Thursday latelies

sleep cycle app this guy is a good $.99 investment into your sleeping & waking routine. 

garden veggie straws, yummers!  

on being replaced

i've been replaced! for snuggles anyway. 

the other night as we laid in bed, watching yet another episode of parenthood, this happened.

the puppy hopped up on the bed {against the rules} and wedged her way under the covers {major broken rule} then the cutest thing happened. 

they both feel asleep. 

look how peaceful and sweet they are, benny & reese. 

i adore that puppy dog and i'm not really a dog person! somehow she pushed her way into my kitty lovin heart.

i didn't have the heart to kick her outta bed. at least for about ten minutes. 

that moments only cute for so long. animal fur in bed?! yuck! 

unattractive for a sec

ladies the desert is HOT! and i don't mean in an attractive, "hey there good lookin strut over here" kinda way. they say that complaining is unattractive on a woman. bear with me for a sec, i'ma bout to get real ugly. 

i hate the heat, i hate the heat, i HATE THE HEAT! 

dear friends, its mid may {my birthday month} and we've already entered the 100's.why? why God, why?! there are those who love the heat, those who don't mind either way. then there are those who whine, whimper & complain running away to take cover with their tale tucked between their legs.

 

i know, i've made it difficult for you to assume which camp yours truly belongs to. 

i'll try to be more transparent next time.

friends, i can remember when we got the first phone call with the job offer to return to phoenix. 

also, i can remember where i was standing {over my stove sautéing onions for dinner} where my husband stood {in the dinning room next to my memaw's white hutch} and what my exact words were in response to the offer.

skirt {thrifted} vest {thrifted} tee {forever 21} headband {diy} sandals {target} 

"NO! It would take a miracle for me to move back to phoenix!" 

oh dear friends, a word of warning. do be careful what you say when God presents you with an opportunity that holds the potential to lead you one step further on your road of destiny. 

you see it wan't the job offer i had a problem with,  nor the people, not even the city.

it was the heat of the city i had beef with.  

for a pacific northwestern, midwest, southern, east coast girl like myself, the heat is dreadful.

don't let that last sentence confuse you, i'm an army brat, we moved a lot.

{also, don't ever let anyone mislead you into thinking that because "it's a dry heat" that it's easier to tolerate. if someone ever tells you so i give you permission to stand firm and call them a liar straight to their face. in fact you should shout it! "you're a liar"! {that kinda made me feel better}
here's what "it's a dry heat" feels like, allow me to paint you a picture.
ever baked a turkey? a pot roast perhaps? how about broiling some hot crispy nachos?
what happens when you pull down the oven door? ...ahem, yeah, you get blasted with a surge of "dry heat" from your oven. now doesn't that feel good?
call me crazy but i'll take some humidity over dry any day. at least with humidity you have a chance of cooler temps in the evening. }

so a "miracle" God did perform. He changed the desire of my heart 4 months after the job was offered. 

i found myself longing to be back in phoenix ...the 120* temps were nowhere on my radar at the time. the memories of beautiful summers spent locked indoors safe from the burning of the sun. somehow those went missing from my memory bank. 

what can i say, there are times that God hides the yuck to allow you to see the good.

...perhaps that's what i need now. for God to once again hide the yuck of this heat from my radar screen and allow me to see the beauty of the desert. 

thank you for listening. now i return to the less unattractive woman i was before i began the rant. 

life lately as my iPhone says it

bit o shopping.

thrifting. 

breakfasting.

"arm partying".

workout-ing in toms & boxers?...

set designing for work.

...purdy good week