

Mug Shot Monday Profile ft. Uncle Gary!
Starting off the week strong, but a little behind... Nothin' better than premiering the first #MugShotMonday on a Tuesday. We love breaking rules and we are never on time! Who is this guy and how did he get so lucky to be enjoying his morning coffee from an original karlysue's koffee mug? Read on! Your name: Gary Sandlund Age: 45 Where you are from: St. Charles What you do for a living: Commodity broker If you could change your name, you’d change it to: Steve How you found

MessyDo Monday ft. Carrie Stowell
Real-life people. Real-life stories. ...just tryin' to transform lives one messydo at a time. Thank you for sharing, Carrie! #MessydoMonday


30 going on 13 || Bachelor Audition // Edition
A clip from my Bachelor audition video. (Watch in HD) I know what you are thinking. You’re thinking, (insert heart-eyes/smiley-face emoji) "Wow. Karly is so…… talented, athletic, artsy, youthful, spunky, so so cut, musical, attractive, and her ponytail is just like, dang. She talks a little fast, but wow... she is so neato." It’s okay. I’ve thought the same thing too…like, "How did I get so blessed? I'm just so.... paid." Okay, OR... you might be thinking, “oh Karly...you

Liebster Award
I am honored to have been nominated today for a Liebster Award by sweet Madelyn behind the blog Glitter Where She Goes. The Liebster Award is given to bloggers with under 200 followers on any individual social media platform from fellow bloggers. In order to accept the award, the nominator will provide 11 questions about you and your blog that you must answer. So here are the questions I got from Madelyn: 1. How did you decide on the title of your blog? A lot of people call m
"the messy do" ...phase 2...014.
(you may want to sit down for this one) Ashton Kutcher sums it up kind of perfectly. If my heart could talk to my head, I'm pretty sure it would look just like that interaction. Same tone. Same expression. Same level of vulnerability. ...yepp. I am a mess. I actually think it's been trying to tell me that for a while now, I just didn't want to listen and I was too busy running, trying to drown out the sound. Truth is, it started when I was a kid. The day I found out one