Thursday, February 19, 2015

Flowers, Fuzzies, Pizza, Cacti, Dots

FLOWERS:



I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day!  Greg bought me flowers, and
they're gorgeous!

I especially love these lavender roses.



And these pale vanilla ones.


Turns out that Stephen thinks roses are a special tasty treat!




FUZZIES:

 On Saturday, I did laundry and piled up the towels on the bed.
Two kittens got in them!


Matching eyes & towel!



So many whiskers!
(That's why we call Stephen "Eyebrows Mulligan")







The Mysterious Dot, Part 1


The Mysterious Dot, Part 2


Juvy sometimes waits at the front door . . . so we'll let her in!


PIZZA:

On Monday, Juildeen didn't have school due to President's Day,
so I invited her and her Grandma over to make pizza.





Juildeen has learned how to "photo-bomb" - 
she thinks it's hilarious!



It looks all fun, but there was a bit of a behavior kerfluffle after we ate our pizza, so 
the day wasn't as fun overall as we had all hoped.


CACTI:

After they left, Greg & I did yardwork and it was lovely.
The weather was perfect for it - sunny with a light breeze.




Many of our cacti are blooming.




And our Chinese Elm trees are leafing out!






The weather was beautiful this whole week, and I saw these
tall and elegant palm trees at a conference I attended yesterday


as well as this perfect Hibiscus flower!




DOTS:

Today I wore this outfit and got some compliments.

dress: Calvin Klein
sweater: Merona (Target)
bag: Betsey Johnson


shoes: Roxy

Tomorrow is a shopping day with my Mom and my Auntie Deb, who's visiting for a week!

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Tale of A Gecko Tail . . .


Here's a little gift for you on this fine Thursday!


Wednesday, February 4, 2015

13 Things

Haven't been feeling great this week and it gets really discouraging.
Don't worry, I'm not here to be sad, though;
here are 13 things that made me smile this week!


1.  Crazy Arizona plant


Saw this amazing agave outside Target. . .


Mom was amazed, too!



2.  Sleeping Juvy on my lap



3.  A super cute new outfit!

(and Mom in the background)
dress: Calvin Klein
bag: Betsey Johnson
shoes: Roxy


4.  All the beautiful scarves on offer at TJ Maxx

It looks like a painting!


5. This gorgeous, silly, upside-down bird

On Monday, this Gila Woodpecker came to our feeder.
We don't have a huge number of them in our neighborhood, so this was an exciting event.



6.  New purchase this week: Betsey Johnson wallet

bought from Ross for $16.99, original price $58!


Ooo!  Shiny gold inside!!!


7.  Cartoon advertising for fruit?  Yes, please!



8.  Sunshine, blue skies, and palm trees!




9.  Non-GMO corn starch

 (and only $1.99 at Target).
Corn is the most highly genetically modified food so far, 
so I was extra keen to find a safer version and I did!


Also gluten-free.

10.  Successful new recipe

I used it to make this lovely sweet and sour chicken.
Though the broccoli wasn't probably such a great idea.



For my parents' SuperBowl shindig,
my job was to make a turkey.


Greg's Mom's recipe seemed simple and very tasty, so I tried it.
I had to call to make sure I had all the details.


I also borrowed her pan.


11.  The turkey came out great!!!



Greg carved it up.


I found the wishbone


And we had a nice big container of turkey for sandwiches!



12.  Stephen brought me this umbrella cover as if it were prey!



13.  Dad and Greg playing foosball.



I hope your week has been excellent and that you're feeling spunkier than I am!