sweet weekend

Beat the heat with a refreshing lemonade recipe to keep you cool. This weekend rockets us into a week of traveling to Portland and California..can't wait!

green thumb

Our neighbors have an awesome garden going on and I'm sort of jealous. He was a bachelor and met "her" on match.com (we got all this after cocktails) who happens to be an amazing gardener...what a catch. They have watermelon, corn, raspberries, artichokes (!!!), every kind of lettuce, peppers, beans, flowers...it's amazing.
I asked husband if we should pencil in a garden for next year and he suggested becoming better friends with the neighbors to collect any leftovers.

monsoons

The monsoons have begun in the southwest and we love it.
You can expect rain on a daily basis but it will only last thirty minutes or so to cool things off and it's the perfect weather to add curls in my quest for beach lovin hair. On an environmental note...this is when Arizona gets most of its yearly rainfall so we are always doing a rain dance during the summer monsoon season.

seriously?

Who knew that I would feel like a truck ran over me from having a massage?! Good thing the armed and dangerous vehicle threw me a few boxes of Kleenex with the runny nose and sneezing I'm now experiencing.
Do you think it was the Zumba added in with a deep tissue massage that created "Welcome to Toxin City" in my body??! Drinking lots of tea to make it go away...not fun in the summer and when it's so unexpected.

stripe one, stripe two

would love to add some stripes somewhere in my house. Our house is for sale so not quite sure if husband would go along with it...but I love the punch it adds.

*inspiration from here and here

was I sleeping?

"Sweet Paul" online magazine came out the middle of May but I really don't remember bells and whistles going off in blog world...and they should have been!
GORGEOUS photography, recipes, good writing, and easy to turn pages (If you're already a follower of the Sweet Paul blog this may be old news...but it was a delicious find for me.)
Besides the drool worthy food content, Sweet Paul dips into entertaining tips, product recommendations, and articles that deal with the kids and pets all which make it a light, welcoming, and encouraging read.
Looks like the next issue is out August 15th.

happy holiday weekend

whatever the holiday weekend may bring...enjoy!

*magical image from HeyZee