Meg vs. Inspiration: C.S. Lewis on Homemaking

I love C.S. Lewis, and I am working on loving homemaking, so of course I loved this quote. You can download the printable here.

Meg vs. Time: Facebook Friday

It is getting harder to find 10 things. Again, a good thing, right? Could be attributable to Valentine's Day this week though.

1. Lots of pictures of people's Valentines gifts, brags about spouses/significant others, etc. My favorite was from Emily: her husband brought her Wendy's chicken nuggets to work. That is true love.

2. I keep trying to tell this to my kids.

3. These Bad Lip Readings are so ridiculous, it's hard not to laugh.



4. Happy Puritan Valentine's Day.

5. And Star Trek Valentine's Day.

I grew up watching The Next Generation. I wonder what nerdy things I will make my kids like?

6. My brother took Air Canada to China. Unexpected.

7. Don't forget to enter to win free glasses!

Okay, I think that is all for today. 7 is also a complete number, so we'll go with that. Happy Friday!

Meg vs. 30: Golfing Goal Met?

John and I finally got over to the driving range today. We went to a really nice range with a chipping green over at Hidden Brook. I did manage to hit the ball, but you can judge whether I met my goal to "Learn how to hit a golf ball and not look like an idiot."

We may need to go a few more times... I actually hit a couple that went 75 yards or so, which I was pretty happy with for my first try. And I realize my practice swing is ridiculous, but from the outset I knew my main problem would be that I would tighten up and be hesitant to swing the club, so I had to force myself to loosen up before each swing. I don't think anyone who knows me will be shocked to hear that I am too uptight =).

Meg vs. Time: Facebook Friday!

FYI, these are generally listed in the order that I see them on Facebook. In case anyone thinks my priorities are off =).

1. With friends like mine, I would trust them and jump too.  http://xkcd.com/1170/

2. My BFF Emily talks about growing and branding her Etsy shop.  Read it here!

3. The first thing everyone should learn.



4. Spot on. Especially when the hubs has to study on Saturdays too; it's true for both of us.

5. This article about Mayim Bailik's son weaning. I don't care about the content of the article so much as WHY SHOULD I CARE WHEN BLOSSOM'S SON WEANED? Seriously. Enough Mommy wars. Who cares?!

6. And on an equally important note,

7. Ooh, someone who sees mommy wars a little more sanely.

8. How to be happier, as learned through Tetris.

9. Apparently America needs more babies. I knew my boys were valuable =)

10. And as a bonus, babies are funny.

Meg vs. Vision: Firmoo Free Glasses & Giveaway on Lil' Bit & Nan!

Recently my 2-year-old broke my only pair of glasses. They were my only pair because he also broke the pair before that. What can I say? He loves glasses and is not good at being gentle with them. So currently my glasses are taped together and sitting in the car so I can use them to drive, but the rest of time life has been a blur in a more literal way than usual.

Enter Firmoo! I recently remembered that Bethany over at Lil' Bit & Nan had blogged about their First Pair Free program, and when I headed over to look up the information, lo and behold, she is holding a giveaway for another pair of free glasses from Firmoo! So I went ahead and ordered my free pair, and if I'm really lucky, then I'll get that pair of prescription sunglasses I've been wanting, or maybe a back-up pair of glasses (imagine that!). They have lots of cute and really affordable styles, so head over to Firmoo to check them out, and over to Lil' Bit & Nan to enter this awesome giveaway! Thanks Bethany!

Meg vs. Myself: Weekly Goals Feb. 4-9

Some weeks I wonder why I bother...

January 28- February 2
*Clean and sand the vanity, get prepped for staining (scaling back on this one!)
*Get that tree guy out here for a quote!  Still don't have a phone, so this one has been tricky.
*Work on cleaning out the garage, getting rid of the rats (GROSS!!!)

Unsurprisingly, my goals this week will be pretty much the same. I did do some other things, like cutting back rose bushes and refilling the green waste bin, but other than that I mostly just survived the week. And I suppose that is okay.

February 4-9
*Clean and sand the vanity, get prepped for staining (scaling back on this one!)
*Get that tree guy out here for a quote!
*Work on cleaning out the garage, getting rid of the rats
*Get everything ready for Big Brother's birthday party!

Meg vs. Time: Facebook Friday

Well, Facebook seems to be getting less entertaining for me, so I guess this whole Facebook Friday thing is working. Still, I found a few gems:

1. I believe in the Oxford comma.

2. I love Japan for a lot of reasons. This is one of them.

Click the link to see 9 more awesome buses.

3. My favorite status update of the week:  "I'm feeling a little old after my 1st grader told me that he can't use books from the 1900's for his space report because people in those days thought Pluto was a planet!"

4. One of my law school classmates and her husband are hoping to adopt a second baby. They are amazing, wonderful people. If you know anyone who this might interest, please pass it on! You can see their adoption profile here, and their blog here.

5. My brother posting more pictures from is trip to Japan.

6. This bird.

7. This post, reflecting a conversation Emily and I had about blogland.

8. Cute Valentine's cookies from Munchkin Munchies. Sadly, I have very little energy for making fancy cookies lately, but maybe I'll get my act together by V-Day.

9. Health Professions Humor. I think my husband will appreciate this.

10. A good post from a good blog. I think we all get too distracted by technology at times. This is one of the reasons I don't get a smart phone; I don't want the temptation all the time.

And this is a good time to go play cars and trains like my boys have been asking =). Happy Friday!