a day off.

today i was forced to take the day off.

i still haven't unpacked from my trip to atlanta two weeks ago.

oops.

today i plan on doing the following..

- 20 loads of laundry

- yoga. because i don't remember the last time i did yoga.

- visit the craft store. because its where i belong.

- watch jerry mcguire. because its always on E! and no matter how much i dislike tom cruise i still love the ending of that movie.

- go to trader joes and buy hydrangeas. because they are my favorite. and i need them.

- finish reading one of the three books i am currently reading.

- go to sonic happy hour. because i miss happy hour.

- wear tennis shoes. because i am always more productive when i am wearing my tennis shoes.

- look at flights to the beach. look at flights to the caribbean. look at flights to montana. look at flights to NYC. i need a vacation.

- clean the garage and organize my craft room. because my craft room is the garage.

- bake something. because its what i do.

much love,

mary morgan

snow.

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much love,

mary morgan

speaking of travel.

my friends and i are planning a little trip for march before my bff gets married.

i would like to go to blackberry farm and lounge all day in adirondack chairs, ride horses and spend the evenings rocking on the porch.

i guess i could just go to my actual farm to do that, minus the horse part.

i am scared of our horses.

they always say the grass is greener on the other side.

but our horses really are scary. and crazy.

moving on.

(look at those rockers, adorable.)

(love the interior design. modern. rustic. comfortable.)

(more beautiful rockers, they must of gotten a deal.)

(so crisp.)

(i would never get out of that bed.)

(please look at the plaid flooring. i die.)

(beautiful gates for a beautiful place.)

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(i love the masculinity of this room.)

(i am a sucker for adirondack chairs, a few years a ago i dragged some out

of our shed and begged my dad to repair them. i think my brother stole them.)

(i am in love.)

so dreamy.

gosh dang it.

much love,

mary morgan

statements.

i have not blogged in a very, very long time.

since the last time i blogged lots of things have happened in my life.

so here are some random but important statements about my life lately.

i had a beautiful white christmas.

santa brought me my favorite frye boots.

thank you dannie russo and the genesco corporation for making my wildest boot dreams come true.

new years eve was magical, as it turns out my friends are fascinating dancers, if you don't own just dance for you wii, buy it.

trust me.

every sunday night i fall more and more in love with my church.

ethos is the biggest blessing in my life.

check out the podcasts here.

i went to market last week.

i consider myself a pretty devoted and well trained shopper but it was intense.

i am still recovering.

two people in my life gave me the book jesus calling by sarah young for christmas.

so i took that as a sign that it was a book that i needed to read.

and it is.

go buy it.

now.

i went to kentucky to play bingo a few weeks ago.

yeah, i kind of got tricked into it.

but it was the most entertaining night.. EVER.

who knew there was such a big kentuckian bingo scene.

its fascinating.

i am counting down the days till we get to go back.

i saw garth brooks in concert before christmas.

there are no words.

it changed my life.

i want to be here right now.

(the resort at paws up)

one day i will go to montana.

one day.

i will settle for liepers fork today though.

there is a class of second graders waiting on me to read them a book.

i promise to never ever let a gap this large go between blog post ever, ever again.

promise.

much love,

mary morgan

craft night.

last night i had some of my sweet friends over for a little impromptu craft night.

we baked, we made wreaths, we watched the singing bee. we had a ball.

my sweet friend and resident photographer, libby came after baby-sitting and took some pictures for us.

(notice loretta, the mixer, looking super fine doing her thing back there in the background)

this is my favorite icing maker and bestest of friends laura. cant believe she is getting married so soon! we have had many, many, MANY wonderful adventures together.

so glad we had crushes on two brothers back in the day and became friends. love you.

see, she is a great icer. must have been all those years at puffy muffin.

and here is our lovely craft. a ribbon wreath.

and here we are with our lovely wreaths. thanks lib for the pictures. your the best.

happy tuesday!

verse for today:

the Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing. Zeph. 3:17

much love,

mary morgan

inspiration.

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much love,

mary morgan

sarah richardson design.

last year i baby-sat for the cutest little one year old. his mom had great style and it was always a treat to get to hang out with him. we would take walks. play putt-putt. watch the predators. he loved hockey. yes he was one. he was the best baby ever.

his mom recorded this show on hgtv and shared it with me one day and i was hooked. every time i put him down to sleep i would flip through the dvr and watch sarah's house.

it was a canadian hgtv show that you could watch on directTV and she so kindly recorded it for me.

while sarah richardson may not be a southern designer, the canadian designer definitely had a knack for southern style.

check out some of her work on her website here. or just scroll on down and take a peek at some of my favorites.

dear sarah richardson,

i love how you mix classic with contemporary, your use of color, beautiful textures and brilliant mixture of patterns.

and i think you are secretly from the south. just like my other favorite canadian, anne shirley.

much love,

mary morgan