself wearing them 🙁 I’m a little in love with the white chippy paint – I am a chippy paint kind of girl, too. THE SHOES FREAKIN ROCK!!!! WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM??? As almost everyone else said; glitter shoes go with anything!!!!! I would wear any solid color with them. Meg I love, love , love your blog but what is Blog Sugar? I go up to The Pocono’s for my craft weekends and it’s sooo much fun, but I didn’t know anyone else did them. I’m glad to hear there are others around. sharon Meg! That family picture is fantastic!! So excited for you and Blogsugar…I live like 10 minutes from the Rose Center…you could stop by and I will style you up….you will be the chic-est one in the entire place…that I can assure! 🙂 Have fun…cant wait to see pictures!!!! That family photo is adorable!!! I think you need a really great black dress, that is all. Let the shoes “be” the accessory. a sparkly bracelet and earrings and you are good to go! Oh, and a little clutch. I have glitter shoes almost exactly like that (Mine are the kate spade Charm heels. LOVE). I usually wear mine for evening events. If I were to wear them during the day, I would wear black skinny jeans, a white shirt, a solid shrug or cardigan or a colored scarf. Let the shoes do the talking. You’ll be great! Your sunflowers look so happy! I tried to bring some in and they were covered with aphids! I would think glitter shoes would match anything. That family picture at the end is priceless!!!!! Would LOVE to have a photo like that of my family that captures the family dynamics and personalities. Are you kidding me? Glitter shoes go with everything! You always look wonderful, you will be amazing! You WILL find something to wear! Love your new finds of old-paint-chipiness. So good. And I love the painted hallway. Great finds! Especially love the old cabinet and glass knobs! i just bought those shoes too … they go with EVERYTHING!!! i asked my friends when i could wear them, they all said, when CAN’T you wear them?? good call. 🙂 have a great time, you’ll be AMAZING! Fabulous shoes! With something so sparkly, you can go basic black on the rest of the outfit. Skinny black pants or a simple black wrap dress. Good luck! okay..you can’t go wrong with a very fitted black dress with pencil skirt style and then add a super colourful cardigan with some of your cool accessories.Your shoes are awesome! what you mean….orgasm? THAT would have made people smile. wear a black sexy dress. it will make your beautiful shoes pop!!! post pictures too!! I read that all you were going to wear was the shoes. Oops, you said that all you knew was the shoes… big difference! that video (nervous but excited) made me laugh. Just found your blog. LOVE the shoes. Glitter shoes, go with EVERYTHING!! it sure is a FULL month for me too! The shoes are fantastic! You will be AWESOME! Love the shoes, love the hallway… think your glitter shoes are fabulous!!! Black pants… cute tank in ivory or winter white (like this… http://www.target.com/p/ME-Fashion-Tank-Assorted-Colors/-/A-13353739 or this http://www.target.com/p/Mossimo-174-Women-s-Racerback-Bib-Top-True-White/-/A-13138248 or this… http://www.target.com/p/MEC-Clarrisa-Slvls-WVN-top-Asst-Clrs/-/A-13348963… with a cute cardigan…and the pretty shoes will pop! Love them! Have fun, can’t wait to hear all about it! Love your pictures. LOVE them. And those shoes. Amazing. Are you kidding? *Everything* goes with glitter. You could wear them every day! Please tell me where to find these SHOES!! I LOVE them!! I agree, go with black and let the shoes steal the show! Everything goes with glitter! bought those shoes at kohls,love them:)))) Let me echo the sentiment that simply everything goes with fairy princess glitter shoes. That’s the whole point of them! A black dress with those sparkly heels and you are sorted! Ooooohh you found some great stuff!! I just got a giant sideboard on craigslist that I’m pretty excited about. my heart nearly STOPPED at your divine treasures! love them…you MUST show where they end up! you sound like a busy busy girl right now. blessings to you in this busy/stressful/full month 🙂 Fantastic shoes! Have a wonderful time at Blog Sugar Meg!! You will do great and you will find an outfit for them. :0) I love the treasure you picked up, can’t wait to see what you do with them. I missed the “big” craft fair this year, but I’m so excited for the Hesston Barn Sale coming up. This will be my first one and I’m so nervous I won’t have enough stuff. Have a wonderful time! Wish I could attend Blog Sugar! Maybe, someday. My cousin wore those same shoes in a wedding. The dresses were deep purple and they looked awesome!!! So maybe wear a dark purple top???? Love them! You will rock it! I cant wait to see those shoes in person in just a few days!!! Pray for me: I hate flying:) And I’ll be flying alot to get there. The glitter shoes are too much fun to drab out with a black dress…why not try royal blue or hot pink? (knee or tea length). Yes to the glitter shoes! Everything goes with glitter shoes! Have fun and wear the shoes! glitter shoes, I would imagine, can be treated like animal print shoes…”because they go with nothing, they go with everything.” I think a black dress would look good with the shoe(slimming too, not that you need it!) :), and maybe some colorful, rainbow-y jewelry? Glitter goes with everything!! oh those shoes…… those shoes!! divine! what a fun, awesome september you are having, and you still managed to fit a run in? wowza! :)) xxx I consider glitter to be neutral, the new black you could say, it goes with everything. As long as you don’t pair it with something like a hot pink feather boa, you’ll look great!! EVERYTHING goes with glitter shoes. Break a leg. Just be your AWESOME self. 🙂 Love your shoes!!! I have a pair that are very similar, just no peep-toes! I think glitter shoes go with anything! I feel like cinderella when I put mine on!:) I’m sort of hoping that you have a Freudian Slip and say “orgasim.” I for one would laugh my head off — not at you, with you. Because it would be so funny, and you are someone who could pull it off. Honeygirl, EVEYRTHING goes with glitter shoes! Don’t be afraid of showing off your blogger badself! oh…..glitter shoes go with anything! First love the shoes, those rock! And that cabinet, I heart that cabinet, what an awesome find. Annie has so much wisdom! What a girl. My husband has taken me fishing so many times. So far I’ve caught a tree, the dock, some seaweed, a bush and the side of the boat. A fish has to be next, right? I love the shoes! wore them as a bridesmaid in a wedding 2 weeks ago! We had solid purple dresses on. Honestly- I think any solid will look great! So what’s your favorite color? go with it! The material we wore was shiny, I think that helps. How bout some fantastic leopard print ensemble to go with those glitter shoes! Love the shoes! I would go with a little black dress. Looove the shoes, looove the antiques, looooooooove that family picture. Wow, that really just captures it all! 🙂 Great furniture finds and those glitter shoes are FAB.U.LOUS darling!!! Love them. You’ll do great! I love white chipped paint…love love love it. I wore shoes almost exactly like that for my wedding. They looked fabulous but felt terrible. I’m just warning you, girl: BREAK THEM IN!!! Yes, chippy red paint is awesome! Here’s the plan: if you screw up while giving your presentation at BlogSugar, I will burp really loud and put all the attention on me. I love you that much. Looking forward to meeting you and burping for you this weekend. Now, I seriously need to go find some better shoes. You will find the right thing to wear – glitter shoes will go with “whatever” else you find that you like. It will match because the same creative spirit that inspired you to buy the shoes will inspire your vision for the rest of it. Glitter shoes go with EVERYTHING! I love the furniture, and cannot wait to see what you do with it! I think almost anything would match glitter shoes. Especially a nice pair of black slacks or a cute black skirt. Keep the bottom simple and your sassy shoes will POP big time! So fun! I saw the glitter shoes recently and almost bought them, but decided that nothing would go with them! ha! Cant wait to see what you come up with! My heart skipped a beat over those shoes! They are fantastic! I could never wear them though,I’d fall flat on my face! I think black might accentuate those awesome glitter shoes! Just so you know, I was in a bad mood on Saturday…and read through every one of your Waffle, the Wonder Dog posts…and they lifted my spirits. He really is a Wonder Dog! I love that cabinet and all it’s chippy paint charm!
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winner for the family rules poster! Love love love this! We are working on a family mission statement and this is a GREAT place to begin. Also would make a wonderful gift. My pastor just moved into a new house and they have small children – perfect housewarming gift! So glad you shared. Posted by: Jessica @ MyArdentLife | September 15, 2011 at 11:56 AM congrats Jessica! …………………………………………
Ha! Just came across your blog. We have a goldendoodle too. he recently got his haircut and looks just like your dog. Its so short and he acted like such a spaz too!!! Good to know it wasn’t just our dog:) Hi! I looked around your blog and you’ve got some good content and I was thinking our readers would both find value. Thanks! These pictures are great! I’ve been lurking at your blog for almost a month. Your life seems amazing. made micah and me smile…it will just take him a little while to “own” it. 🙂 lauren cracked me up the other day of fb when she said “the more boys i meet, the more i love my dog” 🙂 ehehehe, so cute! Meg – I’ve been reading your blog for a few years now… and the pup crush is still as strong as ever. AAAAwwwwwwww, I love him! love him Dogs don’t have sweat glands, so why do you shave him? I LOVE your Waffle. He’s adorable and doesn’t seem like a dork at all. He fits so perfectly into your family. I love when he’s in your family pics! dorky dogs are THE greatest. also i changed my blog name to my ardent life. no? ok… Gave you Versatile Blogger Award, in my new post! I have a Waffle too – except mine is a girl and her name is Bailey and she too is a freak when she gets her hair cut, and usually eats something in the house she is not suppose to. She usually does not get in that kind of trouble! I am assuming Waffle is a goldendoodle, which is what Bailey is also. Love the waffle pics. He’s such a cute dork 🙂 I gotta say your Waffle posts are MY favorite. He is too darn cute! oh i could just nuzzle in that neck of his!!! he’s handsome. I just got my hair cut and colored this morning, and I’m a dork, too! … a total goober. He’s so cute. My dog Elphie is like that when she gets a shave. Sort of insecure about the way she looks, yet happy to be rid of the heat and weight of fur. Dogs are awesome. I have always wanted to name a dog Waffle…but you beat me to it! What a cute goober! I love Waffle posts! My boxer is a big dork-a-tron too. Love seeing Waffle. Aren’t Goldendoodles the best! Our Sophie is such a goofball. When we cut her bangs so she can see she just looks and acts so silly. Waffle is such a sweetheart. You can see it in his eyes. Enjoy him. Waffle is too cute! What a cute dog! My pooch would never sit still long enough for me to get multiple pictures of him! I love all your pictures of waffle – animals are so silly 🙂 He makes me happy! Awkward dog! Love it 🙂 Hes still so cute, even after his cut. And Im not even a big dog person(we have a big fat beagle whos super loyal and a great dog; its just me:)) Maybe it’s not the haircut…but the camera in his face. 🙂 awww waffle! You look so purty! waffle i would so mangle you in real life. u r too cute. So silly! Our standard poodle, Valentine, is exactly like that when she gets a serious cut. It’s almost as if the air finally hits her skin and she just can’t take it! Can we trade dogs? Please? such a cutie! He is so cute? Where does Waffle sleep? Haha I absolutely love your Waffle doggie! Dogs are just plain cool!! Wow! Your dog has such WHITE teeth. LOVE how dorky he looks. I love your dog Waffle. I think he’s so cute. Tell him Marshall says HI! Ha!! It’s like you have two dogs!! Shaggy Waffle & Sheek Waffle! Our golden doodle, Lily, who wears her hair long and wavy, got a hair cut this week only because she got sprayed by a skunk! She is mortified (so were we, PU). Don’t they look so little after their haircuts?! We have never given our goldens a haircut, but we used to do it to our dogs when we were little and she always got so embarrassed and hid under the bed for a couple days. LOL! That is so funny…my dog is a total weirdo too after she gets a haircut! One time we got her haircut so short, it really took her a couple days to start acting like herself again. She was all mopey and quiet. I think she must have really hated it! Ha, so funny… I saw the title of this post and even before I scrolled down to the photo I knew it was going to be about Waffle the wonder dog. Cute! Must have dog on the brain… 🙂
i am LOVING my new artwork from Ryan Alexander. of course i love the graphic punch with the black and white but i REALLY love what it says. it is stuff moms say every day….use kind words…..share everything…..NO Bad Attitudes….and my favorite one his shop has lots of other cool posters too. leave a comment here to be entered to win one from Ryan's etsy shop. but really…..only one of you will win. 🙂
This would look good in an African house. 🙂 Love It! I live this. I need this right now. A constant reminder to me and the kids of what is important and what we all need to do! LOVE it! I have been looking at these on Pinterest. Thanks for the chance to win. OMGOSH! I LOVE this!!! Oh I hope I win, pretty please pick me!!! Perfect for our house! Very cute! Good for the kids AND the parents. 🙂 Please pick me! I love the beginning!!! I have been eying these for WEEKS. Pick me!!! You’re right, though, I’ll definitely just have to break down and buy one unless Lady Luck is on my side this time. . . Beautiful poster and I know exactly which wall i would hang it on. so positive! complete <3! I LOVE this!! I will hold off buying one just in case I’m lucky and win one!!! thanks Meg for sharing! It’s like having my Mom in the house! Love it! LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing!! Well, if I don’t win, I am soooo going to his shop to buy one. I LOVE it!! oh.em.gee. pick me! i am so in looove with this!! I love, love, love this! Total awesomeness… I’ve honestly never won a contest in my entire life. I’m okay with that… but it sure would be nifty to win this loveliness… I already have visions of this displayed where all 7 of us see it lots of times each day. Gonna have to check out his store. Yippee!!! Thanks for the chance. Maybe it’s going to sound silly but I think senior citizens/retirees/grandparents sometimes need to be reminded of these words of wisdom. I love this! Love his signs! Marry me reminds me of my daughter who just married in May. That song was one of the background songs for their video. oooooo pretty! i would like one. yes, yes i would. Love this! What a beautiful reminder. I have the perfect spot for this in my house 🙂 I would LOVE to win this poster!! So, so cool. Its perfect!!! I love art with text!! All the different sayings are perfect!! Very cool! Fun and meaningful! Oh this is awesome!!!! Yes, I agree, Hands are for hugging not hitting. (: would fit perfectly in my humble abode! I have been looking for a family rules picture for our family room, and this would be perfect….makes me so happy to think of this in my house! Love love LOVE! Would love to win this! Thanks for the awesome giveaway. 🙂 Love IT!! love his artwork… Love these rules! It would be super to have these posted in our home! I would hang this over my bed and read it every single day! I think its such a great idea and would love to own one!!! I LOVE this, Meg! These are def words to live by! I think I need a copy! This is Beautiful!! I love it!! is there a link to the etsy shop somewhere? LOVE IT!! come on lucky comment #800! come on luck comment #800! thanks for the great giveaway!! Beautifully done. Wonderful words. I would frame and give it a prominent home in my house. thanks, kathy Love the poster! I WANT THIS! This is awesome! I keep thinking I’ll make my own. It’s been more than a year and this sums it up perfectly anyway, so… I got this print and would looooooove another:) I like it! LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!! What a great reminder!! Pick me!! I would LOVE this for my home!! What a great giveaway! Thanks! <3 That’s an awesome poster! I love how bold and striking it is. So absolutely perfect… Especially with 4 kids 6 and under. I neeeeeeeed this! love it! and my house is so boring so please pick me! 🙂 Awesome artwork!!! I know exactly where I would hang it!:) I have been wanting one of these, but didn’t want to go through the trouble of making my own. this is PERFECT!! i LOVE this!!! thank you for all the awesomeness contained in this blog! I HAVE to have one of these! Hope I win! What a great poster, & I love it with the mini globes! So cool! What a great poster. I also love the “only speak words” poster. Great saying to remember every day. I love it!! Can’t wait to look around the etsy shop! I love it! I already ordered one for myself but would love to have another to give away to a friend 🙂 Amy what a perfect poster! and I love how you have the books lined up by color! Wow! That is great! 🙂 I love it! I love everything about it. I hope I win one though I will head over and look at the other stuff and bookmark it in case I don’t win;) I love it! Hands are for hugging not hitting…I’m going to need to post that all over my house… yes! I need those reminders for myself! love this!!! would love to have one for my new home 🙂 LOVE this!! With my number 2 on the way… I will have to remind them of these things MUCh more often! I love that LOVE JESUS is #1!!! lOve “hands are for hugging not hitting” too! With raising 3 boys there is ALOT of hitting going on around here! One day they will hear me ( I hope! )! I love that it says LOVE JESUS right at the very top! LOVE this : ) FAVORITE thing you’ve shared on your blog EVER! i would love to have it hanging in my house. i already know the perfect spot for it. I love this and I love that you can do a custom family rules sign as well. I also saw in Ryan’s shop that boys sign that will be great for my son’s room. I had been looking for a family rules sign and think I found the “one”. Thanks for sharing. I also love how it starts with “Love Jesus” Fantastic poster! I can’t wait to check out the rest of his posters! Would love one for my classroom! That poster is beyond words AWESOME! Oh my goodness!! I LOVE this!! I also agree with every single one!! I love it!! And it’s just what I need in my house! Fun! Fun! And what a reasonable price for the poster too! awesome! *sheepish* Just as much for me as for my kids. Wonderful words! Here is my comment. 🙂 Sorry, that’s all I’ve got this morning… I haven’t had my coffee yet. LOVE this poster! What a great giveaway! Gorgeous! I’d love one! I love love love this poster! I love black and white artwork… Way cool… Love the print. Going to check out his other stuff. LOVE IT!!! Oh, Meg….this would be a lovely consolation prize since I didn’t get to attend your amazing craft weekend 🙂 ..wink, wink….Amen..I am off to try to obey those rules and I love that it starts with LOVE JESUS!! Blessings, Becky J. <3 Love it! Love that! I’m going to check out his shop now! Oh I LOVE how his first rule is to Love Jesus! That is so awesome! Love this! Oh, wow — that looks so great in your house! Love the messages. I would love to win one! I love that the first thing says LOVE JESUS. so true. pick me to win please! 🙂 love, love, love this! coveting your as we speak. Great poster — love the bold graphics! Love it! All of it! Love this! I have wanted something like this for a while!!! Thanks! love it! love it! I love this poster!! LOVE, LOVE, DOUBLE LOVE IT!!!! Love these “house rules”. This poster is a must have for any house!!! Yes, please!!! Love, love, love! Thank you for posting this! Just ordered one for our home! Can’t wait for it to arrive! And how sweet are you to bless someone with this print! Happy Weekend! Thanks for the inspiration! This will look so much better than my written list of rules hanging up! Fab.u.lous!!!! Love it love it love it!! So needed for this house! Great giveaway–thanks! It’s so cool 🙂 I love that “Love Jesus” is right there at the top 🙂 Dance Crazy is also very cool! I ams o buying this if i don’t win it!!!!! Very cool! love it – and yes this sums everything up! awesome thanks for sharing, if i do not win i am totally getting this! love it and, honestly, N-E-E-D it for our homeschooling room! I Love Love Love this poster…. All the Golden rules in one spot! I have just the perfect place for it! Thanks Meg! Must.have.this!!! I love, love, love every single thing about it! Thanks for always sharing your wonderful finds! Great idea. Putting it on my wish list. I am in love with this! I need to have this in my house. I dont know what is most awesome: the poster, the globes or the color coded books! lol Those rules are perfect for us! That is awesome! Oooo…pick me! I too lurve big artwork! 🙂 Oh my gosh! I’ve been coveting one of his posters for months!!! 🙂 love love love this! Perfect! Love it! I saw these on Etsy. I love this sign! So perfect! Fabulous!!! share everything except bad ideas.. ha! love it! thanks for the giveaway! If I win I will give this to my sister– She’s loved this print on Etsy for a long time. I couldn’t love this more!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, these are awesome-would love to win one! This poster perfectly expresses so much! Love it! I’m so sad that so many people are discovering your website now! It’s great for you, but bad for us who have been around for a while! LOL 660 comments!!!! Wow! Anyway…I LOVE this sign! I am loving all the subway art on pinterest and would love to win this! 🙂 Love, love, love the Family Rules!!! There are a zillion comments already on this post, but someone’s go to win, right? I hope it’s me! Love it! I think my kids would try and hide the sign, because I’d be pointing at it all the time! So many awesome reminders. great, great, GREAT poster! i would hang this right in the middle of our living space! my girls are little now… so this would be a great set of rules to go over for years to come! 🙂 Love it! So true and I hope that I win 🙂 okay, so hard to choose – very cool stuff. i love the family mission statement … and of course, the family rules one, too!!! Love it. May have to pick up a “boy” print soon… Love it too! I’d love to win it. Oh man, i’m the last to leave a comment! Does the last comment ever win!?!?!? Anyways, love the print too….very fun and very true! I am that girl that doesn’t have a family yet but dreams of the day I can share these things with a husband and many children, I love them all so much already, and know that even though I imagine my perfect family right now, we will need the reminders like these… I think that poster is one I want to read every day. Love this print! Am looking for something just like this for our house! pick me. pick me. please pick me. 🙂 totally what i needed to see/hear/read today. LOVE the poster. Thanks for sharing! I wanna win this!! This looks totally meg! 🙂 Good rules! I already have a spot for this in my house! Oh, my goodness. Love! Great sentiments to reflect well-lived family life. And life in general as children of God! Love it! Even though my boys are nearly…..ok mostly grown…it still applies! I want one so bad!!! Pick me. Love it. if you love Jesus first, all the rest will fall into place 🙂 Love this poster!!! Love it! Can it be mine? Please oh please!! I want in! I have looking at several similar items and refraining from spending the money for a while now. Maybe it will be my lucky day! Oh this is great! Playroom wall here you come 😉 Soooo perfect – love love love!!! so perfect! we need this! I just read an art blog http://accidentalmysteries.blogspot.com/2008/11/ny-city-destination-subway-scrolls.html where the author marveled at how the subway letters were larger or smaller to take up that particular space. I love how he uses this to as artwork! Very cool. I’ve been following for a few weeks now. I am not crafty, I don’t craft, sew, paint walls or things of the sort. But I LOVE seeing all your beautiful creations. I have have huge empty walls and would love one of these posters! This is SUCH a cool print! LOVE it!!! Love it! I always think I’m going to make one but lets face it…I’m not, so I need to win one! I love it! His wife was right! 🙂 I love it! This is awesome!!! I’d hang it in our office/homeschool room. LOVE this print!! I have it pinned…would love to win it but if not, I’m buying it!! I love this and would adore hanging it in our home! PLEASE pick me!!! So I don’t have to have this tattoed on my forehead! Really like this! Would love to win one! Thanks for the chance! Love it! LoVe this art. Love the message, love the size. Love, love love! Oh pretty please, pick me! I love these posters! I love it and I’m so glad to see I’m not the only one thinking/saying these things on a daily basis! 🙂 I love this artwork! Oh my! LOVE IT! I love this poster! Love his stuff!! “Speak words that make souls stronger” Great poster! Love this! Love that! Must check out his other work. I need one of these!!!!! It is so perfect…all of it I like “no whining”. Would love this in my home!! **fingers crossed** Oh this is a good one!!! Love all the rules! Love me some graphic goodness! Please send one Down Under! Freakin’ LOVE it!!!!! thanks for the chance to win. LOVE that!!!!! Love it…So great! It literally brought tears to my eyes. (Yes, this momma is T-i-R-E-D.) But, it’s such a beautiful sentiment that I would love to display proudly. Wish I knew how to upload a pic of the empty easel on my hearth where this would go. xo This is incredible! Perfect for my family! LOVE this! Hope to win! love.it. So true and since some people are visual learners rather auditory or vice versa what a nice way to encourage good habits 🙂 Love it, it’s perfect! The poster looks great! I’d love one! This poster is pure awesomeness! I love the rules and I love graphics and differents size fonts. So excited for the chance to win something! I love this blog and try to check on it every day! I could not have read that poster in a more appropriate time. Im almost in tears because my kids keep fighting. I NEED that poster NOW 🙁 I could not have read that poster in a more appropriate time. Im almost in tears because my kids keep fighting. I NEED that poster NOW 🙁 I want this poster!! I am suddenly and madly in love with his “Only Speak Words” print. Admittedly, I am also coveting it 🙂 Fabulous!!!! I don’t have kiddos, but plenty of others to choose from! I would love to win this – what a beautiful idea. that poster is AWESOME!! i love his stuff and already have his shop as one of my favs on etsy. was hoping to get a print for christmas, but now would be even better!! The poster is amazing. you have also inspired me to sort my books by color. 🙂 Pick me I want some cool art for my walls!! If only one who can win .., may it be someone wonderful. Great words to live my life by and model for my family!! I ALWAYS say “hands are for hugging not hitting”! LOVE it! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Looks awesome 🙂 And good thing he listens to his wife 😉 hehe love it! Love this! just what we need ! Love it Cool Sign. love it. LOVE. like absolutely MUST HAVE love. This would be a perfect addition to my home! I love it! That is one of the best family rules I have read so far! Love it! Love It!! Wow what an awesome size! I have many favorites on that list but my fave is #1:) That poster is awesome. Those rules rock. Mama likes. 🙂 Awesome poster! I would love to win one! I love it! I would love to have it in my house, toooooo! 😀 Sounds like wonderful rules to me…I love it. Thanks for sharing and for the offer….Blessings! Mica We have been looking for something to fill a wall in our apartment! LOVE THIS! Love it! Okay – a MUST for my Sunday School classroom of Kindergarteners and first graders! Love, love, love this! Love this so very much. And I love how you introduce us to all of these different artists! Love it! Perfect set of rules! So fun! I love it! I’d love an inspirational poster for my K5 class! Or for parents right outside the door! Oh.my.word. It’s awesome! Thanks for the chance to win! Love it! I want this soooo much!!! i LOVE it!!! Love it! Very oh-so-cool. 🙂 This is wonderful!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS POSTER! I also want to come to your next craft weekend, Meg! I have to go write a family mission statement! Such a cool idea. Would love this!! Oh how I love this…makes my heart happy. Great poster! This is fantastic!!! I would love to win it, I know just where I’d put it! What a fantastic giveaway! love it! LOVE those subway art posters!! Would look great anywhere! OMG, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!!!!!! And I agree with everything too…..would love to have one in my own home!!!!! Please, pretty please!!!! I wonder if he has it in spanish 😀 That is awesome! Love his work….fingers crossed! I NEED this!! Love it! That is too perfect! I’ve been working on some kind of list myself of house rules and that is perfect. It’s art and a reminder to the kids. Wow, what a great set of rules. You’re right… I should just hop on over and make sure I get one! I love these types of posters 🙂 I’m hoping this competition is open to Australians too! pick me! pick me! I would love to have this print! Love love love!!!!! LOve this, and i know exactly where it would hang. 🙂 Simply and perfectly put! Wow, that is so beautiful! Would love one for our house!! My kids need to be reminded of these things now and then…heck, we all do 🙂 I love every single word! Totally things I say day in and day out! It would be great just to point to his art hanging in my breakfast nook! I love that it’s big and graphic and black and white! 🙂 Love it all, have the perfect spot for it 🙂 Love!! That is just perfect! I saw one of these the other day!! Loved them!! And so true! I would totally put that in my classroom! I would LOVE that sign. How neat!! Love them!!! Great posters to live by! I would love to own one:) I love this! Hope I win!!! Love his stuff! well, who wouldn’t want one? Agree with every word! I love “share everything.. Except bad ideas” so true!! Yes, please. 🙂 i think i should win. because it’s still hot in california and my due date is today and i’m still pregnant. yep, that would make my day 😉 I like the family rules, but I think I like the Marry Me one better. This could be because our ‘family’ isn’t quite married yet and has no kids, LOL. Awesome!!! Love this print, the rules are perfect! Oh I just love that! I’m so grateful to your blog for introducing me to some great etsy shops! WOW!!! Such an awesome poster! Rules for a happy halthy family, I love it 😉 that is awesome!!! i SO need one of those…esp for the ‘no whining’ part 😉 I love this art!! I’ve been on the look out for a way to display our family rules and this is perfect! We really need one of those posters in our house =) Awesome! I would love to have one! Thank you for the opportunity!! I love this!! I will be ordering one for sure. We’re getting ready to move to a new house and this would be perfect for us! oh my gosh! this sign sounds just like me! lol. I would LOVE love love one. and once I get a house of our own I am planning on getting one of these! and maybe one of those great signs from Jones Designs (or something like that?). He has got some GREAT stuff going on….good man to listen to his wife! We have one more family rule that is the number one, at the top of the list rule….”be nice to your mom.” Best rule ever. Love it!! Hope it’s me! love love love LOVE I got this several months ago and it hangs in our kitchen. Everyone that comes over loves it!! I couldn’t have said it better myself! LOVE IT!!! Fabulous! What a perfect reminder for everybody! Oh my goodness! I have been wanting a family rules poster/canvas/SOMETHING! I really hope I win! Thanks! A very excellent give-away! I LOVE this! I just added his shop to my etsy favorite! Those would make great Christmas gifts for any family too! Thank you for the chance to win and God bless y’all Checking out his site as soon as I leave this comment! What a great list of “rules.” Love it, fits perfectly on your bookshelf too. Um… Yes. Our family needs that. These are great! I love them all and already have a spot picked out… Oh my! Awesome! It would look FAB in my basement playroom. All my accents are black & white! I love it. Pick me! 🙂 I adore the Wedding Vows, just so sweet…even after 18 years of marriage it still rings true! :O) This art work is awsome. I have the perfect place to hang it where my children will see it all the time. Love love love this I need this for my house! Especially the part about whining. Oh my gravy! I just love that poster! Awesomeness! That is great!! If I don’t win it (fingers crossed!) I might just have to buy one anyway. Thanks! couldn’t have said it better myself. Love the family rules! This is so cool, love everything about it!!! Words of Wisdom on a Poster… who woulda thunk it??! love love love this!!! i have been wanting one for a while 🙂 now i know where to get one if i don’t win 🙂 I would love to put this up in our family room! love it. it would go perfectly in our house. Love this! Would love to add it to our playroom! love this! i would love one…thanks for the chance! Love the power of words in a room. It seems that i glance up at them just when i need to be reminded 🙂 this is wonderful! what timing….i think i just uttered half of these to my girls! i would love, love this so perhaps if i just point to the poster they’ll always attempt at being the best they can be. i love love love this! I love that the first rule is to love Jesus. That is the best rule. Thanks for a chance at winning something. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Great stuff – a must for our new house! Thank you 😉 Luv, Luv, Luv this! So cool… Would love this in my home! Have the perfect spot 🙂 love it! needed a bday gift for a fabulous friend – this is perfect! AND i pinned it for future use:) Love it! Only one child in my house though – so it would need a slight alteration 🙂 I wanna win! I love that poster! i LOVE his shop! full of awesome prints. Love this!!! Love this! I LOVE it! I have been wanting to paint one of these for our home, but it would be so much quicker to win one 🙂 Awesome! I know exactly where I would hang this. Oh.my.gracious…I LOVE this poster!! Crossing my fingers that I win. If I don’t win, I will definitely be purchasing one from his shop. Fabulous find. that is so cool it’s like really smart subway art! I love it! This looks so much better than my handwritten, large print lettered list on the fridge. LOVE the message & design! I love it and agree with all of it too! I love the LOVE JESUS across the top and sharing in your siblings joy… love. I love that so much!! love it — and would love to win! LOVE it! I hope that lucky winner is me. 🙂 oh wow meg ~ i would be over the moon if i won this!! LOVE this poster! We could really use this in our house right now!!! love it! What an awesome poster! love this poster. agree with 100% of the rules. pick me pick me!!! love this awesome poster! awesome poster! love ALL of what it says! Love the one he sent you & the Definition of a Boy – a noise with dirt on it- is a perfect fit for boy number 2 at my house! LOVE IT!!! Awww I love this poster, so true! My family would love this poster. I’ve been looking for something for the new babes. I think a poster would be perfect! I’m gonna go look right now! Love it! I want one for my 2 little boys!! This is exactly how I want them to grow up! so. want. a. piece. of. his. work. for. my. house! AWESOME! I’m so glad he emailed you too…or I may have never discovered his shop 😉 With a 1 year old and a 5 year old so far, I know this poster would get a lot of use at our house! I love it! And I have to admit that if I don’t win, I will just go buy one. Thanks for the link to Ryan’s shop – will be using it for sure! Actually, this might make the perfect housewarming present for a friend of mine…hmmmm….. I love this! he must have followed me around for a day and listened to everything I say to my daughter! Awesome poster! Love this!!! I wanna win. I wanna win. Would love one!! That is so cute! love it! wow that IS awesome! Think I say all of those things on a daily basis lol 🙂 So sweet! Just bought one in red for our home. Should I be so lucky as to win one, I have just the friend in mind that I would give it to:-) For Pete’s sake, would you pick me? Really, Pretty please? Love, love, love, the family rules 🙂 Love this poster! That poster is totally perfect! Love it! super cool! I want one 🙂 Great words for families! Love it! I want one too. I love your blog and I love this poster! I love this! Perfect rules, and I too have written them out in colored marker and taped them to the wall. Love this one. Sooo need this!!! The kiddos have been fighting too much this week. i’m not kidding when i say that i literally got tears in my eyes when i read the “marry me” print from his shop! my husband and i are musicians and we met in college…that line “i promise to sing to you / when all the music dies”….killer!!! love it! Love it! Love it! Love it! Oh my goodness! How I love this! #1. love. this. if i don’t win, i will be getting one. i love everything it says. awesomesauce. What is not to love about this? Fantastic looking and full of wisdom. Score. I think Ryan is going to be thanking his wife for the increase in business! Yay… I LOVE this group of rules! Love my family & would love a poster like that in my home. Good luck everyone. :0) Fabulous!! I have been window shopping for one of these for a while. ~Words to live by!~ I love big, graphic word art too! Oh my word…that is amazing!!! I LOVE how big it is and the words are perfect! Love these! I am just beginning to redecorate my dining room (which is also now our homeschool room). We spend a whole lot of time together in there and this would be so awesome to see every day! As soon as i saw it i wanted it badly! Just perfect!! What a special keepsake for your family!! ok. so every time i stalk, i mean READ your blog it just makes me smile. thanks for who you are.for sharing your faith and for the chance at the give-away. Love it! Whoa! Love this! I love this poster! I have had it “pinned” on one of my Pinterest boards for a couple of months. Love it!!!! i would love to win this! I love that it is made with a Christian perspective! I love it and all that it emcompasses! I love it!! As a mom of 4 girls those are the same things I say and pray for on a daily basis I love it, only I think I would want “I am the Vine, you are the branches; apart from me you can do NOTHING” nearby. A lot of this stuff is just not possible w/o the Spirit. Thanks for the giveaway Ryan & Meg! I say that stuff all the time! Love it! Perfect! For a house full of boys! 3 sons, 1 husband and 1 golden retriever!!! Love it!!! I love it! I must have one!!!!!!!!! OH MY! Would love to win – thanks! This is GENIUS! I love it so much. The b&w poster with your rainbow books? Brilliant! how perfect…all i’d have to do is point at the poster and move on! Love this!! It will be perfect in our house and is much needed! 🙂 I would hang it right in our entry way! “Dear Lord, please, oh please, oh please, oh PLEASE let me win this one!” Totally love this and just ordered one! Thanks for sharing!! I love the family rules prints too – except we are a one kid family so it doesn’t fit for us – sadly. If I won though I’d totally want one of the Only Speak Words print – in green – it’d be awesome in our house on our yellow walls!!!!!! Oooh, how neat! Love! Sigh…I love this and I love talented people. This rocks! Really fun giveaway! Enter me!!! So many awesome reminders…think I need this as much as my kids! How do you score such awesome giveaways?? I love it! I want to buy or make one myself. Thanks for sharing! I love it!! Words I say each day…love it! It is the same set of lines which every mother tries to teach her kids I couldn’t covet this more. And now I’ll ask forgiveness for coveting. But, seriously. I Want This. Love this! Meg, I know you hear this all the time but, your house is fabulous! Thanks for the opportunity! very cool!!! i know just where to put it!!!! this is fantastic!!! I love this! I must have one!!! Phenomenal! My house could use some reminders! Love this!! Would love to win one to hang in my dorm room! 🙂 Your blog makes me SMILE every day!!! Thank you for your awesome words and amazing pictures 🙂 Oh my stars, I have been eyeing this for.ever! Such truth in those words. again, I love when you highlight artists 🙂 I love finding new treasures. Thanks for the chance to win a poster. Love it! The encourage your siblings made me tear uP thinking about my boys! I love it! It would look so great in our new home. Thanks so much <3 Such a COOL Poster!!! I am in the process of turning our basement into a playroom for my little boy, so this would be PERFECT! awesomeness in a frame…I have just the spot for it, too 🙂 This is fabulous. Love the rules! Love the top one especially! I love this!! It would be awesome to have this! love! 🙂 What great reminders 🙂 I’d love one! Love it! WOW!!! What a great statement piece! Plus, it would probably save me alot of talking and I could just oint to sign! ha 🙂 Outstanding! Just checked out his Etsy site as well…so happy! I absolutely LOVE this poster! Awesome! Thanks for the giveaway! i love that poster!! its so good! Very cool and graphic! I love it hung behind the globes! This is great! I love how big it is. We have a small one and one of the phrases is “we do second chances”, my kids like to point to that one alot! Love it!! I like how simple it is but yet BIG for big impact! I love this! I’ve been wanting one forever! I’ve been stalking this etsy shop for months!! I love love love this print….best “family rules” out there!! How great! Looove this, i agree w/ everything it says! Great poster… how many times a day do I find myself saying some of those phrases! I love it. I love how the most important things are the biggest. All the little things add up to the big things!!! 🙂 I LOVE reading your blog. Seriously. For real. 🙂 Love it! I also really like the ‘Only Speak Words’ print too! Sing silly… i do that, but a i need a reminder every once in a while to not take life so seriously… as in “sing silly” 🙂 thanks for sharing it! I’m smiling and not being so serious! Oh, that really is fantastic! I would really love to win that poster!!! The Alexander’s rules RULE! 🙂 I’ve seen lots of versions of the ‘family rules’ but I really love this version! So cool! amazing. love it. must have it. That would really be put to good use at my house!! Love IT! These are all the things that you want to tell them each day but do not get the chance because you are simply too busy. It would be nice to have the reminder that they could read for themselves. Your site offers such inspiration to me……I do not know you but I know that if I did we would be wonderful friends. 🙂 Happiness to you and your family. SWEET!!! Oooooh, I would love this for my entry way. What a nice reminder to all. 🙂 Oooooh, I would love this for my entry way. What a nice reminder to all. 🙂 now, THAT is cool!! I love this. My son and I both need to practice what these words say. Always nice to have a reminder. ooh, me, me, me! My 4 kids get tired of hearing me say these things over and over and over…maybe if it’s hanging on the wall they will just remember!! This would make me so happy! This is fabulous! Love it, love the message it sends and love the typography. Thanks for sharing 🙂 Beautiful! So cool, I love them! Love this! I’ve seen lots of family rules posters floating around blogs, but I LOVE that this one starts with Love Jesus. So perfect. Love it! LOVE this poster – and I don’t even have any kids yet!! I absolutely LOVE this poster! I hope I win..cause it’s going in our new family room! Exactly my thoughts for expectations in our family. I’ve been meaning to DIY something like this for awhile, but this is so much cooler! I love it! All the right rules to live by. Oh wow-I just love that and love that the first thing on the top of the list is Love Jesus! Love, love, love this print too 🙂 All my kids are grown and we are on to grandchildren and still, this print is valuable advice, eben for this season! Love it! And how you displayed it!! Just perfect! I know right where it should go, too! Love the rainbow sorting of books underneath as well. 🙂 BTW-Phil 4:8 is our memory verse for the week. Working on a family photo wall right now and this would be perfect in it!! Awesome poster! Oh my goodness – I love, love, LOVE this! So perfect! That is awesome! I also fell in love with his “boy” art!! How do you just pick one? I found this piece on another blog and I have already listed it on my ” I would love to have list” for Christmas. I’m keeping my fingers crossed but would LOVE it as an early surprise! Love love love this! We are working on a family mission statement and this is a GREAT place to begin. Also would make a wonderful gift. My pastor just moved into a new house and they have small children – perfect housewarming gift! So glad you shared. Love it! Off to check out his store… I read your blog every day, but never leave a comment. So I dont want you to think I am just commenting to win! But I LOVE what this poster says! And I also LOVE your blog! Awesome poster. I would love one. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!! Love the look and love the “treat others as you want to be treated” philosophy! If only everyone lived this way 🙂 Oh my goodness! LOVE!! Awesome! I agree with them all as well. 🙂 These are great! I love it for all the same reasons. Seriously–that is the Cutest display ever!!! Love the poster, envy the globes…and How in the Heck do you keep the books so beautifully color arranged (I’m pretty sure that one of my sons would fiddle with them just to mess with me ;)) great piece! i will be adding this to the home sometime soon! this would be a great reminder for my kids! Would love to have this to hang in our house! This is great!!! I love it! This is one of my favorite ‘rules’ art that I’ve seen out there. I love it! I think the aqua blue one would be perfect in our playroom!!! Love it! I’ve been eyeing one similar to this, but I like this one alot more. Funny how when I was reading this I could only hear my mom’s voice in my head 🙂 love it. love it, and need it…would save me from reciting the same speach over and over!! Love your new artwork! Love the design and the words couldn’t ring truer! How perfect. I am so into subway art right now. These posters are great! Love!!! Want one bad! Oh my goodness! YES PLEASE! Great words to live by! Love it! Thanks for the chance to win. LOVE THIS!! LOVE this and LOVE your blog. i would LOVE to hang this in my HOME! love this… pretty much say all those things numerous times a day. So cool! You know I love this – so I’m gonna enter and win something!!! Love this poster! I love it…. and love that I could use those reminders as much as my kids could! Thanks for the chance to win – absolutely love it! this is awesome! thanks for the giveaway! That’s a great poster! love this lots and lots … and lots. 🙂 oh my gosh! I need this ASAP!! Love love love it!! I LOVE this!!! I love these rules!! WHATEVER would I do without your cheery blog Meg? As I read the words of your artwork I had 4 little boys lined up on the couch all hitting each other! Guess what I told them?!! “Hands are for hugging NOT hitting”!! My NEW favorite saying!! Thanks for sharing wow! fantastic! *squeal* i am crossing my fingers! have a wonderful day! love your blog! I LOVE It. We have a lot of those rules. I say them 9 billion times a day. Now I could just point to it. It’s an awesome print! Love it! =D Love it! I also like the gallery-wrapped canvas version and “only speak words” print. I like getting acquainted with new-to-me etsy shops. would LOVE this! i agree with all those rules. and i love that it starts with “love jesus.” Love it! Love it! Would LOVE to win. Your website is an inspiration! I don’t have kids, but would love to win this as a gift for a friend. So inspiring! swoon! I am in love with this print! I’m off to find a wallspace big enough! i love that its big too! so fun!! Love it!!! LOVE it! Gotta HAVE it!!!! Great rules!! Wonderful words to live by……..every single day! Sing silly. Dance crazy. Yep, love it! LOVE this! Would hang it in the playroom! This is so awesome!!! I’m in love. Perfect words. Really run artwork! Love the poster!!! lovethis!! i need one. LOVE!!!! Your blog is the ONE THAT I HAVE TO READ EVERY DAY!!! I’ve been wanting to make a family rules subway poster since they started showing up on blogs last spring but could never decide what to put on it. This one is PERFECT, love the graphic black and white!! If I don’t win I will beg for it for Christmas!!! Love it!!! What a great gift!!! I always love the things you feature, but really– I. love. this. poster. I want to win one!!! ooh! I want one! How cool! Love this! Want this. Would like to say I’ll make one if I don’t win, but more that likely, I’ll just add it to my ever-growing list of “things to make” which never seem to get made. I really should win it. That would make things easier for everyone. Okay. Just for me, but whatever. Love the poster! Thanks for the chance to win! Pretty please pick me? (I used my manners!) Everything aboout this poster is fan-freakin-tastic. LOVE i love it, soooo perfect. Love!!! Need!!!! love this. i hope i win!!!!! (duh.) i’ve been looking around for a great family rules poster. i think this is it. love the first line. biggest rule in our house. 🙂 I have seen the house rules before and love them. Would love some of my own 🙂 I love that his wife told him to email you and he did. so sweet. LOVE…redoing the playroom,so this will be perfect. PS love the globes, I have found my first one, now to find more all because of yours. LOVE YOUR STYLE!!! awesome. the perfect print for any house! I LOVE that print! Thanks for a great giveaway! Love this! love everything about this! This is perfect!! LOVE it! Oh please let me win!! Love it! whoever wins will be lucky! that poster is awesome… the words are perfect for all families. i love that loving Jesus is at the tip top. Love, love, love this! Thank you for the opportunity to win! Oh, I would love to have this in our home! Love it and need one for my house! That is perfection! Would LOVE to see that hanging in my home :o) LOVE it! Love family rules, but some are a little too “cutesy” for me. But these are great. I love the top 2 lines. Love Jesus. Encourage your siblings. Share in their joy. Hallelujah! Gonna go get one of these. Or two. 😉 So awesome! I think my favorite is that it says HAVE FUN, sometimes life can be too serious. Such a good reminder for myself! Just a few weeks ago I came across this etsy site through a friend’s pinterest (I do not have one, but I enjoy looking at her choices). I love this print! I even have two spots that I would consider putting it up – next to the time out spot (yes I have one of those) or in the family/kitchen area. I love your blog! Thanks for the chance to win. I ADORE this print! The saying is SO perfect! I would love to have this print hanging in our kitchen for a great reminder each morning! I LOVE it!!! Every time I see these sort of prints I think it is the one I will finally order … just haven’t pulled the trigger yet. Love it! LOVE THIS! I love this! I have the perfect place in mind for this poster! : ) some days i need these reminders more than my kids do. thanks for sharing! 🙂 The prints are terrific! Thanks for sharing. Love what it says. Love the visual reminder for our family. Very cool. Would love to have one for our house! Super Cool Art with a great message! I would absolutely LOVE that! It’s is amazing! Would love to have this!! If not, I’ll just have to go buy one.. 🙂 love it!!! I agree too and would love this poster!! Thanks for being faithful in the blogging world to keep us inspired & hopeful. Love it. I want, I want! Love it. ooo, ooo, I love this! thanks, Meg, you always introduce us to the coolest things! LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! Must have it! I have been wanting one of these forever!!! I was contemplating trying to make one. Favorite!!!! I love big, unfancy, wordsy art. So great. I love the “Hands are for hugging not hitting” too! u are so lucky to be sent such fun goodies all the time. i love love love this print. Love this! This is perfect! Oh boy, what a fabulous giveaway! Great art, love it! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Love it! That is EVERYTHING I repeat a million times a day!! 😉 Love it! Love it 🙂 i love THAT one. SOOOO cute. and i know right where i would hang it. 🙂 Wonderful family rules! I would love to have one of these! Love it! I would love one in my Kitchen! Thanks for all the links to such cool things! Pretty please—-I would love this! I really love it!!! I will have to order one unless I win of course! Plain, simple and straightforward. Rules for everyone and every age. Thanks for sharing! What a great poster…such great words! I’d love to win! I love this. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love the size. love the words. how fun!!! I would love to win this print! What a great giveaway! I would LOVE this, too!! The golden rules … are the best rules, hands down. Love it. Good truth without being sappy. Thanks for sharing! Oh baby..I want this! OH MY GOSH – I would LOVE that!!! I have had this print for awhile and still love it to pieces!!! Love it! I have just the place for one of these! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know just where I’d put this! 🙂 Love it! I love that! I would LOVE to win! love this!! i agree with all of it, but love that hands are for hugging not hitting. We used to say that alot in our house! Thanks for sharing! Woah- love that!!! Pick me please 🙂 Love the reminder of the simple rules to make our homes a happier place!!! I think I would want mine w/ a green background and white letters… a rebel, I know! ;o) Love it! Very good daily reminders. 🙂 I want it! My kids need it! 🙂 all people should live by these ‘rules’. The world would be a kinder place. I’ve sign the family rules artwork before but THIS is by far my FAVORITE!! It’s awesome! Lovely! Thanks for the opportunity!! I love these kinds of things as well and could definitely find a great place for one! Love that! So nice! Very nice! Reminds me of a the “rules for life” that I posted on our kitchen chalkboard… Be Kind, Be Grateful, Say Your Prayers 🙂 He is an awesome artist! Love the posters! How awesome, love this. Would love to have this in my house Awesome! I love it! Thanks as always for the giveaway! Love it! I LOVE that poster! I think I need one. I love that! Oh I am so hoping that I win this! I love everything about it! It is perfect. We just repainted all of our living spaces and are trying to find simple art work that means something to our family and reflects our faith. This would be fabulous in our dining room where we homeschool. =) LOL, talk about God’s answers for us! Yesterday was incredibly difficult and I got a call from my son’s teacher before the day even began! THIS is fabulous! 🙂 Great poster. I may spring for the boy one if I don’t win, that is. I love this! I have the perfect spot for it in my kitchen. I LOVE that poster and the rules are perfect!! i love all the color in your home. and those posters are awesome. Hi Meg! Really, really, really LOVE it and want one for me and my family ! Please pick me…hahaha Take care. 🙂 Have this pinned! Love it. Love the boldness but especially the first line! 🙂 Oh my gosh!! I love it! I’d love to win, but just in case I’m heading over to his Etsy. Everything that makes up a families love is in that poster! I would love one to hang in my kitchen! What a great print! I think I say “Hands are for hugging not for hitting” at least once a week. It would be such a unique way to post the house rules. Thanks for the chance! I love this kind of big, bold artwork. Oh my goodness. I.love.this. This would be divine in our home!!! Sure hope I win! =) That is wonderful… I think I will make my kids memorize it. 🙂 those are the perfect rules! great poster. Heading to his site now! This is fabulous!! Maybe just what my daughter & son-in-law need for their house as they welcome new baby soon…it’s never too early!! 🙂 Love this! Have these rules in our home! Would be great to have them displayed so beautifully! 🙂 I need one of those for the playroom! Good advice … every word! 🙂 I need one of those for the playroom! Good advice … every word! 🙂 Expecting our first baby in just a month and would LOVE to have one of these hanging up to remind us all what life in our house should look like! Love it! Oh! I so want one of these!! This is awesome! I love it! Couldn’t say it any better myself, and since my kids are in the fighting stage, we NEED this. Love it! This is what our house will love by when we have kids (and I suppose it already does now with just the two of us). Looks awesome with the globes and colorful books, Meg! Wow, awesome love love it… Thanks for a chance to win… this WILL hang in my house someday. i LOVE it! AMAZING poster!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! thanks for the chance to win it, meg!! Love it! Headed over to see what else he has 🙂 So wonderful! Thanks for sharing! These rules should apply even to the oldest of us! ;0) my girls are both considered “adults” and I continue to say these things! 😉 LOVE LOVE LOVE it! and would love to put it on my wall!! Love it!!!! I LOVE the family rules poster. So cool. Totally awesome!!! Okay, that is AWESOME!! Must obtain!! 🙂 Love this! Love this! It would look great in our house! This poster rocks! awesome…would love to have one for our home! lovely… In love with it all. If I don’t win, I will be purchasing. I love the marriage ones too. this is my favorite of all the house rules posters out there right now. so perfect 🙂 I have been eyeballing this since I saw it on Pinterest. I LOVE this print. It is perfect. ( : Love it. love, love, love, So much!!! Neat piece. Thanks for the chance to win! WOW! Love the words, so simple yet so POWERFUL! Fave line: Encourage your siblings…Share in their joy. I would love this for my home! Love this. It would look great in my school room. : ) I would love this! YES PLEASE!!! I already have a spot for it! I would love this for my family! It would be perfect in my living room under my “family” sign. LOVE it!!!!! <3 I have placed my order!! Thanks for sharing these are awesome! Oh…this makes my HEART so happy. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. xoxo Well DUCKTAPE my MOUTH and HANG up a POSTER!!! LOVE THIS!!! I also love that you displayed your books in rainbow fashion. So cute!!! Love, Love, Love the poster. I love the “be a Giver”. That is awesome!!! his Etsy site is cool also. I love that it says “LOVE JESUS” really big across the top! Everything else flows from that! 🙂 i’m really going to need one of those. please. love this poster 🙂 The “Definition of a Boy” art made me tear up a little. I joke around a lot about how hard it is to have all boys but they are so close to my heart. I MUST get one for their room. Great poster! Oh my gosh I would LOVE this picture!!! It is EVERYTHING I say to my kids on a daily basis!! I absolutely LOVE the one that says hands are for hugging, not hitting too!!! I love art like this. I would love a whole wall of words! Love it!! I love it! I would love one for our home 🙂 Love these words…especially that it all starts with LOVE JESUS! love it! Wow, I love that! I was actually just thinking this morning about making subway art that said many of the same things! I LOVE this! I mean like LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I love the black and white. wow – i am off to shop Love this!! So true… Now I can point to the poster to get my point across. I would love to win this for my kids. :o) Thanks for entering me! :o) I would love to win this-we all need these reminders every day! THis is OUR LIFE! LOVE IT!!!!! I want that print!!! I love it! I would love to win this! Thank you for the opportunity! Such awesomeness – I love this and might have to just buy one!!:) Great rules to live by…..all of us. 🙂 Hi I found your blog some weeks ago. And it have been inspired me so much. God help me to one day a Mommy so creative love and full of joy as you seens to be. But for now I’m just at my trainig… LOL I’m from Brazil and Im living here in USA as an au pair. this experience is changing my life. I used some of your ideas with the little girl I take are of. BTW I love the sign is so true and everything they need to know. that’s a great sign to have at home and remind then about… every single minute. =) God bless so cool! I feel like I should wallpaper my house with sayings like that some days. 🙂 How cool! Absolutely love it! Love Love Love this!! Love it, have wanted something like this for a while. Love it! I know exactly where I would put it! so cool. Good words. Great reminders for all of us. Perfection. Love this! Would love the daily reminder hanging in our house! im in love 🙂 thanks for sharing this work, simple and yet bold statements. i have the perfect spot for one !!!! I love this and it is so much better than the list of rules I made out of note paper, taped together as I added stuff and left on the microwave door (since that is where everyone ends up!) I would love something like this for my classroom–almost exactly like the family one, but adjusted to students and loving your peers. Awesome stuff! Love this! Would be perfect to hang in our kitchen where we all gather. I love this!!! It is amazing!! Sweet!! Share everything…except bad ideas! ha. I too LOVE this! Simple yet Amazing! I want these to be my new house rules…..we do some now but what a wonderful display of art to remind us how to be good to one another and appreciate and take care of the people God has blessed us with. LOVE it! Love the poster!!! this print is perfect … Oh goodness! I LOVE this! This is fabulous! I will definitely be visiting his shop. Thanks for the tip! Love it, lucky you! Yes, please! I NEED more art on my walls. For real! Love the posters- and that they are so big!! Thanks for the opportunity to win one. I have been on a serious hunt for the past week for the perfect family rules sign – this is perfect! Love it!!!!!!! Ive got just the spot for it! Love it!! I have the perfect spot for it to remind us each day!! Love the poster! Very cool!!!!!!!!!!! I love black & white! Those are fantastic! I dig oversized art, and I appreciate that it is so affordable, too. Love it!! This would be awesome in our family room – thanks!! I would love to have this in our home!!! I tell my daughter’s these thing’s all of the time, and it would look good on my mantel!!!! LOVE, LOVE this poster!!! Very cool – love what it says! Would love one of these for our house! I have the perfect place for it…and then just the goal of teaching my girls what it says 🙂 This would be awesome! I love BIG art too!! I think it’s a great idea to have a “mission statement” in the home so everyone’s on the same page. Totally rad! Oh, I LOVE that!! I’ve been wanting to make one of those family rules signs myself. For the last two years…Ha!! SO AWESOME! You are right, what every mom says (or is thinking) everyday! Would love to have this on my wall. Thank you both! 🙂 Pick me! Pick me! Love it! Today is my oldest’s sweet 16, how sweet if I could win! She is the oldest of 7 so I could use this for a reminder to ALL of the kids! Wow! These are great 🙂 I LOVE that they have one specifically for boys. I have a daughter and son and there are always more girl options then boys…I know which one I want! Love it! Saying these words this very night to my teenager. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! I have been wanting one for a long time! Good reminders for kids…..and parents too! 🙂 i would just look at them and say “go read the sign” probably 100 times a day! Awesome! I would love to have one! That’s so cool! What a nice piece of art 🙂 I love the part that says “encourage your siblings and share in their joy” I think that it is a proud mom moment when you witness your children doing this! I’ve been admiring these posters for awhile. Thanks so much for the chance to win one! Awesome-O! I would put one in each childs room :)) Sometimes i sound like a stuck record repeating all these things, now I can just hold the poster up in front of them! Wow- I love that! I could just point to the poster. so great! would love one of these : ) awesome poster!! Oh I love this poster! Maybe my kids would believe me if they read it instead of hearing me say all those things! Thanks! WOW! What a great giveaway! I love your website–full of inspiration and FUN! Thanks for the chance to win.
right now in Kansas we are DRY dry DRY. they line the ditches all over the highways……all around the crops…..it makes every drive so pleasant. i wanted to do a family's photo session here but got nervous.
i never knew i missed kansas when i lived in the "city". and now even after being back here almost 7 years i think i say "i love it here" to myself on a daily basis. ………………………………………………………………. ok…..business-y clicks: you can enter to win a Keurig Coffee Maker & Green Mountain Fair Trade Coffee right HERE. click over HERE to see how my Glidden Paint project is coming along and enter to win a $150 Walmart gift card. i wrote about being a sports mom and how Gatorade helps me out over HERE. AND….. i forgot that LISA LEONARD said we'd give away TWO bracelets! I love my family. And I look forward to your colorful posts every day! Thank you. Posted by: Amy Bounds | 09/06/2011 at 10:19 AM congrats Amy….email me at cdduerksen @ yahoo . com ………………………………………………………………. i am off for a run….a very slow run….with dolly parton. :) and my house is a HUGE mess. and i declared last week that every Wednesday is SONIC DAY after school. so now….it's something to look forward to! it's SONIC DAY! feel free to copy this fabulous idea in your car after school. ha ha ha
these pics are just GORGEOUS Meg!!! seriously. Love thia post! Nice to find a fellow Kansas girl in blog world….I’m in SW Kansas…Garden City to be exact! Sunflowers are lovely. So is Kansas. 🙂 Sunflowers are lovely. So is Kansas. 🙂 I think being away in the city makes us appreciate it more. I am unapologeticaly in life with the landscape here….now. I only get to go to Sonic when we take David to college – there is one in Spokane, and I love the real fruit slushes. I Love that you are there… in Kansas. One of my most favorite places ever. Part of my heart will always live there. My dad lived in the North West corner for my whole life before he passed. I lived there with him for a bit, and managed to make a trek to Beloit, Emporia, Great Bend, and Newton. Don’t ask.;) That was so many years ago, but my memories are fresh… and my heart smiles because of it. those pictures are GOR-GEOUS! awww, I love these photos. So pretty. Frame ’em!! 🙂 Maybe I missed your post on this, but how did you do with the summer list????? Whenever I see sunflowers I miss my home, which is in Kansas, too. I have pictures of my sisters and I in sunflower fields as little girls- such a fun picture. Thanks for stirring up some great memories! Gorgeous. I love sunflowers. Ilove the photos you take of flowers. I use them as my desktop background. Fantastic work. Love sunflowers. Hate bugs. Love sunsets on sunflowers. You are so brave. Love the pictures, I live in SE Colorado & we have tons of those sunflowers too! We also got a really nice rain last night, hope you received some moisture too! I know you love Kansas, but you are still missed here in Des Plaines! These pictures are stunning, Meg. I miss the wild sunflowers, we had this in Ohio too…now I’m living in Annapolis, MD (military spouse!) and sunflowers are hard to come by! But Blue Crabs and traffic – we have plenty of both! wow….kansas looks so beautifull on your pictures! Ah, you are making me miss Kansas!! I was born there and have lived there on and off my whole life. My Mom’s side of the family all live there. Beautiful pictures! Texas is in the worst drought in it’s history. There are rivers here that are so dried that you can walk from one bank to the other on the opposite side of the river! My inlays have a house at Toledo Bend (between louisiana and Texas) and their dock is sitting on dry land. It’s horrible. We need rain. Thank you, Megan. I feel as if this post was for me as we are quite possibly moving to Kansas soon. I haven’t ever been to Kansas. It makes me feel better knowing that you love it so much. I hope I will, too. The sunflowers are definitely gorgeous! Hey, we have a Sonic day too! Ours is Friday, if the kids get a good behavior report all week. (they do. they’re little and sweet and still worship their teachers!) I’m new to your blog, and loving all of it! I was born and raised in Kansas…until I met my husband. He swept me off my feet and carried me all the way to Georgia. But, oh, how I miss it sometimes! Thank you for these lovely pictures of my home state! I love the pictures. We have those in the ditches or central IL. It has been so dry here too but it rained today! I love where I live too! We do Sonic after Walmart on Sundays. We’ve learned to do it AFTER Walmart so that we can avoid the Walmart bathrooms. Love your idea for a Sonic Day! I am a teacher and I have a project on Donors Choose and Sonic is having a contest where people vote and use codes from Sonic to help fund projects. I am asking for a Flip video camera for my classroom to use. My project is: http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/projects/view/578933/teacher Beautiful pics. We have the same pretty sunflowers throughout Spotsylvania, Virginia. I live about a mile from the Chancellorsville Civil War Battle Field and let me tell you, September is just spectacular here. Sonic Wednesdays sounds like a plan! my closest sonic is 35 minutes away!!! I have always wanted to go to one because of those dang commericals now even more so with you always writing about it. I think I see a 35 minute car ride for lunch coming soon 😉 We have those same sunflowers in Manhattan. I love them. Will you post a recipe for pumpkin waffles? They sound delish! will you please share your pumpkin waffle recipe with us? my son was born on halloween and the two of us cannot get enough of pumpkin treats!! I moved from California (LA area) to Bend Oregon. I absolutely LOVE being in a smaller town and having more nature right outside our door. When I am walking next to the river or with my family at a lake or drive through the area of town with fields, I breath deeper and feel so happy! Gorgeous photographs. I’ve never made it up your way, but I’ve always heard Kansas is such a beautiful state. Love those sunflowers- great dreamy shots! Awesome-oh photos Meg! Love! What incredible photos, wow! I never comment but I felt compelled to tell you that those are some gorgeous pics! I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere and now live “in the city” and that makes my heart ache as I miss it! Love your blog:) gorgeous pics, meg, especially the last one. kansas is beautiful. have fun at sonic. if i were there i’d get a chocolate malt. I was wondering about the craft house your used for craft weekend? It’s FINALLY raining here in CO. Amazing Pictures, Meg. I have declared Fridays as Slurpee days because Sonic is too far to drive (probably a good thing for me) because my kids ask ALL THE TIME. Hi, found your blog through Crystal Beutler’s. Beautiful sunflowers!!!! Sun flower pictures are A. Ma. Zing. I LOVE sunflowers!!! LOVE them. What a happy place! pics are beautiful. and friday is our sonic day! yay for 1/2 price drinks. i’ve always lived in kansas and can’t imagine living somewhere else. BEAUTIFUL photos! What gorgeous photos. I love sunflowers! BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love Sunflowers! My first time I vistited Kansas was in the month of September. I was in college playing soccer for the University of Colorado. We played KU on a Friday & then took a bus to play Iowa State. I remember the sunflowers & was blown away at how pretty it was! Great photos, Meg! Can I move to Kansas?? Absolutely B.E.A.U.BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! Love the sunset as the back drop. Beautiful! That is great idea… we have Wendy’s. Your photos are beautiful. And yes, once you’ve lived in the prairies, that sky and those fields. Nothing like it. Once again, fabulous pics! I was in Valley Center recently and cut cross country – thru Newton to Emporia on my way back to KC trying to find a big sunflower field. I didn’t find the kind I was looking for, but did stumble onto an old stone arch bridge and gorgeous sunset. It made me happy and fed my soul. Kansas is such a beautiful, peaceful place! THese pictures or BREATH TAKING ! ! ! ! FABULOUS ! did i miss the laundry room update? I feel the same way about Kansas. I live in a small town outside of KC, where there are lots of open fields. Thanks for showing others Kansas’ simple beauty. I love sunflowers! You are so lucky to be surrounded by them. Enjoy your Sonic Happy Hour! These pictures made me smile….gorgeous pictures, love those flowers! Blessing to you! kathy We have fountain drink Fridays! It’s been an after school tradition for years. Sometimes we have Milkshake Monday if I’m feeling extra nice 🙂 this post made me so happy! i love sunflowers and open fields, just the colorful start to my day i was hoping for, thank you! gorgeous photos! Oh wow, the pics are amazing. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks Awesome pictures Meg! I really like the one that is like a silhouette. Your pictures are A-ma-zing as ever. Yay for Sonic Day! 1. love the sunflowers Kansas has the greenest greens and the bluest blues! And this time of year is best with the beautiful sunflowers – gotta love a flower that is always looking for the sun! We have the lovely sunflowers in MO too! I’m 20 min. outside KCMO and it really is so fun to see the roadside colors come up every year. It’s the perfect transition from Summer to Fall. I love reading your blog every day. 😀 You inspire me to be more colorful and creative! Thank you for all your uplifting, awesomely wonderful, colorful posts, but especially this one. My 93-year-old grandma is from Champan, KS – the small little farm town destroyed by tornadoes about three years ago. I am happy to see these HAPPY KS pictures. Love from OH…Jen Glad it isn’t “Waffle’s for dinner” ! Sonic day is a great idea! I love your “Sonic day” idea! Such a clever mama. I must remember this, because my kids don’t bug me daily like that, but it is sooo something they WOULD do. So when they do, as I’m sure they will, we wii have Sonic Day too! I feel the same way about living in Texas. I live in the suburbs, but I love the look of spring when driving down the road and all the bluebonnets are in bloom. It really is a beautiful flower. I need to run. Or walk, or do something. Don’t you just LOVE all the sunflowers beside the road?! I want to stop and take pictures every 50 yards!! Love the sunset in the background! I like taking pics of these as much as the big fields of sunflowers! Must be a waffle week…I made blueberry waffles for supper the other night, so good! love sunflowers!! they make me smile!! |
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Danae - Sooo lovely
Heidi Jo the Artist - Super sweet, love these. I can’t believe my baby boy just turned 8 months yesterday, crazy.
ana {bluebirdkisses} - These pictures are just beautiful. So so precious. I can’t help but think back to when baby J was a newborn. I miss those days {just a little bit}.
jennifer - i can’t tell you how much i love that last picture. i will have to be making some decorations like that. i was too exhausted to take any pictures of my little when he was born, so i am trying to make a point to come up with a backdrop (much like yours) and take a picture there monthly so i can document his growing!
love it. oh and i am giving away from free printable baby tags on my blog, be sure to stop by!
jenn
Carla V. - Oh how darling! It makes my uterus ache… 🙁
Karyn - That baby is ADORABLE! But seriously…4 whole days without a Meg fix!!! Hope you’re having fun in California. :o)
Heather - Hooray! I found your blog. easy peasy – just googled “meg whatever” I love the google.
Ok, so I totally lied. After seeing all the rainbow stuff on your blog I realized that I have been here. Anyway, You were great last night at Blog Sugar and was really delighted to meet you. I appreciate how REAL you are, both on your blog and in person – sometimes the two aren’t the same, you know? Thanks again for a great keynote. Enjoy your day!
Rosa Contreras - So cute.. the last picture is amazing!!!! love your blog…
Liz - Enjoyed your talk. Glad you were at Blogsugar. It was nice meeting you!
Rach - It’s a little late, but welcome back to Cali. Hope you have a wonderful visit!!
kat @ Pretty in Pink and Green - What a cutie-pie! She looks exactly like my little Livie-Loo did at that age! Precious!
ViVO Candles - Baby fever coming on…uh oh!
Joyce - gorgeous baby- oh and i love those glitter shoes from the previous post!
Annette - love the last one with the colorful banners and quilt!
Wendy - pure love
se7en - Oh wonderful… sigh… you are killing me with baby love!!! Love her in the bunting!!! Sweet, sweet, sweet!!!
Karen - Are you kidding me?! I was AT the Denver Airport at the same time you were! Would have loved to meet you! Oh well….another time. Have a great time in CA!
melanie - Denver airport? Dang! I would have come to see you at DIA 🙂 hope you have a great trip. And those photos? omg. now i wanna make babies with someone. squee!
Lela Pohlmann - OH…that baby is beautiful! I love your baby photography! I so wish it would have been around when mg kiddos were little!
Rachel - Oh my she is beautiful! Good thing my husband is in another state tonight, seeing her makes me want a third! Amazing photos Meg 🙂
Mary Elizabeth - That’s my girl 🙂 so pretty. Can’t wait to see the full set
Melissa - i love the picture with the bunting…so cute!
Tracy Fisher - Makes me want more kids! But after having a hard time just getting up at 6am for high school, I decided it might be a better idea to wait to become a grandma..haha.
Have fun on your trip.
tracy fisher
Katie - I love the bright pink picture and also the chippy white paint, flag and pillow picture. That is my style!
Tiffany - i want to steal a snuggle. 6 days old, she still has that new baby smell. mmmmmmmm. she’s beautiful.
Jennifer - So, back to fashion! Are you wearing those sparly heels with the skinny jeans during your speech? What top? You are going to be hecka cute!!
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh Meg… these are great! Love them. Have a safe flight! Hugs to you.
CarrieBeth - beautiful pictures! i have a one month old, are you jealous? haha
Simply Lanny - I could eat her up ! great pic’s once again 🙂
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Fly safely! Im leaving in a few hours. Detroit will be my connecting flight to LAX.
Cant wait!
Nikki - Ugh!!! I miss this painfully. It’s just not fair that they are that little such a short time. My big girl will be a year in a few weeks. She’s so much fun but I’d sure like to snuggle a tiny head again. Doesn’t help that she’s our last!
These pictures are gorgeous. What a treasure !!
leonieke - ooo,….i want one,.
i want them to stay this way for years!
beautifull pictures!
did you keep the baby? 🙂
Kristin - beautiful pictures! love the last one the most. have fun at blog sugar!
Jenna@CallHerHappy - I just love the third pic! I wish you could photograph my little bean! Maybe next time you’re in MI 🙂
Jenna
callherhappy.com
Alicia @ La Famille - adorable!! she looks so snuggly. have fun, ms. meg!!!
seriouslysassymama - I love your use of color and pattern. What a happy soul> Have a safe trip.
Lisa - You go girl!!! Have a great time!!!
tiffany m gardner - beautiful. have fun. be blessed.
Kristy - i don’t think it does get better then that. a new baby, nothing like it. simply wonderful.
so looking forward to hearing you 🙂 it’s going to be a good weekend 🙂
amy - oh my…the little fuzzy baby face just slays me. one of my babies had this little peach fuzz face and it is the main memory i have of his baby days. beautiful photos. i’m sure you made her mama sooo happy with these memories!
Kerry - oh my gosh what an awesomely GORGEOUS baby!!!!!!! and the pics are just divine Meg. Have fun in Cali! xxx
BriBedell - Ahh I love me some babies!! Good thing I’ve got one in the belly! Can you just come to Michigan in March when I have it and take pictures…seriously love these!! Oh and love Elizabeth! I’ve got one of my own 🙂
stevie - awesome pics. i should really stop looking at baby pics because it only makes me a little sad that, that phase of my life has closed and it’s way too early to get excited for grandbabies. 🙁
Sarah - Perfect pics! I loooove the bunting!
happygirl - LOVE the B&W. Precious.
Kimberly Dial - Precious pics … Miss Elizabeth is gorgeous. Have a safe journey my friend … enjoy!
Han - Those pictures are adorable! Have a fab time 🙂
Amber - Oh my….baby fever!!! I LOVE the patchwork pillow in the last pic….did you make or can I get me one 🙂
Taryn - Emailed Kimberlee this morning….have a fantastic time!!!! Will be thinking of you both and lifting you up in prayer as you walk in the Spirit! Love you guys!
Terrie - The only way it could get any better is if it was my new grandbaby!! I’m so super excited!! Where did you get the gauzy-like fabric? Love that!
Have a super time in Cali! Wish I were in your suitcase!
sharon young - beautiful pictures!
Penny - Beautiful! You are very talented. Almost makes me want another. 🙂 Have a great time this weekend.
Sharla - Love the last banner one!
Kimberly - Nope, not much better than that!
Wendy - Have a wonderful time! 🙂 Love the baby pics. You are so talented!