a few things i am happy about.
a little thrift shopping…
the quilt is FULL of holes, but will make some lovely pillows for the shop.
makes me so happy.
here's what i did with the blue box…
i can now throw out my old lady one from wal-mart i got 10 years ago.
a little fabric shopping…and a full punch card.
sweet!
my flowers from joy (my Illinois mom) are blooming!
they are so pretty.
the garden is so good this year…rain is a good thing.
went to hillsboro yesterday afternoon to catch up with some friends from high school at the pool.
ended up seeing many friends…staying hours and hours at the pool…
staying in town for dinner…the three kids had a blast too.
it was such a great day.
i drove home with 3 goofy kids who were hyper and i was laughing at them really hard.
(the boys' were singing the beatles in opera voices)
it just felt good.
(except for my major sunburn today)
and i came across this.
i. can. NOT. wait.
parenthood is one my top 10 movies…and now it will be a tv show!!!!
i love shows like this and i will be hooked from the first minute.
hope you find somethings that make you happy today.
now…i have some dishes to do.
i will try to be happy about them.
try.
Jessica - I just found your blog the other day and saw this post with the Parenthood trailer… I am so excited too! It really looks to be a great show… and with so many good actors! Really hoping it’s a good one!
CrazyPeopleI'veWorkedWith - All your pictures are gorgeous, the colors are so vibrant and just POP!
Timalee - Hi! I’m a new lurker, stumbled on your blog about a week ago and am really enjoying the eyecandy! Just had to say that I would do almost anything for one of those quilt pillows, I actually have an identical matching quilt on my sofa right now that my mamaw made me a few decades ago. It is still in nearly perfect condition so I won’t be cutting it into pillows anytime soon, but I would REALLY love a matching pillow to go with it! 🙂
kristin - not sure where my comment went, so if you find it then you can ignore my rambling.
mostly i am writing to tell you that you’d enjoy knowing we’re on the illinois interstate heading out of chicago…and thanks to my phone as a modem i can catch up on line.
we love the hillsboro pool, i can’t wait for that show, the thrift shop is one of the first things on my list….ahhhh.
kristin - oh, and yes, i LOVE parenthood-type shows too!!!
kristin - oh, we love going to the hillsboro pool….
and thought you might enjoy knowing i am writing you from the illinois interstate…heading home from our trip.
thanks to my phone acting as a modem i have time to catch up!
jolyn - Parenthood is, like, my favorite movie ever. Thank you for sharing the upcoming series: who knows how long it would have taken me to find it otherwise!
Trina McNeilly - Oh yeah!!!! This looks fabulous!!!!!!!!! So many great actors.. I’m so ready for a good tv show. And that movie is classic! Have a great weekend!
Rach - Seriously… I want to go to YOUR fabric store!!! I love the stuff you get!
Christina - The happiness comes AFTER the dishes are done, then you can leave behind that clean sink and go about your fun, I mean, business.
Ashley Ann - Feel free to send one of those pillows to me! Lovin’ your blue box too. Your blog is so much fun!!
liza - Things that make me happy: my husband, our puppy dogs, and lots of cute blog posts everywhere!
wendy - OK, I can totally relate to that show. Especially all that teenager stuff. It’s now on my must see list! Thanks Meg. Is that your quilt or did you find it somewhere? Love it.
Jill - Can I have first dibs on pillows made from that quilt??? I am serious – love the colors! Wow! What a fun project and great use for a old quilt with holes – think of how much time and love went into it originally….
casey - oh my gosh I hadn’t heard of that show and it looks amazing!!!
Christy - The Parenthood trailer looks awesome! Thanks for posting it. I totally heart Peter Krause! Can’t wait!
Love the colors of your pics. I so wish we lived closer so you could capture my 6 yo. You also gave me an great way to use my old metal green tackle box. Hooray!
Amy - omg! omg! omg! omg! i cannot wait to see that movie!
Restless Mama - How fabulous that they’re making a show out of the movie – totally excited about this.
I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of months and let me just say it’s not only eye candy but such a lifter for my day.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Chiot's Run - I sure did, a lovely cool rainy day. Nothing makes me happier than a latte made my Mr Chiots 🙂
danyele - i really love the preview…and it will be so much fun. maybe i won’t feel like a slacker sometimes too. and i love love love the blue box!!! reminds me of my grandpa’s.
Toni :O) - I hope you were able to use your punch card before it expired on June 30th…..awesome finds. I LOVE thrift stores…so cool!
Trasie - Love love love it!!!!
Lazy Mom Leslie - I’m excited about Parenthood as well. I think it will be great! Have you seen the previews for The Good Wife? I love that both of those shows have ER alumni in them. And Mr. Big is in The Good Wife too. Fall is my favorite time of year. School starts, temperatures drop and the new fall lineup premiers! What more could a girl ask for?
Remember that the offer still stands for you to come live in my guest room and document my life in pictures. Not only will I pay you in margaritas (no salt) I’ll even throw in the chips and salsa! Great, now I’m hungry for Mexican food!
wesleyjeanne - You just made me happy telling me about the new show. I love love love that movie and show it to my LifeSpan Developmental Psychology students. I don’t have TV, but I’m hoping they’ll put episodes of the new show on the Internet to watch. Thanks for telling me about it.
Angela - Okay, I watched the video preview for Parenthood and it looks killer. They had me at “By the Writers of Friday Night Lights.” Do you watch Brothers & Sisters? Sigh… So good.
I will make your rainbow cake one day. When I get brave enough. And buy some of those round cake pans. I am so ill-equipped.
Kathy - Love the thrift store finds!
Dana D @BoysMyJoys - Having yummy cake in my new cake plate is making me happy today! Actually, I have cake in two cake plates today! I baked your rainbow cake, but didn’t follow your directions about cutting off the top bump of each layer. The top 3 layers ended up on the counter when I walked out of the kitchen for a minute! But, it’s OK! Now I have a red, orange, and yellow cake in one cake plate- and a green, blue, and purple cake in another cake plate! They are making me kitchen counters look very cheery this week! YUM!
A pocket full of posies... - Oh how I have SO many things I am happy about!!! But, one great big happy: My “whatever” shop goodies arrived today!!! I LOOOOVE them! and your too “sweet” to add a little chocolate! 🙂
Oh! and I can’t wait to see the pillows from that quilt! *swoon*!
Blessings!
Jill
Dana M. - One of my happy things was getting together yesterday! So glad that it worked out. Let’s not wait so long for the next gathering. Oh and when the kids go back to school let’s go antiquing in Abeline!! I mean it. 🙂
Vera - Saw my baby’s heartbeat for the first time today… can’t get any happier than that!!!!!! Glad you’re happy too – your pictures always make me happy!
Lori - Hi Meg, it has been such a crazy busy week that I admit I have been lurking and not commenting. But I couldn’t not tell you that I connected to your Proverbs 31 post. I did a bible study years ago that cleared up my being intimidated by the P31 woman. It is a yardstick that I use to measure how far I have come, and how far I need to go, with God’s strength and support. I am pretty sure I’ll be in heaven before I attain P31 status!
I hadn’t heard about Parenthood, the series. It looks great. I have two teenagers, and I think I will be nodding my head alot as I watch! Thanks, as usual.
Jill - My husband and I had marked that show as one we definitely wanted to watch this fall. I get all teary during the previews, so I can only imagine I’ll be a wreck during the real thing!
Jenn Thomas - Meg – I need to go thrift shopping with you – you always find such neat things.
Ivy Bettinger Smith - I have my happies on my blog today, too. Parenthood looks awesome! Cant wait to start watching. I love Ron Howard:)
Jess - beautiful things. i’m up to my eyeballs with laundry and a frog just escaped somewhere upsatirs…. this was just the break i needed! can’t wait to see that tv show.
katie - i LOVE the quilt!!!
Laura Phelps - already found something to be happy about.
this post.
Jocelyn Stott - Okay – I don’t know what is wrong with me but that preview for Parenthood just made me tear up and feel really emotional. I am 26 and not even close to having kids, but something about it just got to me. Whew – pull yourself together Jocelyn!
Thanks for the wonderful photos!
Jane Weston - Your pictures made me happy today :o)
The quilt looks amazing and I love how you will give it a new lease on life.
Kirsten - Yay – I love the “roller coaster” analogy at the end of Parenthood. I hadn’t seen this – can’t wait for it! And Monica Potter and Maura Tierney are two faves of mine. That quilt is amazing!!! Is it too snoopy to ask how much you paid for it?
Chasity - i’d be awful happy about that quilt and the old tacklebox as well….
i’m happy for a weekend with nature and family.
chasity
Aubrey - So many pretties…
I was sad this spring–I planted zinnia seeds, they were coming up, we had lots and lots and lots of unexpected rain and they all washed away. So I like seeing the pictures of yours. 🙂