Game 1, prep day

Tomorrow is Game 1 of the regular season! There was plenty of preparation going on today:


Cardinals Flip flops -- check!


Cardinals Tote -- check!




Cardinals face decals -- check!




Cardinals flags for the car ride so everyone knows we are stadium bound -- check!

We've got a lot of Cardinals stuff going on....

Now, I'm working on a no sew tablecloth for our Tailgating table:

Tomorrow is going to be a FUN day!

I do love my Coach handbags

My Sweetheart signed off on my Fall handbag purchase a couple of weeks ago so what I had been on the hunt for my new handbag. I bought a black handbag earlier in the year so I wanted another color. I decided on the Chelsea Leather Ashlyn hobo in Parchment. I bought the matching wallet and a signature pony tail holder with rhinestones to add embellishment. I love it!

Arizona Cardinals!

It's football season again and we are SO excited!!! There will be 8 home games and we are ready for all of them. We have all our gear put together and we are ready to tailgate and enjoy some good games!

We already attended 2 pre-season games which were so much fun. We considered them dry runs for the regular season. We got our timing down on travel time to the stadium that is about 45-60 minutes away and we have our parking spot picked out. We got our tailgating gear in order. We are totally set to go!

My Sweetheart is still a die hard Cowboys fan, but he is really getting into the whole "supporting the home team" thing and is wearing Cardinal red with me. :)

GO CARDINALS!!

Just because...

Makes a girl feel special. Thank you Sweetheart xoxoxoxoxoxoxo!

4th of July, part II

Happy INdenpence day! Old Glory is waving today on a very hot day in Phoenix, Arizona. Later, very much later, when the sun goes down we will sit in the back yard and watch the firework display from Chase Field, home of the Az Diamondbacks.

We spent today relaxing and enjoying the day off. We cooked some brawts on the grill and watched a flick on TV.

I went by JoAnn's on Friday and found their 4th of July at 70% off. I found this cute Uncle Sam Nutcracker:


This cool floor mat for the front door:

And a three bell door hanger that I added to my wreath on the front door:

Happy Independence Day

and God Bless America!

4th of July, part I

Can you believe I forgot about my 4th of July decor? What was I thinking???! My Sweetheart asked me today if I had planned on decorating for the 4th of July. I said "of course I am, I'll do it next month". Then he said "4th of July is next week....". YIKES!!!

I asked him to pull my 4th of July bin down STAT!!!

I gave this holiday decor about 20 minutes of my time (I was on a tight schedule today)...

The front door wreath:

Here's the entrance way table. Very simple. I have a red, white and blue table runner, some red, white and blue candles and ol' Uncle Sam:

Here's that cute table runner that I got on clearance at Kohl's about 5 years ago:
These cute tea light holders are from the dollar section at Target:


I found these stars at Target on clearance last year. They appear to be doorknobs hangers but they are metal and made too much noise on the doorknobs so I thought they would look pretty good here:

My Sweetheart agreed; they look really good hanging on these candles:

The Declaration of Independence, Uncle Sam and a red, white and blue candle:

A bucket of red, white and blue "dynamite" candles and another little Uncle Sam:

I can't remember where I got these Uncle Sam figures but they sure are cute!:

Old Glory and a blue tea light holder:

Even the Ariel Assault got involved:

That's what I have so far, more pics to post soon!

Quail

I looked out the bedroom window one morning as I was getting dressed for work and I saw this HUGE quail hanging out in the yard. He was perched on top of the trellis that sits over St. Francis. He was what I considered to be really big. I know very little about birds, but compared to the quail I've seen in the past, this guy was huge!

Notice the lovely smog that sits over the city. The picture is a bit fuzzy because it was taken from afar and through the window. Still, it's the epitome of city air. HA!