QT

It was a WARM weekend here in upstate New York...but I know it was nothing compared to the summer oven that is my home back in Arizona.  On hot days back home we would beat the heat with big refreshing 44 ounce cold drinks.  My favorite was the fresh brewed iced tea from QT (Quik Trip).  Their ice...it's actually perfect.

I would kill for a QT right now.  And their wall of amazing fountain beverages.  Best gas station ever.

People here don't drink fountain beverages purchased at gas stations.  I never see it.

Boy are they missing out.

gorgeous gorges

I only want to live where it is beautiful.  I hope it works out that way.

We fell in love with Ithaca.  Soooo in love.

*note - Ithaca is famous for its gorges...I didn't misspell gorgeous.  I admit I am a horrific speller...but I didn't get that wrong!

photography

We bought a fancy camera when our daughter was born...along with one of those "Dummies" books to help us learn how to take sweet shots with the camera (soooo many buttons!!???)  We haven't even cracked the book yet - no time to read about taking pictures while we are actually taking pictures.  This looks helpful (and so visually stunning).
  Found at August And After

congrats grad

These are the sparkly glittery CONGRATS cards I bought last week.  I had to buy two because both of my little sisters graduated from college last week and they both deserved sparkly glittery cards. One graduated from medical school and is now an official MD and the other graduated from ASU with her bachelors.  I'm so proud of them.

*they are actually HERE visiting us this weekend!  I hadn't seen them in nearly a year!!!

hand made baby mobile

LovelyFriend - $78

Our baby is REALLY into playing with the hanging toys on her baby gym.  Made us realize that we want to put some cute hanging animals over her crib.  I currently have some beautiful yellow poms hanging over her crib...but they just aren't as stimulating as we'd like.  These little critters are wicked cute...and animals are all over her crib sheets - could be stinkin' cute!  

*note:  we have 0 dollars to do this, so I think I want to try to make one.  Hummm...why do I get these ideas in my head??  Why do I long to craft things!??   

i heart travel

Found this little lovely at We Ski Slow and I think it's fabulous!  We could so easily fill it with the brightly colored maps of the dearest places to our hearts - one would be Flagstaff...one would be our current home...one would be Rhode Island...ohhhhh so fun.

daffodils

via PipiPhotography - pretty pretty print!

I've decided that daffodils are the happiest flower.  I used to think it was sunflowers - with their big fancy faces and brilliantly outstretched petals.  Yet - after a winter of gray skies and snow covered landscapes, once these little yellow daffodils started showing their brilliance my heart started soaring.  SPRING IS SO CLOSE!  Even though the grass hasn't sprouted yet, and the trees are still cold and brown, the daffodils have fought their way through the soil to bring some sunshine to my walk to work. 

Oh I do love them. 

Happy Easter - hope you have a bouquet of these somewhere in your house today.

raw art letter press

There is still a blank wall in the baby's room.  It's killing me. 

I'm currently fantasizing about the possibility of one of these prints  by Raw Art Letter Press.  They are so simple and divine.  Of course, if I got one for Clara's room, it would have to be yellow.  It would just have to be.

Aren't these delightful? There is something about them that makes me smile.

samoas

Bless you Jo for guiding me towards the culinary genius who figured out how to create homemade Girl Scout Samoas at Siriously Delicious.  Not that I will have time/patience to attempt these for awhile...it's just blissful to know that the possibility is there.

ugly chair = love

So.  I had an experience in one of those hideous gliding baby chairs at the breast-feeding center of our local mall (it's a gorgeous space for mothers who want to nurse their little ones...seriously...gorgeous space!).  I have hated the look of those chairs from the get-go and refused to entertain the thought of buying one for our home.  (please don't be offended if you have one of these in your home!)  I wanted to buy a pretty gliding chair...with slick lines...something we could use as real furniture once our baby wasn't a baby any more. 

But...those ugly gliders are sooo comfortable.  And nursing in it was a dream.  We couldn't come close to purchasing my dream gliders (here or here).  The ugly glider is somewhat of a steal in comparison. 

I can't wait to get my amazingly comfy ugly chair!