straight outta tucson

Oro Valley to be exact. Enjoying a loud, fun, raucous, insane, delicious, hilarious holiday with my family. All of us in one big house. The good times are almost over though...we're coming back tomorrow and the home stretch begins bright and early Monday morning. Hope you're having as much fun.

roadtrips and trees

So, I am off to enjoy a few days of fine family fun. Looking forward to it since this may be the last time we are all together for a little while. Don't want to get all weepy...but this girls voice is making me bawl. Makes me think of my grandfather and how much I miss him.

One of my favorite memories is unpacking all the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving while my mom baked and my grandfather and I would dance. He was over 6 feet so it was awkward...but fun, oh so fun.

On to happier fare...






don't know why but I'm really into Christmas trees right now. In addition to the idea on my previous post, I found two more ideas here. I love that these would work if you're going low budge this year or just don't have the space or time to do it up big. Wouldn't it be nice to have a few of these of varying sizes in different areas? My furniture won't arrive until the 15th so that will give me enough time to try at least one of these ideas.

week #37

I spent the last two weeks looking at the most spectacular purple sunsets and so much greenery. Who knew Arizona was so green. I didn't. This road is around the corner form my sister's house. The mountains look close enough to touch. Enjoy this week's color combo.

1. moon over anchor & hope, 2. Verte et mure, 3. secondhand chairs, 4. Green, 5. Soap, 6. notebook style shot, 7. Vintage bloom...., 8. Lime Green Chain Vintage Fabric, 9. Vintage purple 1970s twin bell Westclox alarm clock

wide open spaces

Arizona is definitely the land of wide open spaces, breathtaking sunsets and my sister. I've been here for a while now and although I'm ready to go home, it has been amazing. My sis lives in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains and so far I've seen a tarantula and all manner of desert creatures. It's hot, I won't lie and there have been a few crazy thunderstorms but it sure beats hurricane weather. My plans were to spend this week in central Louisiana, but work issues required that I stay a bit closer to home. Good thing since I would have had to do some major battle with mother nature just to get a flight out. I guess everything happens for a reason. I will be back soon and so will regularly scheduled programming.

till then
xo