Comments on: Facilitating a Group Hug + Giveaway!

By: Shira Ganany

Shira Ganany — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 17:14:24 +0000

Oh gosh, PLEASE show up at our door! I live in Israel though, so you might also consider staying for a slumber party… You really hit a nerve here. I gave birth 2 month ago and my blog has suffered terribly. And it’s making me sad and restless. I wanted to use this time to create, to turn my blog into a more substantial part of my professional life. Instead, I’ve been eating chocolate and watching design reality shows. Goddamit. Knowing that you- my favourite DIY blogger- is also going a little mad- makes me kinda happy and encouraged 🙂 I’m sending virtual hugs and happy, productive and creative thoughts!

By: Julie Spear

Julie Spear — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:01:40 +0000

Dude, come on over… I will be ready to catch your crazy ass in a huge group hug!!! because…I have already been your crazy ass, so I am pretty sure I am qualified . Take heart in the fact that all of the mama drama emotional-ism starts to die down a bit by the time your oldest is 30…ish. Love YOUR guts!

By: Leisaloves

Leisaloves — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:27:58 +0000

I have been reading your blog for a couple years, but I don’t know if I’ve ever commented.
I love how real and down to earth you are. Thank you for your honesty.
We all get in a funk. For some strange reason I seem to get it every February. There is no significance to that month. And even if I know it always happens, it seems to sneak up on me every damn year! When I lived in London I used to blame it on the long long winter. But now I’m back in my hometown in New Zealand, and it’s beautifully warm summer here, so I dunno.
Forgive yourself for taking downtime. We all need to zone out and de-tune every once in a while.
And as my hubby always says, there’s no problem a group hug can’t fix!
Love your guts

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 06:55:48 +0000

Thanks. You express really well the exact same way I have been feeling for quite a few months. I’m sorry for what you’ve been going through. You’re not going through it by yourself.

By: Tracee

Tracee — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 04:35:40 +0000

Hugs, babe.

By: M-A Lavigne

M-A Lavigne — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 01:15:01 +0000

OOOh Mandi! I hug you! I’m far from you (Sherbrooke,Quebec,Canada), but when I read you it is like I’m in the same room.
Thank you for all you done. You give me so much by your blog.

By: Charly

Charly — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:52:50 +0000

Aww Mandi, here is the internet at its best: building connection and making the world a little smaller. THANK YOU for being so real, always! I too have been following you for almost 2 years, check your blog daily, and smile every time I see a new post. You do that for me, a total stranger, and I have such respect and appreciation for you. I’m not a mom, and I know that is a whole other layer of complexity, but the secret to my sanity is get myself outside, no matter how blue/crazy I feel. If I isolate and spend too much time looking at a screen, it ALWAYS makes things worse. Maybe you’re already doing this, but the Mandi of my imagination is outside with her kids in the Utah sunshine on the regular. I just checked the weather forecast for where you are, and dang! Heck of a lot nicer than where I am (Orcas Island, WA). Get out there in that 70-degree sunshine and let me live vicariously through you a little more. : )
So much love to you!

By: Amanda | Love & Renovations

Amanda | Love & Renovations — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:47:40 +0000

Girl, I know that feeling! You are so not alone. I don’t have many in-real-life friends who “get” the whole blogging/DIY/creativity thing, so I feel very isolated sometimes! It’s so nice to know we have this little community of wonderful people online who totally understand!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:47:52 +0000

I feel exactly the same; I have no creative counterpart, no muse. I get frustrated with my husband when he doesn’t get passionate about some DIY vision I’ve had and I take it personally. I wish I had a bestie to get creative with but until that happens I’m going to keep on stalking you. 🙂

By: Alyssa JP

Alyssa JP — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:54:34 +0000

Mandi!! I feel like this always. It’s like everything is going against me. And if you’re talking crazy strangers, I’m moving to St. George in a few months and one of my first thoughts was “OMG, Mandi Gubler lives there and maybe I will run into her!” and if I do, I’m going to give you a crazy person hug, because you are such an inspiration to me and probably thousands of other people!