Road Trip Snapshots

Heading through the California Desert on a rainy afternoon! The windmill farms in Palm Springs... so visually amazing! 

First pit stop in Quartzsite, and I saw a jumbo cactus! 

Arriving to downtown Phoenix! 

Waiting at the airport for the boyfriends family to arrive. Such a dreary day in Arizona!

Driving through the flat land of Surprise, AZ. Most beautiful skies I have ever seen!

We spent one day wandering around Scottsdale and having tapas. 

Birds on a wire... for real! A storm was brewing!!

Sunday was race day! The morning started off covered in rain but by the time the green flag dropped it was sunny and perfect!

Phoenix International Raceway completely sold out for Sundays race!

Hanging out in the grandstands, snapping a photo of the colorful (and loud!) Nascar fan behind me!

Kyle Busch zoomin' on by!

A must before we headed out of town... Cracker Barrel!!!

And another must for the road, Dunkin Donuts! I wish we had these in California.

Weekly Roundup

- Gorgeous house we saw while talking Rachel's dogs for a walk in Newport last friday. Have I ever mentioned how much I love succulents??

- My pretty VW Jetta. Love her!

- That is the little man on the way home from his first vet check up last weekend. Its a dog in a box!

- Geoff and I have been working completely opposite schedules but we managed to have one night at home alone with some homemade pasta and wine. 

- It is beginning to look like Christmas... everywhere! This is the display right outside of my work.

- Some days, fuzzy leopard print flats just seem appropriate! 

Weekly Roundup

1.  This week was a very good and busy week for us! Since we don't get trick-o-treaters in our neighborhood, we headed out to do some window shopping (which turned into real shopping... whoops!) and eat at one of our favorite burger joints, The Counter, in Irvine. Its nice to have the boy around on the weekends!

2.  The only, only, thing that makes going to work at the crack of dawn worth it, is that first break where you can eat a deliciously buttery croissant and soy cappuccino in the quiet of the morning and that kind of helps start the day off just right.

3.  Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, CA. There were lots of kids in costumes and dogs in costumes it was such a nice day,  maybe one time I will take a ride on this pretty Ferris Wheel!

4.  This Saturday we hosted a yard sale with all of our left over clothes from our last sale in May and some new stuff we had cleaned out. It was such a nice day to be outside and this little guy, Henry, and Rachel came over to keep us company while we made millions. Kidding, we made only like $150 but that was 50 cents at a time! We did our part for the community as well and donated everything to a church group afterwards to sell off at their own rummage sale. 

5. Sweet Potato Fries. Need I say more? Delicious!!!

  So after we finished up our sale yesterday we went out to dinner with Geoff's parents and went to see Craig Ferguson a the Fox Theatre. He was surprisingly funny, but I have to say his song and dance routine to "Oops! I Did it Again" was hands down the funniest! Spending another Sunday watching Nascar (after we slept our extra hour!) then I am heading into work tonight. Next week we are gearing up for a busy week at work and Geoff is taking another business trip to Phoenix!

Weekly Roundup

1. This week I spent a lot of time on the couch watching Oprah and getting this blog looking and feeling the way I wanted. Not to mention, Geoff was away so I had extra alone time at home. Pretty pleased with the result, but it will be a work in progress for awhile.

2. I finally bit the bullet and bought the Orla Kiely "Pattern" coffee table book and it is divine. I love her so so much and this book is gorgeous.

3. Sometimes there is just a lot of time to kill when you are waiting to pick up your Mom for a lunch date and shopping. Tuesday was just a busy day with the tree guys hacking down our backyard so we headed out to browse our local Anthropologie and have lunch.

4. BJ's mini pizza with stewed tomatoes and green bell peppers. This has to be one of my favorite lunch spots because you can get a small pizza and a decently sized salad for $6.95!

5. After a few days spent apart, long days at work and the Great Rat Disaster (it was traumatizing!!! it gets a name!), Geoff and I finally got a day off to run errands and spend some time together and the boy bought me this pretty bunch of flowers. Love him.