office rug

I am slowly trying to pull together a re-do for our office space. This space is jammed packed with totes because we are living in a much smaller (albeit that temporary) space so the re-do won't be perfect and ALL pretty. When we moved across country here to Atlanta we had already signed our lease sight unseen in order to have a place to move in right away. So, to say the least this place is not what we want in the long haul until we buy our house...but we're making do (until our lease expires).

One of the decisions I am facing when creating a decor board for our office is the rug. Matt is the one who primarily uses the office - for recording songs, editing fliers, etc. I do have my craft items stored in there but it's mainly 'his' room. Ultimately this place serves a multitude of uses (but doesn't every one's spare room??).

Two extremely inexpensive rugs I am considering are from Ikea:





Matt has no real preference in what I do with the space as long as he can play his music in it :)

-Meg.

some girls...

some girls love flowers from their men...



I, on the other hand, love it when my man hangs up curtain rods/pictures/shelves/etc.



he indulges my requests quite often :)

-Meg.

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exploring

Matt and I have been in the Atlanta area for all of...7 weeks now. We are really enjoying our time here and are glad we made the decision to move from soggy northwest to the warm southeast so far.

The 2nd night we were in town we just drove around for a couple hours enjoying the perfect warm evening and exploring our new area. It was perfect...just me, matt, our gps, and the radio. We talked and rolled down the windows and just drove.







-Meg.

Sundays

I have a confession to make...I am a crazy coupon lady. My Sundays always involve these bad boys:



All the newspaper drives Matt nuts but the savings are oh-so worth it.

So next time you're at Kroger or Publix...you might see me with my coupon organizers getting groceries for pennies on the dollar :)

-Meg.

fabric heaven

Today, Matt and I met up with my parents to have lunch at an Atlanta area classic italian restaurant. Afterwards I coaxed Matt to a new fabric store I had been wanting to check out. I had a specific project in mind and was really bored with the fabric options at your basic craft/quilt store.

It was fabric heaven. Rolls and rolls of beautiful prints, patterns, and colors everywhere I turned.



This color/pattern combo is perfect:



Matt was pretty bored with the whole thing but was a good sport.



Fabric will play a large role in following my passion and building up my side project...stay tuned :)

I was happy as a clam.




And I do believe you'll be seeing this beaut soon.


-Meg.

support...revisited

In the last post I mentioned that we were attending an outdoor concert in someones backyard this past weekend...I also mentioned that I have been thinking a lot about what I want out of life. Well the two sort of converged in more than one way. Part of what I want to continue to do is really soak up life, not get stuck in a rut where I look back when I am old and wish I had done more. Because really, when you are nearing the end of your life you are not going to look back and remember the days you spent sitting in front of the TV (don't get me wrong - I love 'my' shows IE Modern Family, Always Sunny, etc) but you are going to remember the days spent being present in the moment.

I know this post might be rambling and semi-chaotic, haha. Anyways...where I was going with the concert and take the leap to do what you want to do to create the life you love was that Matt and I don't really think there are coincidences - there are signs (whewwww that was a run-on sentence). During the concert one of the songwriters began talking about how he left a 'successful' career (successful in the world's eyes) and followed his passion. He prayed and prayed even though admitting that he desired something different for his life when he had been so incredibly blessed. But he kept at is his goal, working towards it day in and day out and eventually God presented an opportunity and songwriter took the leap of faith. The songwriter presented his story in order to urge those in the crowds to move towards the life they desire - and it was just what I wanted and needed to hear. And it was a sign to hear the same, reassuring message just hours after I posted the last blog expressing what I have been thinking about.

All of this has led me to really pursue some of my passions on a bigger scale. Time will tell how these really manifest themselves but we'll see!

Anyways - we had an amazing (super jammed packed) weekend last weekend and I will share that soon.

-Meg.

support.

Since I am finally done with college and have started a corporate career and we've settled in after our cross country move I've been really thinking about the future. As in, what is really important to me in life...What I want our life to look like, to feel like now and also when we have kids. Ideas for side ventures and following our passions have been weighing on my mind. This move has shown Matt and myself that we are an amazing team, we are stronger than we once maybe believed and it just inspires us to go after this life with a new zeal. Anyways, I guess what I am getting at is this morning I found this image and completely supports my thinking and what's been going on in my head lately. And, I love it.

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Happy Saturday! We're off to outdoor concert and six flags!

-Meg.