Spring in the Desert

It is very pretty here with all the spring colors! There is a lot of green in the hills from all the rain we had a few months ago. And driving around the last few weeks, I've noticed all the prickly pear cactus have buds on top and the last week or so they have all been blooming. It's very pretty! Down the center of the roads in our neighborhood, they have trees that are all in bloom in bright yellow and then under them, lots of prickly pear cactus that have bright orange blossoms on them. I of course don't have a camera to take a picture but I found this one on the internet that looks just like the yellow trees and the blooms on the cactus only these blooms look closed and the ones around here are all open and beeeutiful!!

It's heating up!

We have had some beautiful weather lately. In the 80's mostly but the last couple days have been in the mid 90's! Yesterday afternoon I wanted to take a dip in the pool but it was only 72 degrees, a bit chilly to go in just yet. We have been in a few times in the last couple weeks but we turned the heater on for a bit before going in. It isn't warm enough yet to maintain that temperature. It's going to cool back down to the 80's this week which is fine with me. All too soon, the hot hot hot temperatures will be here. We had friends in town from Seattle over the weekend and they were loving the warm weather! They did lots of sun bathing by the pool. They said it was soooo nice to be in the warm weather.

Who turned the lights off?!!

We ordered window coverings (blinds and shutters) a couple weeks ago for all our windows - finally! Today we got the blinds and wow, what a difference! Not only do they look nice, but when they are closed it is SO dark in here! We have had those temporary paper blinds on the window for so long, I'm used to all the light that comes in. When the blinds were installed, he left them closed. I walked into the living room and it was so dark! I opened all the blinds up to let some light in. I was worried about the color we chose and whether we would like it etc but no worries - I love them! They are wood blinds with nice and wide 2.5 inch slats. Pretty!! The shutters for the front of the house aren't here yet but they should be up in a couple weeks. The house is coming along...........

Coming Soon - Pictures! And No April Fooling Story

I know, I've promised to post pictures before but that was before I realized our camera was broken. But, I should be able to post some pics soon since my sister is a picture taking crazy woman!!! She has taken lots of pictures and I asked her to send them to me when she gets home. So, assuming she does, I'll have some pics soon.
So, the not so fun stuff is that my sister and her fiance were headed up north for a few days and then will return to our house tomorrow. Anyway, in preparation for their trip up north, they packed some stuff in their suitcases. Their rental SUV was parked in our driveway and he took one suitcase out to the car and loaded it in the back. Came back in for the next suitcase and we chatted a bit and I wished them a good trip. A minute or so later they rang the doorbell. I answered and asked what did you guys forget? They told me their suitcase had been stolen. Yeah, yeah, April Fools right? We had been joking with each other earlier that morning with April Fools Day jokes. But, they weren't kidding. When he loaded the first suitcase in the back of the SUV, the back was left open as he came in to finish up and grab the other suitcase. While we were all inside, someone stole his suitcase from the back of the SUV. We were shocked that something like this would happen in our neighborhood let alone right in our driveway!! The neighborhood is very nice, quiet, kind of secluded. We would never think that we need to warn people not to leave something in their car in our driveway. It is a new neighborhood and there are still a lot of people in and out. Construction people, landscaping people, pool builders etc, etc so you don't really know who is in and out of here. What a total bummer. I guess you just never know and should always be on the lookout. We will now be very careful about leaving anything out. I'm just sorry that my guests had to be the victim of someone's stupid crime.

More Visitors

As I mentioned in my last post, my sister arrives tomorrow for a week long visit. And at the end of April, our friends Bob and Jeanne will be in AZ. We just found out today that friends from Seattle will be coming down to visit the second weekend in April. And, Glenn's cousin will be in town the third weekend in April. Lots of visitors - fun! So,when are you all coming to visit?!!!

It's all Done!!

The painting is all done! Wow, professional painters work fast. It's a bunch of money but for a huge space that needs to be painted, it is worth it. I also suck at painting so when we have painted in the past, poor Glenn gets stuck with most of it. I usually start out helping but then he says he will finish it.
So, today the master bedroom was finished and I was afraid to look at our dark brown accent wall but I walked in and it looks great! I can't wait to put the room back together. So, come visit me and I'll show you!!
Speaking of visitors, my sister arrives on Friday with her fiance who I have not yet met. We are looking forward to them visiting and hanging out with them. And then a few weeks later, our friends Jeanne and Bob will be in AZ to visit family and we get to hang out with them while they are here too. Can't wait!!

Color!

We are having the interior of the house painted finally! It has been a very boring white since we moved in. The painter started today and got quite a bit done. It took us so long to choose a color and even the one we finally chose I was afraid I wouldn't like once it was all over the walls. It is now throughout a large portion of our house and..... I love it! It's so nice and feels so much more finished than it did before. The color is called Chaparral and it's like a khakish yellowish color. I like it a lot and can't wait until he is finished. Most of the house will be that color. The Master bedroom will be that with a dark brown accent wall. The powder room will be a color called Pumpkin Pie. Oh yeah baby, it's going to be nice!