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November 11, 2011 Filed in charity,me me me,random,things i love

there were 13 cars waiting to get into the mcdonalds drive thru this morning? 
not even in the drive thru part yet….
who waits that long for a mcdonalds breakfast?

i counted that when i was out running.
ran 4 miles straight today!
WHOOP WHOOP!
loving this healthy running thing so much!!!

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basketball has begun.
i like it.
i like it A LOT.       

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i am going to take my kids to see jack & jill today.
i am not looking forward to it.
there are only so many bathroom jokes i can take….

but who wants to bet $20 that i still cry at that movie?!!

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i am behind (like ALWAYS!) so i don't have photos but i wanted to remind you about Operation Christmas Child.

i am going with my kids to pick out some goodies and we are going to pack our boxes this weekend.

check out the website HERE to find a drop off location near you.
they are everywhere!

you only have another week or so.
it's worth it!!!
make it happen!

this is my post about it from last year…….SO MUCH FUN!
 

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did you do the happy day projects?

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all of them?

some of them?

it was FUN wasn't it?!
i loved it.
it feels good to focus on others.
to try and see what God sees when He looks at people around us.
to show His love to those around us.
🙂

it's super cool.

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well…..
i jumped on the erin condren bandwagon.
what a happy place to be! 
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i can't stop smiling about it…..

happy day to YOU.

i am off to jack & jill.

geesh.

  

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Nike Free Run - I think you probably live close to where I lived. My daughter played basketball every summer in Hesston. We moved from Kansas to Indiana Dec. 2009 and I miss it. I enjoy your blog! blessings

Elizabeth - Meg, I would just like to say thank you for your Christ centered blog…My family and I have been able to really reach out and have become a giving family because of all your ideas of giving. The 7 of us shopped this past weekend and packed our shoe boxes for OCC. It was such a blessing reading the letters my kids included in their boxes. Thank you for helping me raise caring children.

Kacey - I love my Erin Condren planner! It makes me so happy to look at all the rainbow colors.

Debbie - I think you probably live close to where I lived. My daughter played basketball every summer in Hesston. We moved from Kansas to Indiana Dec. 2009 and I miss it. I enjoy your blog! blessings

jimaie - It seems like everyone has an Erin Condren planner these days! I must admit, they’re awfully pretty!
I don’t think I have ever seen you & your husband’s names next to each other before- Meg & Craig, that’s kind of adorable 🙂

erin - We are doing the Operation Christmas Child for my daughters brownie troop. Such a great project! Also LOVING that planner. I’m addicted to planners and organizers.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I am sooo with you on the bandwagon. I got my planner today. I am so, so, so excited! Now, i Have to use it – lol.

Ashlyn@Pinecone - I’m with you on Jack and Jill…I don’t want to see those movies, but if I do, I will cry easily as some random sweet moment. My kids will look at me – “mom are you crying??!” they can’t believe what a sap I am.
I love your planner – apparently I am the last to know about them. 😉

Lori Austin - I love your random posts – they are the best! 🙂
OCC is such a terrific organization. I wish we could afford to
participate in every worthwhile organization – not possible. We have decided to take toy/craft donations to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital each time our daughter has an appt. She has been a patient there many times and has benefited from toy/craft donations every time. I love knowing that our donations might bring a smile to a child’s face that could be facing tough medical issues. Makes my heart smile. I pray one day we will be able to donate to more than one source though. Eventually….

Kimberlee Jost - Yay for Erin Condren in your mailbox!!!!!
Now you can write all of Scott’s games down in it.
😉

amber - Thanks to you, we’ve done OCC for the past 2 years. It has become an amazing kick off to Christmas tradition for our family. And, it’s about others. My 4 year old is super into it this year & it makes me so happy. So, thank you for posting about it again & again.

Southern Gal - Four miles? Woohoo! I haven’t run in a month because of a stupid cough/cold that won’t let me go. I’m getting back out there though.
OCC is so near and dear to our hearts. We volunteer at the warehouse and my daughter gave out boxes while serving in Botswana her summer before her senior year in high school. It’s a lovely way to share God’s word with children and their families.

Melissa - How funny, we’re doing our Operation Christmas Child boxes tomorrow too! Have a great time!

Jan - So happy that you mentioned OCC shoeboxes! They are one of my favorite parts about Christmas.. I go each year to Boone, NC and help process the boxes. My brother has worked for Samaritan’s Purse for 30 years, so we have been packing shoeboxes for a long time… Would love to go overseas one year to help distribute them. So glad that you and your family support such a great cause! Thanks for the shout-out!

Michelle Gallimore - I saw a commercial where MCdonalds is giving away free coffee for the whole month of November, could be why? Anyway, I love your blog, your honesty, your real, we could be friends. congratulations on the 4 miles it’s kindof a big deal I’ve done it only twice Iam new to running but never thought in my whole life I would actually “like” it. Now, I crave it, sick isn’t it? Scales not moving but I also like to eat…I blog about food, I cook…a lot, it’s okay, my heart will be healthy 🙂 thanks for all the inspiration.

lisa - I love my Erin Condren planner, too! Happy weekend! 🙂

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Okay, gotta say, I want to see Jack and Jill….love potty humor. Just being honest 🙂

Andrea T - jumped on the e condren bandwagon myself. i almost hugged the fed ex man. i smile everytime i look at it!!!

Jenna@CallHerHappy - We are excited for bball over here too. Right now we are watching the MSU/N. Carolina game. Go green!
Jenna
callherhappy.com

Liesl - Are you finding that running has helped you lose some weight? I think I’m similar to you in size and am hoping to see some results from the running I started this week, along with some better eating habits.

Julie L. - YES!! My Erin Condren planner came in the mail today too and I’m seriously scared to start writing in it because I love it so much.

jackie grandy - Love that calendar! I am definitely putting that on my Christmas wish list 🙂

Leah - I just got my Erin Condren planner the other day and I can’t stop staring at it. I love it and wonder where it’s been my entire life.

Kelly - McDonald’s breakfast grosses me out. I remember eating there once when I was little and it was horrible.
I have the same Erin Condren planner. I love it! That it’s so cute is a bonus! 🙂

Heather - I often think, when I see the line at McD’s “Wouldn’t it have been faster to have breakfast at home?”

Elizabeth - I just told my sons that you couldn’t pay me to see that movie. How about a million dollars? they asked. I said, well maybe then.
Have fun! 🙂

Jennifer - your run = awesome!! 🙂
I’m always amazed at the long lines for McD’s too!
Happy Friday!

tiffany gardner - wow…four miles…you go! my calendar is on its way? wonder if my life will get more organized?? have a fun weekend!

TinaM. - I’m going to McDonalds on my way to a Penn State game tomorrow. I hope people don’t judge me because I still like, actually love Penn State. Anyway.. to brighter subjects, I can’t wait to see the Muppets !!

Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Oh hey cutest planner EVER!

Mindy W - Yes, I did do the Happy Day Projects and I loved it!
Yes, we are doing the shoe boxes again. And I loved that you posted your fillings because my kids said I did a lame job last year and you are way cooler than I.
No, I’m not going to see Jack and Jill because I’m betting I saw all the “funny” parts in the commercials. But you have fun. 🙂

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - I just got my Erin Condren Month-at-a-glance Notebook TODAY!! So much happy going on, I can barely contain myself.

Sabrina - I think McDonalds was doing something special for Veteran’s Day today??
I LOVE my erin condren planner!!! Aren’t they awesome!!!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Yes, we’re doing the Happy Day projects but since Ive had a super crazy week we’re getting caught up on them today, since we have the day off.
We’ve always done the Operation Chrismtas Child boxes but again, with going back to teaching this year, I got behind. We are sending packages to a soldier as our project. The kids collected items all week in school and we’re sending the boxes out tomorrow.
And Erin Condren…I ordered the deal on PlumDistrict but havent heard anything yet. Hoping it comes soon. Love the one you chose.
Have a lovely weekend!

Nicole - I read your blog pretty much daily and I’m fairly certain you go to the same church as I do. I never comment…just not my thing but…I noticed in your basketball pictures that your son plays for the Swathers and that he plays with my first group of students I ever taught. (It’s been over 4 years ago…those kiddos were in 4th grade then!) I’m also one of the girl’s 7th and 8th grade coaches this year! I guess I didn’t realize your kids go there! It’s a great school district!

happygirl - I can’t wait to pack our shoeboxes. Such a fun and thoughtful Christmas project. Our family is packing a box as a Christmas gift to each of us. So, each of us pack 2 boxes. It’s fun to shop and pack and play Christmas music. 🙂

Seriously Sassy Mama - Have fun at the movies. I am taking the fam when The muppets come out.

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new clothes.

November 10, 2011 Filed in crafts & art,random,things i love

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annie got some new clothes from the Tea Collection.
 
i just looked and they have a 20% off sale going on through the 11th!

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the print on the dress is so pretty.

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adorable.
i love those laces…. and that sticthing!

her favorite is the SUPER soft sweater leggings.

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she wore them for 2 days straight!
even sleeping!
i don't blame her.

who doesn't like new clothes that really soft and comfy?

but….. do you do a little booty dance when you get a new dress?
annie does.
and usually adds a little "WOOAHH!" and a leap off a piece of furniture.

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yesterday i saw a mouse.
I SCREAMED!!!

i don't think i am really technically "afraid " of mice but apparently when i see one….
i scream and jump.
it all just came out of me.
then waffle got in on the action.
lauren & i chased it out from under the couch and he cornered it and caught in his paws….
put it in his mouth….
and just like a tom & jerry cartoon it came running back out!

right towards me!!!

i SCREAMED again and jumped up on the couch.

why? 
why do i do that?
i do it with spiders too.

so crazy.

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we set some traps and caught it.
waffle is sad.
it was the most excitement he'd had in a year.
he didn't sit down for over an hour after the mouse escaped.
he was sniffing under everything…hunting it down. 

someone said to me today "there is always something fun going on at your house!"  

ha ha ha

i don't know about the FUN but there is always SOMETHING going on.

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Joey Biber - Though the leggings are somehow boyish, her blue printed blouse and pink shoelaces make the whole look more feminine and playful. Those seem to be made of soft and comfy fabric, and that can certainly help during the hot summer season.

karen - annie is super cute in her new digs!
oh and i hate to tell ya…but where there is one there are many! set more traps just in case.

Breeanna @ a brilliant melody - I saw a mouse in out kitchen last week. I was in the living room and saw it out of the corner of my eye. I followed it to the cupboard and when I opened the door, it ran directly toward me, in between my feet. How could I not scream and jump! I didn’t want it crawling on me. I have two dogs and they chased it under the oven and kept sniffing around 🙂

Mel - Your Annie has the cutest haircut ever!! She reminds me of a story book little girl, you know the kind that many amazing & quirky adventures 🙂 Her new clothes are awesome ( ah little girls clothes, the only thing I despair over , having 3 sons – the clothes , the clothes!!!)

Elizabeth - Do you have ANY IDEA how much those of us out here in
blog-follower land ADORE that dog of yours??? I am a total “Waffle follower.” LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT DOG OF YOURS.
OH, AND ALSO YOUR BLOG. ;o)

merlin - There is a trivia fact that goes something like: for every mouse you see there are 100, yes, 100 that you can’t see…

Tracy - Ha! We caught a mouse in our house yesterday, too!

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - we have field mice that love to set up for the winter in our garage. we also have spiders… both make me jump about 5ft in the air and scream like a little girl!
Annie’s new dress and shoes are SO CUTE!!
in my house, my dogs LOVE to capture flies. And since they go in and out, a lot! there’s always at least one fly for them to capture and (yuck) eat!

Michelle - God’s honest truth – fingers crossed – as I read this post I saw a mouse run from the fridge to the stove – bleghhhhhh!
I have spotted him twice (this being the 3rd time (hope it’s only 1 mouse)). Traps are set – he’s not falling for it. I was using sticky traps – today I reinforced with old fashioned wood snap traps (with Nutella as bait – this mouse should be a victim soon)!
I NEED to get a better camera and learn to shoot – you truly have great pictures of your kids & life. My camera is old and yucky and takes like 8 seconds to get the next shot. I never get the shot!
Thanks as always for your blog – it makes me smile 🙂

beth - Awesome picture of Waffle! I don’t mind mice–unless they’re IN MY HOUSE! we lived in an apartment that had it’s fair share and I definitely pulled the girlie card one night when I called my husband away from studying to catch a mouse. You are not alone, my friend, in your screamidge. 🙂

Lori Austin - This post made me laugh. I even read it to my hubby and he laughed at the pic of waffle. We needed a laugh – it’s been a rough week. Thanks Meg! 😉

Jennifer - Too funny!

Tanya H - I scream at mice too. Spider I more like yell at becuaes I’m annoyed that its in my house, but mice are intolerable!!! blaaaahhhh!!!!
On another note, I love Annie’s shoes, and her book too! 🙂 That’s my fav book from when I was little.

Kimberly Dial - I loved this post … I got a visual and it literally made me laugh out loud … thank you Meg! 🙂

Trisha - Screaming at the sight of a mouse is not only appropriate, I think it is just in our DNA. We had a mouse this summer and I am still traumatized. I have tried to talk my husband into letting the exterminator move in with us and buying ten cats. So far, he isn’t going for it.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - That was a happy post. Made me smile! I hate mice too and I’m a screamer when I see one….yuck!

kristine cline - Ok, I just have to say that I clicked on your blog today and saw those cute pics of your daughter and immediately thought “Ramona Quimby”….I loved those books as a kids and Annie just seems to have that same spunkiness….
sorry about the mouse! yikes!

Brooke - Oh yes, I’m with you. I’d be screaming too. Probably while peeing my pants a little bit!

tiffany gardner - ewwww….I have a Major fear of mice. and I live in a 100 year old home…some sometimes…we get mice too! I would have done the same thing. (except i usually call my husband and beg him to come home. lame… i know).

amy jupin - EEEEEEKKK!
and
annie looks so cute in her new duds.
(by the way, and i can’t even make this stuff up, i promise you…
but just as i typed ‘eek’, i saw something crawling on my leg and it was a cricket!!
josh just fed our frogs and one cricket must have escaped!
talk about scream?!!?!?!
eeeeekkkkk!!)

emily anderson - love that dress! super cute 🙂

Holly - Annie is cute! DO you think they might have sweater leggings in my size?! 😉 As for the mouse you should let that sweet kitty cat in for a bit!

marcy bradford - hi meg! love your blog! where did you get your big pom-pom fringe on your pillows? I m looking for jumbo pom pom fringe in lavendar for some pillows in my litte girl’s room 🙂 thanks!
-marcy

happygirl - I don’t like seeing a mouse scurry across the floor, either. but, when you live in the woods, you gets mice. dang it. Spiders totally freak me out. LOVE the sweater leggings. A-DOR-A-BLE. 🙂

Kerry - oh she looks adorable!! love that 2nd picture… oh im the same with the mice – yuk!!!!

Heather - I have always jumped and screamed at the sight of mice too.
Last night I saw one in the garage and I just stood there and watched it run away. It was the strangest thing. I thought to myself…I must be getting old. I don’t have the energy to be scared anymore! LOL

sue - Not happy about the trap but I guess you got to do what you have to do.!

Laura - Sooooo funny, I have a goldendoodle too, only ours is Bailey. For three days she was in the EXACT same position with her nose under the coach and crying. I kept looking and looking – nothing. Then I became convinced it was a mouse INSIDE the couch = ughhhh! Hubby was out of town so I figured I would wait for him to check it out – last night while at a meeting my 11 year old texted me – turns our Bailey had managed to shove her beloved ball INSIDE the couch and that is what she was crying for. Next time I will know to look harder!

jackie grandy - I meant to say there not their. Sorry for the grammatical error in my above post!

Laura Phelps - i want to move in with you
you live life in color
does that make sense?
i just washed dishes for over an hour (broken dish washer) and it is grey and starting to rain and i was thinking about my recent life and my blog and how i need to post something COLORFUL because i am sick of the struggle and sadness
anyway
i love you
your life is in color
🙂

jackie grandy - We all scream when their is something in our house that is unexpected, even an itsy bitsy cute little mouse. We know that it can’t really hurt us but it just unexpectedly strikes up that fear response.
We had a garden snake in our house last spring and it freaked me out. I was waking out of the laundry room and saw this bright green snake slithering on my kitchen floor. I dropped all of my laundry and screamed and screamed. I know garden snakes don’t hurt us, but I did not sleep knowing it was in my house slithering around somewhere. I sat on the dining room table with my cleaning gloves and a bag waiting for it to slither out so I could grab it. I also put towels underneath our bedroom doors so it would not get in our bedrooms. Luckily we never saw the snake again and it most likely went out as quickly as it came in. I really think I scared it away with my screams 🙂

Ashlyn@Pinecone - Man, you have got some great pictures of Annie – so cute!!
We have cats and whenever there is a spider or fly around they are after it (well…they are after it if they are not sleeping, which covers about 19 hours of every day!) I think they might even wake up for a mouse 🙂
If it happens again (god forbid) Waffle will be ready!!

Seriously Sassy Mama - I hate mice. We used to live by a field, and they were always finding their way into our house.

Rachel J - We had a mouse in the house over the summer.And let me tell you, this city girl almost died! IT was horrible! And my sweet little beagle Charlie was oblivious! I posted about it on my blog…… http://faithfulcitymouse.blogspot.com/2011/07/mouse-in-house.html
Have a great day!

TinaM. - I wish I was cool enough to wear those cozy tights. I’ve always loved them ever since I was a little kid.
p.s. I scream at mice too!

Terrie G - I scream too!! Loved the pic of Waffle with his nose under the couch!

shannon - I would scream if I saw a mouse in my house too! I had one run across my toe a few weeks back but it was outside my backdoor and that was scary enough.
Love Annie’s new outfit and I LOL when I read about the bootie dance, my 4 year old always does that little dance after she puts her panties on, crazy kids 🙂

Kim - oh. my. goodness.
mylie does similar things with bugs and flies.
a mouse would be too big for her.
but she definitely would go for it.
until the mouse moved.
waffle is my dog hero of the day.
brave little guy. haha!

April M - love that second picture of Annie 🙂

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random (and a CRAFT WEEKEND announcement.)

October 18, 2011 Filed in craft weekend,things i love

i ran to walmart this morning at 6:30 for cash for my kids to take to the book fair.
there was one other couple there.
speed walking.
and me.
it was SILENT in walmart.
kinda creepy.

but also made me wish i was a morning person that could get all her grocery shopping done at 6:30 because it was so awesomely quiet in there.

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scott is now 2 inches taller than me.

and he can spin a basketball on his finger for a long time.

and he's cute.

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she is getting so tall too.
i might end up the shortest in this family????

i heard the song "Then" by Brad Paisley in the car today and thought
"this could be the best love song in the whole world."


see?
i'm right.
makes me get all teary when i am driving and it comes on the radio….makes me think back to the beginning.
or what i dream the beginning could have been like.
and how i feel now…. this is it!!!
SIGH.
i love that song.
i want to dance to it at my first dance at my wedding…..17 years ago.

(we had no dance….17 years ago…btw) 

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ok…NOW for the important issue of the day.
 
     C R A F T  W E E K E N D 

The only thing better than getting to know so many wonderful people through my blog would be to have you over to my house and sit at my island with coffee – or maybe cheesecake! 
I love having friends over!!!

So… you're invited!

The next craft weekend is at my house!  :)

i want to share my home with YOU.
i want to get crafty HERE.
 

It will be just like a giant sleepover weekend of crafty, girly awesomeness.  


i think even Waffle is excited about it!


WELL…. if you want to come….

 

YOU NEED TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST.

we are going to email those on the waiting list & fill the spots that way. 
it will be done in a lottery.
so even if you get on the waiting list today….
you might still get one of the first tickets!
  
TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST YOU MUST SEND AN EMAIL TO:

whatevercraftweekend@yahoo.com

if you have left a comment on a post in the past saying you want to be
on the list but never sent an email…
you are not on the list.

and i want YOU on the list.
come craft with me at my house!
it's going to be amazing!!!
 
seriously.

all craft weekend info is on the CW blog.

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do you have any questions?

 


 

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Angela Storm - “Then” was my wedding dance song and it was AWESOME!

Jodi - I would so love to do this! I love seeing the photos. But instead …..I am going to Blue Lily in SD because of your awesome posts. I am spending all of my money there! Because of you! And I am on like cloud 10! Whoot. Thanks for the recommendation. Have fun at craft weekend. I will catch you in 2013!

julia - Yes, actually, I do have a question but I ask it with some trepidation. Because it isn’t about the craft weekend. And when I’ve asked you things in the past I’ve gotten some tough love. Er…so, here goes, how do you make all of great buttons and headers with the dot backgrounds and frames (on the craft weekend site). I have a client that wants me to make her Christmas card and I can do the grids for pictures but plain white background is b.o.r.i.n.g. And I don’t think I can draw stripes or dots that would look pro-fessional.

Jessica Johnson - ON. THE. LIST. confirmed with your favorite sidekick. who has the exact same name as my favorite sidekick. CANNOT WAIT!!!

Shellie Hanley - Meg,love you and your blog. I feel like we’re friends, although I’ve never met you. I would love to be your BFF and come over for craft weekend. I’ve never been to Kansas, live in Florida. Love Brad Paisley. Love your home. You seem real, I love that. LOVE that you talk about the Lord. Love Waffle, would like to steal him. Your blog makes me smile every day!
Shellie

Shana - Let me number my thoughts:
1. Wow! Scott is a man! and that all happened in the last month! Isn’t it weird? One day our baby – the next day we are looking at our husbands 20 years ago. (maybe that’s just me)
2. Brad Paisley has the sexiest guitar.
3. I love that song too. I love that feeling every morning when I wake up and as the last thought before I fall asleep. This marriage can’t be real!!
4. The song doesn’t make me cry – but you know craft weekends do. 🙂 have fun!

Mel - One day i will come all the way from Australia for one of your craft weekends 🙂
Scott is a cutie 🙂 All mums think their sons are gorgeous! My son is 12 and I think he is the most handsome boy in the world … I am loving this age so much 🙂
Even though we don’t really do Halloween here in Australia , I am throwing a Halloween morning tea party for my boys and some friends…we’re gonna paint pumpkins 🙂 Can’t wait!
Mel X

Valerie@Chateaualamode.typepad.com - I love Walmart in the early morning…I cried when I watched the video, such a beautiful song…my kids are all older than yours and I’m now the shortest one in the family, you may be too in yours one day and it’s not a bad thing…I’m going to throw my name in the hat for craft weekend because I love cheesecake 🙂

Jenn - I’m on the list…woohoo!

karla @ bluegrass jewelrydesigns - I love that song too. Wish I could craft with you but I live in WA. bummer.

Krissy - Go Kansas Jayhawks!!!!! Wish i could go! Thanks for your blog, love reading it! 🙂

Rach - woudl love to go but of course I live in Ireland …. maybe someday, thanks for the inspiration through your blog xx

Meredith@count it all joy - Enough! First you make me cry with that beautiful, touching song that reminds me of my husband and I and THEN you announce a craft weekend at your house which is on the other side of the world. I might need to go and eat a whole cheesecake now. Meredy xo

melissa rice - everytime you post a pic of that guy he looks more and more grown up!

Christy - This is awesome news!! I would love to come. But I was curious what airport I would fly into ? Want to check out airfare before I put my name on the list. Need to see if I can save my pennies up.

Kacey @ Refreshed Decor - I had the same thought about Walmart when I stopped by quickly yesterday morning just before 8 after dropping off my kindergartener. Super quiet – weird!
Craft weekend will be amazing – wish I could be there!

Jenna@CallHerHappy - Ooh I wish I could come! I bet your home is full of rainbow awesomeness and smiles! I know you’ll take lots of cool pics. And, maybe someday when Ellen is older, I’ll be there 🙂
Jenna
callherhappy.com

Lori Austin - I *love* what Penny wrote. She is exactly right. The years of a loving marriage are so much more important than the one day you said “i do”. (that song is wonderful, btw)
I SO WISH I COULD AFFORD CRAFT WEEKEND AND AIRFARE. (yes, I’m yelling) I will just have to continue to live vicariously through all of you ladies.

Laura Phelps - I can not listen to that song. I do the ugly cry when I hear it. it is beautiful.
belle needed money for the book fair today too…had to tell her “we have no money.”
man, I hate that.
I know its not the end of the world. She will grow up fine.
I just feel like such a loser.
I went to church for quiet this morning…people were annoyingly LOUD
should have gone to walmart 🙂
and i want my own private craft weekend
just me and you
is that selfish???

Holly - all this talk about Brad Paisley and I forget to mention that I live down the street from his light guy. It is so funny to see the big Brad Paisley semi coming through our little town!

seriouslysassymama - You need to grab your husband after dinner and play that song and dance in the kitchen. My parents dance in the kitchen, on the deck, etc. They have been married for 46 years.

Carrie - Two things:
1. In my eyes, Brad Paisley can do no wrong. His songs are either clever and witty, or incredibly touching; I can only imagine what kind of man he is, but I would guess he is pretty wonderful.
2. I have to have a clean and orderly sign like the one in the first picture…it is FABULOUS! Anyone know where I can get one? Ebay only has a brand-new corrugated plastic version.
Thanks!

Jackie @ Marin mama cooks - Hi Meg! You are so much fun that I would jump on a plane and totally come for craft weekend anytime, but i am not crafty at all though :(. I can cook though and could go run with you and the other gals:)
I have been following your blog for about a year and I love your sense of humor. I just started 2 blogs of my own and this blogging thing is addicting! One is a cooking blog and one is a random blog! You helped inspire me :).
Thanks!

jaxcheryl - You two can dance to this on your 20th anniversary party. Perfect. Love your very real blog.

Hannah - I have to know…does Craig like country music? I LOVE it, but my fiancee still isn’t a fan. How can I help him into the light?
🙂

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - I hit walmart early on saturday mornings… I treat myself with a mocha frap from Rockin’ Joe Espresso, our locally owned coffee shop and go before the crowd is there! I do have to share the aisles with the stockers, but that’s way better than fighting the crowd…
so wish I could go to craft weekend… but we’re pinching pennies with my daughter going off to college next year… y’all have a blast!

Stephanie - Really? What a great song to wake up to!!! Our first song was “When God made you!” Goes a little like this – “I wonder what God was thinking when he made you?…….(then later in the song it goes) he musta been thinking of me!!! It was perfect!! Wish I was closer for craft weekend!! Have fun with that!!

Danielle H. - Okay, so could you let us know which weekends would be available in 2012? I have a very busy 2012 but could plan around the tentative dates maybe…. What if we get on the list but can’t attend the weekend we are chosen for?

Penny - Meg,
Your comment about the Brad Paisley song, (we had no dance 17 years ago…btw) made me thing about marriage. Some people have a big beautiful wedding and end up with a shell of a marriage. You seem like you have a wonderful marriage full of family, God and a genuine love for each other. Wedding celebrations can be beautiful, but truly it is the life you and your partner build that is important. You are a fine example of just that! I really have no idea what your wedding was like, but your comment made me relly think about this. Put that song on and dance with Craig and celebrate all you have built together!

Kara D - oh my goodness that song! thanks for making me cry this morning before my first cup of coffee meg 🙂 thanks for sharing!

TinaM. - man do I wish I lived close!!

Ann R. - hello. left an email indicating i would love to come, but on the blog, it would not allow me to click over when i clicked on craftweekend and the button….left that in my email – when is it? also forgot to leave my name on the email – oops.
crazy how the kids get so big fast, i remember people saying to me, they grow up so fast (when mine were toddlers) and at the moment when you are IN that you think ok, but now that they crazy got big on you – you really do wonder where the time went – my 13 year old boy is also taller than me and wears a crazy big shoe – how did that happen????

a-m - I love popping over to read about you, it’s honestly a highlight in my week, although I’m aware I’m a very quiet visitor!
I read about your craft weekends a while ago and was very envious. So I’d love to come, but won’t be able to (I live in the UK), so have fun and please post pictures – I’ll be joining you in spirit, have fun!

Michelle from Australia - When are you going to come to Australia and do some family photos? Or host a craft weekend? Or just talk to your fans here? We are waiting Meg 🙂
p.s. I will be in the USA sometime next year. My best friend is moving to San Francisco for her work. I’ve told her she and I might NEED to do a road trip to Kansas. She asked why. I told her that Kansas has the best rainbows I’ve ever seen 🙂 She said that sounded like a good enough reason to her!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I’m with Melissa! Craft weekend counselors… kee hee.

Breeanna @ a brilliant melody - I love that song by Brad. My husband and danced to it at our wedding two years ago 🙂

Kelly - I am one of those people who gets up super early to get the grocery shopping done. It’s awesome. 🙂

nicole @ deliajude - i just sent an email. ack.

Melissa - Can I come as a craft weekend counselor? 🙂
Oh, or maybe as a maid.
Kimberlee and do the cooking and I’ll do the cleaning!
I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Best weekend ever!

beth e. - no first dance?…what a bummer! Back in 97 we tied the knot and had our first dance to tim and faith’s it’s your love….still remember that. Wish I could come over in my p.j.’s and eat cheesecake, and be crafty with lot’s of funny ladies. hmm…but that’s a long way from vancouver island british columbia (home)

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - I might consider pretending to be a crafter, just to see your beautiful house. But I’m an honest person, so I can’t.
Dana

april - Hmmm how long of drive is it from california to kansas? 🙂

AshleyAnn - He is cute…some days I think teenage boys will be awesome to have in this house. Then I think…wait they are cute boys…teenage girls at my house to see my cute teenage boys. Maybe not so awesome.
Yeah for Craft Weekend at your house!

Leah - Woo hoo! I believe I’m on the list too since I got an email from Kimberlee. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. And yeah, I hear you about not being a morning person. It does sound so delightful though. I will never be able to conquer Black Friday.

Holly - awesome! I emailed a long time ago and got a reply from Kimberlee saying I was on the waiting list so I assume I am good for a chance?

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green mountain coffee and a Keurig!!

September 8, 2011 Filed in things i love

my favorite drink is coffee.
i want coffee all day every day.

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and when i find out ways to help people in need….i tell you!
whether it's special needs adoption or clean water for africa or charcoal stoves for haiti….

well now i have a way for you to help by buying your coffee…using fair trade!

Fair Trade is a strategy to help aid in alleviating poverty and sustaining development.  
It's an approach to trading which aims to ensure that producers in poor countries get a fair deal. A fair deal includes a fair price for goods and services, decent working conditions, and a commitment from buyers so that there is reasonable security for the producers.

today i am talking about Green Mountain FAIR TRADE Certified coffee.

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it even comes in K-cups for the Keurig Coffee Machine! 

you probably already know about it….cause you are smart and IN-THE-KNOW.

but i have been choosing to look the other way.
i have heard that term "fair trade" but just let it float in one ear and out the other.

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not anymore.

now that i know better….i will do better.

i want to be a part of helping farmers have economic opportunities and empower them over poverty!
and i want coffee.
it is a win-win for everyone!

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have you seen the amount of work that goes into making coffee from plant to your coffee pot????  
it's incredible!
our morning coffee comes from SO MUCH work from farmers and their families.
it's humbling.

Go visit the Green Mountain Coffee Facebook page to read about the Fair Trade Certification and 
sign up for free samples or coupons.
while you are there you can see their entire product line.

BlogHer and Green Mountain Coffee are letting me giveaway a 

KEURIG COFFEE MAKER and K-cups of Fair Trade coffee!

i am so excited for you!
leave a comment today telling me your favorite hot drink…
even if it's not coffee….and you are entered.

Read the rules to find out more ways to enter. 
This contest runs from SEPTEMBER 8 – 24.
to find more contests and prizes visit the Blogher Round up Page. 

Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
a)      Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b)      Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
c)       Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
d)      For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry. 

This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

The Official Rules are available here.

 

 

 

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Sean Carter - Interesting to see where the technology of coffee is going. Everyone seems to love these things! I really do prefer my big coffee maker that can make a ton of cups! Krups parts are so easy to replace too that it has become a fixture of my kitchen, and will remain that way for years to come!

dwi attorneys - Keep it up; keep posting more n more n more.

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Linda Davies - I love dark roast coffe, but for an occassional treat, I enjoy a coffee flavored with chocolate, vanilla, or hazelnut.

Michelle Spayde - My favorite hot drink IS coffee! DARK ROAST! 🙂

Kandi Smith - I drink Vanilla Caramel coffee in the morning to get me going but I prefer tea throughout the day. At night I sometimes relax with a mug of hot cocoa.

meme - I love hot chocolate in the fall and winter and of couse my coffee

Allyson Bossie - I love coffee and if I could hook up an iv I would be set. I drink a 12 cup pot a day!

Mari - I like Peppermint Mocha drinks.
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Debbie St Cyr - My fav is french roast…:)

Tabathia - I love hot chocolate
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

Margaret Smith - I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/peg42/status/117656223989506050
Thanks
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Margaret Smith - I love coffee. I usually drink about 3 – 4 cups per day and love flavored coffee’s.
Thanks so much.
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Pamela Hansen - my favorte is hot spiced apple cider on a cold winter’s day

Jill L - I love hot apple cider the best but I see that I can even get those for the Keurig. Coffee is big in this house too!!!

Gina - Mocha

Tracey Hodges - I’m a hot cocoa kindagirl!

Stacy - I am more of a tea drinker, and I also love hot chocolate. I actually prefer my coffee iced. But, I do love flavored coffee, especially Pumpkin

Shannon Dagesse - I love hot decaf tea especially just before bed

Maria - I love hot chocolate with a lot of marshmallows.

Sally Armstrong - Coffee with a splash of hot chocolate! Yummy! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity 🙂

sherri crawford - i love coffee, sweet milky or black

Jessica Rockwell - Hot apple cider!

Sunshyn V - As much as I like cocoa, coffee definitely holds the spot as my favorite hot drink.

debi brown - Coffee Hot or Cold anytime and all the time!

Sarah - I loooove my coffee!! :))

Cori Westphal - I am a coffee addict!
coriwestphal at msn dot com

Amanda - I love love love my breakfast blend, couldn’t get through the day without it! I love iced Chai as well, it just can’t replace my daily coffee!

Angela W. - I love COFFEE with milk and that Bailey’s French Vanilla creamer…oh so good! Oh, I hope I win!

Amanda - I could not live with out my morning coffee. I love iced chai, but nothing could replace my Breakfast blend.

Amanda Jasinski - My favorite hot beverage is coffee – with sugar and healthy dose of cream – preferably 18% milk fat 🙂
mssluna02 at gmail dot com

Lori L - My favorite hot drink is Starbucks soy latte. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that… but I’m a sucker for Starbucks! Put a splash of Hazelnut syrup in there, and i’m in heaven:)

angie - I love love love chai tea latte! I drink it almost every morning! I also love coffe mixed in with it, like at Starbucks, for a spicy coffee treat!

Jill L - My favorite hot drink is coffee

Nicole G - Coffee! Iced coffee when the temps are 70 and above and hot coffee for anything lower. Love it!!! I have to seriously limit myself on how much Starbucks I buy each month. Once a week treat for me, tops!

Dahbou - My favorite hot drink is always coffee! Decaf, regular, flavored, you name it!

shel - I love flavored coffee especially mocha. Many times I put chocolate sauce or Maraschino cherry juice into my coffee to give it more flavor.

sy - I love hot chocolate and coffee with lots of cream and sugar.
songyueyu at gmail

dawn - coffee some days, chai others, and tea sneaks in when I’m bored with the other two!

Jodi - There is nothing better than the smell of coffee brewing….except drinking it when it’s done! I love it even better with some hazelnut creamer…Mmmmmmmm!

Whitney R - Coffee, with cream & sugar! Yum!

Jennifer - fresh, hot, regular (not decaf!) coffee with plain old 1/2 & 1/2, no sugar.

Lelia - I love coffee & I thought I already posted on this, but I can’t find it so I’m posting again …. =)

kristina - I’m really not trying to enter twice!! I forgot to tell you my favorite hot drink….english toffee coffee…love it!

kristina - I recently started drinking coffee and I’m loving it! I’m being laid off from my full time job and am excited to start working part time. I decided to change my hours in the meantime to 6 am to 2:30 pm so I can pick my daughter up from school. This would be awesome to have in the morning to keep me awake 😉

Audrey - My favorite hot drink IS coffee. And I’ve been trying to talk my husband into buying me a Keurig for a while now. How awesome would it be if I actually won one?!?

Debby Graber - I LOVE my Keurig but I need another one. Mine is starting to go out. I bought mine several years ago and now almost everyone in my Bible study has one too! My favorite drink is Nantucket Blend. LOVE COFFEE!!!

Laura - Coffee in the morning and a seasonal spiced tea in the afternoon during the winter month.

holly - oh gimma chai latte

Dawn Oberholtz - Love the cause and know that I would LOVE the keurig just as much! I HAVE to have my coffee everyday! However I am the only one that drinks it and I have yet to figure out the proper coffee ground to water ratio that doesn’t leave a ton of coffee going to waste.(and the price of coffee grounds?!!! YIKES!) :0) So a single server maker would be ideal! If money was not an issue my favorite EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. hot beverage would be salted caramel hot chocolate from starbucks! YUM!!!!! Dawn O.

evan - I LOVE coffee. i put silk vanilla soy creamer in mine. it’s my fav.

CHIKITITA - I LOVE, COFFEE BUT THE BEST HOT DRINK I CAN’T LIVE WITH OUT IS THE MEXICAN CHOCOLATE.THEY SELL THEM AS A ROUND BAR, I WARM SOME MILK AND THEN ADD THE CHOCOLATE BAR, LET IT MELT AND ADD A LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR. IT’S THE BEST FOR THOSE COLD DAYS

Jill - Gotta have coffee–good all year round but much better on a cool/cold morning. Even better with Skinny Caramel Macchiatto creamer!

allie - My favorite go to hot drink is a thai cafe – which is espresso and condensed milk. it is to-die-for good, but thanks to the calorie count it is only a once in a while treat…

sandra - i love a good chai tea latte

Shellie Hanley - I love coffee,especialy in the fall,with all the pumpkin spice yummy flaves. I also really love spiced cider!

Hannah DeVries - Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. So expensive, but so worth it!

Susan - coffee…give me coffee with hazelnut cream in the morning…a fancy coffee in the afternoon…tea at night before bed. I love cofee!!!!!!!!!

kimj - My favorite coffee is Kona blend..

Jen - My favorite hot drink is tea (even though it makes my perimenopausal self sweat when i drink it) but I’d love to win the Keurig for my best friend who just find out she does NOT have breast cancer. Woo Hoo!

Beth M - it’s coffee! love it!

Myne Whitman - After using instant for years, I’ve recently discovered the joys of real brewed coffee!

Jammie - This is a tough one, I think I would have to say my favorite hot drink is apple cider. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

Elizabeth H - We love our coffee. I love strong and hubby not so strong. Green Mountain makes it easy for us each to get our fave.

Eugenie - my favorite beverage is a tie between coffee and tea.

Lee - Coffee gets me moving in the morning, tearelaxes after dinner.

T to the N-A - I love coffee but I wonder why Keurig is not making bullion K-cups. I mean, if I have a cold, how cool would it be to have chicken broth in a cup! They already have hot cocoa, tea and coffee, why not chicken broth!

Natalie J Vandenberghe - My favorite hot drink is strong, dark, HOT coffee. I’d love to win a Keurig because my old Mr. Coffee doesn’t make or keep coffee hot enough for me! Thanks for the giveaway.

A. Ashley - I can’t function without my first morning cup of coffee to clear the cobwebs and get me awake and motivated.
That doesn’t mean I stop after the morning cup, I pretty much have coffee throughout the whole day, but the morning cup is the most important cup of the day.

Annie - My favorite hot drink is a latte with a bit of sugar.

courtney - I adore coffee, but especially lattes! I like it strong, with one raw sugar and whole milk! And I like it in the morning and afternoon and I absolutely feel giddy with a latte in my hand!

Jen - Wonderful! My favorite hot drink is peppermint hot chocolate yum! Thanks 🙂

Selinda - My favorite hot drink is white hot chocolate!
Thanks!

Andrew Dankleff - gotta love coffee!

JM - Unfortunately, I’m a hot chocolate or apple cider kind of girl… but DH lurves coffee!

Annalisa - My favorite hot drink is hot cocoa with whipped creAM.

Helen Keeler - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate.
helenkeeler@comcast.net

Lynn Mills - Coffee with cream and sugar!! My morning does not start until I’ve had that first cup.

Linda Jones - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate with whipped cream

Mary Beth Elderton - I’m a coffee drinker.

Andria - For me coffee is it every since law school. Coffee with one Truvia packet and your recommended La Creme creamer with a biscotti is my sanity in the morning b/f getting three boys off to school.

D - Love Love hot black coffee!

Josh - I love doughnut shop coffee and hot chocolate.

Leann Lindeman - I love Vanilla Chai Tea…. I am particular though, there is a certain brand I favor…. A chai snob I am! 🙂

Sandra - A good cup of coffee, sweetened, with some half-and-half!
~thanks~

Debra G - My favorite hot drink is coffee…can’t start my day without it.

nancy - I have Keurig envy. GM coffee is yummy too.

Simone - Oops! I meant thanks for the giveaway.

Simone - My favorite hot drink is Peppermint Tea. I love the smell of mint.
Thanks for he giveaway!

Cindy - I tried one of these at a friend’s house and loved it!

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1580076158 - Oh my! I can’t limit it to one. Hot Tea is probably number one. Mint tea is tops with an orange spice tea close behind. Hot Chocolate and Hot Cider are tied. It all depends on whether I’m in the mood for chocolate or spice. Yum!

Jon - Hot Cocoa!

nan - coffee with splenda and creaM
nannypanpan at gmail.com

Stephanie - Peppermint tea… tastes like dessert!

Tina - I love the Chai…yummy

kay swederski - I love coffee – Mocha if I go to a coffee shop!

Debra F - My favorite hot drink is Starbucks Caramel Machiatto

Winnie L - Cafe Au Lait is my favorite drink!

Dawn - I LOVE coffee…and have been wanting a Keurig SO badly…thank you!!!

Christina Cox - Coffee, Chai Tea, Green Tea, English breakfast tea, Flavored Coffees of any kind! Been dreaming of a Keurig!Pick Me! Pick Me! <3

Diane B - I drink so much cofee that I think I have it running through my veins. Coffee! Coffee! Coffee!

Annie - I’d have to say mine is chai tea latte…but other times it’s coffee only I have to pour half coffee and half milk. Just how I roll 🙂

anne c - well the weather today here in SC is in the 70’s….so perfect for pumpkin spice coffee! yum! its my favorite of the season!

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Steva Spottswood - Hot chocolate

Jenn Decker - I would DIE without a cup of hot coffee in the morning, but I drink it everyday and I don’t feel like I value it as much as I do a soy pumpkin spice latte or hot apple cider…. I also think educating yourself on fairtrade is totally awesome!

Morganfarris - i LOVE a pumpkin spice latte’ or even pumpkin white hot chocolate….yumm yumm

Crystal - My favorite is a hot hazelnut latte from Sonic! However, I was sad the last time I went to order one & they said they weren’t making them anymore!! Only the cold ones!

Christy W - Coffee & sweet tea!

Diane H - Definitely COFFEE!!

Lynn - My favorite is Hot Chocolate 🙂 I absolutely love it!!

Kerrie Flanagan - I love hot tea, especially earl grey and rose petal black.

Joy Barcome - I love coffee…however I can’t resist a good chai tea.

Gina @ The Crave to Save - Coffee is an absolute must for me in the morning and is my favorite hot drink! Thanks for the chance to win!
gina.m.maddox (at) gmail (dot) com

Abby - I really want a Keurig, and how wonderful to be able to supper fair trade :).

JET_24_ - I love coffee and tea and from what I hear the Keurig is great for brewing both. Adding a dash of almond milk or soy vanilla creamer is the best way to start my day with coffee. If I’m in the mood for tea I love blends especially Chai blends. I’m thinking I need a Keurig next to my desk at work. That would be a great way to start the work day!

Pri - I love my coffee with a little bit of fat free milk and 3 splenda’s… I love my coffee sweet!!!

Janet - I’ve been a tea drinker my whole life. Mom said coffee would “stunt your growth”. : / I do like it now though.

carly gonzalez - my favorite kind of hot drink is hot chocolate! with the weather getting colder that nice big cup of chocolate with big fluffy marshmellows is calling my name 🙂

Megan M. - My husband and I switched to coffee a few months ago because its healthier than pop, and we love it!!! Black for him, creamer for me, a great way to start the day. 🙂

Tina M - I love hot coffee with cream

Sylwia - I love coffee too! I like to try different flavors. Just recently I got Vanilla Macadamia Nut one – delecious!!!

Tami - Coffee always and forever!

Mysie - YAY Fair Trade! I love So Delicious Coconut Milk Creamer – Hazelnut Flavor. It’s the best.

D - my favorite hot drink is most definitely coffee!

Jenelle - I love what my husband calls coffee kool-aid…you know, where there’s enough sugar and cream that it doesn’t even taste like coffee!!

E Jones - Coffee with no cream or sugar!

Julie - Oohhh, there’s nothing like a hot drink. I love coffee (or as my husband teases) “a little coffee with my cream” and chai lattes. Delish!

Library Momma - I love making my own mocha cappuccino. I mix coffee, with a little hot cocoa mix…YUM!

Mary M. - Tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/marybug2/status/114125717377261569
marybug2 @ yahoo . com

Mary M. - I just love just my plain coffee and cream. Not much on flavors.
marybug2@yahoo.com

Allison - My favorite hot drink is actually chai lattes, especially in cool weather. Mmm… Unfortunately they are higher in calories and lower in caffeine than my regular morning coffee with skim milk, so I stick with that on a daily basis and make chai a special treat. I’m glad you got on board with fair trade coffee, by the way! For something I use every day, I am happy to pay a little extra to make sure the people making it are paid fairly.

Elizabeth Tarsi - I drink coffee throughout the day to keep me warm in this cold office! My favorite flavor is Blueberry Cobbler from Starkville,MS

Mary - love my keurig…

Vicki - I LOVE COFFEE! But I can’t have it any more. Danged olderness. So my new favorite cup-o-brew is Mate Chocolatte – a tea blend that has tasty spices and a little cocoa, but not so much that I feel desserted. Just comforted and refreshed. and even tho I can’t have coffee any more doesn’t mean I should win this! I’d love to have one of these to make coffee for my guests! I used to always have a pot on, but I just can’t do it or I’m too tempted. So this would be the perfect hospitalic addition to my kitchen.

Shannon - So my favorite hot drink is Hot Chocolate! I could drink it all day but only when it’s cold outside. I don’t drink hot drinks when it’s hot outside. But my husband REALLY wants one of these so I would be the BEST wife ever if I won him one!

Jess - I loooooooove hot chocolate with marshmallows on top!

Alison - Vanilla latte is probably my favorite. I have recently been drinking coffee with some Caramel Macchiato creamer in it and that does the trick.

Janet Dreher - My favorite drink in the morning is a good strong cup of BLACK COFFEE! I am a SWEDE, so a true Swede doesn’t put anything in it.:) My last name is my married name. My maiden name was Anderson.

Jessica - Coffee…black…and super hot…the minute I get up in the morning.

jaime - Is it weird that I like to drink hot water? Plain.hot.water. Wow. I’m totally boring, aren’t I? Hope I win so I can branch out and live a little! Thanks, Meg! Love your blog!

Caitlin Weaver - Definately coffee!

Elizabeth - My favorite drink is iced tea, but a cup of coffee in the morning is most essential! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

Lindsay E. - coffee, coffee, coffee! any way i can get it… black, half & half, flavored creamer, hot, cold, lukewarm, fancy, regular… just gimme some coffee! 🙂

beth phillips - hot cocoa. not a coffee drinker at all, but i do love hot cocoa.

erin - coffee–good strong coffee with a touch of creme. oh the pleasant-ness.

hilary mays - my husband is the coffee drinker. i love hot cocoa.

Stephanie - Skinny Carmal Latte.

Ryanne - I am jons-in’ for a Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte.

Kristen - Vanilla lattes!

Laura in LA - Coffee with lots of cream and sugar, yum!

Meredith - Mmm. I love a pumpkin spice latte.

Deana Bagley - My fav hot drink is definitely pumpkin spice coffee! Yummo!!

Michelle Etheridge - Everyone in my house knows Momma is not happy without her morning cup of Joe

GB Jost - My favorite coffee is either Carmel Latte or White Chocolate Latee. Hmmmmm, do I have a sweeth tooth or what?!

Andrea Boone - Pumpkin Spice Coffee!! YUMMY…I love fall

Robyn - COFFEE is my thing! It is there everyday to greet me and bring me to life and then in the afternoon to make it through my afternoon classes (high school art teacher here). I like it so many ways…even straight up black :).

Sheri - hot coco and coffee with hazelnut cream and lots of it. i want to win 🙂

Jamie - White chocolate Mocha. With apple cider a close second.

Lora Cecil - I love love love me a Pumpkin Spice flavored Coffee.

Kerri - I love hot tea. Thinking the APPLE CIDER would rock too

Wendy - I don’t think I’ve met a coffee I don’t like.

Julie - A great cup of coffee is my favorite hot drink.

Rebecca - Favorite hot drink—-hot chocolate with marshmallows! YUM

Amy - I love Coffee! Any coffee drink will do.

Sarah - Ooh pumpkin chai lattes are my fav right now.

Gail Gedan Spencer - Favorite drink is coffee, followed closely by coffee, and sometimes I’ll drink more coffee.
Yes, it’s coffee.

Debbie Bellows - my favorite hot drink is hot chocolate!

Stephanie - I love coffee! I love to drink it all different kinds of ways….

Lethea B - My favorite hot drink is coffee, love it=)

Kerry - Coffee with flavored creamer is my absolute favorite!

Anita - My favorite hot drink is coffee! Thanks for a chance to win!

s - hot chocolate, complete with whipped cream and hey some rainbow sprinkles doesn’t hurt either!

Christyn - Chai Latte is one of my all-time favorites, followed by coffee, tea, hot chocolate…can’t go wrong with hot drinks!

Laura Major - My favorite hot drink is hot mint chocolate milk, soooo yummy!

Lara - I love drinking coffee all day long….:))

Morgan - My favorite hot drink…coffee of course! I can’t live without it.

Lyndsay - I’m in love with cinnamon lattes… any time of day I can’t say no to one!

Leah - I love hot chocolate, and coffee.. Iced coffee to be exact.
I have coffee brewing in the fridge at the moment so tomorrow morning I’ll have nice cold coffee. I even made some caramel to spice it up a bit. I’m so excited!

Janet - tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/jheavenly56/status/113404745175142400
jheavenly56 at yahoo dot com

Janet - carmel lattes are my FAVORITE hot drink
jheavenly56 at yahoo dot com

sarah - peppermint mocha from caribou coffee! to die for!

Tiffany - Love me some COFFEE!!!! With plenty of sugar and half & half of course! XoXo

nancy - easy one! Coffee all the way. I am kinda an addict. Strong and black please.

Erin - I love my morning cup of coffee!!

Stacey - Cafe Mocha is my very favorite!! It is also Pumpkin Spice Latteseason at Starbucks now! Yay!!

kim smart - love a nice hot cup of vanilla caramel coffee!!! mmmmm…..

Kimber-Leigh - my favorite drink in summer is an iced hazelnut latte and in winter is an earl grey latte. i have been wanting a keurig since i tried my mom’s!
thanks for the chance at the giveaway!

Kelly Massman - I love hot chocolate or coffee with a mocha flavoring!
thanks also for a chance to win!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom

lyndsey - pumpkin coffee *swoon*

Melissa - Coffee is absolutely my favorite. =D

Logan - I love hot tea, the green tea like you get at an oriental restaurant or just plain, unsweetened hot tea. My husband loves coffee. Did you know you can make great hot tea and iced tea in the Keurig? It’s good too!

Megan Smith - I’m not a coffee drinker (blasphemy, right?) but my husband LOVES coffee. If I surprised him with a Keurig and fair trade coffee, I’m pretty sure he would think I was ‘wife of the year’. Thanks for the fun opportunity!

Dani - I like coffee, but my favorite hot drink is Irish Cream Steamer! When I was in college I had one for the first time at a small coffee shop. It was great. Now every time I go to Starbucks or Books-a-million I have to get one!

Becky J - I looove all things coffee 🙂 But you would make my month if I could win this for my hubby, the coffee-junky!! Blessings, Becky

Beth P - I love coffee and need a Keurig! End of story! 🙂

Kim Inge - Mocha!!!

Urska - Coffee with French Vanilla Creamer and soy milk. HMn, the best.

Kari - My favorite hot drink is a fresh cup of medium blend black coffee.

Kim - I love a nice cup of BLACK coffee. I also love hot tea in the winter, nothing better to snuggle into bedtime with a hot tea.

Melanie - Am a serious coffee drinker and I would *love* to have a Keurig!

B Smith - I love love love Starbucks Hot Chocolate!

Carla - Coffee, hot cocoa, cider…yum!

sonya - Well. I love cold coffee since I’m in Texas but for whatever reason I heart hot milk tea so much! Also definitely behind Fairtrade buying in our family life as much as possible

Carolyn G - Mine is coffe. I have a few cups a day.

LeeAnn - Coffee with creamer makes me happy every morning, but I LOVE Starbucks Peppermint mocha!

Daryl - I love coffee. It’s a moirning and late afternoon must

Christyn - This is a lovely coffee!

the.mrs - sometimes i call my husband a hot drink… (HA) but for real, my favorite is hot tea, with a ton of local honey swirlin around!

karen M - Coffee, with different creamers to try. Also love a good cup of Hot chocolate,

Nelly Rodriguez - Favorite hot drink? Coffeeee! But, if not…Apple Cider..or green tea 🙂

Carrie K - coffee…peppemint mocha creamer…in a giant fancy mug 🙂

Debbie - I love just plain old coffee, but if I’m near a Starbucks, I’ll get a White Peppermint Mocha.

Juliann Brenner - my favorite hot drink is coffee, coffee, coffee….!

Amanda C. - I love skinny vanilla lattes!!

Kathryn - No question about it–my favorite hot drink is hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows. If I’m feeling generous, I might just share with my kids!!

DebbieQ - Is there any other drink besides coffee? If there is I don’t know about it. Coffee every day all day.

Tracy Sheehy - I love coffee!! I am with you…could drink it all day! My favorite is the Uganda blend from Julia’s coffee shop here in Charlote!

meaghan - COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandra K - My favorite hot drink is a cafe mocha, followed closely by warm apple cider. Yum!

meredith - i love pumpkin spice lattes!

Jennifer Ware - Just tried the Salted Caramel latte from Starbucks – it is delish!! At home just a nice cup of non-flavored coffee with a splash of half and half.
I have a Keurig and I LOVE IT!! Should I win I will gift this one to my very deserving sister:)

Amber - Tim Hortons french vanilla is my fav!!

Jenna - Coffee, hands down!

Lisa K - My favorite warm drink would either be a cute mug of vanilla cream with sugar and a dab of coffee 😉 … or … extra creamy hot chocolate with whipped cream … in a cute mug 🙂

Stephanie Sorenson - i am drinking that same coffee right now as i read your blog! love it!

MaryAZ - Coffee in the morning….or a glass of red wine at night!

andrea - Coffee, coffee, coffee, oh how I love my coffee!

Ann B - My favorite is Coffee with a touch of flavored creamer!

Georgia - Tweeted here too
http://twitter.com/#!/gmissycat/status/112531205320224768
gmissycat at yahoo dot com

Georgia - My all time favorite hot drink is a Chi Tea.
gmissycat at yahoo dot com

Mallory - Love my coffee in the mornings and hot chocolate on winter afternoons!

Ashley - I love, love mixes berry tea, but coffee is a staple with teething babies at the moment!

pam - If I win this little wonder I would use it for the rest of my family WHO ARE CRAZY FOR COFFEE. My favorite hot drink….Chai tea latte! Although I can enjoy a nice cup of Jamaica Mountain Blue coffee….straight up! Glory that is good stuff….which it should be at around $50 a pound.

Jess Mead - I gotta have my coffee too, but now that cooler weather is upon us I love to mix it up with hot chocolate and hot apple cider with a squeeze of caramel!

elizabeth normandin - I live in FloridA AND EVEN DRINK HOT COFFEE AT THE BEACH! Love your giveaway! Beth N. (stormybrew57@aol.com)

Sarah Alcantara - Love, coffee and hot chocoalte, but I think my favorite is a really good chai tea! YUM-O! What and awesome giveaway, and I also learned something new, I had no idea what fair trade really was either!

Melissa H - My favorite hot drink is of course, COFFEE! I love black coffee. yummm

Tricia - HOT CHocolate love hot chocolate

Cori - My favorite hot drink? But I kinda love a lot of them. Coffee, tea, chai, cocoa, cider, all with all kinds of customizing done to them. Chai with a shot of espresso, cider with caramel, tea with condensed milk, coffee with homemade creams.

kasey - I love coffee….but i really love boxed fine wine. Bet you didn’t know there was such a thing as fine boxed wine.

Dee - I’m stuck on white chocolate mocha with a peppermint shot. No matter when I have it, it reminds me of Christmas wrapping sessions and family time. I love it! Thanks for the chance to win and for spreading the word about this great cause!!!

Jamie Lockard (jujuducky) - Coffee is a HUGE thing for me in the morning since i teach High School. I tend to like anything cinnamon flavored, a good strong brew with cinnamon and some chocolate syrup and a slight tip of creamer 🙂 one happy awake teacher

Lori C - My heart melts for tea. Black tea, green tea, chai tea, flavored tea… I’m a tea girl (though on a cold winter day my arm can be twisted to drink a peppermint mocha).

Lisa - Homemade Chai lattes with a splash of espresso. Yum!

Louisa - I am most definitely a coffee girl. Love, love, love!

naomi williams - Coffee is fabulous, but sometimes I just love a little Vanilla Caramel tea with honey to sweeten the deal

Amber Hutchinson - I must say that I love chilly mornings and hot cups of tea. However, Sunday mornings when the aroma of coffee fills the air as I am slowly rising from my slumber has to be one of my favorite weekly moments.

Chris P - I love the flavor and smell of coffee. My favorite is green mountain breakfast blend…

MJ - My favorite hot drink is coffee…hands down.

Carla G - Coffee in a pretty mug with creamer. MY FAVORITE. At home! 🙂

Jill - I am a coffee-a-holic! All day and every day!

Lynette - Pumpkin Spice Latte!!!

Melissa - I love coffee. My day is not right until I have a hot cuppa joe. The best cup I’ve ever had was in a Best Western in Paris. I crave the stuff!

Jody - My favorite hot drink is COFFEE! 🙂

Susan Smith - I love hot chocolate

Melissa - I must confess – I don’t drink coffee. But my husband will so I’m learning how to make it! For me nothing beat a good ole’ Hot Chocolate – yummy!

Shannon H - Definitely coffee, so much in fact my daughter has nicknamed me Coffee Bean! But I am also very excited for hot cocoa season, (especially the hot cocoa from William Sonomas) and all the fun outdoor winter activities that will be preceding the cocoa!!

Kristin Joy - I have wanted a kcup thingy for a while now 🙂

Amy - I love, love, love a toffee nut latte. I also love seasonal drinks, like pumpkin spice or peppermint!

sara matherne - Peppermint Mocha!! But now that I’m on Atkins, I need to learn to make a low-carb version…..
:o(

Sue B. - I can’ t remember a day that did not include many cups of coffee.

kristen - I also love me some coffee!! buying fair-trade anything is always such an important thing try and do. i’ll definitely look for more ways to support the farmers around the world.

Julie Carruth - I love both coffee and tea. My favorite coffee is from SightGlass in San Francisco.

Garrett Nunn - A good chai latte cannot be beat. I can’t get over how happy it makes me.

Alaina Bennett - hands down – COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amy - Hot chai latte is the way to go, or anything hot and chocolatey! 🙂

Susan Lanthrip - I love a good cup of coffee with caramel creamer. I haven’t tried Green Mountain, I will have to try it next time.

Rebecca L. - Oh my gosh! I would be so excited to win a keurig coffee maker because I LOVE coffee!!! I have been looking at their coffee makers, but it’s not really in my budget right now.

Amber Buck - there is nothing better than a hot cup of steaming coffee in the morning. Just had my first cup of green mountain coffee. Lovin’ it!!

Amy - Earl Grey Tea all the way baby! Sweet and milky, please!

Megan - My new favorite is a dirty hot chocolate from Lincoln Perk – Yummmm! It’s hot chocolate with 2 shots of espresso. My perfect blend of chocolate and coffee!

Antonette - Definitely coffee. I love everything about it! The taste, the smell, the feeling you get when you’re drinking it on a cold morning…. Love it!

Karen - I love vanilla lattes! Thanks for the chance at this awesome giveaway. I want a Keurig SO bad!!!

Marielle - I’m not participating in the challenge (I don’t live in the US and I have a coffee machine), but since you seem to love coffee as much as I do I just wanted to show you a series of illustrations I made under the title ‘ode to my friend coffee’:
http://magicaldaydream.blogspot.com/2011/06/ode-to-my-friend-coffee.html

Samantha Wagner - I love a hot vanilla latte!

www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl9u5nCFfMjyKW1kJRPjWieXZq_vIRJ74Q - My all time favorite hot drink is a vanilla latte…simple but so yummy!

erin j - Starbuck Caramel Apple Spice. It’s like apple pie in liquid form and makes me happy all over.

Jan Thomason - My favorite hot drink is chai tea. Vanilla chai tea;) Yum!

Pam - Favorite drink? The mocha latte, caramel in caramel out, that a lovely parent brought me one day at school. Yum.

Jenny B. - Vanilla cappuccino is my favorite hot drink.

Stefanie - Pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks, yummo!

Jennifer Evans - I am a Folger’s black…..kinda girl!

Susan - Plain Latte. Yum!

Nicole - Let’s see….I love my morning cuppas, coffee with cream & sugar, coffee with honey like my South African friends, mid-morning coffee, Dutch coffee, mocha, latte, toffee nut americano, afternoon pick-me-up coffee, pumpkin spice latte, Cuban cafe, evening decaf, even instant (ack!)! But most of all-I have to agree-free trade coffee is the BEST for everyone involved! I’d LOVE to win a Keurig-it would safe me making pots of coffee all day!

Amy - My favorite hot drink is mocha! hm….combining coffee and chocolate=heaven! 🙂 I can have a cup any time of the day.
amy [at] utry [dot] it

jamie - hot chocolate is my favorite. peppermint to be exact. but i know some coffee lovers and i would love to give them this if i win!!

Ashley - hands down, coffee!

Julie,momto7 - I love coffee too, and have wanted a Keurig for quite a few years now. Thanks for the giveaway!!

Leslie H. - Definitely coffee! LOVE IT!

Jana - My fave hot drink is salted caramel hot chocolate from Starbucks on Tuesday mornings with my bestie! 🙂

Stephanie - I love a good cup of coffee with chai flavored creamer – yum!

Crystal - I love my coffee!!! It is my special treat everyday! My favorite is an venti iced white mocha from Starbucks or at home coffee with Coffee Creations, caramel macchiato creamer. It is how I start my day.

amy@flexibledreams - I just love coffee. Pure, non-flavored, coffee… with 1% milk. Mmmmmmmm.

Christy - I could drink coffee 24 hours a day. Love it!

Suzanne - Coffee. Hot or cold. 🙂

Jamie - I love hot chocolate – anytime of the year!!

Christine - I love a big ol soy latte! Yum!

alicia marie e - coffee with a bit of creamer, all day long!

Mrs. Dunbar - My favorite drink is the Chai Latte, but since Starbucks does not live in my kitchen my daily drink is coffee with vanilla creamer. Lots of creamer.

Yolanda - I absolutely love a soy vanilla latte. So comforting! Thanks for the opportunity.

Ashley - I really like hot chocolate. Mmm.

Joanne B - Hazelnut or blueberry coffee from dunkin donuts!!
Joanne B

Sy, Shaunna & The Boys - coffee, coffee, coffee. there really is nothing else. with sugar free hazelnut creamer = swoon!

Sy, Shaunna & The Boys - coffee, coffee, coffee. there really is nothing else. with sugar free hazelnut creamer = swoon!

Kim Franck - hmmm my favorite hot drink….I love a hot drink! Just something peaceful, calm & happy about holding that hot drink in your hand. I have been a hot tea w/milk drinker since I was 10 years old. I had it every morning for breakfast. I finally branched out to coffee, although unwillingly, when I was twenty one. I started to love coffee by twenty five. I love to grind beans fresh in the morning. Highlander Grogg is my favorite ‘flavor’ of coffee. I don’t like sweetener, just a little half&half. Nothing better in the morning! Hot tea in the evening. Unless I’m passing by a favorite local coffee house 🙂

Christy - I love hot chocolate…reminds me of my childhood:)

Sarah K F - coffee is definitely my favorite hot drink. i sometimes drink tea or hot cider if i’m sick or the season dictates, but i love coffee everyday.

kathy - Skinny Vanilla Latte- on a crisp fall day!

Deana - Apple Cider!!!

Jennifer - Coffee!Coffee!Coffee! 🙂
Know who said that? Miss that show…

Beth in Utah - I love hot chocolate!

Abbie Swartzentruber - My favorite drinks are lemonade shake-ups…you can usually find them at fairs:) Yumm!!!

Sara - i <3 coffee 🙂 strait up latte for me!

Nicole C - Do not ask me to function before I have my coffee in the morning!

Joy - I love me some chai tea with a hint of pumpkin spice. Yummo!

DiAnn Cardona - Coffee. Whole filter full of organic beans. 8 cups of water in pot for 2 cups (we like it thick). Use real 1/2 & 1/2 and 2 packets of Truvia. This is the best way to start the day!

Jill Lombardo - I love hot hazelnut coffee! Thanks for the opportunity!

Jenna - drinking a keurig chai latte right now. mmmmm doggy!
Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com

Denise - It is absolutely coffee!

Christian Bruce - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate with cool whip or whipped cream…YUM! But my husband’s favorite is coffee and he has been itching to get one of these Keurig machines 🙂

KarlaConner - tweet tweet 😉

Gretchen - Mmm … coffee. Although at this very moment, perched next to my computer, is a big ol’ cup of tea. I do love my tea.
I start most mornings with tea and then infuse the coffee during the day when I need a jolt of somethin’-somethin’. As for my husband, he’s a coffee guy all the way.
And we’re all for fair trade. Even some of our Christmas tree ornaments are fair trade, hadn-carved gourds in various designs and shapes. Very cool.
My daughter’s six so a bit young to truly understand the idea, but it’s one of those lessons I try to teach her. (Most recently, this community-minded life lesson has been talking about the effects of Hurricane Irene. Our town was hit very hard and our streets are lined with debris, miles and miles high it seems, of debris. I’m trying to use the devastation as a way to teach her about caring for others even when we, ourselves, are immersed in the loss.
How did this get so serious?!?! All I meant to do was enter to win some coffee and a Keurig!!!! 😉
Off to refill my cup ….

Melissa - I LOVE pumpkin spice lattes, and I’m so excited that it’s pumpkin spice latte season again!

Karla Conner - I’m boring, but I just like a plain cup of decaf. I know, it seems to defeat the purpose, but that’s just how it is. Would love a KEURIG COFFEE MAKER and K-cups of Fair Trade coffee!

Wendy - My fave hot drink is a latte. LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Too expensive to buy every day though, I’d love to make them at home!

Melissa - Tweet! Tweet! @jonahbonah

Rachel - I love a good latte!

Sam Andrews - I love a plain old black cup of coffee. 🙂

Laura Phelps - I am number 587. That is INSANE. And I had no idea that there was another hot drink besides COFFEE.

Barbara - One word….COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Southern Gal - We love Green Mountain coffee around here! My husband’s favorite is Nantucket Blend. I drink a cup every morning with my husband, but my favorite hot drink is Ghirardelli Hot Chocolate. I’m such a girl.

Christy pair - I do love coffee, but apple cider in the fall is pretty tasty as well!

Amy - I Love coffee too! For fall I love to make pumpkin spice lattes at home!

tonpia - I like my coffee, but I like it to taste like dessert. Yummers.

Courtenay G - Oh wow….I can only pick one? In the fall, I love a good pumpkin coffee. In the winter, either a Chai Tea or a hot chocolate with extra marshmallows.
During the warmer months, I love a butter pecan or french vanilla coffee:-)

Kelly - I love coffee with real half and half. It’s my morning indulgence.

nicki - My fave local coffee shop uses fair trade organic coffee & espresso, and make an amazing drink called The Scooter: a mocha latte with ancho chile! YummmmmA

Joy - I love coffee! It is the perfect way to start the day!

kelli - coffee. all. day. long.
I stocked up on fair trade coffee at Trader Joes before moving and will soon have to find a new brand. would love a keurig but I drink too much coffee now so can’t imagine how much worse I would be with something so easy to use 🙂

Lori Austin - Daily grind: hot tea (about 3 jumbo cups)
Starbucks: Grande Latte
Breakfast out with the fam: coffee
Sledding: Hot Cocoa with mini marshmallows
Different day different drink. 🙂

Kara - My favorite is Starbuck’s caramel apple cider, but my husband loves coffee, especially with some Irish Cream. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

Donna - Hot chocolate for me! Whipped cream is a bonus!!

Tracey - Favorite hot drink is coffee! Lots and lots of coffee! Sometimes if we are out of milk or cream, I use vanilla ice-cream. Yummy!

Sharon - Hazelnut coffee with french vanilla creamer. Yummo!!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Sharon
slw_kerr@yahoo.com

Gina in Louisville - My favorite hot drink is coffee. I need another cup right now.

Alyssa Mutryn - The donut shop kind is my favorite. Or the new dunkin donuts Kcups.

melissa rice - dark coffe… with hazelnut creamer…. yummo!

Mary - I LUUUUVVV my coffee and would love to win a Keurig and Fair Trade Coffee! Whoop Whoop! Whoop!
(Maybe decaf?!)

Maranda - I love coffee and hot cocoa the best!!!

Julie - a local coffee shop makes something called the frozen coffee chaos. a little chocolate, a little coffee, a lot frozen. very yummy.

Amber - I’ve learned to love coffee since having kids. It has to have Italian
Sweet Cream creamer in it though! 🙂

Margaret - Have tried many hot drinks, but coffee is by far the ultimate best there is!!!

Adrienne S - I have just found my love of coffee this year! I can not believe what I have been missing out on.

Amie Long - I love coffee!

Emily - With fall in the air, my favorite drink is hot apple cider! YUM!

Krystle - i love coffee and i love it as it was meant to be… black. untampered with. sometimes, on a saturday morning, though, i’ll go for a hot chocolate with extra whipped cream. unless it’s fall and then hot cider! or i’m sick, then it’s hot water and lemon.
or coffee… definitely coffee.

Christina - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate.
My husbands favorite is coffee. I enjoy the smell of it at least. 🙂
My department at my university has one of these machines at the honor bar. They offer green mountain for it too. It makes me smile.

nissa - Love me some coffee…since I am the only coffee drinker in the house this would be perfect.

Chantel - My two favorite hot drinks are hot apple cider and hot buttered rum! The first is a childhood favorite (a throwback to when my father was a teenager and worked at a cider mill) and the second is something I discovered as an adult – so rich and creamy and dessert-like but with an adult twist!

beth - I love coffee!! I would love to help support fair trade products, especially coffee! Thanks for the opportunity.

Meredith - I forgot in earlier comment to say my favorite hot drink is Salted Caramel Mocha @ Starbucks 🙂 You don’t have to put this extra comment in but I wanted to follow the rules that I forgot when I posted yesterday 🙂 Have a great Friday!

Kate W. - hot chocolate

Kristin Boyd - Favorite hot drink…Hot Chai Tea Latte. SO GOOD! 🙂

elizabeth - i love coffee too!

Celeste - coffee or spiced chai for me, please–complete with a dallop of vanilla soy milk!
thanks for the chance, meg!

Monica Williams - Strong black hot tea with cream and sweetner is my go to drink! It warms me up, and soothes the soul!

Hippyfrog - https://twitter.com/#!/katschic
Here is my twitter page…I hooked you up with a little tweet!

Hippyfrog - I love coffee…but my favorite hot drink is Hot Cocoa with Whipped cream and SPRINKLES! 😀 I really have a love for sprinkles and it makes my hot chocolate look so pretty!

Rachel - Peppermint mocha, especially my first of the holiday season.

Kristin - Love my coffee too! Anytime of day, everyday! And I think fair trade coffee is awesome and will be purchasing that only from now on! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

Jaime S - Iced tea lemondade but my hubby is an avid coffee drinker! 🙂

Joelle - I do love me some coffee…the older I get the more basic I go…I seem to be starting to steer away from creamer and just go for a bit of stevia…mmmm…too late right now for some..

Grace - my mom’s spiced tea 🙂

Kat H - My favorite hot drink is definitely coffee with hazelnut creamer. Makes my day a million times better. And I will definitely be looking for fair trade coffee when I shop tomorrow!

Kat - Love a hot chocolate. No tea or coffee for me.

Nicole - Definitely coffee! Love my hazelnut creamer!!

jayme pack - My favorite hot drink is a “Perfect Blend” which is a vanilla and caramel latte! It’s awesome!

Andrea - Chai Latte, especially from Starbucks.

Jeannette in Plant City, Fl - Coffee, coffee and yes……more coffee!!! I’m super excited that Pumpkin spice is back at Starbucks YUMMO!!!!!!!!!!

Leadia Jarvis - coffee with cream and sugar is the standby, but a little Baileys or Kahlua in the coffee never hurts either.

Katelyn - Hot chocolate.

Jessie C. - I’m torn between tea and latte.

sarah - chai tea.
and meg, i’m SO glad you posted this. as americans and consumers, it is both easy and powerful for us to “vote” with our dollars. i’m trying more and more to support only those companies who treat their employees justly, even if it means i don’t get the best deal every time. i don’t want to buy something for a buck if it means i’m causing someone else to live in poverty–i’d rather pay a little more to know the product is being made fairly and in a way that is honoring to all of God’s people.

Carol - Gas station coffee and one quick push of the cappuccino button is yummy and cheap with half-price refill.

Michelle Torres - I Absolutely Love coffee!!!!!! I also love all of the flavored creamer’s too!!!! I always look foward to the flavor’s that come out only at Fall…. Yayyyy for COFFEE!!!!!!!!

Meghan - Pumpkin Spice anything… Chai Tea… Coffee… Latte… Black Tea. It’s always perfection.

siobhan - a yummy carmel latte:)

Vanilla Bean Crafts - Definitely a vanilla latte!!!

valerie - Yep, my favorite hot drink is coffee too! 🙂

Elizabeth - I am pretty sure I squealed with delight when I realized it is Pumpkin spice latte time . . love all that cinnamony goodness!

kathy - I’m with you on this one–COFFEE all day every day. Black. Strong. I think my Mormon neighbors pray for me:)

Annie - Give me Ugandan chai, preferably on site in Africa!

Kelly Jackson - Oh, I would LOVE to win this giveaway! It’s been cold and rainy here in central Indiana…perfect hot coffee weather!

Gwen B. - Mocha,iced or hot

Sara Torbett - I love a cup of black coffee in the mornings..current favorite is “Black Silk” by Folgers. 🙂

Lisa - My favorite is hot chocolate or caramel apple cider!

mollie b. - right now….pumpkin spice latte, yum.

Jamie J - My favorite hot drink would be hot chocolate….which I would love to sip on straight from a Keurig!!!

Michelle - i love a white chocolate mocha…YUM! making my mouth water right now. oh, i’d love to win this!!!

Gretchen - Chai latte is my favorite, but I’ll take coffee any day that ends in “y” 🙂

Jimi - I love a pumpkin spice latte (making myself wait to have one until the first day of fall, though) and have been wanting a Keurig. Please pick me.

Denise - I love coffee and also really strong black tea.

Aaron Zapata - just tweeted the article to http://www.twitter.com/aaronzapata and have completed my 2 entries. I love Dawn Zapata!

Ann - Definitely coffee but I also love hot caramel apple cider. I REALLY want a Keurig machine but I can’t ever talk myself into spending the money.

jessica - believe it or not it is green mountain coffee breakfast blend. i grew up in vermont and most of my friends worked at green mountain coffee. awesome company. awesome coffee!

Aaron Zapata - i like HOT coffee with creamer. My wife said i needed to do this so we could win. 🙂

Tessa - I have to pick a favorite? I love ice cold water with lemon, Fanta, and in the winter … I have a “warm beverage” every night! Either flavored decaf coffee, hot chocolate, or hot tea! I guess I just love beverages!

Emily F - I love my coffee with LOTS of creamer… or is creamer with a little bit of coffee? Either way LOVE it. Fav flavor? Coconut creme. Mmm yum, I may be drooling a little bit thinking about it!

karen peachey - Love, love coffee, but spiced apple cider is a close second!

kelley - I get motivated to go to sleep because I know when I wake up I get to drink COFFEE!! I Love coffee! seriously love it.

Dawn - I’m a Chai tea girl too, but I love Green Mountain coffees for the Keurig. My all time favorite is: Island Coconut Mmmm…mmm! On a sadder note, my Keurig died two weeks ago after 6 years and we haven’t had the money to replace it. We have been grieving the loss…sniff…sniff, so to win…I can’t tell you what a blessing that would be!!!

Chastity - I HAVE to have my coffee maker preprogrammed EVERY night–or else I would not get up so easily in the mornings! I look forward to my morning coffee–I am not pleasant without it!! 🙂

allison - i love apple cider. especially in the fall!

Molly Pearce - Raspberry hot chocolate! I am in love with that drink 🙂
~Molly P
P.S Plus my husbadn always gets me on from dunkin donuts 🙂

Janie - Coffee! With a little cinnamon sprinkled in. Mmmm

Michele McNickle - I live to drink a good cup of coffee.

Jamie - I drink tea most mornings. I’ve been trying to get into coffee, so this would be the perfect help! 🙂

Julie H. - I LOVE coffee!!!!

Jill Utecht - My favorite all time drink is a Starbucks Soy Chai Latte. It’s like autumn in a cup. LOVE IT!

Maggie - Coffee with any kind of fun creamer and sugar of course….or splenda….not sure if it is still coffee after I am done with it…but it sure is yummy!!!

Sarah A. - Coffee, coffee & more coffee!

Rebecca - Coffee, coffee, coffee!

Toni :O) - I love a good coffee drink but my favorite is homemade peppermint hot cocoa!!! Absolutely the B.E.S.T. on a freezing cold day after playing in the snow with the kids or shoveling the snow from the driveway…best part of Winter I think! Yum!

Winter Johnson - I love enjoying a nice cup of coffee in the quiet morning hours before everyone else is up- its amazing. I enjoy the green mountain coffee and definatley am for the fair trade coffee and peppermint mocha creamer:)

Toni :O) - I love a good coffee drink but my favorite is homemade peppermint hot cocoa!!! Absolutely the B.E.S.T. on a freezing cold day after playing in the snow with the kids or shoveling the snow from the driveway…best part of Winter I think! Yum!

Rhonda Fendt - I Love coffee… I have to have it everyday! More than once a day lately… I love the way it tastes and smells! I have gone back to school to become a Registered Nurse… I am spending many hours studying Anatomy… my coffee helps me along… and allows me to burn the midnight oil! I am glad to hear about this coffee being a fair trade product! I will support them!

Pat - I LOVE a Mocha from MoJo’s at Bethel College in N. Newton, KS!!!!

Zizette - Coffee light and sweet, all the way!
Zizette

vicki w. - ahhhh…coffeeee!

Erin - Coffee is always a favorite, but sometimes, I just need an overdose of chocolate and fat…I go with hot chocolate made with dark chocolate syrup, whole milk (sometimes half and half!) and topped with real whipped cream…unfortunately, at this stage of life, my body (and my jeans!) can only handle this goodness about once a year…

Gretchen - Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! My favorite. I used my brothers Keurig machine this summer and fell in love. The kids keep eating up my coffee machine savings :o.

Claire - I love bold coffee!! soo good, but I hate weak blends.

Jessica - White chocolate mocha from Starbucks!

Isabel Khan - My favorite drink it Black Tea with milk. My mother in law adds cardamon. I’m excited because I hear Keurig has tea. Nice.

Tori - Coffee. Any kind, any time. Hot, iced, reheated….. I’m not picky. Some of my favorite moments of each weeks are the time I spend watching cartoons w/ my kids on the weekends while we all enjoy our “coffee”.

Randi - my fave is green mountain dark magic….

holly lang - chai; in the summer iced tea, in the morning a BIG tea

jennibell - Hot chocolate is my favorite hot drink. . .and I’ve had them with Keurig — yum. . .so much easier then my microwave method 🙂

kat - Fab giveaway! My favorite hot drink is a salted caramel hot chocolate! Yum!

Angie Guidry - Coffee is my favorite hot drink. I have to have at least one cup a day with my cinnamon vanilla creamer!

DLG in Mich - I am useless without my morning cup of coffee, but I also like me some Chai Tea latte!

Amanda Larkins - My favorite hot drink is hot tea. I love it on a chilly evening!

Lori McDonough - Thanks, Meg! i LOVE a good cuppa joe with Fat Free Vanilla Coffee Mate…yum! I tweeted too! http://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/LoriMcDonough

Meghan - My fave hot drink is coffee as well. Make it a latte and I’m good for the day!

Dawn - I love coffee in the morning with International Delights Chocolate Caramel creamer. My absolute favorite.

Kelly - Guess what I like to eat with my coffee:
Ben & Jerry’s (unveils) Schweddy Balls ice cream!
I thought of you when the announcement was made!
I hope the package includes Alec Baldwin’s proud face !

jessica marston - Starbuck’s Mocha Frappachino. I wish it wasn’t.

Jenni - Mama like!

sharon - morning coffee with milk and sugar. yum. thank you for the chance to win!

Jen - Ok, I’ve got to comment. My favorite beverages are seasonal… pumpkin spice lattes in the fall, straight up lattes in the winter and spring, and iced lattes in the summer. Of course, since I’m a teacher and short on time and money I mostly just drink drip coffee!!

Michelle - I create a mixture at my office as soon as I get in to work every morning – 1/2 hot chocolate; 1/2 coffee. A couple weeks ago while waiting for my sister to get out of surgery, there was a coffee machine in the waiting area that made Mocha Cafe – 1/2 hot chocolate; 1/2 coffee. The best part of that – it was totally free!!! WOOO HOOO! I put that machine to good use.

Carolyn - My favorite hot drink…wow, I don’t know if I can choose just one. I do enjoy coffee, but it’s more of a relaxing, social thing for me than a daily must-have. I guess that’s how I feel about all hot drinks. Probably my favorite go-to hot drink is tea. I like lots of different kinds of tea. I also LOVE hot cider, and of course hot chocolate! 🙂 Thinking about all of this makes me eager for fall! 🙂 I’d love to have a keurig and we have been trying to only buy fair trade coffee for the last several months, so I’m especially interested in that too! Thanks!
Carolyn

shea - I love a good rich hot chocolate but I also love chai lattes. Great giveaway! Thank you!

Meghan - Coffee is my favorite, too. Just love it!

Stephanie Carroll - coffee. duh. I also love love love hot dr pepper

Melissa S - coffee with french vanilla!

Kristin S - It is coffee!
And I adore my Keurig… it is four years old and I’d love a new one. 🙂

Kristin - Coffee for sure and iced tea is a close second

Heather - Boo!!! No Canadians? 😛

D - coffee coffee coffee! i have to have it! have you ever watched the tv series gilmore girls staring Lauren Grahm? well she is crazy about her coffee and so am i :)))

Becky Mueller - My favorite hot drink is coffee….ideally a peppermint cappacino from Starbucks, and not just at Christmas time.

amy jupin - every year at our pumpkin carving party i make spiked cider.
and it is crazy good.
don’t you love the keurig?!

Julie - I love coffee, especially with vanilla cream…but I really love hot chocolate!

She Loves Life - coffee, tea, apple cider…anything hot is my favorite but what I NEED in the morning, I mean really, really NEED is coffee. I don’t think I could be a good momma without my coffee to start the day!

Emilie - I don’t know how to leave a URL to the specific tweet but my twitter is https://twitter.com/#!/Bunch_of_Scrap and I tweeted “Meg is giving away a Keurig coffee maker and some Green Mountian coffee! http://bit.ly/mY4ggl“

Stephanie - Hands down, coffee is my favorite drink! I started in the fourth grade and I have been hooked ever since!

Jolene (Homespun Heritage) - I love hot chocolate (non-dairy), tea and of course, coffee!

Sandy W - I like coffee with stevia and soy creamer. I have been buying fair trade coffee for a long time.

Samantha Pierce - coffee is my fav!

Happygirl02 - right now my favorite drink is the salted caramel mocha from starbucks! Sounds gross but it’s SO good!

Nicole Suarez - I love hot apple cider! It reminds me of when I was a kid and that makes everything feel like home 🙂

Emilie - coffee for sure and I drink it hot year ’round.

Leah - I love everything about coffee. Everything. I can’t imagine life without it! 🙂

Emily - Hot chocolate is my favorite hot drink…with extra whipped cream! Mmmmm….

AmandaK - Hot chocolate. Not a coffee drinker.
But found Caramel Apple Spice last year at Starbucks – good thing I live very far away from a StarBucks!

Kristi - I would love a Kuerig! My all time favorite hot drink is Pumpkin Spice Latte. Mmmm. And they are in stores now!!!

Dana - For fall — definitely Pumpkin Spice latte or Apple Cider. Peppermint Mochas for winter…iced coffee for summer. I love so many!

Eli - hot spiced tea — that combo of tang and instant iced tea we used to mix up when I was little….

Wendy - Ooooo …. I enjoy a nice large caramel latte! I’ve wanted a Keurig for a year now — but simply can’t afford to spend that much $ on a coffee maker right now.

Christy - Give me a hot cup of coffee with a shot of LaCreme french vanilla creamer…yum!

Emily - I ADORE a pumpkin spice latte. I am not one of those daily starbucks kind of girls. And this is a special treat! I’m told it’s back for the fall. Might have to treat myself this weekend.

Kirsten J - My favorite hot drink is a caramel macchiato….but coffee & black tea are my go-to drinks at home 🙂

Beth - Coffee, all kinds of coffee, and lots of it. I love coffee!!!

Jane Sims - Oh.. yeah… coffee is the best thing EVER!!

Annette - A hot green tea or hot cocoa for me. I always get yelled at from my family because I don’t own a coffee pot… neither myself or husband drink it, but my family & friends would LOVE it if I had this!!!
Annette

Nikki - My favorite actually IS Green Mountain Coffee!! Wild Mountain Blueberry Coffee to be exact. Trust me,don’t knock it till ya tried it!!

Andrea - I have been drinking a lot of iced vanilla latte lately. I am thinking of ditching the ice now since it’s about 60 degrees outside. 😉

Beth Ann - My FAVORITE hot drink is the spiced caramel apple cider at Starbucks. I make my own knockoffs to save $$. Yummy

Cathy - Hot coffee for me, definitely! Love hazelnut creamer in it.

another Meg - a soy latte is the best way to get some caffeine in me with some great protein too!! except this keurig would have to be a gift for my dad who has been eyeing them for awhile!!

Deb A. - Definitely coffee, black. (I’d use creamer if I could find the one you love here in Wisconsin.) I start each and every day with it.

Sherri - Cider!

michelle@decorandthedog - White hot chocolate!!

Ashley - I love, love an eggnog latte! It’s a good thing they are only available for such a short time!

Erica - I LOOOOVVVEEEEE coffee and have always wanted a Keurig!! Pick me! Pick me!
Hugs 😉
Erica

Sandy - French Vanilla coffee and lots of it!!!!!!!!! <3

colleen - favorite hot drink…coffee! I make a pot everymorning in my 1st grade classroom…the kids love the smell (and they like me better after i have a cup of coffee…funny, i like them better too!)

Christine - Hot Chocolate is the best hot drink for me. What an awesome thing to support. I love this!

Jenn - I love Twinings Tea and Celestial Seasonings Teas. Currently in love with their India Chai Spice tea.

Erica A - I have a cup of coffee every morning! I am totally not myself without some java! My favorite though, is a london fog from Bluestem Bistro in Manhattan! It is like fall in a cup and it is perfection down to the last drop! It is Earl Grey tea steeped, added to soy milk with honey, vanilla and hazelnut. It is to. die. for. YUM.

Stacey - I love hot cider.

barb - Yep . . . plain ol’ hot coffee. Or iced coffee when it’s hot outside 🙂

Denissa - Posted about it here: http://sweetandsimplecreations.blogspot.com/2011/09/keurig-giveaway.html
Also I used your picture, hope is was ok!

Lisa - Favorite drink is probably a mocha frappe!

Meredith - Please enter me…also check tresweeties on twitter for my entry there. Thanks!

Denissa - Coffee, can’t start my day without it! And I would drink it all day too if I could! 🙂

Tanda - COFFEE all the way!

Jedens1 - I love my Keurig coffee maker. I do not think there is a coffee that I do not like. My favorite would have to be the Breakfast Blend with a touch a cream and sugar. Would love to win!!!

Erin - I like vanilla latte any ol’ time of the year and gingerbread latte in the Fall and Winter! Yum! Thanks for the chance to win

Stephanie F - I love coffee…especially in the winter. I can have my arm twisted for hot tea and hot cocoa too 🙂

Kris - I love me some Mocha!

Staci A - I love a good cup of hot chocolate!

Linda B - Coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melissa - That is an awesome coffee maker! I don’t drink coffee but I love my ice tea from the keurig, my husband loves donut shop coffee and anything from green mountain. This would be wonderful to win for my in-laws!

Carlie - I have a very equal love for Coffee and Diet Coke.. help me!

mel - I love coffee! Now that I’m a working mom though I’m having a hard time fitting it in. 🙁 I have to leave the house by 7:20 and it’s hard to squeeze it in. I need my sleep! Thankfully I only work 4 days/wk though so I get 3 mornings to drink it. Going shopping in the “big city” tomorrow and getting a pumpkin spice latte! can’t wait!!

Aislinn - Hot Chocolate!!

Rebecca - Coffee is my absolute favorite. No cream or sugar – just black coffee. I’m a fan of fair trade too! Our son is from Ethiopia, the motherland of coffee!

Alisha - Oh, coffee, coffee, coffee. Crazy as it may be I didn’t discover my absolute NEED for this until about 3 years ago. Now…if I don’t have my ritualistic pot every morning I am reckon to be dealt with. Not. A. Pretty. Sight.
I will definitely be checking this out! Thank you for sharing.
The end.

natalie - chai tea latte. yummm.

Emily B. - My very favorite is simply strong dark coffee with a splash of half and half! Yum:)

Mary Susan McConnell - Definitely coffee!!

Kirsten P - Favorite hot drink – hot chocolate with a dollop of vanilla ice cream to cool it a bit, and to make it creamy.

Michelle - I’m a hot chocolate kind of girl. 🙂

*Alex* - I love chai lattes with almond milk-reminds me of Christmas! 🙂

Sarah - My favorite hot drink is coffee with vanilla creamer–no starbucks for me.

melissa erin - love me some coffee…i guess that’s what 5 kids does to a girl. 🙂

mary - a really good hot chocolate
or red rose tea , reminds me of my grandma

JulianneB - a latte made breve style with a bit of sugar free hazelnut flavoring…yum.

mary - Coffee too! Just had my second cup.

Megan - My favorite is coffee for sure…. with a bunch of french vanilla creamer! Too bad I am limited to one cup a day for now since I’m pregnant! :0)

Grace W. - Although I love tea, my sister loves coffee! And I bet if she had a Keurig, she would drink coffee more often and not leave the kitchen a mess every morning 🙂
I guess that’s my way of getting her to be less messy 🙂

Nicole - I love coffee! Especially with my favorite Vanilla Caramel Creamer and a few squirts of agave syrup! YUM!

Amy - Coffee!!! I’d love a Keurig!

Anne Galindo - Coffee and hot chocolate….especially excited now that Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back!

Nichole - Hot chocolate for me. I love coffee, but I prefer iced coffee, especially in this 110 degree weather!

shelly - I am a coffee snob all the way! Thank you for bringing up the subject of fair trade—something that we seriously take for granted!!!

Jermaine Dillon - Yea, thank you for sharing about Fair Trade! I love Fair Trade hot chocolate or tea!

Melisa Gutierrez - My favorite coffee is dunkin donuts coffee with cinnabun creamer! Yum-o

Rebecca @ Enjoy Life - Sugar-free vanilla latte, latte, latte! Apparently I’ve had one too many today 🙂

jamie - I love me some Keurig coffee:)

Amy - vanilla latte, mmmm……

Trinda - While I have to admit it’s Coke, I also don’t drink it daily. Hot tea and water for everyday.

Katie - My favorite drink IS coffee, for sure! I spent 24 years hating it and feeling like a complete child for not being able to drink it, and then right before I moved out of my parents’ house, something clicked. I now can’t get through the day without a cup (or five) of coffee!

Victoria V - Hot cocoa!! I love it. 🙂

Suzanne D - Coffee, coffee, and more coffee. Maybe some hot chocolate with marshmallows at Christmastime…but usually coffee 🙂

Connie - I love chai tea and coconut coffee with French vanilla cream

Julie - Once my daily dose of hot green tea is taken, I MUST have at east two cups of totally leaded, hazelnut-creamered-to-perfection coffee. My 8th grade students greatly appreciate me having those before they get to me!

Lisa from Vermont - Defintely Green Mountain Coffee from this Green Mountain Girl!

Carol - Coffee Coffee and more Coffee!!

jenni - Coffee, with cream and sugar. Just one cup in the morning these days… Hope to try Green Mountain soon!

Elizabeth Claassen - I wouldn’t even THINK about starting my day without my mug of coffee! Iced in the summer, steaming hot in the winter… it is my morning “vitamin.” :o)

erica - i actually don’t like hot drinks… but my husband LOOOOOVES coffee 🙂

Janelle - Decaff – I can’t take the caffeine!

Tami - I love coffee! I NEED it (with cream and sugar) in the morning and LOVE it (straight up black) in the late afternoon.

amber - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate;)…not a coffee drinker. But…my husband would drink coffee all day long if he could. This would be awesome for him. And, I love the fair trade coffee! Awesome…

Stephanie - I love lattes or coffee with LOTS of creamer 🙂

Paige Woody - Oh I would love to try Green Mountain Coffee. I do love my “regular” coffee. Nothing too fancy for me!

Gayle - May favorite is coffee with hazelnut creamer…yum

ruby - I LOVE coffee! 🙂 even my kids know I need it to function in the morning 🙂

christy a - coffee for sure….or a nice hot white chocolate mocha will do as well! Thanks for the chance.

christie walker - coffee is the one i drink the most….but i think hot chai tea is my fav fo sho!

allisonjd - Hazelnut coffee with a dash of skim milk 🙂 iced or hot it’s my favorite thing in the world!!

Melissa Jo Poling - My fave is any flavored coffee (strong please ;~) with Creme’ Brulee creamer….YUMMMMMMM!!!

Angela - My favourite hot drink is a caramel macchiato! Or hot chocolate! Or green tea! But mostly the caramel macchiato, which I haven’t been able to consume for 8 months so far thanks to being pregnant. One month left and here I come, coffee!!

Abby - Anything from a Dunkin! 🙂 And I noticed they just got K cups!

Ana - I love coffee..my next favorite is Mexican hot chocolate!

Cjnation98 - I LOVE coffee! Any version, except chilled… {{SHUDDER}}

Katy B - this week? it’s Starbucks Salted Caramel Mocha…next week…who knows?

Halley - Coffee, Coffee, Coffee. Just plain creamer in a hot cup of coffee… perfection!

Elizabeth Millard - Tea. I love the Vanilla Chai with a bit of sugar and a splash of French Vanilla creamer.
Or White Hot Chocolate too….boths….

Carla V. - I would say Mexican hot chocolate with a dash of ground red pepper. It really brings out the taste and it’s a wonderful experience!

Kathleen - I love, love, love coffee! I’m also a hot tea, hot chocolate drinker….but coffee is my favorite!
Thanks for such a great post!

Amanda - I love hot apple cider. From a box is okay, but from an apple farm is the best!

rebecca - I LOVE coffee and I LOVE your blog!!!

Michelle - My favorite hot beverage IS coffee and I have been eyeing the Keurig. If I win, I’ll always think of you and Team Duerkson when I drink fair trade!

Daniela - oh, i LOVE coffe – i’m addicted!
and i can’t have any right now because i’m pregnant…

Laura K - Although I love coffee dearly and drink it every morning I do have to confess that my favorite hot drink is a cup of earl grey tea with a little sugar and milk. It is so soothing and comforting.

Kimberly Dial - Coffee tops my list! I have a friend who has a Keurig & loves it … good coffee! I’m so excited for an opportunity to win one! To my knowledge, I’ve never had Green Mountain coffee but I’m nearly out so I’ll certainly give it a try 🙂

Kimberly Dial - Coffee tops my list! I have a friend who has a Keurig & loves it … good coffee! I’m so excited for an opportunity to win one! To my knowledge, I’ve never had Green Mountain coffee but I’m nearly out so I’ll certainly give it a try 🙂

Abby - I’m a sucker for Dunkin’s vanilla/cinnamon coffee…and being cheap helps me love it even more!!

Misty - I love my morning coffee so much I start thinking about it the night before.

Colleen - New coffee drinker!! Moved away from diet soda! Way way better

Courtney McIlwain - I love hot chocolate!!! They even make it for
the Keurig

Tiffany Kraght - well, my super favorite is a grande, non-fat, extra hot, caramel macchiato!

Susy M. - I love Dunkin Donuts Coffee extra cream with 1 splenda. Yum…

Brei - Coffee with Splenda and skim milk

adrienne - Yep, coffee is my favorite too.

Christina - Mmm. Coffee. Now I want to go have some more.

Alice H - This is the coffee we buy at my office!! I love the KEURIG COFFEE MAKER but definitely cannot afford it on my own. This is an awesome giveaway. Thanks!

Debby - I love coffee, too…but iced for me right now. It’s still super hot down here in south Florida.

Stephanie C. - Coffee for sure! Hot chocolate and hot apple cider are close runners up though.

Amy - I love love love a good cup of coffee!

Sarah - love the smell of coffee, but cappuccino’s my favorite!

stephanie - I love coffee with any flavored creamer- but if the coffee is real good I can drink it black 🙂

Karie - I love caramel lattes….mmmmmm.

Jessica R. - After spending a year studying abroad in Scotland, my absolute favorite hot drink is tea! Specifically, Tetley’s British Blend that comes in the round tea bags. There is nothing that is so comforting or as warming 🙂

Shawnie - Green tea!!

Larissa - My favorite is a white chocolate mocha…trying to duplicate at home! Love my morning coffee!!!

Regina Troyer - Coffee, it’s the highlight of my day! I’ll take it hot or cold!

megan - I love cafe Mocha’s because I like a little chocolate with my coffee…especially Starbucks! Otherwise if I am at home I just mix a little chocolate with my coffee. 😉
This would be perfect!! My husband and I don’t like/drink the same hot drinks we have dreamed (since we couldn’t afford this) that an individual coffee maker would be awesome!!

Alise M - Give me some hot chocolate and I’m a happy girl! 🙂

Brenda - I love hot apple cider! Can’t wait for fall to get here!

Lee Ann - Coffee is my addiction.

Shari - COFFEE – in any way, shape or form!!

amanda - I love coffee with some pumpkin spice creamer…or really anything in it that makes it taste more like candy and less like coffee.

Elizabeth Flowers - Mmmm, my favorite is coffee closely followed by hot chocolate closely followed by apple cider!

Amy - I LIVE for coffee! Any kind will do with half n half or Bailey’s Irish Cream creamer.

Tracie - Coffee, coffee, and yes, more coffee! Our really nice coffeemaker is on the fritz and we are trying to make it last as long as possible.
We went to all fair trade coffee about 2 years ago. We heard that for the regular coffee you buy, the farmer gets about 10 cents a bag! With fair trade, it’s more. As much as we drink, we want to honor those who do the hard part of growing and harvesting!
Great giveaway!

jaxcheryl - I love me some coffee!

Stacy Heffington - I love love coffee! And in the fall I love the pumpkin spice coffee creamer…drool. And most importantly, I need that Keurig!!!

Becky - Coffee with chai latte creamer….yummy!!! Also this time of year hot spiced cider, with a shot of rum(evening drink), sitting on the deck with a blanket wrapped around me.

Mimi - Coffee is one of my love languages! Love Green Mounatain coffee. Lately, I have been adding sweetened condensed milk to my coffee. Though, I am an equal opportunity sipper…just about any flavor makes me smile.
What a great giveaway. Thanks for the chance.

Brandi - Love me some coffee! I really enjoy Green Mountain’s hazelnut flavor. Now I love it even more knowing that they support free trade.

jeana - We just started drinking coffee about 6 months ago. I’d love to try all these wonderful sounding flavors…wow!! We buy a lot of fair trade stuff, but not coffee. Can’t wait to try some!

Meredith Welborn - I do start each day with a cup of coffee but I flavored steamers (basically hot milk with sugar).

Denise C. - Coffee! A white chocolate mocha to be exact! Yum!

Amanda Fuentes - I have been debating getting a Keurig, wouldn’t it be awesome to WIN one?!
My favorite hot drink is a White Chocolate Mocha, nonfat, no whip, with 1 pump Raspberry OR Pumpkin Spice Latte.

Lynda@Me and My Pink Mixer - My favorite hot drink is a Chai Tea Latte, but my all time favorite drink is a fountain Diet Coke. Love, love, love Diet Coke!!

Kimmie - I love a good mocha 🙂

Melissa - I love a hot drink in the cool weather-from coffee to hot cocoa or hot spiced apple cider…just might have to go get a mug now!

Kimmie - I love a good mocha 🙂

Kara D - my favorite hot drink is a chai latte… mmmm. but coffee is a close second!!

Jen - I LOVE COFFEE!!!

Lori - Coffee! Black! Thank you for challenging us in this way. Not knowing is no longer an excuse!

Kimberly C. - Love my coffee with Almond Joy creamer, yummy!!

Alexis - I love coffee – hot and iced. My favorite hot beverage would have to be a mocha. It’s got coffee and chocolate. Mmmmm!

Lisa - Sweet! Tall, half-caf, light mocha (and a good friend to drink it with!)

Meaghan - definitely coffee! and i need a new coffee maker because i dropped and shattered my carafe last week. 😉

Sarah Rollins - Hot tea is my drink of choice, but my hubby is a hot coffee guy…and you can get both in a from a k-cup…now that’s good news!!!

Sarah - current fave drink: decaf with lots of vanilla natural bliss creamer and a sprinkle of cinnamon…yum. yum. super yum.
it is the poor man’s attempt at a cinnamon dolce latte at the bucks. 🙂

amy j - this time of year, a pumpkin spiced latte 🙂 but that is a rare treat! usually its just a good strong cup of coffee and lots of cream.

Heather S - I am a coffee girl too! My coffee maker just died on me recently so I’ve been taking the slow approach with my French press. It tastes great, but takes a little too long when getting ready for work in the morning, so I was thinking about investing in a Keurig. Winning one would be even better!

Stacy - I gave up caffeine over a year ago for health reasons, but I do still enjoy decaf coffee from time to time. I love hot tea and hot cocoa in the winter, so warm and yummy! My husband, on the other hand, drinks black dark roast Guatamalan blend coffee 365 days a year 🙂

Tiffany - My fav is a decaf chi tea latte….delicious!!!!

Meg - Coffee for sure! Coffee & blog reading = my favorite way to start the morning!

ingrid lapp - I think my favorite drink might be spiced cider. Warm, spicy and smells terrific. Reminds me of fall during my childhood.

Janel - I have been supporting Green Mountain Coffee since I discovered them at my local Whole Foods, 4-5 yrs ago. I read their mission statement on a box of cone coffee filters I picked up which in turn converted me to buying their coffee too. I was a convert that very day to buy Fair Trade as much as possible. I haven’t tired the coffee pods yet.
Hot drink I am coveting now is the SB Pumpkin Spice (crack) Latte. oye vey!
ps. pick me! Please? Pretty Please?

Meredith - My favorite hot drink is a grande nonfat extra hot triple vanilla latte from Starbucks. Yeah, I’m high maintenance 🙂

rachel beverlin - I’m pregnant and REALLY craving coffee this time! So I could definitely use some more yummy coffee 🙂

Kim - Coffee is my favorite hot drink for sure! I can barely function without it!!!

Lori - I love coffee and hot chocolate!

sharon y. - Coffee! Some times with a splash of coconut. Yum!!

Erin E. - My favorite hot drink is for sure COFFEE! Now, I may have to reheat the same cup 3 and 4 times as my morning goes along……my dream is to someday sit and drink the whole thing piping hot on the first try – LOL.
I love being a momma!! : )E

Sarah - I love coffee. It pulls me in with that smell every morning. Just bought some Green Mountain Coffee K-cups for my MIL!

Karissa - I am a devout coffee drinker. But I have to say that my fav hot drink is hot apple cider. Probably because delicious fresh cider is only available for a short time in the fall. I had a paper route as a kid and LOVED to come home to find a piping hot mug of cider waiting for me! And with a bit of caramel drizzled into it??? Heaven.

Leah - Coffee. No question. Coffee.

Sarah H. - Hot apple cider or spiced vanilla bourbon cappuccino…Thank you for the chance to win!

jayne Barbour - love peppermint hot tea! but my hubs LOVES coffee and his keurig machine-says it has changed his life!:)
thanks for the chance to win:)

Andrea - i love myself some coffee!!!

Stacy - Coffee-most definately!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I love coffee! It makes me smile 🙂

Amy - Definitely coffee with cream and sugar. Flavored creamer preferred! Yum!!

christine n. - dark coffee, cream and sugar, thank you ! (sometimes chocolate instead of sugar – yum!)

Jamie - Dixie – peppermint hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows…sounds absolutely YUMMY!

Hollie - My favorite drink is Starbucks Verona!

Andrea - Coffee is the only way I function most days, I could drink it all day hot warm iced doesn’t matter. I currently have green mountain ground coffee which is so good and one of their fancy travel mugs yes I advertise for them for free but hey it’s a great company.

Jamie - My fav hot drink is a decaf coffee with chocolate creamer and splenda. Add in a packet of hot chocolate mix and its mocha time baby!

Deanna - My favorite hot drink is coffee! Love it, drink it everyday!

Lexie - Strong coffee w/ a splash of fat free half & half. I tried giving it up but just ended up cranky!

Meredith Salmon - I love all things coffee but coffee itself (I feel it is such a shame and I want to like coffee) Coffee ice cream is my favorite ice cream. My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate. I can drink it any time of the year.
I heard Kurig machine makes hot chocolate as well. Would love to try that. My husband is a green mountain coffee drinker, will have to look for fair trade.

Diana - i love coffee!!

Sherry - I love*love*love coffee, but would give it up for some good ole Chai tea.

jodi @ back40life - I’m a chai girl – David Rio is my absolute favorite, but it’s a bit pricey for me, so I get the one Sam’s has which is a pretty close 2nd and a fraction of the price!!

Bethany - mmm coffee!!! i don’t allow myself to drink it very often, but when i do i LOVE using my french press and some natural, undyed sugar…LOTS of sugar! i sometimes wonder if i love the smell of coffee and the ritual more than the actual drinking!

jennifer wells - I LOVE coffee, sadly it’s all I drink most days!

jill - Coffee, coffee and hmmm….more coffee please! =D

Christy B - Coffee with Irish Creme or Vanilla creamer! I could drink coffee all day long hot or iced …it’s definately a major part of my life!

KelleyW - It would absolutely be coffee! I cannot start my day without it! Oh I hope I win this!!

kribss - Since fall is right around the corner, I’m ready for some hot apple cider with a little splash of spiced rum. [depending on the day that splash could accidentally turn into a pour]

Elizabeth Macleod - I love coffee with cream and NO sugar…do not like sugar in coffee!!

Amy Bounds - Strong Coffee with cream and splenda.

Julie Weaver - Just yesterday I told the huz I wanted a Keurig. He started talking about fair trade coffee. And here it is…together! Totally awesome. Coffee, and chai tea are my favorite hot drinks!

Emily Langston - My favorite hot drink is coffee, of course, but since I am 3 months pregnant I can’t have all that I want. My favorite flavor is dessert coffee… cinnamon bun, pumpkin spice…. mmmm.

Ashley - I love a good hot peppermint mocha with whipped cream! Yum!

Kristin Hayne - I love a good white mocha coffee… YUM… and I was NOT in the know but now I am!! 🙂

Erin - Without a doubt…coffee!

seriouslysassymama - Coffee is my favorite. I drink it all the time. Decaf only though.

Erika - My favorite hot drink of all time is Hot Chololate, it always brings me back to such great memories of when I was little.

Amy S. - Mmmmm. I love white hot chocolate or hot cider. Love the smell of coffee but my husband’s the coffee drinker in this house.

Carrie - Coffee….I’m not a very good mommy if I don’t get my coffee! Sad but true!!

martina fegan - Coffee is definitely my favorite, but I do like Chai tea as well!

Tracey W - Love some Coffee!! and super excited that Pumpkin spice Latte’s are back at Starbucks!!!

Jessica L. - Coffee is my most favorite drink of choice!!!! 🙂

K - Linked this to my blog! 🙂 Win-Win!! Bring on the coffee!!!!

ShelbyP - I also tweeted because I have had my coffee this morning. 😀
http://twitter.com/#!/blondiestarr101/status/111839915339296768

Jenna - A coffee girl myself…Chicory, french roast, espresso, or just a simple, lovely, bold dark roast. It’s only a day until that coffee…then it’s a Good Day!

Johanna - give me coffee and nobody gets hurt!!!

ShelbyP - I love my coffee. Can’t go a day without it. Actually, I could, but no one around me would like me very much. So, I choose to not go a day without it!

chelsea - If you register your keurig on their website they will send you a coupon for buy 2 boxes get two free. My favorite is green mountain blueberry and timothys cinnamon pastry

Helen Wall - I had to start drinking coffee in high school because my brother went to college and he told me I had to dring coffee with my mom. Have loved it ever since. Coffee was/is the drink of choice for nearly all my relatives, and it has become mine also. Nothing starts a day like a good cup o’ joe!!

Michele - Me me me! I LOOOOOOVE my coffee. Hot coffee every morning. NEED it.

Joleen - I love coffee, nothing gets me going in the morning but a good cup

Jenny Waldrop - my favorite drink is a toss up between coffee w/ lots of half n half or diet dr pepper!! I drink way too much of both 🙁 I love buying fair trade, it’s insane how little some people are paid in other countries.

robbie - With fall at our doorstep I would love some hot apple cider

catie - i love coffee and tea both equally, especially CHAI tea! decaf for me, caffeine tends to give me headaches. what a great giveaway!

Sarai - Coffee!!! I like trying different flavors also. I love the butternut cream!! Tiny

Arminda P - My Favorite is the Green Mountain seasonal -Eggnog!

Rebecca - i tweeted!! 🙂http://twitter.com/#!/iloveluca1

Ashley B. - Hot chocolate, of course! 🙂

April - OMGosh I love coffee and this would be so perfect because I broke my coffee pot last week and have to wait until I get to work before I can have any. This weekend is going to SUCK (since I don’t have the money to go buy a new one until payday)

karen - Coffee with Vanilla creamer

Rebecca - i LOVE a 3 grande, extra hot, light whip, toffee nut latte!

Cindy - Cool giveaway! My most faaaavorite drink is chai latte! mmmmm

K - I NEED THIS 🙂 Coffee with extra cream…..yummy.

Annette - I LOVE HAZELNUT COFFEE!! The Wild Mountain Blueberry by Green Mountain is GOOOOO TOO!

Carrie - Coffee for sure! However, during the winter I also enjoy some hot tea in the evenings.

Elizabeth - COFFEE, first thing I do in the morning, every morning!

Andrea - I’m with you…coffee, coffee and more coffee…all day, every day.

Lisa Q - coffee and I go way back….I like it hot or iced. this would be fun to win. thanks!

casey - I don’t drink coffee every day- but lately… oh man I have been craving it. And BAD. Whenever I have gone grocery shopping lately, I seem to convienently not have those same cravings. So every once in awhile i have to make a pit stop to starbucks! Of course this doesn’t happen very often because they are like $4.50 a pop! But whenever I do get to go, I ALWAYS get a white choc. mocha with skim milk, no whip & 1/2 the amount of mocha pumps. BUT THEN… (wait for it!) replace those pumps with 1 pump raspberry syrup! So good!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it looks like Pepto but let me tell you its like drinking candy! I highly suggest it! (c:

alyssa - good old black coffee. yum!

anna - i’m drinking instant coffee right now. not delicious, but EASY and FAST. so i think a keurig and i would get along just FINE. 😉 life is too short for instant coffee and not supporting fair trade any opportunity we have!

Emily - I LOVE coffee and am even drinking some right now!

Alisa - Pumpkin spice lattes!!! mmm, my favorite ♥

Molly - pumpkin spice latte…nothing better! one of the reasons i love fall!!

Jordan - I enjoy my morning coffee every day and as winter approaches I will enjoy several more cups throughout the day to keep me feeling warm and cozy.

Stacy M - Coffee, my favorite quote: I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee. By Harry Mahtar

Mandy - Chai tea lattes are my weakness…

Sara - Chai Tea is my favorite. So soothing and I can whip it up with my Aerolatte, fun!

Misty Lambert - My favorite hot beverage is:Coffee. Any coffee. Flavored coffee. Coffee with cream and sugar. Coffee black. Coffee on a cool, crisp fall morning. You know if you type the word coffee enough, it looks funny!

Anna Marie - I ENJOY CARMEL MACCHIATOS

ajdked - Coffee, lots of coffee every morning. Mmmmmm coffee!

Rachelle - decaf coffee… or iced in the summer!

Shar - Coffee, for sure! Usually, Verona, bought by the pound from Starbucks but love trying new stuff!

Agnieszka - I start every day with coffee and drink at least a cup or two more during the day. I would love to give Keurig a try. In the evenings I always switch to tea, mostly green but sometimes black with a slice of lemon or chai with milk. As a treat I sometimes get a good latte. And there’s nothing like a hot cocoa to warm up after time in the snow. Can you tell I love me some hot drinks? 😉

Jes - I love black coffee, nothing added mmm mmm

Corinne - Hot tea, any kind…so good.
And wow, what a give-away…good luck everyone!

keely - coffee coffee coffee.

Lelia - Coffee!! And ever since I tried La Creme when you posted about that I have been obsessed with it too!

Toni - Coffee with yummy creamer! I am pregnant now, so I am on a coffee hiatus and I really miss it!

Samantha - Absolutely COFFEE!! Love it aLL the time. I am curious about a Keurig…

Suzette - Coffee, java, cup a joe….I love it!

Maria - I was a coffee-aholic. I was up to about five cups a day – I am down to two or three now…..I love the Keurig – we have one at work, but would love one for the house! Mocha is my favorite!

Robin Riley - Definitely coffee in the morning, preferably with a yummy creamer like cinnamon or hazelnut.

Michelle Webster - I am from the Pacific Northwest so I admit that I am a coffee snob. =) My favorite is a caramel latte or any iced coffee.

Secret Mom Thoughts - My favorite hot drink is chai tea.

Crystal - I love hot apple cider – it’s my favorite fall drink 🙂

Lindsay Willman - My favorite hot drink would have to be hot chocolate. I don’t think it can get any better than melted chocolate in a cup.

A future Mrs - i’m a hot chocolate or chai tea latte girl. but my future mr is a coffee man for sure

erica - Coffee! Hot with half & half in the morning, iced in the afternoons (if its warm otherwise I just make a second pot), and decaf at night.

Robyn B - Coffee, coffee, coffee – all the way! My kids joke how “mom, HAS to have coffee in the morning.”

Katie - Coffee…please…throw in a shot of Bailey’s & I can now drink coffee 24/7 🙂

Amy - Hot chocolate. Or warm apple cider…maybe with some rum 🙂

Hannah T - I love hot steamers, especially pumpkin spice in the fall.

ctymouse - I think I bleed coffee. It truly is my favorite haot drink. Everyone I know is all excited that Starbucks has brought back their pumpkin spice chai latte for the fall. I say psssht! Just give me my joe… hot, black and strong!

brenna - Coffee, of course!! I don’t know about Green Mountain, but will look into it now. Thanks!

julie f. - not that Fall is in the air… pumpkin spice latte!! can’t wait for those! (and the gas station version, too 🙂

Janelle - I’m feeling lucky Meg…even though I always feel lucky even when it’s a chance in a million or so 🙂 My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate. I’m attempting to switch over to coffee from my addiction to Diet Coke but it is not working. A new coffee maker would help 🙂

RebeccaF. - Strong coffee with half n half. All day.
Thanks, Meg!

Sarah M - I cannot survive without coffee 🙂

Kathi - COFFEE!!!

Mrs. - Cappuccino, hands down, unless it is late in the evening on a cold day, then my choice is hot chocolate…made with whole milk, because that alone is worth living for!

angela - coffee coffee coffee here (tho’ i’m trying to intersperse some water here and there – trying!)

Shawna - Coffee yumm, but not without the creamer and sugar, and my husband and good conversation.

Beth@Dirty Laundry - Coffee! And OH! How I’d love a Keurig!

Melanie Campbell - Definitely with you on this one…Coffee is my favorite!
P.S. I LOVE your blog! I check in every day. Thanks! 🙂
~ Melanie

Valerie@Chateaualamode.typepad.com - I’m in love with hot chocolate with lots of whipped cream and a few chocolate sprinkles 😉

Kara - Coffee, coffee, coffee! Definitely!

Tess S - i loooooooooooooooooove coffee. love it!!!!!!

Jennifer - I have become a serious coffee drinker since I started grad school last month. I went from a cup once a week, to a few cups a day! Plus, anything free trade sounds great to me!

Kelly Weatherly - My favorite is Chai Tea, or the spice tea that I make using Tang, Lemon-aid, brown sugar, and instant tea.

Annie - I love coffee all day every day as well!

Jen - i am all about coffee. it can be 100 degrees outside & i still want/need my cup of coffee (or three). i do occasionally switch it up with a chai but i always return to my faith cup o’ joe.

hannah j - Ohh, it’s coffee! My absolutely very favorite is a no-fat white chocolate mocha. I die. . .

Renee - coffee. coffee. coffee. hot coffee any time of year please 🙂

Janelle - My favorite hot drink would have to be hot chocolate with marshmallows or coffee with French Vanilla creamer!

Katie g - Coffee is my favorite too and I love Ethiopian fair trade coffee!

Tamara - I love a Chai Tea Latte because it tastes like Christmas in a cup! And who doesn’t love Christmas?

KatieD - Love me some hot coffee with a little flavored creamer!

Michelle Zak - Hot cider in the fall, coffee any and every other time 🙂

sarahbob - earl grey tea w/ vanilla almond milk. seriously. love it.

Amy - Grande nonfat extra hot no whip mocha!

MC - You can’t go wrong with coffee especially now that it is starting to cool off a little. Caramel lattes are my favorite. Thanks for making this available.

Barbara - Mmmmmm, hot chocolate for sure!
Blessings to you, Meg, for bringing Fair Trade to people’s attention!

marley - I love coffee and chai lattes! Yum!!

Maine Mummy - We visited Green Mountain Coffee when in Vermont and got to see a bunch of videos about the fair trade beans, it was great and the retired gentleman who gave us the tour was wonderful.

Jane - Swiss chocolate almond coffee, my favorite Saturday morning treat!!

Nicole - Im like you..start the day out right with a cup of coffee…then start lunchtime out right with a cup of coffee…and so on! 🙂

Elizabeth - My favorite drink is definitely coffee with milk and 1 teaspoon of real sugar.
Thanks for the opportunity —

sam - Coffee…mmmm….

Jen Christians - I love COFFEE… Grande skinny caramel machiatto from SB if I have the $$$… but if not, a cub of good DARK roast coffee with sugarfee caramel creamer hits the spot… OOOOHH Coffee how I love thee!

stephanie - Love, love coffee. My favorite K-cup flavor is Donut Shop’s Glazed Chocolate Donut, but for regular coffee, I usually just drink Folgers or Dunkin’ Donuts (when it’s gifted to us). I will definitely be trying the Green Mountain coffee!

Terrie - I’m not a coffee drinker…you just shuddered didn’t you?!
Our old church had a cafe and I did enjoy the English Toffee Cappuccino…which is really just glorified hot chocolate. 🙂

Linda R. - I love coffee – my favorite (but infrequent) splurge is a mocha from Starbucks. But I’m pregnant right now, which means I have an aversion to anything coffee-related. I can’t wait until this baby comes next month and I can enjoy the cooler weather with a hot cup o’ joe.

Tracy - Coffee all the way!! I think I need some now……

Dawn - Coffee with a healthy splash of half & half. Creamy and delicious.

Jacci - Oh, Meg. My absolute favorite is really, really BAD news for my waistline! I hardly ever splurge enough to make my coffee with way I really love it, but here goes! 🙂 I make a good, strong black coffee (we’ve had Green Mountain, and it *is* really tasty – not sure which variety it was, though). Anyway, a strong black coffee, really hot, then add a little full fat cream (the whipping kind!) and a few spoonfuls of sweetened condensed milk. It is FABULOUSLY good. Seriously. Especially in the long cold months or at Christmastime when breakfast can be that delicious coffee concoction and a handful of Christmas cookies 😉 Thanks for the chance to win a Keurig! My hubby would be out of this world excited if we won!

Lane - my fave is a non fat latte from starbucks with one pump of pumpkin spice syrup…no whipped cream!! Oooooh I’ve been dreaming of a Keurig!!

Karline - Strong coffee with cream. Real cream, not that sweet syrupy stuff. gag!

happygirl - I love coffee and I bought 2 Keurigs for my office. I want one so much. LOVE green mountain. I hope I win.

Conner Academy - My favorite is hot chocolate, but when I’m trying to be good, I drink 100% pure green tea.

Summer Crosbie - My favorite drink is coffee! Hot or cold, I love it all!
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G. - definitely coffee….drinking some right now, AND it’s fair trade. I’m very passionate about fair trade and so glad that you posted about this. I’d also really love a Keurig, it’s been on my wishlist for awhile. 🙂 thanks.

Amy - Pumpkin Spiced Latte! hands down!! 🙂
and if it’s the non foo foo kind…a strong bold drip! Can’t go wrong with how strong it is!!

jen smith - i have so many hot drinks that i love. coffee, of course, but also cider with red hots, tea with vanilla creamer and dutch bros mochas.

Heather - I’ve been dreaming of a Keurig!! Pumpkin Spice Latte’s are by far my favorite hot drink especially for the fall!!

Julie - I love love love coffee!! And wine, but that’s not a hot drink!

Rebecca Bradley - Oh, I live for coffee…LOVE IT!

Kasey - My favorite hot drink is peppermint hot chocolate. Can’t wait until it’s cool enough to drink it!

Karen - I LOVE my coffee! Would LOVE to try a Kuerig too, but never have so far. I am also a dairy farmer, who would LOVE to see FAIR prices for all farmers! It’s a good thing you’re doing Meg!

lorelei - well it’s Fall so my favorite hot drink these days is a hot caramel apple cider! mmmm! Cool giveaway, you rock!

Brittany - Coffee for sure, but since I’m pregnant, I’m “trying” to be good. So right now I’m into this spiced pear tea. Yum!

natalie (the sweets life) - peppermint patties–a DELISH hot chocolate/liqueur concoction topped with whipped cream 🙂

CB - I’m with you…it’s got to be coffee. I’ll drink it any form or fashion, but prefer black.

kendra - craving African milk/spice tea. . . had it in Ug in May during our adoption process. it’s unreplicatable (did i make up that word?). . . milk is different, sugar is different, spices are different. *sigh*

Amber Matson - My favorite is Peppermint Hot Chocolate!

taralee - coffee, for sure!

suzanne - my favorite is coffee and now thanks to you I will def look into fair trade.

Jen - I do enjoy me some coffee… I love a big cup of a strong blend (now to be a strong blend of Fair Trade!) with my all-time favorite creamer: Southern Butter Pecan. M’mmmm… you had me at butter.

Mary - my favorite is green mountain’s extra bold double black diamond!
yum!

s - hot chocolate my fave followed by tea. have tried to like coffee but with no luck, but my husband loves his coffee.

Maggie Coursey - I’ve just started drinking coffee and I love it with french vanilla coconut creamer that I was just turned on to by a friend. So good!

Jules - My new fave is Breakfast in Bed with Wolfgang, oops, I mean BY Wolfgang Puck! Great blog you’ve got here.

Candice - i want to drink coffee all day!

Kelly - Coffee with FF Hazelnut Creamer! I have to have it! It is a necessity!

CathyC - OMGoodness!!!! Coffee is my FAVORITE drink!!!! And I drink way too much of it but I don’t care!!!!! My husband & I have bought fair trade coffee for years but I dod not know that Green Mountain uses fair trade too. Very Cool.
I hope I win!!!!!

mrs edberg - OMG I have wanted one of these forever and my husband keeps telling me NO because of the waste it causes! My favorite hot drink is green tea, or chai tea…but all time favorite, that is reserved for a caramel latte mochiato. YUM!

Dixie - Peppermint hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows…yummmm

Christy - I tweeted 🙂http://twitter.com/#!/MCHPHOTOGRAPHY7

Karrin - Oooh! This would be fantastic! I love helping wherever possible, and the fact that I’m the only one in my house who drinks coffee makes the Keurig a fantastic buy!

callie grayson - I am a huge coffee drinker! in fact I have a huge cup right now 🙂 with a wee bit of cream mmm
I have been looking at the different coffee makers and this one is on my research list!
I try to always buy fair trade coffee and I am glad you shared that bit of information with other…. they do work really really hard for our pleasure of that first sip of rich dark coffee. It takes a lot of beans to make a cup.
xx
callie

Ani W - I really like white chocolate mochas, but I am dying to have my own keurig! I would LOVE to win this!!

becky@oursweetpeas - I love the fall coffee flavors. Gingerbread latte and Pumpkin Spice are awesome. I also like the latte that I make at home which involves fresh ground, french roast, coffee, milk and sugar, just the basics.
Love that you explained the fair trade thing.
Crossing my fingers for that Keurig! 🙂

Helen - we gave a keurig to the teachers at my sons school – they looove it! love the convenience and all the variety!!

Ann Griffin - My favorite drink is coffee. I could live off of it. Homemade coffee, Starbucks, hole in the wall cafes. I love love love coffee.

AmberK - My favorite hot drink will always be hot cider!! Yum! But coffee and hot chocolate are not far behind.

Sara - I do love coffee, but for me its the combination of drinking it with someone I love – namely my husband…I don’t like to “drink alone” ha ha.

Vicki - I love hot chai tea latte – It is my FAVORITE and of course coffee which I drink all day long!! 🙂

shannon - My favorite hot drink is also Coffee! I love it flavored!!! and I would just absolutely die if I won that keurig!!!!! I have been wanting one for 2 years now!!!! 😀

stevie - coffee…with cream, without cream, coffee coffee coffee is my favorite.

Erin - Coffee…black! I love it too. I prefer it hot but end up drinking it cold throughout the day…b/c it cools in my mug. I”d LOVE a Keurig!!! And I promise to drink fair trade coffee.

Sheila P. - coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, please.

Andrea - I have to have my coffee in the morning. I would love to have a Keurig!

Jessica - I love green tea but during fall I love love hot apple cider! 🙂

Laura - My favorite hot drink…that’s tricky, because initially I was going to say coffee (I’m drinking some joe right now), but then I thought well, I love chai and hot chocolate when the mood strikes. So favorite hot caffeine: coffee, favorite spicy hot: chai, and favorite indulgence: hot chocolate.
Man, what a great thing to mull over.
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Kim - Hot apple cider is my absolute favorite!

Jen T. - Coffee with Coffeemate creamer. It HAS to be Coffeemate french vanilla or hazelnut. Every time I try a creamer different than one of those, I get burned. They just aren’t as good. No fat/sugar free creamers for me either please. 🙂 (I swear I don’t work for Coffemate. I just love it.)

Melissa - chai latte!!! love it!!!

Sarah Crosby - um without a doubt coffee!!! 😉 yum!

Missy P - I love COFFEE!!! with a tiny bit of cream

Amanda - I’ve become a coffee person and I start my day with it now and it is slowly becoming a favorite of mine.

Dianne - My favorite drink is definitely coffee… Coffee in an IV please 🙂

Jessica @Zocal Creative - I LOVE a good cup of hot chocolate!…with marshmallows of course!

Rachel A. - I love hot chocolate with freshly whipped cream on top. yummy!

Penny - I love a good Hot Chocolate. My husband loves coffee and would LOVE this prize.

Karen - love hot green tea…even in the summer!! Got to have my morning fix!

Christy - I have been crushing on one of these, We have one at my office.
My favorite is Green tea or Chai Tea 🙂 This is great a cause.

Jennifer - I like hot chai tea, but my husband is a coffee drinker.

Jen N. - My favorite hot drink is a mocha with a shot of mint. SO delicious!

Rachel J - COFFEE of course! I love a dark roast with cream and sugar. And my favorite season of coffee drinks is fall and winter. Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Peppermint Mochas. Yum!

debi meyers - favorite: Hot chai tea Would love a Keurig!

Amanda - A hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning is definitely my favorite drink of the day!

Jennifer W. - MUST.HAVE.COFFEE. 🙂

Megan - I LOOOOOVE my coffee every morning. Dont talk to me until I have it. Love the Keurig!

lauren - my favorite hot drink is a cup of strong, black tea. i love to drink it year-round…even on the hottest summer days! 🙂
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Becky - Coffee is my absolute fav…have to drink decaf during the day since I love it so much!

Emily - I love the peppermint white chocolate mocha from starbucks!!

Tina I - Coffee. If I could get caffeine through an IV, I probably would!

tiffany m gardner - well…my husband would get coffee through an iv drip if he could but my favorite hot drink is hot cocoa…of course with whipped cream!

Melissa - Hot Apple Cider.

Krista - Hot chocolate gives me my superpowers…at least that’s what I believe to be true 🙂 Throw on some whipped cream and a handful of small marshmallows, the world is mine!

Jodi - London Fog. Now I want one and have to go make it for myself.

Misty c - all about my coffee, with flavored creamer of course…most any flavor

Sarah - Good coffee = happy Sarah

Dawn - I do love a cup of coffee every morning, but I also love a good mug of creamy hot chocolate, piled high with whipped cream.

Danielle - I love hot apple cider! I don’t want it year round but it’s on my mind right now with fall approaching. I love my coffee too though (:

Anne-Marie P - I love coffee with cream, but also enjoy a chai tea latte!

Mandy - Coffee with skinny caramel creamer and Chai tea lattes from Starbucks!

april - Its totally coffee!!!

Angie - I don’t function until I’ve had my morning coffee!

amy kate - of course, my pick is hot foffee…with a pinch of stevia and splash of cream…in my favorite, big-as-my-head mug
java blessings!

Amanda Ferreira - Coffee, chai, cider and hot cocoa! I’m a winter gal, for sure. Our coffee pot and tea pot see lots of action.

Sarah - Love a good caramel coffee drink but I also love sipping hot chocolate at chilly football games!!

Jennifer R - Anything with coffee, Cold or iced!!

jill - My favorite hot drink is coffee!

amanda @ fake ginger - I love all coffee drinks!

kim - Love Love Love Coffee….with creamer please! Iced or Hot!
Thanks

Stephanie campbell - Oh! My husband would love this! He loves coffee. I do not. I don’t like much of anything hot, but if I had to choose a hot dry k it would be hot chocolate.

Sarah LaVallee - My favorite hot drinks vary from day to day. I LOVE hot cocoa (and I can’t seem to find my favorite Hershey’s Goodnight Kisses cocoa anywhere anymore), but I also love a good spicy cider.
Also, I wanted to tell you that your coffee mug reminds me of my new Scentsy warmer! https://sarahlavallee.scentsy.us/CMSImages/Products/MSW-ROSS.jpg It’s super cute! Where did you get it?! I need it!

Heidi Devereaux - Coffee…coffee….coffee~

Amanda - good ol’ fashion hot black coffee 🙂
I prefer Dunkin Donuts brand these days. But honestly if it’s hot and black I’ll drink it. not toooo strong though, please.

Betsy - I drink tea in the morning, but if I need a pick-me-up, I love frou-frou coffee.

Christy - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate – not the powdered kind, but made with real chocolate!!

Deidre - My favorite hot drink is coffee with pumpkin spice creamer!

Ruth - Love Coffee…Love helping others….it’s a win/win!!

alisha - I love coffee. I go to bed at night thinking ‘I can’t wait to have coffee in the morning!’.

Tammy - I love coffee- the breakfast blend is one of my favorites.

julie - Hot English Breakfast Tea!

Elizabeth - My fave hot drink is definitely coffee, but I love hot tea as well. Really, any hot drink makes me happy!

jessica - I LOVE my coffee…a lot! This time of year as the weather changes, I am craving hot apple cider with extra nutmeg…yum-o!

Lori - I love coffee in the mornings – and Green Mountain is one of my favorites I always have in the coffee carousel. I have my two college age girls hooked on the Cafe Mocha for the Keurig – now I have to buy them BOTH a Keruig.

katherine - i love me a latte!

Katie - I love coffee with amaretto creamer in it. Delicious and I drink 2 cups a day. It is my treat!

Tracy - My favorite is coffee in the morning and hot tea at night.

AmyJ - My favorite hot drink is tea but I want to start drinking coffee. I see so many people enjoy it and it smells so good!

stephanie - coffee for sure. a latte is my fav.

Shelly foster - I love coffe … I drink it everyday… Several times a day … Even on these HOT summer days ! Yup, I’m a coffee addict ! Love it even better with flavored creamers 🙂 . This new mom of a non sleeping baby would love to win 😉 !

TammyJapan - My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate. :o) Mmmm, anything with chocolate!

Olivia Stewart - I love how having hot tea relaxes me and there is nothing like hot apple cider in the fall. I wish I liked coffee as I could use the extra energy boost! My husband loves coffee and I would love to have a Keurig for entertaining as I don’t know how to make good coffee!

Laura L - I drink my green tea with lemon every morning. I do like a nice hot chocolate every once in a while during the winter though!

Emily - I love coffee but my new favorite hot drink is Bigelow’s Peach Green Tea. Yum!

Lisa A. A. - I would love to try a Keurig! I’ve heard fantastic things about them!

Mary Wilbur - I love coffee, any kind, any time!!

Mariliz - Definitely coffee, I start each and every day with it. It is a well loved ritual.

Shelly - I love coffee… it makes me happy and knowing others have good working conditions and earn a fair price on their goods makes me happy too!

Virginia Bibler - I live for a hot chai tea latte…anytime of day, all times of day!

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more marcia

July 4, 2011 Filed in things i love

i shared a Marcia Ball song "Daddy Said" last week on my video of our home…but i need to tell you more.

when i was 8 years old or maybe 10 my dad took me to a dirty bar at night to hear Marcia Ball play.
it was probably a questionable choice….but i never felt unsafe….except the bathrooms were disgusting.
he interviewed her for the blues newsletter he wrote at the time.
so i got to meet her.
and then he took me back every time she played in kansas again. 
her music has been a part of our family my whole life.
her talent is amazing.
you've never seen anyone play piano like she does.
i have seen her play at lots of different places over the years….even the Hancock Tower in chicago. 

craig & i and chicago dave & jen used to go hear her at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, IL too.
oh my goodness…..THAT was fun!!!

my parents keep in touch with her often.
i hear she reads my blog on occasion.  :)
she is awesome.
when her music is on….i have to dance.  period.  it's impossible not to.
some of my favorite memories are dancing at a marcia ball concert.
so….find one…get a sitter and go!
i can't imagine bringing my kids because she usually doesn't play until LATE at night.
but i am so glad my dad took me 25 years ago.

AND i just remembered that i used to write her letters and she would write me back and send photos of her and  the band on the road…one photo in particular was the band in costumes at halloween!

my mom showed me this video this morning and i loved it.

enjoy! 

 

written by marcia on her website:

Sometime back in early April while we were touring in the Northeast U.S, my friend Minor Wilson, who has been working at film making for a few years now, called me to say that there were fourteen pianos placed outdoors in public spaces in Austin for a month.  Several were on the hike and bike trail around Lady Bird Lake.  Several were in front of downtown buildings.  One was in a BMX bicycle park.  They were part of a touring art project called Play Me, I’m Yours by Luke Jerram.  In Austin, the exhibition was curated by Johnny Walker.  Minor’s idea was that he and his cinematographer friend, Daniel DeLoach, could film me playing as many pianos as we could get to in the two days I was home between tours.  Well, what else did I have to do?

So, we shot at my house and three outdoor pianos one afternoon and evening and three more pianos early the next morning.  We had to roust a guy sleeping on the park bench by the lake for that shot.  It was about 7:30 AM.  You know how I love getting up in the morning.  And there it is, warts, old pianos, weird tuning, no makeup.  My favorite is the red upright in the BMX bicycle park with the riders flying around behind me.  It was very cool having that project here in Austin.  People were coming by playing those pianos the whole time we were setting up.  There were others filming and taping, and one large event that I missed because I was traveling in which many of Austin’s piano players all played at the same time in tribute to Pinetop Perkins.  

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Lori - I remembered this blog from over a year ago! Marcia Ball will be performing in Newton KS at the Newton Fox Theatre this Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 8:00pm. It should be a sell-out!!! I wonder if Meg had anything to do with this???

Julie Weaver - I just got my local what’s-going-on-this-weekend email, and there’s Marcia Ball! Playing in Lubbock, TX this Saturday! And my kids will be gone…maybe I can convince the husband to take me to see her!
I may just have to go alone, if he can’t.

Amy - I love Marsha Ball. Hubby and I saw her play that piano years and years ago in Memphis. I’ll have to dig out her tape that we packed when we moved recently.

patti - Love Marcia Ball and Delbert McClinton!

Dianne - Bunny Trails - Love this video!! She’s awesome.

Erin - I’m loving the Marcia Ball video. Austin is one of my favorite cities!

Sue - Man, I love Marcia Ball and hadn’t thought of her in ages! Nothing quite like the way she could sing and play that piano with her legs crossed and one leg keeping rhythm. Thanks for the reminder. Pulling out her old stuff now!

tiffany m gardner - AMEN! my 5 month old was totally screaming his head off and I brought him with me to check in with your blog (as i do daily) and turned this video on and he loved it! we watched it several times…no more screaming! thank you! 🙂

Jenna - Always great to hear about new-to-me talent. Thanks 🙂
Jenna

Angie - Thank you for sharing the delightful music of Marcia Ball. I am a brand new fan, thanks to you! The “Play Me, I’m Yours” piano project in Austin is an amazing expression of art, and I am so glad to have experienced it…even if it was via youtube. I shared links to your post and the video today on my blog: sunshineinthehouse-angie.blogspot.com

Ali - Okay, I had never heard of Marcia Ball (didn’t have a cool dad & mom who exposed me to the blues from an early age) but, I loved her music! I hopped over to itunes and bought this song and the “Daddy said” song! Love them! Thanks for letting me know about her awesome upbeat fun music! No wonder you are so artistic…listening to cool music like that! 🙂 Any other songs that are your favorites of Marcia Ball?
~ Ali

Cyndi Hamilton - I love to here about amazing people in our own back yard. She will be in Paola in August…
Thanks for sharing,
Cyndi
http://mycharmedlife-cyndi.blogspot.com

Stephanie Carroll - I used to go see her at Gruene hall when I was little, too!

lauren - omg meg! i was born in berwyn! lived there till i was 7. my dad was born there and my mom in cicero. would so love to take my kids back to let them experience a little of my youth. we spent summers with my grandparents and cousins in berwyn and brookfield and i miss it so much still. funny how you can be gone from someplace for so long and still know it as home. loved this post.

Jen - Now I’m REALLY SORRY I didn’t go to see her with my husband this past Friday. She played FOR FREE at a new amphitheater in my new town. DARN! I’m such a lump–all I could think of was wearing my pajamas by 7pm and reading a book. Oh well.

Chris - Marcia is awesome!! I love that song!! Thank you for sharing!!

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - I.LOVE.MARCIA! Always have. I’m a sucker for piano… I used to play, but nothing like her.

Melissa Irvin - FABULOUS!

Amanda - Marcia’s awesome! oh how she can play!!
we live in Austin. so cool they put pianos along a bike trail.

Kate - This is SOOOOO cool. And while I was playing the video my daughter came in the room and started dancing. When it was done she said, “Mom, I like that music!!” Thanks for introducing us to Marcia Ball!!

Jennifer Draper - I’m an Austinite and I love your blog….and love Marcia Ball. You can’t help but feel happy when listening to her music. Wish my dad had introduced me to her music 25 years ago….thanks for a great story!

Holly - songs from youth are like snuggling up in the fluffiest blankies. We used to listen to the music box dancer when we were little. Now on days when I feel a little lost, I turn it on. It always helps remind me who I am.

Kerry - Aaah that was awesome!! Well done Mom for calling her too! 🙂 xx

Jenny B. - That was GREAT! My dad has always been a blues lover too. My parents took me to several bars in my childhood to hear good music. 🙂

sam - love that! thanks so much for posting! what a joy!

Mom - Dad and I called Marcia to tell to be sure and check out your blog today. She was at the airport and would look it up when she was home. :-). Thanks for putting on there!

Lorel - I am so glad you put this video on here Meg! I just love the song and the video.

Becki G. - Marcia is looking good! We used to catch her here in Houston at Fitzeralds, too. Power of Love is one of my favorites. She’s certainly one of a kind.

April M - that was cool 🙂 ty!

Melissa - Very cool!

Kimberly Dial - Thanks for sharing! Oh how I love to hear a well played piano!

Kimberly Dial - Thanks for sharing! Oh how I love to hear a well played piano!

AliceAnn - I very much enjoyed the video. Awesome pianist!!! Maybe you can go see her see her perform in Paola in August?

Short, Sweet Season - Love her! I live in Austin and run the trail 3X a week with my toddler. It’s so fun to see a big part of our daily lives on your blog!

Mindy Harris - fabulous! love that touring art project/idea. i can’t play the piano but would surely plunk down for chopstix.
happy to now know about marcia ball!

Sara - Your mom showed us that too! Loved it, so cool with all the people in the background! Wish I could have seen you when I was in Lawrence…boo hoo.

Lindsay - Very cool! That piano installment actually was here in Grand Rapids last fall for ArtPrize. What a neat concept.

Dina - That’s awesome! Great project! I’m a musician myself (saxophone) and I am now a new fan…what a great woman! Thanks for sharing her with us:-)

Sandy - Thank you for sharing the background & video with us. She’s amazing; I’m gonna have to keep an eye out for some of her CDs. She reminds me of my stepmom.

Michelle - Love her music too! I had to search her out after hearing that song you shared. So fun to listen to. I love finding new music! I am a new fan. Thanks for sharing.

happygirl - What a fun performance piece. Love women of a certain age rocking out. 🙂

Joni - Sugar Boogie is probably my favorite so far!!! Thank you so much for sharing.

Lisa - I love that your dad took you to a bar to hear her sing! Imagine if he had never introduced you to her. That obviously had a huge impact on you. Its not like you thought, “hmmm, this dirty bar is a place I’d like to hang out at when I’m older” At least I’m assuming you didn’t! 😉
She is really great! I had never heard of her before… but then again I am so bad with music and names etc.

Joni - meg! i love this. my dad plays piano and she reminds me soooo much of him. i have to go to itunes and look her up. you’re right…she makes me want to get jiggy with it.

Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Beautiful. 🙂
Beautiful woman.
Beautiful voice.
Beautiful blog post.
Just beautiful!

Wendy - Thank u for sharing! What a cool video and she is totally amazing! 🙂

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loving…….

July 1, 2011 Filed in things i love

IMG_7615-3new cookbook.
full of yummy cakes and pies….i want to make them all!


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blueberry buckle muffins.
i got a little carried away with the blueberries
at Sam's club…so many for so cheap!


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air conditioning.
in the car….in the house….in stores….so grateful for it.

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FUN package in the mail from friends.
gumball earrings and even RAINBOW CAKE earrings!
happy smiling girls at our house….thanks Phelps family!!

 
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magazine FULL of awesome ideas
and ashleyann!!!
i felt so proud….i almost told the checkout
guy at sam's "she's my friend"
but i don't think it would have been as important to him.


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rainbow toenails.

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toads.
in a bird cage.

they caught three…one escaped in the night.
they let them go the next day at a farm.

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these were the clouds as i pulled up to a
photo session last week.
really dark. 
we could've gotten poured on…but it cleared and was perfect!  
yay KANSAS!

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Sarah - I always love your summer pictures.
Cam’t wait for the sunflowers.
No pressure or anything. 🙂

Kori - p.s. the farm chicks also have a christmas book with lots of fun projects and ideas….and yes, more great recipes!

hannah - oh! i want that cookbook-blueberry buckle-holla.
the earrings are ADORABLE.
hooray for rainbow toes!
AND hooray for toads! i had a huge terrarium on my window seat-in my bedroom-when i was a kid. toads and lizards were my fave. it also kept my mom out of my room;)
delightful post! xo

Sharla - Love this – really want to get that magazine now too! loved the frog pic – in a birdcage. . . too funny!

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - all FUN stuff!

Jessica - I’m in Phoenix and it’s about 116 lately…excessive heat wave. Yuck! Love the rainbow toenails. My Sophia asks for them constantly, guess I’ll break down and buy the actual rainbow colors…way more fun! Happy Fourth!

tara - woah…love the blueberry muffins…I’ve got a bunch in my fridge, too!! I need to get busy!

Whitney Ulrich - I love your adorable blog and am stopping by to let you know that I featured your chalk board summer fun list on my Pinterest loves of the Week #7 on my blog today. Make sure to come and check it out, follow me back (I am your newest follower, leave a comment and grab my button!
A mommy’s life…with a touch of YELLOW
tyandwhitneyulrich.blogspot.com

Holly - Oh girl those muffins look yum! We made a toad house out of a clay pot for our toad….not sure he uses it but its cute!

james @ agirlcalledjames - i always enjoy your pictures. i would have been impressed if you told me that your friend was in a magazine. you would have had to show me the article too haha.

Joy - I realize I need to step up my working when I read your blog. I only have one color of polish in my house and it is champagne. How boring is that?

Martha - Was it a smaller toad… you know they will eat each other!

Doris - again so much happiness from your blog 🙂

andrea - Loved the nail polish photo. I FINALLY found a green that I like – Make Mine Lime by Nicole by OPI. My toes have been green all month! Probably should change it to red for the 4th!
Also, toads do not like to be moved to a new place. I found this out last year when I kept trying to bring toads from my dad’s house to mine. They kept disappearing; I kept blaming the dog. Finally, asked the “Turtle Lady” at a library program and she said I needed to find some eggs or tadpoles in the spring and bring them to my house. Hah! Like that happened! 😉 (Hope that didn’t sound ‘preachy’ – wasn’t meant to be.)

Emily - Meg,I just love your blog!
That’s all. I just love it.

Amy @ dwell in the season - The clouds have been like that in Denver – just crazy! Cute post today!

lauren - i sent my daughter to kansas on a mission trip today. i told her to wave to you.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Okay, the toad thing…so never happening here…ICK, ICK, ICK, but I do love the Farm Chicks.

Nichole Kopp - The The Farm Chicks cookbook yes a must have but going to the The Farm Chicks antique show……..heaven on earth! This year was my third year attending and each time I’m speachless. Amazing displays, fun people, great ideas and endless treasures to come home with! Worth the trip to Spokane! I have a guest bedroom your welcome to join me next year Meg! Check out the amazing pics on her blog of the show.

Gemma - Loving the Blueberry buckle goodness!!
Gemma x

Kristina Carter - oh i just got “The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen” and i am in LOVE too!! isn’t it fabulous!!

Jennifer - You are such a good mom to put up with the toads. I could NOT do it! The kitten would already be a permanent member of our indoor household, but the toads. NO WAY! 🙂

Linda - Just love when you do these kinds of posts! So much fun!

Angela Atkins - That Farm Chicks book is on my Amazon wishlist–and with this post I just realized it is a new month today and I can buy it!
Thanks for sharing a bit of your life with us everyday, by the way. I know it’s not easy in the middle of life. I think of posts I can make on my blog but they are just all jammed up in my head and on my camera, waiting for me to do them.

This Farm Family's Life - LOVE this post. As a farm gal myself, I may just have to invest in that cookbook!
http://www.thisfarmfamilyslife.blogspot.com

Perrin - Love that photo of the nail polish. With two little girls there is lots of nail polish time at our place too. So fun.

Dawn - Loved the picture of the toads.
I love reading your blog, you have so many great ideas. I was wondering what are some things you do with the other kids? I recently got married and my husband has a teenage daughter and I’m running out of fun ideas that we can do that is not too kiddy and fun for a teen.
Thanks

happygirl - Awesome Kansas sky. Yucky toads (I’m glad they’re free). Gorgeous earrings and toenail choices. Could you be having more FUN!!

Katie - Loved the video earlier this week! I noticed that you have what I think is painted brick (fireplace) in one of the rooms. I REALLY want to paint our fireplace white. Just wondering if I need special paint for that?

alicia @ la famille - oh those earrings! how fab are those?! sooo meg 🙂 i love that cookbook…have had it for a couple years and need to make more from it. have a good one 🙂

Cyndi Hamilton - I love The Farm Chicks!! Serena has a great blog!
Toads are the cheapest form of summer entertainment. My sister and I used to catch buckets of them on our farm, now my kids do it.
Thanks for sharing,
Cyndi
http://mycharmedlife-cyndi.blogspot.com/

Necole - I am going to have to pic up that mag on my mommy outing tonight. Grocery shopping with no children = heaven!

Julie - I bought that FreshStyle magazine yesterday and enjoyed reading it from cover to cover while sitting on a swing near Lake Michigan. It was a delightful afternoon!

flowerpowermomma - personally, I stay away from toads, frogs, etc. Kudos to you for the close-up photos and adventures! and keeping fingers crossed there is no ‘house-frog’.
Those muffins look amazing. I made blueberry muffins this morning too. Will certainly check out your recipe though.
re: the blueberries..if you have too many.. freeze them. I buy lots in the summer when they are on sale, then wash, drain, freeze on a cookie sheet on a cotton towel, then pop them off the towel and into a freezer bag. Works great. You have the freshest berries all winter.

Kori - you need to come to a farm chicks show here in spokane…fun stuff!! 😉 love love love talby’s earrings and the toads in a bird cage made me laugh out loud!! too funny! although i have the same question as lisa ↑, were they in your house while one escaped?? that would freak me out. not a fan of ‘jumpy things’…

Laura Phelps - YOU ARE SOOOOOO WELCOME! I am just so happy I finally MAILED the package! Sat on my counter for two weeks…but HAD to get them for the girls…
they are colorful and happy and reminded me of you!!!!!!
I am LOVING….you!

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - love your “loving” post! I’ve got to check out that mag!!

Lisa - My husband would have a heart attack about the toads. He HATES frogs/toads. Does that mean the escaped one is in your house or where they outside!? 🙂

Leah - Thanks for all the great inspiration today! I can’t wait to check out the Farm Chicks. Hadn’t heard of them before. And I LOVE those earrings! Too cute! Happy July 4th weekend. Can’t wait to see what you’re up to for the holiday.

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annie and flowers and awesome

June 16, 2011 Filed in family fun,pretty,things i love

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this is on the way out of the door now….a reminder as you leave.
(purchased here)

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sunflowers at the grocery store….i've been looking forever ….they had to come home with me.

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annie's card….camper with a flashlight….the hearts!  
just so darn precious.

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checkng the clearance in the garden dept. at walmart.
i am all for sippy cups until kids declare they are too big….with her feeling lonely this week…she wanted one.
i love them.
they don't spill!

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i'm happy even though i don't look that happy.  i look just like my dad.
i got a table for $30….it was 75% off.
and i wanted it all year.
i was happy. 

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bunny ears on her cheeseburger.

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more storms and more trains.

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special blue drink bought for her playdate…yummmm…poured it into a cup to make sure it was even.  :)

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i cut a few of my maple leaf hydrangea flowers and some wild black eyed susans to put with the sunflowers.

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we were stuck in the donut shop for a long time because it was POURING.

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surprised that there was story time at the library when we got there…..and shy.
but we made a sombrero and sang a song.
it was much more fun than just looking for books.
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we are ready for talby and sean to come home.
they have been missed and it has been very quiet around here.
annie did get her very own babysitter yesterday and was SO HAPPY.  
and has rainbow painted fingernails too. 

thursdays are good.
close to friday….

:) 

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Trinda - Ah, that railroad picture… I grew up in Hesston, lived in Newton twice(on First St. and Walnut St.) We are in Wash DC now and I miss KS fiercly (is that a word?) sometimes. Non-Kansans can’t understand. Love to read about your sweet family and am inspired by your blog!
Trinda

Doris - one of prettiest posts!
Your daughter is so sweet and it’s so vivid how smart and bright she is.

alphabetmomma - Love randomness! Annie is so cute! Her haircut…I love it! Bunny ears on the cheeseburger made me laugh out loud! Sippy cups are great! I’m always baby hungry and I have 6 kiddos!
Love your blog!!

valerie - i am sooooo having fun following you. does that make me a stalker?? kidding…thanks for the entertainment 🙂
just wondering what the color paint is on the rocker on your front porch in your “be awesome today” picture…caught my eye, i NEEd it on SOMETHING…
way to be fabulous 🙂

carly - love the print…but can u also tell us where u got the frame??????

Jessica @ These Are The Days - Love the framed saying.

Necole - Do not tell me that Wal-Mart is having a sell. I am trying to save money. I love the sunflowers. I think I will buy some today.

Suzy Adams - Meg,
I just wanted to say THANK YOU for making my mornings so bright! I am a mom and a first grade teacher. I start off each morning checking out your blog for a colorful start to my morning. You always brighten my day. It is summer vacation for both of us, and we are in the process of making our second annual “Summer List”. Last summer we had 88 activities to conquer!
Happy Summer,
Suzy

karen - Off topic question. What do you do when your kids won’t eat what you made?? Do you constantly yell to make them eat (like i do) or do you just let it go?

Cheryl - Great pics! Your blog always makes me smile 🙂 Love the print – just ordered one myself for the kitchen. TFS!

Jenna - Looks like Annie had the best day! By the way, I just love her name!
Jenna

Gabrielle - You are just the best blogger ever!

nancy - I had to go to the grocery store at 6 this am due to an intestinal gift for my daughter (hello, summer!) and the weather reminded me of KS… dark clouds, warm outside, wet from rain. loved it. I was also walking by a mirror the other day, caught a quick glance and thought i saw my mother… it was me! crazy.

Trina - She is the cutest.. I love the “Be Awesome Today” print. I need to work on that. I have been thinking a lot about you and your 5 littles and how you do it.. how you stay sane, how you get everything done and so on. You are one amazing lady!!! Hope you have a relaxing weekend! xo
Trina

Jen - Love the sign! I have a vinyl sticker on our main door that says “Return with Honor”–a good reminder for ALL of us! Have a great weekend. We are sending 2 of 4 kids to camp next week and I have to admit, I am looking forward to some quiet! HAHA

Kayla - You get stuck in the BEST places! You should post a picture of your dad so we can decide if you look like him or not!

Sugar Mama - Is it crazy that at the end of this post I was crying? Seeing her at the donut shop and story time makes me miss that age SO much with my daughter (who is now 8). And as my 14 year old son becomes more and more like a moody teenager, and my 12 year old son nears 13… I’m just getting so emotional these days!

Tami - Can i just say Annie is adorable! I love the bunny ears on her cheeseburger! :0)

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Love that awesome print!
Happy Flowers : )
Gemma x

Karen Lehmann - you know i was threatening to take the sippy cups away – from my 4 and 5 year olds – i KNOW people think I should. thank you for making me feel like its ok. because THEY DONT SPILL!!! 🙂

hannah - those are some knockout pretty flowers!
hooray for clearance!
looks like sweet annie-and you-have had a perfect week.
i know y’all can’t wait to hear all about camp!
xo

alicia @ la famille - sunflowers are my favorite…do i sound like “elf?” smiling’s my favorite 🙂
i love the sign by your door…may just have to get one for my house.
oh, and just so you know…i picked up the canvases for the butterfly art you did. i just adored them…now we have to make some of our own!

shauna - love the look on your face friend.
i know that kinda happy.

Cindy - I love the storm picture. I love the happy face with shake and cheeseburger picture too. I mostly love how you take pictures of the most random-everyday things because it reminds me of the beauty around me all. the. time.

mrs. may - Sunflowers are so gorgeous! And I want to see this clearance table!!

Kirsten J - Love the nails, love the memory you brought back of visiting my great grandma in Garden City Kansas about 30 years ago and those storms rolling through, love all of the pictures (as usual) and I love that you are soaking her up. My baby went to camp a few weeks ago…and I was so sad. And didn’t quite get the moms who were all “ah! she’s fine, we’re going out to dinner!” Because I have one in college, and you blink and there you are.

Mindy Harris - this post is so precious. i like seeing pics of your everyday life. i am impressed by the flashlight beam annie colored…!

Peta - I just ordered that print – thank you! Did you put yours in an ikea frame? What size? Thanksx

adrienne - send us the rain!!!!

Londen - I just love that Annie…she could not be any cuter! I only have one who is five, sometimes its hard because I’m her playmate.
Love the new print too.

Kelly - What a happy, fun, wonderful post. Sorry you guys were stuck but if you had to be stuck somewhere it seems like a donut shop’s not too bad. Kelly

deborah@applesinwonderland - love how siblings can love each other. annie takes your new sign to heart. give her some extra big hugs from me….and everyone else that reads this blog–that little girl is AWESOME!!!!

Lisa - your blog makes me smile! a lot! a lot a lot!
i also have an annie – she is 10 years old! she is named after her great grandmother! her nickname was annie pickle – because she was famous for making pies and preserves! my annie is the 7th on my hubby’s side of the family! happily, she has also inherited the annie pickle nickname!
tell your annie that my annie says hi!

Ashlyn@Pinecone - Love the “5”…I have one too.
Lovin the peek at your porch…and the new print. xo

amy b. - Love the sunflowers!! All the ones at our grocery store were dead! Boo! Now you’ve got me wanting donuts and a little girl as cute as Annie! Oh, and by the way, I was awesome today!! LOL!

julia - Love the sombrero hat project!
Your flower arrangement is beautiful. And your train pic makes me want to visit the center-ish of America.

Jennifer - SCORE on the 75% off table! Congrats. And btw, every time I see your super cute short hair style, it really makes me want to chop mine off. Especially in this summer heat. Hummm…I’m still pondering that one. 🙂

Holly - I loved everything about this post. So real life! Our big girl is going away next week for a mission trip. I am so proud but she will be missed. I love it when I get good deals. I have scored 2 new globes this week. One for $5 and one for free because I asked a friend if he had any laying around. And last…dont you love hydrangeas? They are my very favorite!

Michelle - can we see the table. . .pleeeease!

Staci - I love her bunny ears on her burger 😉 I am excited it’s almost Friday for Annie!!!!!! YAY!!!!

Kat - Okay today I am going to be Awesome, even though my day started at 5.30am with my two year old, *yawn*.
The other three are still asleep, it’s Friday here in Aus and the last three days of school hols AND I am going out for dinner tonight with the girls, soooo that is all pretty awesome.
I hope your day is awesome too.
Love that you are enjoying special time with little Annie, sunflowers and a discounted table.
Are you going to let us in on the baby comments?!

Terrie G - LoVe the last flower pic!! And how awful to be stuck in the doughnut shop! I’d take some of that rain! 🙂

shelley - annie is just so perfectly cute !! and hey..there is the train my husband drives..BNSF. We always say it stands for “better not start a family”…because railroaders are never home !

Susan - My daughter is nearly 11 and yes I still make her use sippy cups or the take and toss ones with straws…she doesn’t mind but her friends think I’m wierd.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - You, Annie and this post are Awesome. Happy almost Friday!

Shannon - Looks like great bonding time with you and your baby girl! Yay for being stuck at the donut shop and a Walmart table at 75% off. Annie is so darn cute 🙂

Logan - I love that little girl. She is just precious and I know you and Craig have to be so proud of her. I’m sure she is loving her “mom” time this week.
The flowers are gorgeous!

Kori - um, i wanna hang out with you guys! stuck in chili’s *and* the donut shop due to storms?? awesome!!! 😀 and i love that annie gave her burger bunny ears…my son used to do that to everything!

Kimberly Dial - Love the sign. Want one. Thanks for the link. Congrats on the table. Don’t ya just love when you want something but you wait & it pays off? Yep! Me too!

Kimberly Dial - Love the sign. Want one. Thanks for the link. Congrats on the table. Don’t ya just love when you want something but you wait & it pays off? Yep! Me too!

Meg @ Everyday Nostalgia - Totally need that be awesome print!

happygirl - I can’t wait for Friday, too. This has been as long a week for me as it’s been for Annie. I need the “Be Awesome” sign for me when I walk out the door. (LOVE bead board) I miss trains. I’m from the mid-West and now live in the east. Commuter trains aren’t the same as TRAINS in the mid-west. Hang on Annie, it’s almost Friday.

Rachel J - Seriously Meg, I love you!
Something about getting a table 75% off at Walmart really knows how to make a girl happy 🙂 Been there, done that.
I’m pinching pennies and crossing fingers so that I can make it to Craft weekend! And I’m the first to comment on this post! Wooo!

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