tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post4703302689312779316..comments2024-03-23T02:55:38.961-07:00Comments on forever*cottage: All is calm, all is bright……{sort of}.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-39871280279388941992013-12-16T11:44:58.128-08:002013-12-16T11:44:58.128-08:00I stumbled onto your blog through bloglovin' a...I stumbled onto your blog through bloglovin' and I'm glad I did. I totally agree with your perspective here. Blogging can be a stress reliever and...it can be stressful. Very easy to get caught up in the comparison game, etc. I appreciate your candor! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-86688501029416796952013-12-14T07:27:40.442-08:002013-12-14T07:27:40.442-08:00So true! LOVED the last paragraph in this post!
...So true! LOVED the last paragraph in this post! <br /><br />JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-35276068405217227432013-12-13T12:38:00.207-08:002013-12-13T12:38:00.207-08:00Perfectly said Anagloinquebec! I couldn't agr...Perfectly said Anagloinquebec! I couldn't agree with you more! I am planning on taking a step back from the blogs over the next few weeks and focusing on what is important to my husband and I and our four kids. Happy Holidays! Meg Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865206290760835927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-81873171916563524482013-12-13T12:35:01.147-08:002013-12-13T12:35:01.147-08:00I hear ya! So feel your pain. I was just chattin...I hear ya! So feel your pain. I was just chatting with a friend about the shelf elf and how we feel like such failure's compared to everyone else on social media! It's hard to keep up.<br /><br />Thanks for being honest. Have a GREAT weekend! Can't wait to see the rest of your house all decorated!<br />Jen<br />Jen Gildayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451118875806517059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-43328074749292352832013-12-13T07:41:32.384-08:002013-12-13T07:41:32.384-08:00I have really slowed down on my approach to Christ...I have really slowed down on my approach to Christmas decorating. I decided a few years back that it was really about traditions, "our" traditions and not something instructed to me through Pinterest or even other blogs. I have never much liked the "model" homes or the magazine quality rooms that I am starting to see reproduced on a large number of blogs these days. I am more drawn to rooms that sing out the character and personalities of the people that live there. <br /><br />This year, what has really gotten to me are the number of "house tours". Every time I click to a favourite blog it seems I am faced with 5 days 40 bloggers or 5 days 20 trees etc...... I will admit that I have avoided most of those tours this year. There is a feeling of "sameness" washing over me in many of these homes. The amount of "stuff" being purchased scares me and yet a lot of it doesn't seem to reflect joyous moments from past years or celebrations but rather recent purchases at a local home decorating or box store.<br />Please don't take that as a criticism of you joining in to one of these tours. I have always admired your home and I am sure it will be beautiful. I will peek in to see what you have done. I am not sure what that says about me other than my feeling that I have become very selective. <br /><br />I also hope this does not sound like a rant. I love this time of year. But I have to remind myself as to what it means to me and my family and hold on to that.<br />Donna@anangloinquébechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074337849133414753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-3404745530339326522013-12-13T07:20:22.536-08:002013-12-13T07:20:22.536-08:00Absolutely!!!
xo~JillAbsolutely!!!<br />xo~JillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-66138298657879161892013-12-13T07:19:57.298-08:002013-12-13T07:19:57.298-08:00awww, Dina, thank you.
Merry Christmas to you!
x...awww, Dina, thank you. <br />Merry Christmas to you!<br />xo~JillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-9606253823066231052013-12-13T07:19:07.055-08:002013-12-13T07:19:07.055-08:00Jo,
Your home sounds lovely! BOO on cleaning! So...Jo,<br />Your home sounds lovely! BOO on cleaning! So many more important and fun things to do!<br />xo~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-79701214759035838412013-12-13T07:17:24.725-08:002013-12-13T07:17:24.725-08:00Shannon, I am sorry to hear that - it's exactl...Shannon, I am sorry to hear that - it's exactly what I was trying to say - this time of year can also be quite difficult for so many - it sort of shines a bright light on what we may be struggling with or our losses as the expectations for perfection and job loom large! <br /><br />Be well~<br />xo~JillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-53766991279430767052013-12-13T07:16:05.914-08:002013-12-13T07:16:05.914-08:00Oh Emily - we have plenty of soccer gear, school b...Oh Emily - we have plenty of soccer gear, school books and other junk strewn about over here!<br />xo~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-31675771415780768752013-12-13T07:15:25.057-08:002013-12-13T07:15:25.057-08:00Let's here it for homebodies!
xo~Let's here it for homebodies! <br />xo~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-58350511794681144542013-12-13T07:14:40.010-08:002013-12-13T07:14:40.010-08:00And to you Julie!
xo~And to you Julie!<br />xo~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-15398845530738447982013-12-13T07:10:59.830-08:002013-12-13T07:10:59.830-08:00I always appreciate the mess behind the perfectly ...I always appreciate the mess behind the perfectly staged kitchen island. You know - all the things they had to removed from it to get that magazine worthy photo; crayons, paper, cereal boxes, homework, groceries still in bags, etc. We all have those moments of not measuring up when we see the photos on Pinterest and in magazines. But, no home is perfect and we just need to keep reminding ourselves of that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887155491851165376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-10960943474206310612013-12-13T06:32:04.848-08:002013-12-13T06:32:04.848-08:00Thank you and Amen! Pinterest and blogs are usual...Thank you and Amen! Pinterest and blogs are usually my best girlfriends in the evenings after I put my babes to bed, but this month, I am SO over the christmas home tours, wish lists, and wednesday wants. It's not realistic, it's not life, it makes me feel badly about my new home that needs so much work and so many projects waiting. But people only show you what they want you to see :-) Your home and blog are so realistic, thank you for that, it's a treat every evening :-)Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02345004455277076138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-45350847009009017292013-12-13T04:37:25.187-08:002013-12-13T04:37:25.187-08:00My house is a 91 yr old little country house in ru...My house is a 91 yr old little country house in rural Minnesota with drafty windows, creaky floors and crooked walls. Yet I love it and I'm very pleased with the decor. I look at those pictures (and every blog I read has beautiful photos of their gorgeous homes - you included!) and really admire them. I'm 65 and a widow so I don't do a lot of decorating. But still, I look around this house and I love it. Would I like something like I see on my blogs - sure. Don't we always want what we don't have. But I'm very happy with what I have, and the way I see it, the bigger the house and the more beautiful stuff sitting around - the more to clean, and at 65 I have way more important things to do than clean!!! Merry Christmas, Jill, to you and your family.johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993767047604332346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-56207876021508610062013-12-13T03:42:02.404-08:002013-12-13T03:42:02.404-08:00i love your little tree in corner! you have a knac...i love your little tree in corner! you have a knack for simplicity at its finest :) we have alot of family strife going on this year so our home is anything but merry..that is what disappoints me more than the lack of decorations. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459018860849510081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-70881110581490258022013-12-13T03:14:50.472-08:002013-12-13T03:14:50.472-08:00I truly appreciate this post. I was looking at yo...I truly appreciate this post. I was looking at your beautiful home the other day on instagram and thought...why can't mine be that pretty? As I trip over soccer gear, school books and wrapping paper. Thank you for making me feel normal. Merry Christmas!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056757734527082253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-31537088347679567702013-12-13T02:30:17.860-08:002013-12-13T02:30:17.860-08:00oh definitely feeling the tension between the two....oh definitely feeling the tension between the two.<br />peek season for both my businesses and the time of year my home-body self really wants to be home!<br />LOVE your tree!! when i saw those on my trip i flipped!! always wanted one like that. xopaigehttp://paigeknudsen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-76328027509836866552013-12-12T23:46:59.240-08:002013-12-12T23:46:59.240-08:00Thank you for saying all of that. There is so muc...Thank you for saying all of that. There is so much pressure for the holidays to be perfect. And we look at all the pretty pictures and think that everyone else is making it happen. But they're not. Remember, we're seeing what they want us to see. :) Merry Imperfect Christmas!!! JulieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954465885482796667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-43543225600911845832013-12-12T20:34:17.767-08:002013-12-12T20:34:17.767-08:00I give you permission!
xo~JillI give you permission! <br />xo~JillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-36767002206449181112013-12-12T20:32:47.419-08:002013-12-12T20:32:47.419-08:00We have a tree, but it's sitting undecorated.....We have a tree, but it's sitting undecorated.. can I just leave it like that, no lights, no trimmings? LOLAntiqueChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322496454786689126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-85565716843717432712013-12-12T19:59:48.922-08:002013-12-12T19:59:48.922-08:00No it's not! This is a sort of crazy month - ...No it's not! This is a sort of crazy month - elicits all sorts of emotions and not all good. Why do we expect so much? Breathe in and out friend! You of all people have your priorities in order….embrace that! xo~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01292904829051822511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1715033476859637506.post-70439185077243066042013-12-12T19:45:10.079-08:002013-12-12T19:45:10.079-08:00Right there with you friend. Deciding to my studio...Right there with you friend. Deciding to my studio at the same time was really silly. I'm so beyond frustrated with the mess and chaos. Ready for it be over. Isn't that awful?!? Farmgirl Paintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205054615599523192noreply@blogger.com