Links of Love

Hi long lost friends!

Well, things have been a little sideways here.

Currently 3 out of 4 Greer’s (including me) have a lovely case of Strep Throat which has thrown a curve ball into all my big plans. But I am grateful that we got a diagonosis at last instead of continuing to tough it out and that it is VERY treatable. Three cheers for modern medicine!

Before I succumbed to the dreaded raw throat beast, my momma came up and we finished the Den and Living Room Floors.  Which means we now have our couch in our living room! Hurrah! This is good because as a sick as I have been, the couch has been a favorite place for Fixer Upper marathons and discovering new favorites like The Mysteries of Laura.

Also, I have been doing a little blog reading catch-up and I thought I would pass on my favorites to you:

 

 

Magnolia Silos from the amazing Joanna Gaines

When I read about this latest amazing project from the amazing Joanna I was thrilled for 2 reasons.

1) I was thrilled FOR Joanna. For this dream of hers to come true, and for all the dreams that are coming true for her in rapid succession. She seems like the most lovely and authentic of gals and I love watching her vision play out on her blog and tv show.

2) I was thrilled that I was thrilled FOR Joanna and not ENVIOUS to my core.  Because my friends, this is growth.  Just a few years ago I would have been kelly green with envy. I would have slapped my laptop closed faster than you can say Silo in Waco, jealous fumes coming out my ears.  You see Joanna is living the very life I dreamed of for years – A life filled with 4 kids, a HGTV show, a successful shoppe, design business with her husband, and now an amazing vision for a  vendor market business, oh, and a huge old farmhouse and farm. Oh, and she is part Asian and thin. Seriously, did someone read my secret diary and then create Joanna and her life from my daydreams?  But y’all, this life I AM living is amazing. It is a gift. It is better than my daydreams. Because it is more ME than my daydreams ever were. The beautiful truth is this:  Joanna is living the life that is best for her and I am living the life that is best for me – and because of this, I am loving getting to celebrate and travel Jo’s journey with her via her show and blog, free of envy and jealous bits in my stomach. 

So hurrah for Jo! Hurrah for her new market (which I absolutely want to shop at someday!) And hurrah for dreams – known and unknown – coming true!

Overcomer Series – Debt and Me

I was so honored to be asked by Keisha Pittman to contribute to her Overcomer Series. In my post I let all of the truth hang out about my bout with REALLY BAD Credit Card Debt. I get down and dirty and tell all the truths.  Having had judgements served against me is not something I am proud of, BUT if my story can help someone else feel less alone, or give them hope that this will not kill them, that there is light at the end of the tunnel, then I will tell this story a hundred thousand times.

 

Lucie is Light – by Lisa Gungor

The most beautiful, holy, true post about the birth of something unexpected.

(Plus I adore Lucie’s Grandpa Ed.  And imaging him loving on Lucie just makes me tear up even more.)

 

Fun Surprise – My Tea-Towel Apron DIY featured on Tip Junkie!

It was a great treat to open that post and find my apron project amongst the crowd. Love.

 

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OK friends, that is all I have for today.  The drugs should be doing their thing and killing all the germs, so hopefully I can get back to whitewashing floors and settling into this house soon!

Hope everyone has a lovely rest of the week.

xo

J