sean has been trying to make money for the book fair.
i had him clean the kitchen.
why haven't i had this kid doing this job all along???
he's awesome at it.
it sparkles!
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in oklahoma we drove through an old neighborhood full of BIG old (and some new) homes.
i took pictures of some of them for the bloggy.
i was saying "oh look at that one!" "OHHH…look at that" "loove that"
craig just nodded his head.
he likes them too but the excitement is more….manly and toned down.
ha.
i liked the cool stone work around the windows.
i love white houses.
so much.
and then it has pink bushes! (but the two blocking the downstairs windows need to go…gotta let in the light!)
otherwise….i loved it.
it was for sale!
this one had the circle drive and the trees….beautious.
this looked like a movie….i don't know which one.
love the diamond leaded glass windows on the second floor and those third floor dormers!
and the patio.
fancy.
very fancy.
i made craig go back for this one.
you can't see much of it but it was so cute.
it had a turquoise ceiling on the porch and a sunshine yellow door!
i wouldn't want to assume….but it seemed like this was a young family starting out in this fabulous house and
getting ready to make it awesome inside and out.
it's looking great.
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did you go and donate towards Sergey's adoption yesterday?
did you see that now you could win an iPad2???
DREAM BiG is going to be BIG.
this was a comment left yesterday and i wanted to be sure that ALL of you read it.
"can you imagine if each person who visited here gave ten dollars? just ten dollars.
the price of a magazine and a latte. a new pair of flipflops. a super pack of toilet paper.
a sub, chips and a drink. sergey would be home in a wink and his life made whole again.
i pray that it happens. for danielle and for sergey. i hope and i pray.
because every child is a child of God. not just the perfect ones.
God does not make mistakes. and sergey deserves a good life.
we must make it so.
we must."
help bring sergey home….click here to Dream BIG.
blog it.
facebook it.
tweet it.
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happy tuesday to you.
Max Boughner - Beautiful! I like the first and the last photo. They remind me of my past houses. We had to move to another house because of my job, but I’m happy with our house now. BTW, cheers to your new helper! He deserves a treat!
Jill Wade - I was just scrolling through your decorating posts and saw this one….my husband’s grandmother owned the white home for quite some time! What a SMALL world!!
amy - The house that you said looks like it’s from a movie reminds me of the house in “Home Alone”. Haven’t seen it in FOREVER so I could be way off!!
Christina - Looking at those houses is fun…we live in an area full of both old and new GINORMOUS homes. One of the houses we like to look at is rumored to be a rich and famous person’s house, and I noticed the other day when we drove by it on the street we don’t normally use (the house is on a corner) (is this making sense at all, probably not) that directly across the street is a very small house, that still has its Christmas wreaths up! It was the funniest dichotomy to me. It takes all of us to make up this crazy world. 🙂
Four Flights - I cannot believe that pretty white house is for sale for $500k. People in other parts of the country got it good. Real good I tell ya.
Kayla - We love going on Sunday drives to look at houses. We go get Dairy Queen or Sonic and drive around real slow and creepy like (if somebody happens to be watching) – but it is fun! Also, look at Sean’s man feet! It just reminds me of my son growing up – it was the first thing I noticed on him that was starting to look like a man – not a boy! Sigh.
Regina - That’s it. I’m buying that white house and moving to Oklahoma. 🙂
karen - great drive by’s! i love white houses too…mine is a white gingerbread style 🙂
I got my daughter’s rainbow shirt today!!! I yay’d and did a happy dance at the pick up box…some lady looked at me like i was a weirdo.
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Oh how I love those old houses. I live in a 20 year old track home and would so love an old fixer upper. I’m drooling now. P.S. love Kings of Leon too…saw them in concert in LA with my daughter, her friend and her mom (heehee) so fun. They totally ROCK!
Alicia @ La Famille - i love looking at houses! especially old, cool houses 🙂 my favorite was the one with the circle drive for sure!
Stacy - So cool that he wants money for books!
Courtney - LOVE the houses! Love Love Love! And on a related ‘love’ note: I tried your Chicken Enchiladas tonight and I love those too! Thanks!
Jennifer - If I could run in a neighborhood like that, I would totally be a runner. Not a once a week, die and wheeze, jogger? but a run fast like lightning runner.
a pocket full of posies - Oh my!!! you took a picture of my aunts house!!!! (in Tulsa!) too fun!- I’m sending her the link- she’ll be soooo happy you loved it! 🙂
…and I did donate yesterday- wish I had been able to send 10,000.00!!- what a precious family!
Many Blessings!
Jill
Rach - I am not even going to tell you what we just paid for a house in Southern Cali that would practically fit in the living room of the house you showed that is for sale. Nope. Not gonna tell ya. 🙂
crystal beutler - Those houses are to die for. How fun would it be to design the inside and the gardens. Sigh.
I’m giving up Starbucks today and donating to a good cause. Thanks for inspiring me. 🙂
elz - In case nobody piped in yet, the pink bushes are azaelas. Get the year round bloomers, they are lovely. In Houston, we have Azalea Trail events, you should see the homes here in the Spring. So colorful!
Alice H - The old (newly remodeled) homes in Tulsa are amazing!! Where you around the Utica area.
That’s a wonderful idea on how to get my kids to clean. They always want money for something. Skate night, book fairs, movies, etc. I will try this out!!
steffanie - Here in Key West all the older homes have their exterior ceilings painted light blue, it was an attempt to trick little critters and bugs into thinking that it was the sky and they wouldn’t want to create a home there. Just a fun little fact for you! : )
Jessica - I’m a Kansas girl who was in Tulsa this weekend too! I wish I got to see Kings of Leon, but I was there for an awesome photography convention. You should have been there for that too. It was so fun and free! I just had to pay for my hotel room and lunches. You should definitely go next year. You’d love it! MPix puts it on. Beautiful houses!
Shannon - Those are great homes! I love the white one 🙂
Ask Sean if he would like to come clean my house after he is all done 🙂
kristine - i bet sean could pick up some cleaning gigs at other houses on your street once they see this post!
i also bet that the turquoise and yellow homeowner reads your blog! 🙂 you’ve inspired a lot of sunshine and color out there!
Kerry Wiebe - Megs, of course you found the most beautiful houses in the promise land!!!! I’m so glad you had a great time!!!!
Jill - Thanks for re-posting the link for Sergey. I donated today. And I love those houses. This is one time I feel sad about living in NYC. 900 sq feet is all I can afford!
Amanda-ThriceBlessed - I would guess the movie you were thinking on the brick house was “Home Alone”? There’s a replica house in my hometown area and we always call it the “Home Alone” house.
My 8 year old daughter is trying to earn money to buy a guinea pig, she’ll do any chore and does it well! Its definately something we should do long term! 🙂
ashlee - you were in my mom’s neighborhood!! driving around those old neighboorhoods is one of my hubs and mine favorite things to do:)
Missy - We painted our front door yellow last summer. LOVE it! You can see it here:
http://mommyslittlepeanuts.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-new-yellow-door.html
Jemm - My husband and I are always doing “drive bys”. KC is SO awesome to look at houses.
Kristin - OH my gosh those houses! I am in love with big old brick homes like those. 🙂 I live in the suburbs of Chicago though so I would be paying a pretty penny! 🙂 Great helper! My nieces and nephews do chores around the house and it’s great. 🙂
donna - hi meg. i lived in oklahoma years ago. i loved tulsa i thought it would have been such a nice place to raise a family. i had my first child there 20 years ago last week then we headed to dallas where i gave birth 19 years ago – shall i go on – back to michigan giving birth 3 more times and finally to England where i had my final child – oh we also lived in new jersey – no babies born there 🙂
Sara - I love the house pictures. Did you spend a lot of time driving around Evanston/Kenilworth area when you lived in Chicago? I could tour those neighborhoods all day long! Love those houses.
Sugar Mama - My mom used to live near Utica Square! I loved staying with her and shopping there… and honest to goodness, I think the 5th house down is her boss’. Did it have a huge sloping front yard? If so, that’s it… Roy Clark’s house. You know… the guy on Hee Haw. That’s him. At Christmas time that neighborhood does the most beautfiul light display!
Kimberly Dial - Wow! Those were some gorgeous homes! On another note, I loved seeing your son helping around the house — what a great guy! (I love your floor!)
Kimberly Dial - Wow! Those were some gorgeous homes! On another note, I loved seeing your son helping around the house — what a great guy! (I love your floor!)
Heather - The white house totally looks like the house in Father of the Bride. I wanted that house so bad when I was a teenager! Beautiful homes!
Kari - Those homes are beautiful!
Thanks for sharing the info about Sergey’s adoption; it’s such a wonderful cause.
ashley jensen - We love to drive around Utica Square and look at all the houses. My daughter (3) loves to help with chorse and I keep wandering how much longer I have before she no longer wants to help!
Southern Gal - I love looking at houses, too, but have never taken pictures of them. You’ve given me inspiration. Oh, and those white and pink bushes look like trimmed azaleas. We let ours grow wild. Love them either way.
Michelle from Australia - I LOVE the white house. Seriously love, love, love. If only I wasn’t Australian, I think I’d be packing my toys and coming to make it home. Total gorgeousness. Thank you for sharing. GREAT pics.
Shannon - I LOVED those houses….found myself sayin the same things you were….oooohhh look at that…kinda thing. Thanks so much for sharing! 😀 Happy Tuesday to you!
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Happy Tuesday to you too! That house with the turquoise ceiling and yellow door makes me think that some DIY bloggers may live there:) I love to look at big beautiful old homes too. Theres nothing “cookie cutter” about them and they hold so much history and character.
XO,
Sarah
happygirl - I loved your house tour. I like looking at houses, too. It’s so much more fun when you don’t need one.
Stephanie - Love the houses. Love to see kids helping around the house. Makes me smile.
leonieke - wow,….this is so american! those big big houses! that’s the nice thing about reading blogs from other country’s to me.
enjoyed you’re blog!
have a nice day to!
Gemma - Happy Tuesday Meg!
Those houses are so big and grand….I agree..I would have those bushes down ASAP.
Gemma x
LouBoo - Hi there – those houses are just so pretty. And so many of them! I think it’s fab you took some pictures for us to see. Seems like a long way from here! In London there are these wonderful sets of ‘Mews’ houses which run around in a crescent shape just off the busy roads. They have gardens in the middle of the crescent – like in the film ‘Notting Hill’. I always want to take pictures but then think I will look slightly strange!! Lou x
Elizabeth - ha! That bottom house is the house of some very good friends of ours!! They have been making some changes to the inside, but promised they’d never paint the ceiling or the door. I’ll let Kari know you loved her house-she’ll get a kick out of that! They are our age with two little kiddos. Great, loving family that I adore.
And, isn’t that part of T-Town awesome?! I could drive around it all day admiring the houses. Please tell me you shopped at Utica. Hands down, the best thing about Tulsa. I mean, it has a Saks!
My son did the dishes tonight (for pay) and I’m thinking I should add it to his chore list (not for pay). He worked hard!
I’m praying Sergey is home soon-what a gift he will be and already is to his new family!
Leah - I love, LOVE the last house with the yellow door. If it were for sale, I may tell my husband that we’re moving. And considering we’re in San Diego, CA, that house is probably way less expensive and much nicer than the one we’re in. Sorry, San Diego. Runner-up is the house with the circular drive. And by the way, I love that Sean is raising money for his school book fair. That’s my kinda kid!