Its the little things

The small things around this house make me love it so.

The door hardware....

The pantry for all our food...

(our first pantry)

Built-In shower shelve for our products, no more stuff on the shower floor...

Space for all our clothes...(in one location)

Oh and I love this, not apart of our home, but I am eating it now! my fave!

Adventures in Dogsitting

We have had 5 dogs at our house this weekend.

Our two, my mother-in-laws two, and one from our friends who stayed the weekend with us (they recently moved out of town)

It wasn't too crazy at all! We love dogs!

I think it was only stressful on our dogs, who ran to their kennel most of the time.

Our dogs being anti-social:

Arizona.

Ok, Arizonians.

Its hot here. Really hot.

We all know this. We kinda signed up for it.

Complaining about it doesn't make is better.

In fact, it makes it worse.

Perspective, people.

Why gripe about something that cannot EVER be changed?

Its the weather, its Gods creation, its out of our control.

Lets put our energy into thanking God that we are alive and well to experience this weather!

(i mean that little heart)

Better late than never

Thats what my husband always says about that "time of the month".

TMI? probably.

Here are some more photos from our little trip to Palm Springs. It was surprisingly cool there, which made it all the better!

Some photos I took from the car:

We went a little northwest of Palm Springs to Pioneer Town. We were going up there for dinner and they had a really awesome live band! Here are some photos of the little settlement town.

This guy is from the band, Evaro. He introduced this song as one he started writing while trying to think of a "techno/club hit". And he pulls out a flute. We all wanted to just make fun of them, but they are seriously amazing. This guy can sing. They are a family band, and had some really touching stories and songs to sing (his sisters came out later, not pictured). Check them out! Really funky/retro vibe! LOVE!

I hope everyone is having a great week! Later I will post photos of the house, which could have the same title as this post!

Living the Dream

*My hubby, our iPad.

Our friends little boy, their iPad.

On vacation, no worries in the world!

Good times*

Hawt Yoga

My friend Kim convinced me to go to hot yoga with her.

I hate all forms of physical activity, thats not a secret.
If you dont know what hot yoga is, its yoga done in a room heated to 105 degrees with 40% humidity. They say you burn upwards of 800 calories/hour. Our class is 90 minutes! Yowza!
I am happy to report I have gone 5 times now and haven't wanted to die yet (and am still alive).I am not sure if I like it though, because while in class I can't wait to be done and I have yet to lose a pound.

Oh, I am getting closer to touching my toes. Yay.

just FYI

I have been keeping this darn fortune in my wallet on top of my drivers license for 3 months now.

The 3 month mark was Saturday.

Nothing happened.

The end.

His/Hers

This was an easy makeover on a key rack I got at my bridal shower over 3 years ago. I didn't want to put pictures in it mainly because I felt like our faces were all over the house, so I did this:

It was cute, I guess (and dusty). I freshened it up the other day with this:

More fun, simpler. Super easy. Just print it out and mount on scrapbook paper!

I love little projects like this where it takes no time at all to make you feel like you have something new!

House Colors

So heres the breakdown of our house colors. Mainly the kitchen/great room. Same as the last house, with the exception of the wall color. This home is already painted a lovely warm neutral beige that I love. I do not love that it is flat paint, but I will take it.

I am getting tired of red, but I have so much of it that I will still use it anyway. I would like to bring more of the teal and white into the house to break it up. I love the combo of that bluish teal and red!

I think the only thing I am leaving out is the kitchen cabinet color and countertop. The cabinets are Maple (we also have a Maple dining set) and the countertops are a neutral granite. I flows well.

This is a good way for me to lay out ground 'rules' for the house then go from there. I feel like if I get things sorted out in my head, I will be able to get some things done around here!

Any thoughts? Thanks to those who gave me awesome links last post!

Decor Block

Soon I will post some photos of the house.

Its only been a week since we moved in, but I feel like I am very behind on making this place a 'home'. The only room to have decor hung on the walls is the spare full bath. That room will be rarely used.

I just went to hang up a photo in the hallway and saw it required two nails so I put it down. Those confuse me. Hang up one nail, mark exactly where the parallel one should be, put a hole in the wall, repeat, repeat :) I am challenged at these things.

Also I have no clue where to hang anything. I want to avoid putting the same things in the same rooms as our last home. Thats where my biggest challenge is, seeing a piece and thinking, 'oh, this goes in the dining room', when really it can go anywhere!

The other day I went to Hobby Lobby for help and walked out with a paintbrush. How that was the only thing I bought I have no clue. I usually could go crazy in there but I feel so uninspired! I feel like it should be the opposite when moving into a new place and having a blank slate to work with, but I have hit a wall!

So, does anyone have any good, inspiring blogs or sites for home decor?

I'd appreciate it!

Moving Weekend

So we are in! In the house, pretty settled, only a few more boxes to go through. We also have to still hang our decorations on the wall, but it all comes with time.

We moved small loads on Thursday but the big furtniture was being moved on Friday, which left us bedless THursday night. We could've slept at the other place, but we were too excited!

Here is a photo I snapped as I left for work (these are all from my phone, hence the quality).

We were so tired that night we slept like babies on the floor!

Yesterday a friend and I went down to The Dump. Its this furniture store that sells supposed "good deals", but we didn't find any. It was actually a very expensive store.

While unpacking yesterday, Delilah escaped. I should really start answering unknown numbers because half the time its someone with our dogs. I know we are terrible. She is just so small she can fit through almost any small opening. I found her at our neighbors, all tied up. I thought it was hilarious. A good way to introduce ourselves! not!

Last night my mom and sister helped me unpack. We found my old hair extensions and put them in my moms hair...oh my goodness we were laughing so hard. Mullet mom!

Ode to Queen Creek

Last night was my last night in our Queen Creek home.

It was definitely bittersweet. We are so excited to be moving, but it will be weird to call somewhere else 'home'.

I know I will not be far away from QC, and I know I will be back often, but here are some things I will totally miss.

Bahama Bucks shaved ice. Down the Street. YUMMMM. My favorite is Jamaican Punch and Coconut with cream. We went with my mother in law the other night and she said I should try the Bahama Rama Mama (ice cream on the bottom), but I didn't because I was afraid I would love it too much and then miss it even more.

Costa Vida. Also down the street. I have to say I didn't take advantage of this as much as I should've. There's only two in the valley and one was less than a mile away from me...why didn't I eat their like everyday!?!?! Their salads are so yummy. And they have crushed ice (I would remember that).

Peace and quiet. What a small serene town this is. There was of course the train that'd go by and rattle the whole house every now and then, but it was mostly quiet. We will be living closer to the freeway, which is convenient but also loud.

Family! Our family lives super close to us now. Its easy to take advantage of that fact. I will miss being so close to them.

Queen Creek you never did me wrong! I am so grateful to have spent the last 3 years here. I will have so many memories of that house, especially with it being the first house after we were married and the house we learned everything there is to know about 'co-existing'. Our 'early marriage' years were spent here and we will have those memories forever. We lost a very special Chloe dog there, and brought home two other puppies. It holds a very special place in our hearts and we will love it forever!

Pine, AZ

This past weekend we went up to Pine, AZ with our friends, John and Mistie. Johns family has a sweet cabin up there and we were so thankful we got to stay there and have a relaxing, COOL weekend. We did a lot of eating, movie watching and chatting.

Mistie and I went an checked out the local antique shops.

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An old make-up set...check out that orange!


We saw a few things from back in "our day"

Then cabin over looked a small lake and valley...so gorgeous!

The dogs got to play. Delilah and Bear thoroughly enjoy each other. Samson hides.

Delilah Post

Bath time for Delilah looks like this.

Wondering why she was crying so bad to get in the tub. GULP.

Regretting this.

Shaking. Es muy cold out here.

When did these ears get so big???