my mom, sister and i went to the farmers market in lawrence on saturday.
it"s always nice to go.
we brought maya and annie along.
annie was happy with a brownie about two minutes in….and happy to pet all the dogs.
good times.
i am feeling….
busy?
busy with life.
busy in my mind.
mostly all good things though.
we started swimming lessons today for the three youngest…went great!
i could watch them from the treadmill one level above the pool.
i loved that.
then the same three went to clay class.
and they were so happy about it.
my house is disaster.
my yard is a mess.
there is no food in the house.
the laundry is unending.
i think the AC just went out in my car.
all this adds up to my mind kind of shutting down.
the mess is too much.
the noise of my kids…is TOO MUCH.
would it be bad to smash my piano?
probably so.
with so much to do i end up doing nothing.
eventually i get a burst of energy and things get moving…but for now…i live in chaos.
BUT yesterday was A-W-E-S-O-M-E.
bike ride to sonic.
hanging out.
grilled brats and ate corn on the cob.
kids swimming in the pool.
so good.
even better when the kids went to sleep (the noise….i am tellin' ya…it's a-makin'-me crazy!)
so…my venting is over.
the end.
Karina - My darling husband took all three kids to the museum today so I could have some peace and quiet…and clean the house, LOL! So far? I’m sitting here reading blogs and listening to my favourite CD. I’ll get to the house soon…
Christine is right. Do you remember the emptiness of working before marriage, the deadening fluorescent lighting and padded cells of an office, the bleating phones, the bad coffee, the standing over a jammed Xerox machine…? And going home to an empty, quiet apartment to wash out your nylons for the next day…too tired to cook a meal, with only the TV for company?
Maybe you never did that, but I did for far too long and I wouldn’t go back for anything. I am married with three kids and home for good – someone called it “eternity leave” – and even on the craziest days it is THE BEST.
Love your life; all your readers sure do!!!
Christina-fivewalkers - I’m assuming grilled brats means sausages and not bad children. 🙂
I can so relate to the mess/chaos all around. I can’t imagine having more kids (we have three)…the laundry, the toys, the fighting. The “I end up doing nothing” – yep, that’s me. 🙂
But I love how you just keep on going. I guess that’s all we can do.
aimee - i hope you had a super time in lawrence! i hope our schedules can sync up next time you’re in town!
stephanie - Hi … I’m new to your blog and have enjoyed poking around and looking at all the colors that you have documented on your blog. So happy. (PS. We made your stuffed pasta shells the other night for dinner, too – two thumbs up! My 3 & 4 year old were eating the filling out of the bowl before I could get it in the shells). : )
Mallory - Meg — I found your blog through another and have to let you know you are an inspiration! I am struggling through college and looking at your posts I am getting a new outlook on taking time for my crafty self — Just wanted to say thank you!
karina - Glad to know I am not the only one who gets overwhelmed with all the things that need to be done yet I don’t do anything because I don’t know where to begin! At some point, I will get a burst of energy and get it all done (hoping that point is soon!). I just want to do all the fun summer things I have planned…heck, with dishes, laundry, remodeling, yardwork, and who needs to eat!!!
Christine Ishmael - Meg…I’m reading your post and started crying…(it could be PMS, maybe not) but I would trade you places in a heart beat…I’m sitting here at my work desk in an ugly office working 10 hour shifts and MISSING my kids and the chaos at home so desperately…I’m quitting my job and have one month to go til I’m home and walking to the gas station for diet coke & ice cream cones with the kids, going to the local pool and watching parades and BBQing and cleaning up messes and listening to my son play “Stairway to Heaven” prelude 5,000 x on his guitar (he’s teaching himself to play) and listening to the piano ALL day long and I’ll probably complain about the noise and the endless messes, but I’ll be HOME and hanging with my kids during this crazy summer! Your blog is my escape, I appreciate you so much, you’ll never know…! Enjoy the madness! I can’t wait for my turn! Love, Christine
krystall - I love how you keep it real!!!!!!!!!
tara pollard pakosta - I like how real and honest you are!
great post and I love your pix!
tara
www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - We went to the farmer’s market this weekend. Once there, I realized there wasn’t a card in my camera. Oh well!
My three year old son Kai took his wallet and $5 from his piggy bank with the mission to buy whatever he wanted to buy.
His choices:
1. a orange tomato plant
2. a strawberry cupcake
3. kettle corn
Wise choices!
http://www.kellyloves.wordpress.com
Kirsten - Oh how gorgeous – my daughter’s choir opened our farmer’s market a few weeks ago…and here in Seattle? Yeah…rain. Downpour. Monsoon. But I walked around, thinking I’d buy something. And our flower bouquets? $10.00.
elizabeth pilling - ear plugs. i’m not kidding. they take the edge off. really. get some.
casey - I love your blog! I love your creativity and you always make me laugh! I love lawerence as well. All the shops and the university are gorgeous! I go there every time I make it to Kansas…
Talia - I absolutely LOVE how you keep it so real! Summer living with kids home all day/night can be positively exhausting!
Thanks for sharing the margarita recipe. I can’t wait to make them this evening!
Melanie - I don’t know how you do the noise either. You poor girl. First week and the noise is to much. It might make for a long summer unless they stay outside all day long:)
Jessica - Please thank your mom for sharing her margarita recipe! DH and I made some last night–after the kids went to bed–YUM!!! We drank the whole pitcher ourselves 😉
Wendy @ Living Creatively - Love love the pictures. Our Farmers’ Market is one of my favorite places, full of beauty and great smells.
I hear ya– great days mixed in with house chaos. Such is summer.
Angie - Thanks for being honest. Our Summer starts in 17 days when the kids get out of school. It is a love/hate relationship. I love to have them home but the noise does get to me at times. My sister threatened to get rid of my piano because every time I talk to her on the phone the kids feel the need to bang on it. 🙂 I do have to say, in spite of the noise, I sure love my boys! Happy Summer!
Ashlee Archibald - I dont always get to my google reader everyday, but everyday I always manage to make it to your blog. Yours makes me the happiest. thanks meg 🙂
PS. I feel embarrassed saying that a year ago, i read your blog and forgot to put it in my favorites. So one day I googled “Waffle the dog” cause how many dogs do you know named waffle? And it WORKED! 🙂
Cindy - First day of summer here…let the noise begin!!
Planning on painting your flowers from last week!
Thanks for the inspiration!!
Enjoy the day!
Lori - I was led to your blog for the margarita recipe. so glad I followed! The photography is gorgeous and yes, I know just how you feel. My kids are a little older, so not too time consuming. Yet still I feel a little overwhelmed. Must just be that time of year. Isn’t it great when the clouds break and the sun comes out and suddenly the stress just melts away. 🙂
bobbie - I love Farmer’s Markets but it’s so hot here. If I went to a Farmers Market outdoors right now my skin would melt off. It’s one of the many perks to living in Houston.
Kat - Oh I hear ya Meg!
I can relate to the noise in the hols and feeling so overwhelmed by the chaos that I end up too doing nothing. Sigh. It all seems a bit overwhelming sometimes.
Its good to enjoy the good times though, makes it all worth it.
Glad you have been enjoying family time with your Mum and Sister though – creating special memories.
Hope the chaos settle soon 🙂
Heather - Boy-O can I relate. A messy house and shutting down. Noise that just won’t quit. Bless you for sharing this, but also keeping an eye to the good things. Thank you.
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Noise makes me insane too. I can’t imagine with your big brood. I have a piano I’d like to smash sometimes too. Maybe we could do it together…like in the office when the rap music is playing and they carry that evil printer into the field and smash it into a million smitherens:)
Rachel / cREaTe - oh girl. thank you for writing / venting that. 🙂 i thought it was just me who acted like when i turn to the right i don’t see piles of school projects from the past 9 months [all brought home on the last day on friday] & looking to the left that i don’t see piles of wet towels among other things. you hit the nail on the HEAD & i feel better just knowing i’m in good company. 🙂
Kelly O. - i hear ya about the noise! they just talk and yell and fight and carry on.
when they’re having a good time they’re even louder!
RLG - I’m so sick of the yelling and fighting. It’s driving me insane. I get it. Bursts of productivity. I wish I had family right here to help me through this long, long summer. Sigh. Hang in there, Meg. You’re certainly not alone. much love, girlie. xoxo
Heather - wow. I’ve never seen peonies at a farmer’s market before. Buckets and buckets of those gorgeous flowers! I hope you got some to take home. 🙂
purejoy - yummmm. brats and corn on the cob… mmmm.
i can relate to that sensory overload that makes me just want to hang out on the couch and watch the world go by…
sounds like you had a great day, tho!
Trish - oh my word… i am having a noise issue too. so can relate!
amy d - rosemarie and mandy friend both posted my question!!! “car bombs”…i didn’t know lawrence was “that” kind of town!! lol!
mandy friend - um, am I reading that photo right?? Does it say ‘car bombs’???LOLAnd I hear ya on the noise…
Rosemarie - OK – does that chalkboard list actually say “Car Bombs, $4”? Or am I just really clueless when it comes to flowers??? 🙂
Tanya - I adore farmers markets
Sarah Mahan - This is totally off topic, but I just wanted to let you know…I made your peanut butter pie today and it was AWESOME!!! So, good in fact, that I shared the recipe on my blog. Okay so maybe this wasn’t too far off topic…compliments chear everyone up right??;)
Heather - you’re a stronger woman then i am. i would have pushed the piano into the street by now. i only have 2 at home in my house and by 4pm i’d like to walk around with ear plugs in. thank goodness for quiet time!
Cori - I have 4 and I feel your pain! I am trying to get them to do homework(or I was 😉 and call the insurence co and not think about my wash that is so bad I may just go to the laundrymat. It’s all good, that is what I keep telling myself.
Julie - As a mother of five too, I can totally relate; esp. with the noise! My husband calls us “the loud family!”
kat - Hahahaha! I loved the “would it be bad to smash my piano?” line… awesome. If anything, that totally sums up the joys and anxieties of having all the kids at home all at once. That is one of the many things I love so much about you and your blog, you don’t just share the good stuff, you share reality. Thanks for being you!
Laura Phelps - good thing we will be visiting soon…my kids are SO PEACEFUL! HA!
and I totally relate..too much to do = getting nothing done
good days and bad days
highs and lows
productive and procrastinate
and if we are really blessed, a good bbq and swimming thrown in to mix it all up
somehow, we survive
and on good days, we do better than survive…we soar!
linda - my brain hurts from the noise…and i only have two kids. instead of a breast reduction surgery, i would love to get a hearing reduction surgery…or have a “remote” installed in my ear…so i could press mute, or lower the volume as needed. wouldn’t that be the best! i can dream…
love your blog!!!
Lisa - I am relating, my house is a mess, everywhere! And i am on the computer ignoring it all. Glad you are having fun with the kids, noise and all. Go the tread mill!
Musings Of A Gem - Meg you make me laugh..I feel like I can relate to you even though I don’t have kids.
I can only imagine the chaos!
Gemma X http://musings-of-a-gem.blogspot.com/
Sophie - Gorgeous pictures (:
I’m in the UK and we don’t finish for summer until the end of July so my neighborhood’s still quite quiet (:
Jill J - I completely understand..; highs and lows. There is a reason that your blog is so big! You are EVERY WOMAN. Not Whitney Houston.
Anna Marie - Those peonies are gorgeous! Did you bring any home? I wish our farmer’s market had fresh cut flowers like that. BEAUTIFUL!
Stephanie - I feel the same way. When every room I enter I find a pile or something that needs to be done I just can’t seem to get ahead. I just give up and read a magazine!! A clean house is a sign of a misspent life!! (that’s a sign on my kitchen wall)
Lisa - Oh my. The noise. I can so relate. It’s enough to drive a poor mama out of her mind sometimes, isn’t it?
Bec - Ugh- I don’t even have kids and feel like I’m losing my mind the last few days. I spent the entire day in the kitchen in hopes of prepping most of our meals for the week and got 2 done and then I pooped out. Oh well!!!!!!!!!!!
Georgia - Grilled Brats? whats that in English… lol
Oh and check out the bling on grandmas finger!!!