getting to know me, day 3

Question 3.  How did you and your husband meet?

Answer 3.  This is my favorite story of all time!  Except for maybe our first date, but that is for a different day.  

Speaking of my hubby, I'm not really sure what to call him on this blog.  I'm trying to stay away from naming him or my baby.  I need to decide on that I guess.  But again, I digress!  

We first met when I was 15 and he was 21.  He had just returned from a mission for our church.  His mom had volunteered him to play the lead role in a church play that my aunt just happened to be directing.  I went to the play to help with refreshments and watch.  He played the role of Joseph Smith.  And let me tell you, he was the most handsome Joseph Smith ever!  I couldn't take my eyes off him and was completely in love.  I was thrilled afterwards when he came up to me and asked me about myself!!!  I pretty much swooned over his big blue eyes.  After we chatted for a few minutes we both went our separate ways.  I remember asking my mom on the way home if she thought that in a year, when I was 16, he would date me.  She told me yes (what else was she supposed to say to her baby daughter??) and worried over how she would console me when he inevitably got married in six months or less.  Well, he didn't get married in six months.  I kept track of him and he kept track of me for the next few years.  Whenever my mom or I would see him we would tell the other, "I saw Old Blue Eyes today!"

Did I just stumble upon some inspiration for his name?  Perhaps perhaps.

  I literally wished on stars that he wouldn't get married so we could date when I was older.  Four years later, after lots of boyfriends for me and lots of girlfriends for him, we "met" again.  This time, the timing (and my age...) was right and we started dating.

the two of us on our honeymoon

Fact 3.  I like to write long and wordy posts.  I just don't feel like myself when I try to keep things short.  Hopefully that is ok with ya'll!

-Megan

getting to know me...day 2

Question 2.  Where are your favorite places to shop?

Answer 2.  For shoes, hands down my favorite place is Dillard's.  I LOVE their shoes!  I haven't bought any for quite some time because, hello, my husband is in the throes of college but every time we go to the mall I make him walk through there so I can breathe in the smell and see the little lovelies.  I'm pretty sure they have to wipe the shoes down after I leave because I drool all over them.  For everything else, I don't know that I really have a favorite.  I used to love American Eagle and I still do, but I am not quite as obsessed with them as I once was.

 

Fact 1.  In shoe relations...when I got married at one of my bridal showers they played a question and answer game.  One question was how many pairs of shoes I had.  I can't remember but it was over 70.  I had no idea!  I still have pretty much all of them too.  I don't remember the last time I threw out a pair of shoes.  Until...a couple of weeks ago I donated a few that I just never seem to wear anymore.  It made me unrealistically sad.  Then a couple of days ago I wanted to one of the pairs and I forgot I donated it.  Then I got all sad all over again.  Sigh... 

 

-Megan

getting to know me, getting to know all about me

Has anyone out there seen The King and I?  If so, that title will make sense to you.  If not, get yoself out the door and rent that movie!  It's pretty much great (if you like musicals, cheesy acting, and happiness).  I was nominated by a friend of mine named Mollie for the Liebster Award.  She reads my private blog.  I am pretty sure I did it last year there, so I thought I'd do it this year here. I'm going to change things up a bit and do one question a day (or so) because I tend to get wordy and the post would be forevvvvver long.  I figure it might be a good way to get to know me anyhow!  You are supposed to write 11 facts about yourself and then answer 11 questions posed to you by the nominator.  I tend to get a little wordy so I figured I'd answer a question or two a day and give you a fact or two as well.  Then this post won't be so long!

 

Question 1.  What is one item you cannot live without?

Answer 1.  This is sort of a hard one I think.  My brain keeps thinking about like a hair or makeup product because that is what I always hear.  But I don't really feel all that attached to things like that.  I would have to say my blanket.  Wow.  I just realized I am such a little kid!  But seriously, I can't fall asleep without a blanket tucked underneath my cheek.  It just doesn't work.  And if I can't sleep, then I'll die right?  So I literally cannot live without that thing. 

 

Fact 1.  I am almost 7 years younger than my hubby.

 

 

Tell me about you!  I'd love to hear little tidbits.

 

-Megan

4th of July

It's a little late, but Happy Independence Day!  I am so thankful to live in this wonderful country.

Did you do anything fun?  We went camping with my parents and had a blast.  We also ate extremely well!  I was absolutely stuffed.  We just went one night.  The little man didn't want to sleep in his portable crib so he slept with us, meaning he got tons of sleep and we didn't get any.  Oh well, he is cute so it's ok :)

We played a game called Kubb that we made (I'll post a tutorial soon) that was so much fun!  You all need to make it and play it as soon as you possibly can.  

Grandma helping him to walk (which he is not even close to and I'm soooo thankful!)

tents...and the box that houses Kubb

-Megan

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a new graduate

Say hello to my hunky husband.  Oh and me.

I finally graduated.  It was great, and fun, and all that good stuff :)  No really, it was super awesome!  I just have been pretty much done for a year, only had to finish my recital to graduate.  So it didn't feel like a real graduation because I haven't been in school.  Haha, but it is setting in.  I got an email the other day saying my degree had been posted and my copy would be mailed out to me in the next couple of months.  Whoo hoo!  So I really am very excited.  Our little man was a champ all day long.  He was so good and totally crashed on the way home, it was a long day for an almost 6 month old :)  So, without further ado, I present to you myself, a brand new graduate.  I'll be here all week folks...

-Megan

why I'm ok with being "close-minded"

Recently, a person who I was friends with on Facebook posted a status that said this: "In all honesty I've been posting a lot of controversial stuff recently because I have over 800 friends and that has to change. I'm just too lazy to go through them all and unfriend the ones I don't talk to anymore haha. So if you're offended then by all means unfriend me. I'm looking to declutter my life of those with closed minds."

Although I thought it was an interesting post, I just kept scrolling and didn't think much of it over the next few days.  She has different opinions than I do and has always posted things I don't necessarily agree with but that doesn't mean I don't like her or anything.  I just don't read the articles she posts if I don't like the sound of them.  I don't even get on Facebook all that often anymore so I really didn't think I would ever even notice what she was posting.  But then last night when I logged in, she had posted a picture with a caption on it.  A very vulgar caption.  The meaning of the caption itself was, again, something I didn't agree with.  Which wasn't the problem.  The problem was the glaring vulgarity of the language used.  So I went to her page and scrolled to see just what she had been posting.  Most of the statuses in the last couple of days were along the same lines.  I went back to looking through my news feed but it just kept bothering me.  I didn't want to unfriend her, because that meant I was close-minded right?

Then I realized something that to me was very profound: if she considers using vulgar language as being open-minded, then I don't really care to be.  I have a small baby.  One day he is going to get big and be able to read.  Do I really want him to be scrolling through my Facebook and come across something that has numerous ugly words and meanings?  Absolutely not.  And beyond that, I believe that if we surround ourselves with words and actions that aren't good, then we will eventually become desensitized and those words and actions might one day become our own.  I don't want that to happen to me.  I want to stay positive and happy.  I don't think I'm close-minded, I think I am logical and choosy about what I let in my life.  And if someone else thinks I am close-minded because I choose not to read some things or agree with some things, then I am perfectly ok with being that way.  In fact, I am happy to be "close-minded".   This life is too short to let ugly things be in our minds, hearts, and lives.  Someone is always going to think you are close-minded.  Don't let them bother you because there are millions of other people around who think you are completely open-minded.  It doesn't mean you don't like those who don't agree with you, it just means that we are all different. 

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So fill your life with whatever is important to you.  Be choosy and be happy.  I choose positive, Christ centered messages.

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-Megan