whatever

dear santa,

all i want for christmas is a pet owl.

i have been good.

love,

meg 

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don't forget to enter to win a $50 gift card from Bounce HERE.

AND enter to win a $100 gift card to Cooks.com from Hellman's HERE.

 

fridays are awesome.

it is SUPER windy here today.
i have some girls i go running with a couple days a week and this morning in the dark we were all texting each other hoping someone would want to bail out so we all could.
"is it cold out?"  
"YES and windy!"
"really windy!!!"
 "anyone want to run"  
"UMMMM.... i guess so"

we did it.
i am so glad.

it was miserable into the wind.
M I S E R A B L E
but the second half was fabulous.


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WATER4CHRISTMAS.... (see the post below this one)

let me be clear:  where is says "make a donation"  it means a hand crafted item to donate.
not money.
you can give money to Water4CHRISTMAS right here but that is not through the etsy shop.
and you can SHOP in the etsy shop.
but donating money and donating crafts are two different things.

what are you going to make?!!!

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yesterday i sat on my couch in my pajamas wrapped in an afghan in front of a space heater
with a stocking cap on....i get cold in this drafty house.

i worked on pictures and emails.

i looked out my window and leaves were blowing everywhere.
it looked it was snowing but it was all yellow leaves.



one of our trees lost ALL of it's leaves in about an hour.
i had to go capture it.... in my pajamas.

 

 

 
i wish i had a baby so i could set them right in those yellow leaves and take pictures of it.
i should have brought waffle out!
ha ha ha.
he's the closest thing i have to a baby now.

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i was loving my bible study yesterday!
in BSF we are studying Acts.  
but last week we jumped over to Hebrews for a while.



sometimes i read the bible and it's like i have never read it before in my life....
everything seems so new and clear and means so much.
even though i have read those passages over and over for the past 20 years.
but God makes His Word just STAND OUT and SPEAK even after all those years.
after reading it maybe 100 times... suddenly it means something new to my new heart.
i don't want to ever stop growing in my faith.

the bible is just so stinkin' AWESOME!

can i get an amen?

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my mom sent me this video in a chain email.
and i had to share.

this just proves how lazy waffle truly is....

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mr. duerksen and i are getting away this weekend.
i am giddy about it.
i get him all to myself.
and we are off the clock.

it's going to R O C K.

when was your last getaway with your hubby?

do you need to get planning on that?

DO IT.

you will thank me.




 

friday stuff.

today is my last day of scheduled photo shoots for the year. (other than the newborn sessions...they go all year)





it feels good.
a great PACKED photo season that i am proud of.
very proud....i felt confirmed in this gift from God gave me so many times this year.
He wants me to use my gifts for HIM.

it's an honor. 

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are you joining the Happy Day project??

i definitely am.

i don't know what it will be but i am totally on board with anything jeannett and julie pull together.
they have amazingly big hearts.

and... it has rainbow colors... it's a no brainer.

it IS fun to use your blog for good.
i am really excited about it.

:)  

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shauna shared this on her blog last week-ish.
it has stuck with me.
i love it.
i want a grateful heart.
i do.
sometimes i don't have one..... 

it's a work in progress right?

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i want to make THIS for dinner.

doesn't it look amazing??

i googled Lasagna Soup and this was one of the links.  
yum.
i will let you know how it goes.

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come read about our sponsors on the craft weekend blog.
i love all the sponsors we had for the first craft weekend.

by the way....

the first emails have gone out inviting you to craft weekend.
so fun to hear back from some of you!

dying to get busy on the next CW! 

 

mess.

here is a dorky video blog about how messy my house is.
it's way up in my face.
sorry about that.
:)

i left this morning to go running.
i charged my ipod before i left.....like for 8 minutes....i took the kids to school.....opened my bag.....
my headphones were gone....UGH!!!  
i can't stand when my kids take my things.
makes me so angry.
someone in that 8 minutes decided to sneak them off the iPod at the computer.
how lame is that???

it's going to take some serious shift in my attitude to get over that.
that is what the RUN was for.
but i can't run without headphones....if you can do that then great for you....i can't.

my list for today:

bank
groceries
return some clothes to CATO
laundry
return overdue library books i found yesterday
schedule/calendar fix
make a meal for my family for when i am gone
change sheets on the kids' beds
PACK for california
finish "speech" for Blog Sugar
mani/pedi
 
that last one is non-negotiable. 
let's hope it's better than the last one...... 

tomorrow i get to see her and her with her!!!
can't wait. 

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the conversation went like this.....

in my defense....
i had been sick and up all night the night before....literally ALL night.
and i had a headache and it was 100 degrees.
AND i was in the car with ALL my kids who were talking non stop.

so this is what went down:

ME:   So i was watching Jon Daily and Chris Rock was on and Jon said "You sent me that email and it was full of all this computer talk and i thought HE'S A NERD ROCKSTAR!"

CRAIG: nothing.

ME: and then Jon asked Chris  "if you could just have one part of the music what would it be....the soundboard and computers?  the stage?"  and chris says "a guitar and a camp fire"  and then Jon said "SO YOU"RE A HIPPY?!!!"

CRAIG: what? 

ME:  what? you don't think it's funny?  OH WAIT.....not CHRIS Rock....KID ROCK!!!  ha ha ha

CRAIG: Kid Rock was talking to Jon Daily?  the golfer?

ME: what? NO?! Jon Daily! the Daily Show!!!  

Craig: that's Jon Stewart!

ME:  oh....well.....whatever.....never mind!!!!!

 

i think it's time for me to get the mom translator.............

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today is the last day for the Degree Get Into the Move $100 Visa Card giveaway.  
you have until 5:00 PM PST.....go enter to win.

 

AND my friend Kerry....with the dairy farm....remember her?
she entered her daughter in the cutest baby contest with a photo i took.....
















if you would take 10 seconds and CLICK HERE and vote for BABY 147 my friend Kerry could win $1000!
it's today only (july 18th)   

Kyler is pretty darn cute!

go vote for that sweet pea.
it only takes 10 seconds....i promise.

happy monday.
i hope i don't embarrass myself much more this week.....

joe geronimo.

HA.

HA.

HA!
 

a change of scenery

HELPS SO MUCH!

my husband took me on a hot date last night.
it was a dinner for his office but i still got to shave my legs, wear high heels and be OUT for the night.


 

 
it was a wine tasting dinner.
that was a lot of wine on a wednesday night for this mama.

for real.


 
it was good to get out of the house!
i needed it.
bad.

although...thanks to the wine.....i was up at 3 AM unable to sleep anymore.....i fell back asleep at 5:30. 
can't win with my stupid sleep.

AND sean came into my room when i was up at 4:43 am and scared the snot out of me.
he couldn't sleep either.

probably because today is his birthday!
he is a thinker and i bet he was dreaming up what his gifts might be and then couldn't go back to sleep.


 


sean's day of birth was quite dramatic.
it was fun to tell him about again.

:)

we barely made it into a delivery room and craig had to lie down on the delivery room floor and the nurses brought him juice while i looked down at him.
i think i said "what are you doing? i am the one that just had this baby!"
it was very fast and very overwhelming for everyone. 
ha ha ha

i am so glad that sean was born.

he rocks.