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craft weekend was great….of course. because what could be better than having girl time and crafts and a barn full of antiques? 🙂 my kids have left for school and my big plans until 3:30 are to sleep. then tonight watching the jayhawks go for national champs!! did you have a good weekend? what are your plans today? you are probably being more ambitious than me and attempting more than a long nap. ha.
Wow, I love the hues of cloths!! You got a great blog here, keep posting, I am surely one of your avid visitors from now on! 🙂 Thanks for sharing. My family is a huge fan of Kansas State. I want to make everyone Kansas Jayhawk shirts and PJ’s. Where is the best place to get the fabric? CW sounds lovely. Maybe some day I will be able to come. My Buckeyes lost to your Jayhawks!! 🙁 So what exactly is a “craft weekend” and how do you get to attend one? It is good to have a goal. Or a dream;) hope you got a goooooood nap! i need a day like that, only i homeschool so that’s hard to do. maybe i could call in a substitute teacher?? hmmmm. zzzzzzzz 🙂 Hoping you get some good rest. Saving here for a Craft Weekend! And, cheering on the Jayhawks tonight! Love, love, love them. This coming from a K-State Grad. Heh! 🙂 sorry about the game. as a crazy cats fan i have to say good game. after that nail biter i’m ready for some sleep too! Sleep… it’s a good thing! I was just asked what I would do if I had won the Powerball. I said “take a nap”, then “buy a place in Palm Desrt, CA”, then “take a nap there too”. haha maybe there will be an investigation and another ncaa violation in a few months and you guys will get the trophy. sorry about your loss, at least your team made the final four. Love your blog. BUT…GO CATS!!! Born and raised in KY, I bleed Blue…KY BLUE. Even if KY doesn’t win, at least is isn’t UNC or Duke. 🙂 I hope you had a great nap…I’m thinking of you & your family as we watch the Jayhawks. Rainbow love….thought of you 🙂 http://pinterest.com/pin/195132596324753173/ I want to come be a helper! Serious. I would probably never pay to do crafts cause I do that on my own but I love to cook, entertain, have a sewing machine and all the tools. Most importantly I love to hang out with women. So much fun. Good for you for following your passions. Cheer on those Jayhawks! Rock Chalk! Oh good for you… Why do I never make fabulous decisions like these!!! Enjoy your sleep girlie, you need it! My kiddies are all home for Spring break. Took my girls to see The Hunger Games…LOVED! So glad to hear that Craft Weekend went well. How could it not! This sounds heavenly!! Rock Chalk! I may or may not be wearing this tshirt for the third time this week: my team is duke and in acc country we have a saying… Anybody But Carolina. but my hubby is a carolina boy through and through. so tonight my saying is Anybody But Calipari. don’t get me started on his (at one point) 33% graduation rate and the mess he leaves a school in… cheering hard for your kansas boys tonight. Rock Chalk Jayhawk! ROCK CHALK! University of Kentucky Class of 1999, baby. Bring it. Bummer that Kansas beat OS. I’m glad you had a good day’s sleep. Good for you. Those fabrics! My oh my! oh you know what i’ll be doing tonight…rock chalk! i’m so excited! How weird is it that I was thinking of you today when my third graders were writing different facts about Kansas-state bird, flower, tree,etc… They’re working on a different state each day. I was thinking “I know a few girls in Kansas!” 🙂 Ah Sleep until the kids come home from school… i’ve never done that… how enjoyable..thx for another great idea! That sounds pretty dreamy. : ) Can’t wait to hear all about the weekend! Sad that my Buckeyes lost to you Jayhawks. I really hope they can take UK down!!! Go Rock Chalk Jayhawk!! ( that is probably the only time I will say that.) I’m a Louisville fan who will be cheering for your Jayhawks! Rock chalk, Jayhawk, KU! Woo hoo! Go Kansas! Gorgeous pictures! I’d hang those on my walls as art! The piles of fabric reminded me of The Princess and the Pea. Didn’t Talby paint that recently? Looking forward to hearing all about your latest craft weekend – I’m sure it was amazing! This morning I heard on the radio about Kentucky VS Kansas and I immediately thought, “Go Jayhawks!” then had to laugh bc the only reason I even knew they were the Jayhawks was your blog (we don’t even have cable – but Go Jayhawks!) I wish I could know the source of those stacks of fabric! I know they come from all over….but some of them, I must have!!!! Like that cupcake one in there! my daugheter would LOVE a pillow or something in that! Just had a thought, about what a great day it would be to just buy all the pretty fabric that caught my eye. You lucky duck! Can’t wait to see more pics from craft weekend! We were cheering for KU on saturday and hope they can win tonight! I am sure there are some super excited people in your house! No nap for me. My birthday is Thursday, and I am getting the house clean before then so I can just sit and do nothing. Hehe! I’m a die hard Kentucky Fan and a loyal reader of your blog. I have been thinking about you and your fam ever since Kansas won on Saturday. I don’t know any Kansas fans in real life! Good luck tonight and have fun watching the game! 🙂 Your Jayhawks beat my Buckeyes (but I didn’t know until I read your post!). My parents are college bb CRAZY in March. They watch every girls and boys game. We usually don’t even go to their house in March because of it. At my house we are more into the Buckeye football! My dad is a HUGE UK fan so he will be doubly routing for them since the Jayhawks beat OSU. 😉 But all I care about is that Spring football practice started last week!!! You deserve your sleep. Enjoy. I live in Belgium and our 2 week spring break started today. I’m getting married in 3 months so I decided to use this time to clean and purge and that is exactly what I’m doing today. Next on the list: cleaning out my shoes, clothes and accessories. I’m not looking forward to that. That’s why I’m reading blogs and not cleaning. 🙂 The sleeping sounds great but sorry to say your Jayhawhs are not going to win tonight….UK all the way! 3 Goggles are up and we’re on a mission for #8!!!! Glad your weekend went well! Enjoy your sleep.
we got it all pulled together just in time. we are having a wonderful W O N D E R F U L time. i am full of coffee and cinnamon rolls right now. yum. have a fabulous weekend!!! you know i am. 🙂
if you ever sell one of those yellow quilts I get first dibs! did you get them in Marion? I have been hunting for a yellow quilt all over wichita. OH SHOOT! I’m going to get fired if I don’t get off this blog! BUT I CANT! I love all the crafts. all the color. all the fabulous home decor. the pictures. HELP!!!!! I’m a new reader…and just registered for craft weekend! HOLY COW! AMazing blog!!!!!!! Your quilts are all so gorgeous! soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous!! Simply. Amazing! The guest room with all the little beds took my breath away. You’re quite fantastic. I can’t imaging how you get this all done. You are AMAZING!!!! You should totally rent this house out for girl’s weekends! I love it! I repinned your picture of the black chest on Pinterest not knowing it was yours! I should have known though, as much as I read your blog. WOW….this is gorgeous, amazing, friendly and soooooo inviting. Oh, the happiest memories! Hugs to you. Come decorate my house so it looks like craft weekend all the time! You do such a wonderful job! Wow! Everything looks fantastic! You’ve done a great job! Kelly Ahhhh, I can’t wait until I get to come to craft weekend! Granted, I know I still have to wait for my name to be drawn… 🙂 But someday it will, and it will be so much fun! Looks like a fantastic way to ring in April. its hard to understand this level of awesomeness. Oh how I love glitter and fabric… wish I was there. My mom is a quilter so I can’t help but be in awe of your quilts on the beds. How comfy. Have fun ladies. I want my name on one of those gorgeous beds!!!!!!!! 🙂 Glad you’re having an awesome time girls 🙂 Looks amazing!!! Wish I could come. Have fun!!!! Craft weekend – take me away! In the past week we’ve had 1 virus, 2 people with the flu (myself included), a double ear infection, and a husband who missed the last few steps coming down the stairs and is now on crutches with a torn quadricep! so when did you find the time to paint the frame yellow? – in addition to all the work required to present us w/ those beautiful pics of your home…. you do move! WOW!! So bright, so fresh, so happy, so clean, so fun, so want to be there! What a welcoming setting! Those ladies will go home with so much more than crafts made and acquired. The “Life is fragile; handle with prayer” embroidery looks awesome in a yellow frame. You transformed it! Forget Disney World, your craft house looks like the happiest place on Earth! Forget Disney World, your craft house looks like the happiest place on Earth! your house DOES look BEEEEAutiful!! i just wanna crawl in those pictures! 🙂 TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ALL THAT GLITTER!!! I must know because it looks like super fun!! These pictures are amazing eye candy for me. I want to just sit and keep scrolling back and forth to absorb these photos. Love! This looks like so much FUN! I want to go to there ! ! ! Now THIS looks like fun 🙂 I was telling my husband about craft weekend today and he was perplexed that strangers get together to craft-lol . Wishing you loads of fun! your home is to die for. i love the colors and vintage quilts. it looks so welcoming! I wasn’t going to visit your blog. I told myself to stay away. I wish I would have listened to myself. My first Craft Weekend to miss…I’m so sad. Amazingly beautiful as always! Everything looks so happy. So seem to get so much done. How do you do that? It’s taken me almost 3 months to decorate my daughters room. And I still have my entire house to do. You seem to do everything is less than a week! Oh my, looks so fun!!! Love everything about your crafty weekend! booohoooooooo!!! I want a craft house…. The craft house is lookin’ like a summer camp injected with estrogen. Love love love it! And did I spot the latest thrift store embroidered piece with the frame redone in promised yellow?? Perfect. That’s awesome – you did an amazing job pulling all of that together. It looks amazing! Wish I could come celebrate the fun! Have an awesome weekend! ! looks fun and fabulous without anyone even being there yet…can’t imagine all the fun with the people added 🙂 Oh the color!!! Everything is totally wow!!! oh man, that just looks like a recipe for much joy and laughter and the creation of beauty!!! (and it makes me a little teary since I know nobody in this new place, nevermind anyone who is crafty. sigh!) Oh my … when am I ever going to learn to deal with my Craft Weekend envy? Lord only knows! 😉 Enjoy! I’m still blown away that your family moved to another house that you’re renting and you’re using your awesome house as your craft weekend house. BLOWS MY MIND. How cool to have your own big playhouse to share with people! Congratulations on your 100 miles. That is awesome! Bunk room looks so bright and cheery! Fun!!! I want to come take a vacation in this house! is it weird that my mouth drooled when i saw those sparkles? I am so jealous! Wish I were there now…. but I’m enjoying the pictures instead! Have a blast! I can’t wait until my name comes up for Craft Weekend!! Looks so awesome and colorful and fun! how awesome! in a few words, your home is visually STUNNING right now! i’m so happy for anyone who is there taking part. kudos to you and your lady peep’s for creating such a fantastic experience for those fortunate enough to be there! This makes me wish you’d take your craft weekends on the road and come to our town!! Nashville, TN!! This is so beautiful that it brings tears to my eyes. God is so good, gracious, and richly creative. Meg, I believe your calling is going to bless many, many people. Thank you so much for inviting us in to see it happen! xoxoxo I love, love, love, your vignettes. Just what I needed to see on a gray rainy morning. Ok I think I may need to go paint a dresser black. Im in LOVE with that (new to you?) vignette! You are so inspirational. Yes, I love your house… What I love more is that you’ve turned it into this fabulous place to inspire other women. Thank you for inspring me just through the computer screen. I hope you all have a great craft weekend! I would like to find even one quilt like the ones in your guest room! Those are so gorgeous! Please, please, please post more pictures of this fabulous house! There can not be too many pictures. Your decorating is sublime. WOW, this looks like so much fun & happiness will be had by all even for us looking in. Well color me jealous. Oh. My. Goodness. Looks like sooooo much fun!!! Love all the color! Have a wonderful weekend!:) Looks like sooooo much fun!!! Love all the color! Have a wonderful weekend!:) I **love** the new huge table!!! It is PERFECT for a cutting station. Seriously. And for realz. today is….100 miles. today is….craft weekend. today is….FUN!!!
good morning….time for the school bus.
last night i was home for one hour to unload my car and load it back up for craft weekend. and we sang the double rainbow song…..what does it meeeean?!! i am off to RUN mile 97, 98, 99 and 100. CRAFT WEEKEND is my favorite.
The orange is likely to deter predators from eating him if he should get flipped upside down. Bright colors like that in nature often signal a bad taste or poison, and is a protective mechanism The house looks great but I love the picture of the girls walking to the school bus. I particularly love Annie’s boots and her tall socks. She can ROCK any style. Please tell her I said so…Kindly, Kim B XO. What’s up to all, how is all, I think every one is getting more from this web page, and your views are pleasant in favor of new visitors. Yeah, it’s craft weekend! Not even there and I’m still excited for you ladies! Can’t wait to see pics. I dream of doing something involving crafts and a retreat of sorts. Someday 🙂 great job on the 100 miles!! We found our own Phil today. My 9 month old grabbed it’s face, lol. What a country girl! I’m impressed with the running – and a whole day early! I’ve been running about 2-3 miles 3-4 days a week and that has been enough for me! I wonder, do you run on flat surfaces? My area is all major hills – I’m sure a hill area of 3-4 miles is worth 5 miles flat, right? LOL “Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side?” (couldn’t resist!!) Wooohooo for reaching the 100 mile goal! That is rockin! I love your giant tree in your yard. If “The Giving Tree” were real, I think it would look just like that one 🙂 Happy Craft Weekend! Yay for 100 flippin’ miles…that’s awesome! I bought my first pair of running capris last weekend. Here’s to another new runner hitting the road!:) Congratulations on the 100 miles! Wow! That’s awesome!! Going to do a marathon anytime soon? Congrats on the 1 0 0… Congrats on 100! That is awesome and makes me tired just thinking about it 🙂 I am jealous of craft weekend. I am hoping someday I’ll be able to fit one in. 100 miles! fantastic. i should make a 100 mile goal. should. No mention of putting the turtle back where it belongs. Did you nor read yesterdays posts.? Congrats 100 miles! I have no idea how you do it! lol Have an awesome weekend! Oh so well done on your 100 miles, you are such an inspiration!!! Have a fun weekend!!! Love your little girls off to school!!! GOOOOOOOOOOORGEOUS flowers. I am luvn Annies style, boots with tall socks, she is rocking the funk! Work it Annie, work it gurrl 🙂 I didn’t get a chance to tell you how sweet it was of you to pick up a friend for Phil. Cute, made me smile, we all need friends. Happy Friday, Happy Craft Weekeend. Holla. CONGRATS on your 100 miles! So awesome and inspiring! Good Luck with Craft Weekend! I’m hoping to get an email soon! I know one of your weekends is in my future – it just hasn’t been the “right” time yet! Enjoy! you are a machine. really. I can not wrap my head around how you pull it all off…I even hate to say that, because every now and again I get the “how do you do it all?”…but really, Meg…I am fascinated 100 miles! WOOT! WOOT! Such a wonderful accomplishment! CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🙂 Love the rainbows & tulips! Congratulations on your 100 miles! So proud of you! Have a great craft weekend! Congrats on the 100 miles!!! Well done. Lauren & I watched the storm build right over us…and blow on somewhere else. Congrats on the last four miles to 100!! Big feat!! Wow! Can’t wait to see pics of what you’ve done with the space since you moved out… Have fun at craft weekend! Have fun at Craft Weekend. I can’t wait to see photos. Tracy tulips are my favorite flower ever! craft weekend is my favorite too. hoping one day i’ll be there having fun with you! and congrats on the 100 miles. YOU ROCK! Way to go on the 100 miles!!!!!!! Impressive! The pictures of your country place are so pretty. I will be thinking of you and Kimberlee this Craft Weekend! LOVED my time at Craft Weekend. I sooooo want to come back! 100 miles is AMAZING. You are an inspiration. Tulips are my faves. I’m Dutch, so I guess it’s not that surprising. 🙂 Congrats on the 100 miles! Wow. Very impressive. Fun,fun, fun! Congrats on your 100 miles. Tulips are my favorite flower. I love that your daughter had different socks on. Your Annie reminds me so much of my Abby! Way to go for 100 miles – truly amazing! Have a great weekend- I know you will. yay for 100! I made Pams cheesecake last weekend and my fam LOVED it! They thank you for sharing the recipe! Ha ha ha. As if the first double rainbow video wasn’t hilarious enough. Yay for 100 miles! I hope I get chosen for craft weekend someday. Looks like a blast! I wonder if “the odds are ever in my favor???” hehe…sorry, had to say it 🙂 100 miles? Awesome! Pictures are gorgeous! ONE HUNDRED MILES! congrats on the 100 miles. Thumbs up to Annie and her socks! We refer to that as “crazy sock days” … and it happens often. 🙂
they named him Phil.
but the trough had probably a year or two of leaves in it and the week of rain made it a perfect turtle world!
sidenote: one time when i was annie's age i had a box turtle i found and i went to the pool and asked my dad to watch my turtle in the laundry room while i was gone. when i got home he told me it had escaped. then on monday i found another turtle in the middle of the road. this photo is called Ode to Spring. or maybe it should be called Ode to Allergies. HA HA HAAAA. craig mowed the yard on saturday. and last night i laid in bed at midnight with the windows open and i heard four things. i like this place. my running…. ok…WINNER for the elissa Hudson prints?! ********************************* Oh soooo many choices….it's gotta be, the Busy as a BEE print! Posted by: Monica Williams | March 27, 2012 at 06:37 AM ****************************************************** send me your information Monica and i will hook you up with elissa! aren't giveaways so much fun?! don't forget to enter these: ——————————————————————————————— enter to win a starbucks $100 gift card HERE. enter to win a $100 gift crad to walmart from IHOP over HERE. enter to win a $100 visa gift card from Hostess HERE. thanks.
Ohhh! Such a beautiful photos! I absolutely love it! You’re kids are adorable. My two bits regarding your turtle. Make sure your children wash their hands with warm water and soap after holding him. Turtles can carry salmonella. you should free the turtle because 1.) i believe in KS it is illegal to snag wild turtles and keep them as pets, but mostly 2.) it is what is best for the turtle. Free Yertle!!! Dear Meg. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS??? https://www.facebook.com/thecolorrun When you write a blog, it’s out there for all to see. I think ‘hater’s’ is the wrong term. No one is hating on Meg! We love meg and that’s why we come here and comment. Nature and the eco-system is a touchy subject, especially in the past 10-20 years. We know more now, so we are aware of the effects on the environment. Animals are truly the most innocent creature’s on “God’s” green earth….so i can see how many people perk up there chests when something so innocent like this happens. i’d have let my kids keep the turtles for a while too. sheesh. it’s a couple turtles for pete’s sakes! the kids memories of hanging with turtles for a few days far tops the ‘let the turtles go’ cries;) tons of turtles get hit by cars out at my mil’s place. you saved it…right?!:D If you are going to keep the turtles just please make sure you give them a container of water large enough for them to get in and a way to get in and out. They do need water to survive. i had tons of turtles as pets as a kid. but mine were box turtles, unlike phil 🙂 if and when you let them go, you should write your phone number on their shell. it’s fun to see how far the turtle gets before someone else “holds it in captivity” 🙂 Laura….Thank you. I have to add my voice to the other “let the turtle go” people for a couple of reasons. I think you need to paint Phil’s shell! He would be the coooooolest turtle eva! One hundred miles? Holy moly…. You are one amazing person. I can’t get over it, 100 MILES?!!!? Pi love the turtle! Such amazing detail, what an amazing God! Thanks for sharing…. Turtles are so cool! My neighbor used to have a turtle pond at her house and we would spend a lot of time there playing with them! oh my there are a lot of haters on this post. I love your blog and all your pictures. You have a beautiful family and are a very inspiring person! Thanks for sharing your wonderful life with us on your blog. Amazing. Someone voices an opinion that may not be the same as that of the blogger, and they are labelled a ‘hater’. It says ‘Post a comment’ not ‘Post a compliment’. Congrats on your running!! you shouldnt move the turtle, you should put it back where you found it in your yard, or it wont survive. they are actually fairly fragile creatures. meg gave me and others the impression that she was going to keep the turtles. She never said it was just for the over night or till the morning and i think if she had made that clear we would not be discussing this the way we are. Having a blog is alot of responsibility and i don’t think she made it clear on what she was going to do with it. we are not haters but just like wild life to roam free. I’m sorry I didn’t read so much but the photos captivated me!!! You are a great photographer and the story is beautiful. Oh good gravy! I read through all the responses the the “save the turtle” folks seem a little over the top. ya’ll found two turtles, put them in a big trough, and are observing them. It’s not like you threw them in a pot to make soup! I have every confidence folks that Meg does not intend to make these forever pets. The turtles are not being tortured or mistreated and the kids are learning about them and nature. Yes, it is important for kids to learn about animals and their natural habitat. Yes, wild animals are wild and not pets. But the kids ARE learning and being respectful of the animals. They’ve kept them outside in a turtle friendly environment. Relax for goodness sake. Love Ode to Allergies! I laughed. HA! That is so cool! Congrats on your run! You go girl!!! I love your turtle(s) but can’t show my kids. We went to get 2 the other day at the stinky pet store. I kind of freaked out. Their legs had stripes on them and they looked like snakes. And I am absolutely terrified of snake. Left home without turtles and two unhappy kids. Oh well. LIfe goes on. Tracy Over the past year of reading your blog, you have inspired me to do many things. This past month I have decided to join you in running 100 miles in march, I think it is such a great personal goal that you cant cheat yourself out of, and I’ve been looking forward to going on jogs everyday now 🙂 Meg, OK, so it seems like there are a lot of hater this morning….anyways, it is a water turtle. Phil has webbed feet. Land turtles are really dry and scaly.I had one when i was a teacher. not only did I take it out of it’s natural habitat, but I took him to school, kept him in an aquarium. He lived several years and got very big. Finally I had to let him go, so I did. Sorry haters. Hey there- Love farm life and glad you heard the cow and the owl while relaxing in bed – nothing better than that! I am going to repeat what has already been said. You should let the turtles go. Totally not cool to keep them captive when they should be free and wild. You’re doing your children a disservice by letting them keep them and think that it’s OK. Maybe as an overnight but not as a pet. Hope that doesn’t offend you – that isn’t my intention! So cute! Hmmmm, turtles??!?!…not really a fan but the girls look like they’re enjoying Phil and his buddy so when it comes to being a mama that’s what counts 😉 Congrats on your running accomplishment. Way to go MEG!! One more thought… judging from the photos, it’s hard to tell whether or not Phil is getting any sunshine. Because Phil is cold-blooded, he needs to be able to keep his temp regulated by moving in and out of sun. So, he needs both shady spots and sunny spots. The end 🙂 Delightful! I had a little turtle when I was a kid that looked almost exactly like Phil but with a yellow belly. His name was Frankie D. He was with us for many, many years. Okay… First of all, I really enjoyed this post! The pictures are lovely and Way to go on the running. That’s a really big deal… I need a running partner and more hours in the day… sigh! But that’s all just excuses. I just need to do it! So, does this mean you are starting your own turtle farm now?! 🙂 Congrats on your running progress! What an accomplishment! I’m a long time runner myself…never speedy, just consistent, but can say that without a doubt, running has saved my life on more than one occasion. I wouldn’t be the person I am without it. Sometimes its hard, sometimes it hurts, but I never regret having gone. Hope you keep going! We had a turtle named Cynthia for FOUR years. Turtles are horrible pets. Don’t bring this one in the house. They poop A LOT. just sayin’. Awesome running. I am so impressed. I lived in the country growing up so I know all about catching turtles. I caught a turtle and named it Sally, but my Dad made me put it back in the stream. I found another one a couple weeks later in the yard and so I decided to call it Sally 2. Very original for an 8 year old 🙂 You know your going to get alot of mail on this but please put the turtle back where it belongs. I know you have good intentions but that turtle has to teach other turtles how to swim. You know its the right thing to do . You should sell your photos. I’d buy an Ode to Allergies! very cute turtle. i would let the turtles go. your kids are lucky enough to have hundreds of wild ‘pets’ in the country. FREE THE TURTLES!!! lol! Your Ode To Spring photo is lovely – it deserves to be framed. Going to hit your running goal – YEA FOR YOU!!! That is awesome. Love Phil. Yes, he does have beautiful colors! Oh my goodness. I LOVED this post, it totally made me smile! I am a country girl who grew up on a big farm. Us kids always played with turtles and we never got sick. Also judging by the fact that I still see turtles out everywhere, it would appear that they didnt go extinct as a result of living on my porch for a week or two. Life is an adventure and I’m so happy that your children are getting to experiance the country! I’m having a hard time reading your posts…they all make me cry. phil is awesome! You’ve openly admitted you know little about farm or wildlife, so why are you attempting to keep turtles as pets? They’re wild animals and you’ve unwittingly trapped them and are forcing them to live their lives in captivity. Never mind Meg, I found it! Sorry! GB The turtle is gorgeous! God is amazingly creative, and just to imagine none are exactly the same?! Wow. Congrats on the running. I hate running, it always seems so miserable.. maybe I’m missing something? Hey Meg, I would love to sign up for the $100.00 Starbucks give-a-way, but the link takes me to another blog entry! Love seeing Scott play basketball…GB When you look at Phil’s most perfect design, isn’t it hard to believe someone wouldn’t believe in God? My kids found a painted turtle last weekend. We let them keep it overnight so that it could go to school for show and tell. Then we let it go back into the creek so that she (you can tell by the tail) could be free and happy… and lay eggs if she needed. 🙂 I agree with MaryMargaret. Wild animals are not meant to be pets. Glad your family is enjoying country life though! Turtles have been on the move in our neighborhood lately…we have tons of creeks winding around our neighborhood…a couple of times I have seen one crossing the road and wanted to stop and get it for our back yard. I have two cats and worried about how that would work out. In my case the turtles are probably better off in the street! Go you with the running! Well done awesome lady!! Also, in our area (central Illinois) tiny painted turtles make a pilgrimage to our neighbors pond and it is a pretty remarkable feat! I am sure your children would enjoy that as well! Mine always did! I think that is a painted water turtle and I believe that MaryMargaret is right! You unintentionally stopped the turtle from it’s natural instinct to mate or have babies! Please place the turtle back where you found it…..and let it go make more turtles 😉 Yay for you on being so close to your goal! That’s awesome! And a BIG thank you, too! You have inspired me. I have three children and back in January lost a baby at almost 18 weeks. It was crushing. I’d lost two other babies, but much earlier in the pregnancy…because of that and the constant nausea, I hadn’t exercised in a several months…and I was packing on the pounds…and it wasn’t very pretty. And you have inspired and encouraged me to start running. I am only up to a mile and a half five days a week, but wow! I’m not dying at the end! And I’m doing it! And the weight is beginning to come off! And I feel so much better! And I never would’ve done it had you not been sharing about running. Thank you!!! Thank you!!! @MaryMargaret, my little conservationist son (11) would love you. 🙂 There really is so much more to learn and appreciate from animals when they can be observed where and how they live naturally. Turtles are super cool. Your running has me thinking about running….it’s something. 😉 That is a huge turtle! And the fact that you had a large pot in your trunk really cracked me up. I’m so glad you’re enjoying farm/country living! So, what’s next? Your own chickens? A little goat maybe? I run in the burbs. Not like the country, but the sunsets are still pretty. I know that I’m going to get some flack from this, but please, please put the turtles back into their natural habitat. You may have good intentions, but taking a turtle off of the road may be taking a mother from her nest. Wildlife is called “wild” for a reason, please don’t upset the ecosystem. If you explain that to your children, they’ll learn to respect that now and later in life. Sorry for sounding so preachy in the morning, but I’m a country girl that believes in nature. I am pretty sure Phil is a water turtle. Probably why he has orange on his belly. Congrats on being so close to your goal on running.
i am glad those chairs are done. the giant rusty table is a challenge….but i like challenges. 🙂 more swag is coming in from craft weekend sponsors…. more fabric arrived and is waiting to be loved on. this pile is from Charolette's (my local shop) this pile is from HawthorneThreads.com i especially loooove this pattern.
i think it needs a bright yellow frame…. have you heard of elissa hudson? you can get some of her prints personalized too!
elissa is giving away TWO prints to one reader. go to her shop and tell me which is YOUR favorite in the comments section. AND if you LIKE her facebook page you can have a second entry. so…let's hear it.
love is all you need! I like Elissa’s Facebook page. Would love to add the Be Brilliant print to my sewing room! Thanks for the chance! i liked her facebook page i like “our grass is the greenest” 🙂 so sweet I love you more & Love is all you need are so cute! I like her on FB! Waaaaaaaah. Granny chic? Really? I’m “only” 51, been a grandma for only 2-1/2 years, but that Granny chic picture was all the rage about the time hubby and I got married. I’ve known it was coming, but I’ve never felt so old in my life, cuz, you know….it was like…yesterday. 🙂 Well, it’s hard to pick ONE! I can try and narrow it down though…”Life is Beautiful” and “Our Grass is Greenest” I’m in ‘Like’ with Elissa Hudson Illustration on FB Man, thats a toughy! I really love the ‘You are my Sunshine’ print, but melt when I see the ‘Love you More’ print. Ahh… they’re both gorgeous and so sweet. I love the “You are My Sunshine” print. Thanks for the chance to win! I like the “Love You More” print. It would be such a sweet thing to post inside of my husband’s closet as a surprise! 🙂 There is a very serious chance that that “life is fragile” picture was once hanging in the Fadenrecht house . . . just saying 🙂 I liked her Facebook page =) I LOVE the Be Brilliant print. SOOO cute. She is very clever… I reallly reallly really love the be brillian one though.. would love it hanging by the front door so the kiddos would see it every time they leave for school etc. You are my sunshine! The “You are my Sunshine” is my fave. I sing that song to my little girl all the time during our diaper changes or when I’m putting lotion on her after a bath. the “Life is Beautiful” is my fave. hard to pick though. I also liked her FB page! I love the life is beautiful one! I think I want to hang it in my bathroom after i finish remodeling it!! I liked her on Facebook too and let her know you sent me! sweetness bird flower is so pretty! “Life is beautiful” … that’s my favorite 🙂 oh my!!!!! i love the life is beautiful. annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd i totally found a life is fragile thing at goodwill a few months ago. i did an aqua frame…. its one of my most favorite things. Oh, & I liked Elissa on FB. & Etsy, but that’s mostly because I think her work is lovely. I love her Forever My Favorite wall art print. I never would have thought to watercolor like that! ’tis very tempting to buy this print for my love. OMGosh! I love her artwork, in fact I had even posted her “I Believe in Pink” on my FB before, but I didn’t know who created it! That one is definitely ONE of my favorites, but I also love “Keep Looking UP, There May Be A Rainbow Waiting for You” Our grass is greenest! They’re so lovely! My Mom Totally had that same Life is Fragile needle work. It hug in our family room as Long as I could rememeber. That is so funny that you found one Just Like it. Frame and everything looks 100% identical. Wow flash back I really like many, but my favorites are the be brilliant, life is beautiful and the rainbow one I love you more for sure! Love! And I liked her Facebook page. YAY. Thanks for always doing such fun and creative giveaways. I feel happy now just seeing this. i really love the be brilliant. i could see this hanging in the bathroom as a way to start every day! I love the “Love you more” print. So sweet! My husband, daughter, and I say that to each other all the time. I also think the “Olive You” shown on your site is adorable! I love the custom name garden prints, and the You are my sunshine! Looks like you are preparing for yet another “Craft Weekend”! If you ever need help setting up or painting more chairs – let me know! I’m not far away! DEFINITELY “Our Grass Is The Greenest”!!! Thanks Elissa & Meg! 🙂 “You are my sunshine” is my favorite. “Love you more” is defintely my favorite! Every night this is what my husband and I say before we go to bed: do i even have to tell you which one i like? OLIVE YOU, of course. for my sweet olive hazel 🙂 The Octopus boat series Absolutely love “Love Bug” print….my daughter’s nickname is “Buggy”. These prints are the best and they scream “Happiness and Dreamy!” Great work , Elissa! I like the letter ones – maybe one for each child! i “like” her on facebook. I love the “you are my sunshine” one. Such a special song! I “like” Elissa on Facebook! 🙂 My favorites are the “Love is all you need” and “Rise and Shine”, so cute! 🙂 Hands down I love the “Olive You” one! But I also love the Sunshine one! I love the Olive You one! The Blue Garden is so pretty and so is the Custom Made Garden Print. Elissa has a great eye for color! I would like her on Facebook but I don’t have an account I love the Sweetness Bird flower print! and my mom did that same embroidery thing of Life is Fragile – Handle with Prayer. Only hers had a bright green mesh fabric that was stitched on the outside border like a matting. Takes me back!!! I love the “Life is beautiful” print. Cute prints! I love the one that says,…there may be a rainbow waiting for you! My favorite is the “I Love You More” print. Well and the owl print with the song bird. It’s a close call! “Be Brilliant” is my favorite because I am always telling my kids to “sparkle like the brilliant diamond you are!! “ The “Life is Beautiful” one is so perfect. LOVE it!! The “Life is Beautiful” is my favorite. I love so many of them, but my favorite is “love you more” because my daughter and I say that to each other over and over at night sometimes. Hands down…..life is beautiful….love it!!! I “liked” her on Facebook! Ahhh! I love this shop! I think my favorite is the “Olive You” print, but I also looove the “Our Grass is Greener” print. Perfection! I already bought her I believe in Pink print for my daughters room! I would love to own the Be Brilliant for my office! I really like the “Life is Beautiful” and the “custom name garden print” – my girls would love that one. I’m actually looking for artwork for my teenage son’s room. The “Be Brilliant” print is perfect! Oh, I love, Olive You! I am now a fan on FB! Hard to choose!! I think I like “You are my forever favorite” best of all. Thanks for another great giveaway opportunity! “life is beautiful” and “rise and shine” are my faves, but they are all gorgeous! Our grass is the greenest. I’m loving the “You Are My Sunshine” print. I have sung that to all of my kids. I “liked” her on FB. My favorite is the You Are My Sunshine one! It’s so colorful and happy. She’s so talented. Rise and Shine I like the “You are my sunshine” print! I am a fan on facebook! You are my sunshine wall art!!! I love it! It’s a tie between the “Love You More” print and the “Olive You” print. I love olives!!!!!! I love the “Olive you” one the best!! I can’t decide between “i believe in pink” for my daughter’s room or “you are my forever favorite” for our playroom. Must have them both! You Are My Sunshine and the elephant that says hello. This is such a sweet shop!! you are my sunshine~ makes me so happy! The “Rise and Shine” print is my absolute favorite…although my daughter is obsessed with giraffes so I might have to go with the 3 giraffe print. They are all so cute!! i went to her Facebook page and liked her. i love all of her prints, but if i had to choose two it would be “Forever My Favorite” and for my second choice “You Are My Sunshine” I adore the “I believe in Pink”. Such a wonderful sentiment by a fabulous woman. Love the Blue Garden wall art would look great in my daughter’s freshly painted bedroom! i liked her on facebook! woohoo!! maybe i’ll win 🙂 for a kids room, i love the whale, octopus and giraffe. for a dear friend who is pink-obsessed, i love the “i believe in pink.” for myself, i’m with you on the “life is beautiful” print. I love the “I believe in pink”, fits my daughter perfectly! oh my goodness! My mother in-law has that same embroidery hanging in her front room – she created hers. I love it! I’m following on Facebook! Thanks for introducing me to this shop! It’s so cute! I like Our grass is the Greenest!! I love the “Life is Beautiful” print!!! You are my Sunshine! Or maybe Love You More. Or Life is Beautiful! I can’t decide!!! It is tough to pick a favorite, but I will say the Rainbow Wall Art. I could not decide between “Sweet Dreams” and ” I love you more”. How adorable are all those prints! Love them!! I think my favorite is Love You More. My daughter and I always say that…”I love you more than _____” – and we fill it in with something. So cute. Thanks for a chance to win. I love “Our grass is greenest” and “You are my Sunshine” Such cute stuff! I love the fun and simplicity of “Illustrated Alphabet Wall Art Print- Blue”. I love her prints! I love the garden ones. They’re all just so beautiful! life is beautiful!!!! it really is fabulous. I love the Forever Favorite print and the Love You More print. Thanks for this giveaway. I like “Olive you”. It reminds me of my favorite knock knock joke! I ‘Liked’ her page! Liked her on FB! Love the “You are my Sunshine”, especially since my nickname for my daughter is “Sunshine” 🙂 “life is beautiful” is by far my favorite. The “love you more!” =) follow on facebook! the love you more is my daughters favorite saying! I liked her on FB! I love you more is my favorite! My favs are Love is All You Need and Be Brilliant! I really like the series with all the colors for a nursery, but if I have to pick just one it would be “Be Brilliant”!! Neat stuff! I love “Rise and Shine” and “Life is Beautiful”! It is all so fresh and inspiring though! Love it all! My favorite is Wall Art Print Animal Series- Giraffe Family! Just liked her on FB! Thanks for this fun opportunity! I love “be brilliant” but I also love “our grass is greenest.” Everything is so sweet! I like the “you are my sunshine” print. That’s the them of our nursery! I really like the “You are my sunshine” print, because it include the second line, “You make me happy when skies are grey” Here in Portland, OR it seems the skies are ALWAYS grey! But my honey is my sunshine and always makes me happy 🙂 they are ALL beautiful, but my favorite is ‘our grass is the greenest’. it sends the message to appreciate and love what you have. so sweet. It’s a toss up between You Are My Forever Favorite, and, in the great words of the Beattles, Love is All You Need. I love the lion and monkey circus prints. I’m going to use a circus theme for my baby boy’s nursery and these would look so cute in it!:) swooning over the “love is all you need print” – the beatles, swirlies… *sigh* Our grass is the greenest is awesome! I love contentment! omg! i love her shop! I love the “You are my Sunshine” print. Sunshine is my daughter’s nickname. Thanks for mentioning her facebook page. Just “liked” that, too! OUR GRASS IS THE GREENEST! Definitely my fav! So many favorites! Love the owl, the fox, the giraffe family…if I have to choose one, it’s going to be ‘sweet dreams’ with the happy moon. I like the ‘I love you’ wall art print. like elissa on FB too! i’m a fan of the “be brilliant” print…love it! i love the ‘our grass is the greenest’ – helps us count our blessings, doesn’t it? what a FUN giveaway! I love the life is beautiful print and the I love you more print; love the pink, gray, and mustard yellow colorway I really like the rise and shine print, it would go great in our new nursery. Liked on facebook too….. My parents used to sing ‘You Are My Sunshine’ to my sister and I, so I’m partial to that print. I really like all of them, especially the color and whimsy. However, the ‘Lovebug, drawing also caught my eye because my husband calls our younger daughter ‘Ladybug’. I also love the print with the ‘Our Grass is Greener’ quote, simply because we have so much to be thankful for. I really like the “our grass is greenest” but I also like the “olive you” one also! Thanks for the giveaway! And I love the granny print! Be Brilliant…love it for my classroom at school! I like “You are my sunshine my only sunshine” I sang that to all four of my kids when they were little and still singing it to the fourth. 🙂 Be Brilliant! You are my Sunshine is my favorite (I think) I liked Elissa’s Facebook page. I love the Color Series prints. All of them 🙂 You are my forever favorite! I love “you are my sunshine” print as my first choice…and “love is all you need” for my second choice! I love the “You Are My Sunshine” print. My husband’s nickname for me is Sunshine! Keep looking up there may be a rainbow waiting for you is for sure the fave, but Olive You and Be Brilliant run a close second. AWESOME prints? How does she think of such clever things? My fav would have to be “our grass is the greenest”. it’s just too cute. just “liked” her facebook page as well 😉 I love the ” You are my sunshine” print, it is special to me because my mom has always called me sunshine girl and sang me that song when I was little. Love the “sweet pea” print. can’t choose between “our grass is greener” and “rise and shine” love them both!! love all of her stuff – so sweet! So colorful, I would pick the Rise and Shine one. My mom used to say that to us in the morning when we were growing up. Love the wall art print color series…in yellow. My daughters favorite color. I love that her favorite color is not pink. She embrasses the yellow. That’s so tough! They are all so cute! “You are my sunshine” is my favorite! and liked her on FB Oh! I LOVE “Our grass is the greenest”. It really is so true for our family. Love you more! Pearl Poodle Print is adorable, thanks for offering a giveaway Life is Beautiful is my favorite one! (and my favorite movie!). Just liked her on facebook That last one is my most favorite! I’ve already been a fan of hers on facebook. Life is Wonderful. I would have to choose “I believe in PINK” for my littlest little who loooves pink. But for me I like the “Be Brilliant” quote for the family hallway. I love Elissas work. Its a tie between Life Beautiful or the I Love You. Hi Meg! I love “you are my sunshine” because I sing that to my little old lady dog sometimes. oh my goodness…so many and so hard to choose a favorite!! LOVE them all. you are my sunshine and our grass is the greenest and love you more…thanks for the chance to win!! Its soooooooooo hard to just pick one!! Definitely ‘Olive You’ and erm… uh.. Oh I can’t pick!! erm… ‘You are my forever favourite!’ Have liked on FB too.. Stunning! xx I love “our grass is greenest” but also love how you highlight so many artists! You are generous that way, & I’m glad to learn of all the products and artwork out there! Good luck wih big table, and yes! That “granny print” would be most adorable in bright yellow:) I like her FB Page!! Really love “Be Brilliant” but “Our grass is the greenest” is a nice sentiment too! And the sweetness birdie print? Too cute! The Sweet Dreams print would be gorgeous in my childrens room! I like the colors! So cute! I really like Life is Beautiful too! Love the colors and the swirls and the message! Tough choice but I would choose Be Brilliant! Meg- I really love that Pattern from HawthorneThreads that you show above – I’ve been all over the site and can’t find it – do you rememeber the name of it? Thanks 🙂 It would be so hard to chose.. they are all so cute. I think I would pick an alphabet (for my classroom) and “sunshine” for home:) Rise and Shine! It’s all reallty great, but I love the Rainbow Wall Art Print! Thanks I liked her on fb, too. I love the “our grass is greenest” and “rise and shine.” She has great prints and great use of color. Aww, what colors and sunshine in her prints. How can you resist: i pick::::you are my forever favorite::: I tell all my kiddos they are my favorite and my best, they are. Happy Tuesday Meg, thanks for the photos of bright and happy this Tuesday morning, full of cheer, I needed it. I love “you are my forever favorite” It just sounds like something my hubby and I would say to each other 🙂 Also, I just wish I could see your entire house all at once. It has to be so colorful and happy feeling! The rise and shine print is just so adorable. I also love the look up you might see a rainbow print. I’m surprised that wasn’t one of the ones you featured. I liked her facebook page too I have the perfect spot for the BLUE GARDEN print:) They are all super cute! My fave is the Love Bug print! I love anything with a bird…the sweet ones with the blue…and I love the “I love you” prints…so sweet. Life is Beautiful is my favourite! So many wonderful prints! But my favorites would be Life is Beautiful followed by the Octopus one! I have the same floral fabric you showed above. Love it. Haven’t been gutsy enough to cut into it yet. 🙂 Your paint colors are wonderful too! So excited for your next craft weekend. ! “You are my sunshine” or “I love you more”… SUPER cute stuff! Love the “Love is all you need”….always. my favorites are: my favorites are: What adorable artwork! I would have to choose “you are my sunshine” – I’ve said that to my girls since they were born and now they are 20 and 23 and I still say it!! Rise and Shine is my fave~ my mom used to always say that when she woke me up! Love it! Liked her Facebook page and left a comment there, too! Love the olive…love the night owl…love the anchor girl!! “Olive you!” is my favorite, followed closely by the “I Believe in Pink” print. So sweet! i love the ‘life is beautiful’ print that you posted. also loving the numbers print. thanks so much for the giveaway! I like “i love you more” as I debate this w/ my daughter every day! So fun! YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE… love it! All of them!! Just liked her shop, too! I love the Rise and Shine. Awesome prints! Love the “be brillant” and the custom baby name prints! I may have to order one for our nursery! Oh soooo many choices….it’s gotta be, the Busy as a BEE print! I liked her on fb as well. Olive you has to be my favorite followed closely by Pearl the Poodle. You are my forever favorite and the custom name flower prints are so beautiful. Thanks! I liked her on Facebook. I like “All you need is Love”. the busy bee one is terribly cute! I liked her FB page 🙂 I like the “Rise and Shine” print. I say that to my 4 girls every morning 🙂 I have had my eye on her “I Believe In Pink” print for.ever…for my 11-yr-old who holds strong to her love of her favorite color, no matter what anyone else says……. I liked her Fb page, too! Cool stuff. I love the Woodland series–Owl. How cute. Love lots of her stuff! Our grass is the greenest… although I am in need of a lawn guy! I so enjoy when you highlight fun etsy shops like this. I like the You are my only Sunshine print. . .thank you for such a generous giveaway. I just liked her on Facebook! Love, love, love the Night Owl print! I “liked” her shop on Facebook. My favorite is the ‘You are My Sunshine’ print! Thanks for the giveaway! I love the Sunshine print and the Be Brilliant. You find the cutest stuff. 😀 The “Sweet Pea” print is adorable. Thank you! I really love the “love you more” print. Awesome!!! The Rainbow Wall Art is so me 🙂 she is so delightful! love all her quotes but if i have to choose a favorite it has to be the Moustache Mouse Print (all the french animals are pretty cute) Love love love the pink night owl, my daughter and i love this type of owl picture, we call them stitchy owls and try (unsuccessfully) to draw and paint them ourselves! Also i liked her page on FB so i also love the keep looking up rainbow another favourite of my daughters! I love the be brilliant print. Gorgeous! My favorite is “LOVE is all you need!” 🙂 I agree with you, Meg. Love the Life is Beautiful print! Oh my lands, I need to pick just one? There is a print that says “Our grass is the greenest” I love that one! i like her facebook page love her shop! I really really wnat the custom name catepillar print. Or a G. I follow her on facebook! I have been crushing the Life Is Beautiful one for a while now!! I hope I win!! i love the rise and shine wall art print! I would hang it right next to my side of the bed. love the life is beautiful one! I love the sweet dreams print because stars are my favorite! My close-second choice would have to be the “Keep looking up. There may be a rainbow waiting for you.” They are so beautiful! I think that my favorite is the “you are my sunshine” print. Always sang that to my oldest daughter when she was a baby. It’s hard to choose, but I think I like “Be brilliant” the most. I liked elissa’s FB page I love the “I believe in pink” & “You are my forever favorite” The “Happy Giraffes” has my name on it! Found and “like” her on FB too! Olive you and Life is Beautiful (or You are my sunshine)= adorable! I believe in pink! I love “Life is Beautiful”!! My favorite is “love you more” , my 5 year old can say that back and forth for hours it would be perfect next to her bed. The You Are My Sunshine print is so sweet. It would look lovely framed and hung in my little boys’ room I liked her on fb!!!! 🙂 LOVE her shop!! Adorable! liked Elissa on Facebook!! fun stuff!! Oh my word!!!! I have like 5 favorites!!!!! I want “love you more” b/c that’s what my hubby always tells me… I want “grace” b/c that’s my baby girl’s middle name….I love the abc and 123 prints…and I love the “our grass is greenest”!!!!!!! Love love love!!!! I really like the “I Love you more” I love Rainbow Wall Art Print! Thank you for this opportunity. My fave is the “you are my sunshine” print and “rise and shine”…couldn’t pick just one….. 🙂 So many so great!!! I love I love you more! I like the “You are my Sunshine” print – the colours are so happy. Okay – going back to look some more! I love the color word prints. They would be so cute together! I love “you are my sunshine” print and also the rainbow one too! I would “like” her on Facebook, but I am not on it, but if I was I would so follow her! 🙂 Thanks! I like the “Sweetness Bird Flower Illustrated Wall Art Print” and the Bright Colored “Illustrated Numbers Wall Art Print Count to 10 “!! i follow her on facebook!! Okay. First of all THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the introduction. Totally want to shop there… but will first hope for a win! Suprised you didn’t show the Keep looking up rainbow print – but I think my faves are the Love you More and I LOVE YOU with the gray, green & pink. Think I just figured out my color for my kids bath. LOVE IT! i love the “rise and shine”!! Aaaaand, now I ‘liked’ her on FB 🙂 Love these–especially the ‘Rise and Shine’ and illustrated alphabet prints! I totally love the Anchor Girl! That’s my sister 100%! She’s amazing & totally the anchor in our family. I may just have to purchase this for her. AND I liked her page! DIG IT! Thanks for connecting us to great people. 🙂 I am a FB fan too Liked her on Facebook too! 🙂 My friends little girls name is Olive so I would love to give her the “Olive You” So cute!! I believe in pink for my girls’ room. Such cute stuff! SO much cuteness!! I love the Rainbow one! Several I like, but I will pick…Be Brilliant. I’m an FB fan! Liked her on Facebook! I so wish I could come to one of your Craft Weekends!! Hopefully one day! The “You are my sunshine” print is my favorite! Life is beautiful is my favorite too! You are right. Her stuff is beautiful! I’d pick the “look up for the rainbow” piece or the “you are my sunshine. I adore the Keep Looking Up print and the You Are My Sunshine one as well. I’ve been a facebook fan for quite a while! “Our grass is greener”, love it. you are my sunshine. super cute! I love the “You Are My Sunshine” print! Love “Our Grass is Greenest” and “Rise and Shine.” I’m beginning to collect art for my nursery walls… these would be perfect1 You are my Sunshine! My husband & 4yr. old son will sing that song w/ actions. Too cute. I like I Believe In Pink. I think it’s from an Audrey Hepburn quote, right? I liked her on Facebook! It was so hard to choose! But if I had to pick one, I love the Life is beautiful print. I love the You are my sunshine print! i liked her facebook page : ) life is beautiful is a really pretty print as well!!! you are my sunshine. that is my mom + my song from childhood. 🙂 i love the sweetness- bird- flower print… it is so happy! And now I’m an Elissa fan on Facebook! So that “Life is Fragile Handle with Prayer” tapestry is the exact same one that was in my house growing up! My parents still have it in their home:) So cool! I’m with you — Life is Beautiful is my favorite!! I would choose the You Are My Sunshine print! I sang that to my boys when they were little all the time! I am a fan of Elissa Hudson on facebook! It is how I found out about the contest here! The Life is Beautiful one is my favorite. Love the colors and the curly writing!! if i had to pick only one, it would be I Believe in Pink! I am so glad you introduced us to this shop!!!! I lov’e the color series! I also love the “Our Grass is Greenest.” Oh, and I also love the Rainbow print!!!!! Ilove the “you are my sunshine” print. It’s so fun and happy 🙂 Love it all… Oh, random, but do you have any Dollar Tree Dollar stores in your area– saw some adorable paper napkins, white with rainbow colored polka dots!! Thought of you– $1 for 20, picked up a few for easter dinner. Liked Elissa Hudson Illustration on Facebook! She had me at ‘I Believe in Pink’!!! Love all of them, but my favorite is “Our Grass is the Greenest”! “you are my forever favorite” that one is my fave. 🙂 Liked on facebook 🙂 You are my sunshine print. for.sure! Love the “be brilliant”! “Liked” on Facebook Love Is All You Need Just liked her shop, REALLY do like it, may be buying something for Easter for me! 🙂 You are my sunshine. I sing it to my kids everyday….it represents such heartwarming sweetness to me. I have been looking for a print of it to hang in the playroom. This one would be perfect. ” Life is Beautiful” i like the swirls too. Just liked her shop! Thanks for the chance! I love them all! The “You are my sunshine” and the “Keep looking up” prints are especially precious! I love the woodland owl print! It would be a great addition to my son’s owl themed nursery! Definitely a yellow frame on that precious birdie embroidery! My heart melted when I saw that! I like her on Facebook. Thanks! I love the You Are My Forever Favorite. So sweet! And I love the Life is Beautiful too! I think I like the Your are my Sunshine the best, but it would be hard to choose. Life is Beautiful……….or ‘You are my Sunshine’ because Sunshine is my daughters middle name 🙂 liked her page! I believe in pink and I love you more! Be Brilliant!! I “love” the you are my sunshine one, as my mom used to sing that to me when I was a young child. When I look at the words it brings tears to my eyes, such treasured memories. Also liked her on FB as well, such a cute shop!! i liked the under the sea prints and the alphabet ones – i am obsessed with the alphabet!! i love everything it stands for. {also i believe in pink was pretty darn cute…and the rainbow one…..oh they are all wonderful!!} I love the Love is Beautiful print and the Rainbow print! Both are fab!! I love you more is my favorite….i say that to my girls all the time. I love getting into and i love you battle with them:) I love the Rainbow print and the I Believe in Pink print! Because I used to sing it to my daughter…You are my sunshine. btw…My daughter is turning 22 next month…time sure does fly! SUCH cute prints! It was hard to choose…our grass is greener is probably my favorite. I liked her Facebook page as well. Those prints are so cute!! I love “Keep looking up there may be a rainbow waiting for you”! They are all super adorable! Liked her shop on Facebook too!! Thanks for telling us about her shop!! 🙂 meg, seriously? I love the our grass is the greenest. I love the “Love you more” because it is a little saying my husband and I have between us. “I love you.” “I love you more.” “I love you the most.” Silly but after 9 years, it makes me smile. Beautiful prints!!! I like the Black background, love is all u need print. Also love the flower fabric from Hawthorne threads… So pretty! liked on facebook:) I like many of them… The alphabet ones are cute since I’ve got two little ones at home. But, my favorite saying is “You are my forever favorite.” The blending of colors on it are so fun too. love you more! so cute! I love the “love you more” so much! The life is beautiful is my fav!!!! xoxo Liked her facebook page too I love two Rise and Shine and Sweet Dreams. Also liked Elissa Hudson on facebook. Olive you! That is what my hubs and I say to each other since our beginning. I love the ‘Olive you’ print! My hubby and I use to say that to each other… back in the day 🙂 I like the “Rise and Shine” print! I love the “Life is Beautiful!!! So perfect:) Simple…yet beautiful!! There are so many choices over there! The woodland fox is adorable. I LOVE the “Life is Beautiful ” one I just liked her shop on Facebook! I love the “love you more” print. My son and I do that from Tangled, all the time! I love “our grass is greenest”! SO cute! WORLD WATER DAY. 111 mechanics will be supported from that effort. thank you. the winner of the swag giveaway is…………JAMIE J. That was easy 🙂 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. email me Jamie J and i will ship your prize goodies to you. 🙂
ok moving on…. it has rained EVERYDAY of spring break. craig stayed home today and we had a family day. then we hit the bookstore. i think i like them! scott left for basketball practice and i told the kids to play outside till it was dark. she wanted to show me how fast she could ride.
while arranging her bedroom lauren dropped the glass top to her dresser and it broke everywhere. there is never a dull moment in a big family. i think i am ready for bed…..it's been a really full day. i will go to sleep smiling about World Water Day. in the words of the Lorax…. sleep well. and thanks again.
Wash waffle as many times as he needs it, there’s no way he’ll want to stay outside without the kids. Sometimes a good toweling can work wonders too! So happy World Water day raised so much money!!! And no, farmers don’t have farm dogs…I grew up on a dairy farm and our dogs were always covered in EVERYTHING. Plus, not to be gross, but dogs will eat anything they find on the farm, even stuff sitting on the ground after a cow gives birth, if you get my drift 😉 Hope that last comment doesn’t ruin anyone’s next meal. What gorgeous pics. It’s our dream to buy an old farm in the country. Your pics pretty much seal the deal 🙂 Farm dogs are definitely outside dogs…at least on our farm. We do let Lucy in our mud room and even that is a little much for me. And she definitely doesn’t get bathed often. She takes care of that herself by bathing in our lagoon. Nice. Can’t wait to hang out with you a little this weekend! Quesadilla Explosion salad is my favorite!! We are farmers and don’t know one single other farmer that has an indoor dog. Not only is it because of the “dirt” they would bring in, but it is also your respite from taking care of all of the (outside) animals when you come in the house to get away from work. (Hahahahaha! Like that could actually happen to a mom!) Besides, farm dogs prefer to be outside. They get to be dogs that way. Plus they serve a great function of letting us know when something is amiss or someone has arrived by barking! Do we still love them? Yes! Do they still love us? Yes! But it gives us time away from each other too! So glad Lauren is ok! That must have been scary! This was one of my favorite posts about your family. Love reading about your new country life. Today is our last day of Spring Break and was hoping to spend it at the movies with the kids, but then one of the kids has to go and get in trouble and lose the privilege of the movie. Ugh! Debating if I should give in….you guys made it look like such a fun day. Now, if I could just trade the Arizona desert for a day on a midwestern farm……. We are on a farm and have a small indoor dog, Jackie is a jack russell terrier and she gets baths all the time. Where we live is more rocky than muddy so it doesn’t get to bad, but she does occasional roll around in something not so pleasant so she is a frequent bath taker. I actually think that she loves taking baths because she will hop right in the tub for me and stand perfectly still while getting clean. Love that pup! smiling at you from cali tonight…love reading your life. you have such a fun blog!! i love it. and i love how God uses blog for His purpose too…isn’t it so cool to see how He can move in every situation! love it! My 2 dogs are trained to jump right into the downstairs tub as soon as they come in. I wash their feet and legs with a big plastic beverage pitcher … usually I have to dunk each leg into it. I only give full baths when I have too. Good luck. I love reading about your small town KS adventures. We moved to KS when my kids were in high school. They went to a christian school and we had games in some pretty interesting places. I loved every minute of it though. Some of my best memories were made during our time there. Now we are in KY, and that’s a whole different world! Farm girl here, no inside dogs. Inside kitties are OK, they wash themselves, but no inside dogs! Our weekend consisted of camping with the cub scouts. Hunger games and Chili’s sounds good to me though…minus those stitches…ouch! We made it through the wknd minus any injuries until the last thirty minutes, then one head bump and multiple rope burns for two boys. Sigh, oh well. No blood and no vomiting, so I guess we’re good. I love the stories of a big family…you are right…never a dull moment! So glad you are enjoying the farm so much. I think growing up I always wanted a farm with a lot of animals. I would love to have room for chickens but my neighbors and our dog would not have it. I love your quote from Lorax. I am going to post that in my house somewhere. It is worth reading every day. Have a blessed Sunday!!! We live in a small town but have lots of mud this time of year. I keep a towel by the back door and EVERY time the dogs come in their paws, legs and bellies get wiped down. We live in the country with our five kids too and yes our lab and our schnauzer both live indoors. Yes it’s muddy and its smelly sometimes too. Weve lost 10 animals to coyotes, bobcats, and packs of wild dogs! Our hearts can’t take another loss. As far as ruined shoes go, all my kids each have a pair of mud boots. i, too, live out in the country. no indoor dogs around here. we’ve only washed our dogs once, and that was because they smelled from eating a deer that they killed. good news is if waffle is like our dogs, he will enjoy swimming in the pond when it gets warm….instant bath. Hi Meg, posting a comment from my hospital bed, where I am on day three of Operation: Get Well. A bad flare-up of colitis landed me in need of major meds, nutritional supplements, and rest. But as I lay here, I’m reminded over and over of the thousands of people who will die today from lack of clean water. I may be suffering, but I will not die of diarrhea like so many others. I praise God not only for access to clean water and medicine, but for blogs like yours they call attention to just how simple it can be to help. So thanks, Meg, for bringing attention to this most important need. Glad your readers chipped in and can help make a difference! God bless you!! I have a standard poodle pup at our farm. Yes I know it doesn’t make sense but we keep him in a cut similar to Waffle only with a ball on his tail and fluffier ears! He loves playing outside and swimming in the creek (sometimes the creek helps out a bit!)and getting muddy as can be. Honestly it just depends on how clean of a house you keep or want to keep. Depending on how bad he is we throw him in the shower for a rinse. Otherwise, I hate to say it but we just let him go. Last week he had a spot of mud on his side from one of our friends dogs for a few days. LAUREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Meg. I am passing on some sunshine in the form of the Sunshine Award “I think I like them” – LOVE IT. x Should have added that we have hardwoods too. No neighbors anywhere for miles and we do own 9 hens and have our own eggs so you could say we have a mini farm, I guess. LOL We don’t live on a farm but we live in the middle of the mountains where it rains a lot during the Spring and Summer. I also have 5 kids (although mine are younger) but the dog cannot stay in my house. She stinks and never has a bath and is always dirty so she stays outside. She sleeps on our deck outside our bedroom door. Love her but can’t handle a stinky mountain dog in my house. So just thought I would share that with you. I am amazed at how much you get done with your family. You are super mom! Sucks that you had a rainy spring break! Our March break was full of sunshine and 25 degree Celcius weather- which is completely unheard of (no clue what that is in fahrenheit)!! I got a sunburn in March!!! Country dogs dont get bathed that much. My sister gave up on her carpet. She lets it dry and vacuums it once or twice a week. She has work shoes and crocks for the yard. No work shoes once she gets in the house. If the driveway is muddy we take off shoes in the car and walk barefoot over the muddy gravel. My husband and I live in the country and we rarely bathe our dogs unless poop is involved. Instead, we keep a dog towel by the door and wipe their feet and bellies every time they come in, even if it’s dry out because who KNOWS what they’ve been stepping in out there. We have self-cleaning, short-haired dogs, though, so that might make a big difference 🙂 We have had sunny days for spring break except for 1 1/2 days of rain but also did the movie and chili’s. I laughed because it looks like ya’ll ordered the same things we did! That roasted corn guacamole is AWESOME and my husband would sell a kid for the quesadilla explosion! (kidding) Hope the arm injury doesn’t mess with Lauren’s volleyball! Last night i had 2 extra kids spending the night and today it is SUNNY! Have enjoyed extra time with the kiddos though (most of the time, we did have our moments). Hope you have a great last day of spring break! Country folks do have indoor dogs. We do. He’s a small dog so he’s easy to bathe, but what other country dwellers do is to keep a towel for the dog by the back door and wipe down his feet, legs and belly when he comes in if he’s a mess. He will have to be bathed more often than when you were in town, but it won’t always be muddy either. 🙂 13 stitches!!! Yikes! Glad she is ok! Meg, I know you LOVE Starbucks…just thought you might be interested in this… It was the opposite for us! We had all sunshine, really nice, but this whole past week was rain and cloud. Bleh! Tell Lauren to feel better! My mom had a similar CRASH experience. When they were moving into their house, she was trying to put the attached mirror on her dresser and it crashed on her head and shattered. She had a few knicks and cuts, but nothing major. My dad was in the shower in the basement at the time and ran upstairs still wet, hit the linoleum floor, and ended up putting a major hole in their brand new wall when he fell. Later he dropped a big chunk of the mirror glass on his arm and ended up with stitches. It’s a classic story in my family 🙂 I am so glad that Lauren is alright. 13 stitches would be bad if it were me! I am battling the muddy dogs, too. We have three dogs, two Goldens and a doodle like Waffle. The mud is awful. We do not live on a farm, but we have lots of mud. And one that loves to dig. Ugh! I try to dry them off when they come in, but what a mess! We just deal with it and complain every spring and fall. Not fun though. I am enjoying your move to the farm! How exciting. I love being able to say I really like my girls who are mostly grown now. They are great young women. I do miss those sweet moments when we would do crafts together and watch movies and cook. But now it is different, they are like friends! my husband tells me his mom always used to say this to him and his sister: “you know, your dad and i love you. all parents are supposed to love their children though. we really like you too” Glad to hear that Lauren is okay! Poor girl. ouch! Poor Lauren. I am taking my 3 girls to see the Hunger Games this morning. They are so excited. As for Waffle I dont know how farm folks do it. We had a german sheperd once and it was so much work. I know one complaint alot of my county friends have is that their dogs like to roll around in any wild animal “stuff”. Yuck! Good luck! You need to inest in rain boots at the Walmarts for the entire family! ha! Wasn’t it wonderful to finally get some sunshine?! It was nice to meet you yesterday at the movie theatre. 🙂 We live on a farm and our dog is indoor/outdoor and goes with my husband every day to the farm. It is usually a constant battle especially in the spring time when it is really muddy. Then we have to deal with cow poo and such, but we deal with it. We rarely give him a bath because he is too big, but you just learn to accept it. He got sprayed by a skunk yesterday and we had to give him a bath in tomato juice to get rid of the smell. It is a lot better but he still had to sleep in the mud room last night. Just think of all the fun Waffle is having with all that space to run! Life in the country is great! I wouldn’t trade it for anything…even a clean dog and house! Happy weekend! I love your blog… I wish I knew you in person because I know I’d really like you. 🙂 Finished reading The Hunger Games this week so I could take my older boy on an “adventure” (aka~ Mommy Date) to see the movie. We are headed there today and I’m anxious to see it. If we lived closer you could join us! 🙂 I bought LGF stock. It’s the company producing the Hunger Games movie. I’m hoping to make some money on the franchise. Fingers crossed. Do you think it will be the next Harry Potter? Hope so. Hang in there girlfriend, it’ll be summer before we know it. P.S. I’m very glad Lauren was not hurt worse (although 13 stitches…yuck!) Ugh, the picture of Waffle does NOT make me envy you but I laughed at your question of “what do people do with farm dogs?” Oh! I missed World Water Day. 🙁 Oh well, went and made a late donation. Better late than never, right? I grew up on a farm and the big dogs had to stay outside, they were just too dirty. My mom however, had a little lap dog that was allowed to live inside and be spoiled. 🙂 Yes farmers have indoor dogs 😉 I have three, and it almost drive me crazy at this time of the year, mud everywhere on my floors, including the cats… I try to vacuum the floors once a day. And yes we do give the dogs a bath, and then they stay clean for about 15 min 😉 ! I meant to say in earlier post….don’t care IF THEY get messed up shoes….LOL passed my bedtime…. Gave up on indoor dogs in the country. It was just to much to keep them clean enough for the house. We also had to go with two pairs of shoes. Good/school shoes and outdoor/don’t care it the get messed up shoes. Glad Lauren is alright. no indoor dogs in the country..unless every.single.night. you want to give them a bath..ha..it is a hassle..we learned the hard way as well. the bigger the dog..the bigger the stink!!! Sounds like a lovely day! Movies, Chili’s and bookstore. Perfect for me and my family. WOW, that is really one full day…a day full of making memories with your amazing kids. I really think I feel a little jealous of you living in the country…I want to live in the country. I think that would be cool. Happy weekend Meg! Regarding the ‘farm’ dogs…we didn’t have indoor dogs…and now you know why. |
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jenni - *sigh* if only you offered scholarships for those needing an airfare from Australia! 😉
Debbie - This looks like soooo Much fun! I would love to come and bring my friend Gail from Idaho!
Simple Daisy - Oh my!! Now that looks like a fabulous time!! You are all just so cute!!! Happy crafting:)
Harriet - First off, emmm…I love your blog! I love women who blog about their life, faith, family..the whole thing! For this 22 year old, it is definitely an encouragement.
And, your craft weekends just look SO much fun. The crafts, the fun, the food. Everytime I see those cinnamon rolls I droll a little bit. YUM. I have recently moved to California from Scotland…so I am thinking that I might just need to put my name on that list.
One more thing, were did you get that pink and white stripe cardi that you are wearing? I LOVE it!
Heather @ Glitter and Gloss - Adorable girls!!
PS – miss you and Kimberlee! I randomly started thinking about you both earlier today 😉
xo,
Heather
happygirl - Oh my goodness you girls are gorgeous. I love the aprons and the fun times that look to have been had. Does that make sense? FUN!!! sorry about losing the final to Kentucky. 🙂