Monday Day Date

Every Monday when my love was here, we would have a Monday day date.

Our first one wasn't really suppose to be a date. We were not in a good place in our relationship. In fact, we had recently decided to go our separate ways. He just came back from spending most of the year in a different country. We were going to meet at my favorite store in the mall, which is already romantic on its own, but meeting there was even more so.

We had a awkwardly great time that day and it started a little something.

We got back together.

And we continued having Monday day dates while he was here. I loved them. When every one else was working or doing usual Monday things we were on a date. It brought us closer. It was so special to me.

He left to go on another adventure in a far away land now. Sad face.

Monday's make me miss him a little more but every Monday that passes I know that he is closer to coming home to me.

Inspiration List

A list of inspirational things, one thing for each letter of the alphabet

• Anyone who can find the silver lining in a tough situation
• Bible verses that shake you to your soul
• Children doing anything with childlike wonder
• Daydreaming
• Emotions. Mine and others.
• Falling in love
• Gage inspires me to be a better person not only for me but for him
• The happiness in other people
• Imagining the world being a better place
• Joy. In anything and everything
• Keys. They are a reminder that there always ways to unlock close doors
• Libraries filled with so many books that I will never be able to read them all
• Marshall, my love. I can't even put in to words how this man inspires me.
• Nature
• Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
• Photography. Both taking photos and looking at them.
• Quotations from authors both known and unknown
•  Road trips with just me, myself and the radio
• Sunrises and sunsets. So grand that they inspire almost every one
• The tenderness in other people
• Uniting together
• Veterans who fight/fought bravely for my country
• Watching Gage overcome anything his disease throws at him
• Xenodochial. It mean being friendly to strangers and being intuitive or easy to understand
• Yearning for more
• Zest for life

*This is my first completed goal of my 101 goals!

My Night With Marilyn

I spent the evening with Marilyn Monroe on Friday. It was an amazing way to start the weekend off. She was an extremely sexy but somewhat innocent-like date. She played many roles through out the night...

As she played each character in the three movies I watched!

I had a little Marilyn Monroe movie marathon going on. It wasn't really intentional. I watched the first one and thought 'why not?' and I kept going. It was great. Before this I have only seen 1 of her movies. I enjoyed watching her quite a bit. I'm definitely still an Audrey gal but I have a lot of new found love for Marilyn.

I watched How To Marry A Millionaire, Monkey Business, and River Of No Return.

How To Marry A Millionaire was definitely my favorite. She was adorable in it and the story was wonderful.

I don't have any big plans for the rest of the weekend so I might keep the Marilyn marathon going.

Daydreamin'

As soon as the song came on over my radio in the car I started daydreaming. My mind flashed to a scene where we were dancing together to this song and everyone was watching us. We didn't even notice the people. We were holding each other so close and just staring into each others eyes. I started singing the song in a soft whisper to you and you started singing it back to me. It was a beautiful moment between two people. A moment that I didn't want to end but driving while daydreaming could be a dangerous thing.

I hope that one day we can dance to that song in person just as we did in my daydream.
I'm sure it would be even more beautiful of a moment.

About Me

I'm Meagan. 

I use to go by Meg. Maybe I still do. You can call me anything as long as it is nice!

I call Tennessee home but currently living in Kentucky. I've had a few detours along the way.

I'm a mom to a wonderful little boy. He is the light of my life.

I'm a single(but currently taken) mommy. I've been a single mom since my son was a little babe.

I'm a lover of books, of writing, the color brown, the midnight hour, of lists, of road trips, fashion, the store Anthropologie, making people beautiful, of photography, and anything pumpkin flavored.

I'm a pretty happy person. I usually always have a smile on my face.

2 Goals And A Baby

There is no baby despite the title of this post. I just thought it was catchy. 2 men and a baby. 2 goals and a baby. Get it? Ok. Maybe not. On to the goals!

I read The Spectacular Now earlier this year. It was a pretty good book. It was one of the first books I read on my iPad after swearing I would only ever read paper books. Now I find myself rarely buying paper books.

I watched the movie yesterday. I'm having a lot of fun with the goal of watching a movie for every letter in the alphabet. I'm not going to count the The. So, my movie was an S.

The Spectacular Now is just sad. Not sad in a bad way. Sad in a sad way. Through out the movie and book, I didn't know if I liked the main character, Sutter Keely. He was frustrating. I realized, though, that he is just trying to figure out the world and making mistakes along the way like the rest of us. Not a hugger but he needed a hug. If only I could reach through a book or screen.

Speaking of rarely buying paper books, while Christmas shopping I picked up one. It was The Book Thief. It took me a minute to get into the book but once I did I couldn't put it down and blazed through in no time. I'm really excited to see the movie now. I'm also excited that I am starting another goal on the list and that is reading my height in books. A couple inches down and only about 5 feet and 3 inches to go!

I'm Not A Hugger

When you meet people you know right away if someone is a hugger or not. The hugger will always, without hesitation, reach in for a hug. They don't even have to know you. It just comes natural to them.

Hugs can be a good thing. They provide comfort and love. It can be a wonderful way to show affection.

I am, however, not a hugger. Hugging is awkward for me. Is it invading personal space? You are definitely invading mine. Am I hugging right? Too long? Too short? I might be the only person who worries about those things. I don't know. My parents weren't really huggers, either. I'll just throw the blame on them like any good kid would do...Unlike them I will hug my child all day every day if I could! He is my exception. Well, I will hug most kids. I think my hugging anxiety is more geared toward adults.

I went to a little family get together for the holidays today. As we were all about to get into the cars the hugging started. We just really aren't the hugging type of people or maybe it is just me. I don't know. I guess looking back they all seemed fine with hugging.

Hug for you. Hug for her. Hug for him...

I hugged my brother goodbye.

It dawned on me 20 or so minutes later in the car that I don't think I've ever hugged my brother before tonight.

Weird.

It was weird hugging him but even weirder knowing that I had never done that before.

I'm not a hugger but I think I'm going to hug a little more now. Especially my family.