And then it rained

Yesterday. For dinner we had filiberto's super nachos and a diet coke. What is it about fili b's diet coke? or any soda from there for that matter. Is it simply the styrofoam cup and how every sip is ice cold? the fact that I can barely hold it with one hand? or do they just pump it with extra syrup? Maybe it's all of the above, but there is no way I can turn down a soda from that place.
I was hesitant to spend 8 dollars for nachos since we are trying really hard to save every bit we can right now. But when they handed us the bag that weighed about a pound I remembered why it was a good choice. Usually i'll pick through the nachos and save the "best chips" (you know, the chips that are so smothered in cheese and sour cream that they are almost soggy) for last. But when you get super nachos, every chip is the best. No fighting for the good stuff here, the whole thing is delicious and terrible for you. These are definietely a favorite.

Rain, rain, rain. The storms that have brought the most rain recently have looked the least intimidating. We had nights where dark cloud masses taunted and teased us but they brought only light sprinkles and we felt so deceived. Unexpectedly, last nights yellowish white sky really did deliver. It rained, it poured, puddles accumulated for our car tires to splash in, and I loved every minute of it.



The songs taylor was singing went right along with the sound of the storm, as if the cement were an instrument and the rain played it well.


Believe it or not we had another birthday celebration. It was my sisters birthday July 24th. I am very sad to say goodbye to the month of July. Here is to having just as much fun in August!



We love Cooper. He reminds us to relax and just laugh at life.

Tomorrow. We leave on a camping/hiking trip to Fossil Springs. I am so excited to get out of the city and be in nature. The hustle and bustle has really been getting to me lately. It should hopefully be a good chance to take some photographs as well.


Tonight. Packing and shopping for the weekend trip. Get excited.

nothing at all in my head to say to you, only the beat of the train i'm on

Life has kind of gotten in the way of blogging for a little bit. When I say life I mean actually having work to do, a holiday, birthdays, and having my husband home on the weekends. It's been nice. I have a lot of pictures that I need to upload onto my computer at home and I will probably post them later. For now, here is a short summary.

Work is the same as always. We have a team building activity tomorrow at an aquarium followed by arcade games and free food, all the while getting paid. I'll take it. This will probablly lead to some things I never thought I would see.


Holiday The fourth of July was a lot of fun. It's not independence day without multiple barbecues to attend in the days leading up to and following it, right? so we had a couple of those, had some delicious red white and blue waffles (maiden voyage of the wedding waffle maker was a success), swam, almost burned Taylor's parents house to the ground (another requirement of the holiday) and managed to teach cooper what fireworks are.


Birthdays are always fun. Received 4 cakes (one of the cookie variety) some very sweet and much appreciated gifts, breakfast in bed, roses, quality family time, and a trip to sunsplash with my sweet husband. That trip lent its own gift to me, a little bit darker skin tone, which is a good thing.

Husband being married is fun. I think we are starting to get the hang of it; However, I still have not learned to keep the flowers/plants he gives me alive. A couple weekends ago we saw toy story 3 together and laughed more than anyone else in the theater. Every time I laughed I glanced over at him because I knew he would be laughing too. I loved it.

So for my birthday I forgot to drop hints that I wanted this book. I would love to see these photographs in person but for now having a collection of them in a book would be fantastic.




Check out more here. Am I the only one completely loving these? Note to self- Begin dropping hints that you want this for a Christmas present. Men don't think the same as woman, this may take some time ;) ps the presents I did get for my birthday were great and heartfelt. I am by no means complaining or wishing for anything other than what I got.


This post would be much more exciting with my pictures. I've got a swimming dog, waffles that will make you salivate, picnic baskets, and pyrotechnics. Stay tuned!!


Office update- I think the janitor (a forty-something hispanic woman) has a crush on me. Avoid the restrooms at all costs when she is cleaning so as to avoid another awkwardly stated and forward compliment.

cause you were all yellow

Life lesson. If you see something at goodwill that you like, buy it right away. Do not wait on it because it will always be gone. I've learned this lesson before but always make the same mistakes. I fell in love with a chair and was going to wait to see if I could get it half priced. It was in perfect condition and was my favorite color as of late (yellow). I hope it found a good home. I did get a shirt in a lovely shade of yellow but it definitely didn't make up for the loss of the chair. Now all I need to do is find the perfect color of navy blue nail polish, maybe that will cheer me up. I might also run by a little vintage furniture place called the "shabby shack" in mesa. I've been hearing about it, but I haven't checked it out yet. Think they have any perfect little yellow chairs?

I can feel the monsoons begging to move in and I can't wait. I enjoy all of it, the smell of the desert rain, the wind, the dust, and even the power outages. Oh and don't forget the thrilling live shots of people stuck ontop of their trucks because of a failed attempt at driving through an obviously flooded wash. There is just a feeling in the air around this time of year that is hard to describe but easily felt. I don't care what anyone says, I love Arizona.


(I didnt take this, thank you google images)

Well, it's going to be a long day even though I get off 2 hours early. Wish me luck.