and mama is going a little crazy.
just as i was getting used to the alone time…here they are again.
till monday.
so crazy.
i tried really hard to be calm, nice and not crabby.
i will try harder today.
while i let them watch 3 hours of morning tv….i took a bath.
and dreamt of all the things i would get from the pottery barn catalog if they
called me up and said i could have whatever i wanted for free.
here are my top four:
of course the furniture is beautiful but i am not ready to dream about that right now.
i spray painted.
annie made herself a pb&j.
she asked for my help but i was taking the picture.
i said "i know you can do it….show me"
she didn't like hearing that.
sean made mac-n-cheese for himself and talby and annie.
take one. take two. (not sure what that big knot at the top is…)
waffle is so stinky.
i thought my pumpkin was rotten….but it was the dog too close to me.
i think he needs a bath today.
i paid my kids to pick up the walnuts in the yard.
that's what those are….they are like big golf balls all over the yard.
"broken ankle any minute" is what i always think.
and they are messy and gross.
they got a whole trash can full.
hundreds.
i paid them in ice cream.
🙂
they were thrilled.
mmmm…..mcflurries.
then we ate them at the park.
which meant that dinner was not made.
but fresh air was so good for my mood.
what a difference!
what a bunch of goofballs i have around here.
i WILL be more patient today.
i WILL leave the computer closed.
i WILL look them in the eyes.
i WILL read, play and interact.
i WILL hug and laugh and engage.
i WILL.
keylogger Mac - Walnuts are crazy!!! I would never have know what was in those weird green blobs. How in the world do you even get them out.
new balance - We cannot always build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future .
natalie k - loved your post. there was lots i loved, but the tippy top of my list is how real you are. thanks for being genuine and admitting the funky stuff. you’re the tops, meg!
karen - i have those walnuts too!! and hundreds of squirrels to go with them! Love the chandelier!
Dana@Strawberrytart! - I love this post. Love the things from Pottery Barn, but I am so loving your purse! Love love love!
Prettynicelife.wordpress.com - You’re my hero — but I think you live in a time vortex where the days are longer! 🙂 I wish I had the energy or initiative to take on all your projects (not to mention manage to photograph my days!).
Now I’ll go play with my daughter without the TV — she’d thank you if she could.
amy tibbs - Your final words spoke to me today…home with a sick little one and it is really easy to sit on the computer and let her watch the tube, but I am going to engage and involve. In 20 minutes, I swear.
Also, FINALLY found the ruffle cardigans at my Target. Con: Couldn’t find them the past two weeks because I have been with the kids and unable to look at clothes. Pro: took so long to find it that it was on clearance. Whoo!
Julie - Walnuts are crazy!!! I would never have know what was in those weird green blobs. How in the world do you even get them out.
God’s creativity is amazing and funny sometimes.
valerie @ chateau a la mode - I am amazed at how good you look when you spray paint. I must change my clothes, not because I want to, but because I’m a mess. Last time I got my haircut…my hairstylist asked what I’d been painting because I had paint all down the side of my hair and I didn’t even know it…heehee.
Fun post!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - oh girl i just love ya. you are so real and honest. i mantra those things to myself all the time. love that you paid them in ice cream. love that you took a bath while they watched tv and you dreamed of pottery barn. that chandie was gorgeous. at the end of next week i’ll have my girls all day again too. funny how you get sooo used to all the me time and it takes a bit to switch back.
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - 1st of all, I see a Dunder Mifflin coffee cup ~ rock on!
2ndly, your makeup looks awesome!
Thank you for the encouragement… me too.
amy jupin - i hear ya about engaging with the kiddos…john is away all week and i feel like i’m in survival mode. cook, clean up, wash, clean up, etc. i am definitely not engaging much. and we are all suffering! i must change that!
i am drooling over the same things from pb. they slay me with all that gorgeous mercury glass and those new chandys!!
you look beautiful by the way. love the yellow polkadots headband and your new comfy boots!!
Nichole - I’ve been wondering: What kind of spray paint do you use?
Georgia - Mc Flurries are Yummmmmmmy!!!
My grandparents have Walnut tree’s in there garden in France! – i always tell them they should bag them up as Xmas gifts for people, in a nice bag/box with some ribbon tied round, would be really nuice touch i think 🙂
Also, why are you spray painting in your new clothes?! i would be so worried i would ruin them, you look like a very stylish mama i think! 🙂
xxx
kristy - This made me laugh. I think we’re leading parallel lives. And thoughts.
THIS POST improved my mood. Thank you.
sharron - makes me smile…
blessings~
Courtney Walsh - And I will too…
Kacey - I love your “life as Meg” posts. It’s so fun to sit here and take a peek into your colorful life.
Krista - You are so brave to spray paint with such nice clothes and boots on! I am so messy when I do projects! I just got that PB catalog yesterday, drool-worthy for sure! I can’t believe your kids are off school already. Good Luck!
Natalia Simmons - OH man, can I relate! I only have two and I feel it. I love the blog!!
Dana Banana - Our kids are off here tomorrow and I am already thinking to myself…”What am I going to do with them?” Hope your LONG weekend goes by quickly and quietly!
virginia - nice skinny jeans! and i love your headband. too cute
Christa - haha that’s funny! Our parents used to pay us to pick up walnuts, too! Although we only got 50 cents per 5-gallon bucket. I think I would have LOVED ice cream a lot more. 🙂
tara pollard pakosta - and take lots of pictures of your days, that always makes it go by happier!!!! love this post!
tara
Juli - Ack! You are spray painting in GOOD clothes!
Waffles feet…oh.my.word. I don’t care how smelly…seriously adorable.
Walnuts cleared up, see? There ARE perks to having the kids home!
Lisa - I LOVE YOU
HUGS FROM MAINE
Laura Phelps - It is all so hard, isn’t it?
if I help you around the house, will you pay me in margaritas?
Melanie - You look adorable and I love the pictures:)
Leslie Blair - do you ever come to kansas city to do family photo shoots or maybe even Lawrence?
Janine - All I could think was – she was spray painting in her good clothes and new boots! I put on the rattiest pajamas and socks to spray paint and paint in. I don’t care what the neighbors think! Great pictures!
shauna - super good picture of you!
don’t you just wonder how you did it all summer?
i mean by next summer you will probably be ready again, but now?
in OCtober?
I LOVE being with my kids. really. but all of them all day?
it’s headspinning.
and i only have three 🙂
i think mine may be too coughy for school today.
i WILL use your list.
Heather R. - Oh…And Donna’s comment is RIGHT…You need a book published!!! Lots of pics. 🙂
Heather R. - I need to pep talk myself. Your makeup is looking fab lately…FYI. Happy Fall!
Rebekah - We have two walnut trees in our yard and I know EXACTLY what you mean about the broken ankle. When my daughter was smaller she couldn’t even walk around the yard in the fall without tripping continually over walnuts. Do you ever use them? I feel dumb buying nuts at the store at $3/lb when my backyard is paved with them, but it’s such a pain to actually get to the nut. I keep thinking that if I were more industrious I would be using them instead of just feeding all the squirrels in a 2-block radius.
Suzanne - Meg, you even look adorable spray painting. Are those your new boots? They are so cute!
tasha roe - I am all about bribing my kids too! A little positive reinforcement. 😉
A bath sounds dreamy right now.
Whatcha’ spray painting? I am addicted to it. If someone stopped by unexpected they would probably think I’m huffing in my basement. lol
Suzette - love this Meg! Especially the list at the end~
Anna Marie - Sometimes the Conservation Department wants those walnuts (not sure what for). One year they paid my younger siblings for them. Not a ton of money but to the kids it was. You might want to check them out.
donna - I am telling you – you need to write a book ~ just about daily stuff! We are ALL so taken with your blog and your everyday ordinary stuff. You have a way with words and you help motivate me! Get on that book! Oh – lots of pictures in the book please.
katie - love that i’m not the only one who spray paints in whatever clothes i have on (instead of changing into paint clothes). i loved this post.
Gemma - You look so cute!
Enjoy your time with them : )
Gemma x
amy nicholl - I need to know where you got your red handbag!!! I love it!
jennifer - My kids are off all next week. And we’re moving in the middle of the week. Good times!
I love your sweater and can’t wait to see the finished pictures of whatever that is that you are painting. You will definitely need to share what color it is. And your Dunder Mifflin mug made me laugh!
`Kelly - My kids have today & tomorrow off too. This time it’s for P/T conferences.(we do year-round school so it’s already time for these!) Last week they had Thursday & Friday off for a state-wide inservice thing. Last week I let them just be. No plans, no real structure. It was fun but made me crazy. Today there’s a plan. Enjoy the time with your kids!
Dana@Bungalow'56 - All I kept thinking while reading the post was… wow she sure wears nice clothes to spray paint. I tried to shake it but it just kept niggling at me. If you’ve got the grumpies because of the monthly’s my sister who gets them bad just called me yesterday and swears by a new concoction she’s on. 1600 mg of calcium in 400 mg increments (thats all your body can absorb at a time) and an extract, which I forget the name of. I’ll add it on later today. If its not because of this, then I guess the McFlurry would be a good place to start. How can you not be in a good mood with one of those in your hands?
Dana
Julia - About the kids being off from school-as my husband says -what now?
About your Pottery Barn shopping… It sounds like your doing my kind of shopping – your not looking at the furniture because you’re being “realistic”. Go crazy! Play pretend with the furniture!
carols - oops, meant to say lamp shades from Target and it was a cheap way for a fresh look.
carols - Well since your computer is closed you won’t see this till Friday, but…fun picures, and that is either a really good angle of you or you have lost weight! Maybe both. Funny, if that is a lazy day at your house, you should see it around here. I just got new drum shades in a sort of light textured beige fabric (don’t know what it is) for existing lamps this week and it feels fresher. Enjoy having the kids and the gorgeous fall weather, you’re an amazing mom.
Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - love your pottery barn pics, i’d pick those too. i especially love that mercury glass lamp paired with the burlap shade. so so pretty. hope you have a great day with your kids today!
Kirsten P - Our local school got new playground equipment after a year long renovation. It looks exactly like the equipment at your park – except ours is royal blue and bright yellow. Do you also have shredded tires on the ground? (In case anyone is interested the equipment is called Evos Playsystem by landscape structures.)
Amy Lynne - Good luck! I hope you all have a good day.
Julie - Fresh air ~ always a good thing!
MichelleLKent - We all have days like that….At the end of the day they know that Mum loves them..here’s hoping to abetter day tomorrow…
Susan - You have boots on while spray painting.I wish Vegas was cold enough for boots but i am still in shorts.I check your blog every night before i go to bed.Night Night !!
Nikki - Why are they off of school?
I love your top 4 from pottery barn… just beautiful.