We celebrated Valentine's Day last night. I know, we are a few months behind. However in our defense, we try to make up for lost opportunities. We had planned to see Fools Gold in the theatre as part of our Valentine's Day celebration. My surgery ended up being scheduled February 16 and I was not up for celebrating. The Fool's Gold DVD was released yesterday, my hubby picked it up, the kids were invited over to a friends giving us the opportunity to squeeze in some romantic couple time. A few years ago, we had to cancel a romantic fall New England trip. We re-booked if for one year later and had a wonderful time. I also read two books by a new author, Sarah Addison Allen this month. They are spell-binding. I could barely put them down. If you are looking for a great summer read, I would highly recommend both of these.
I wish I could remember the name of the movie that Garden Spells reminds me of.

Shabu Fondue is such a fun place to go and have a tempting, delectable dessert in the middle of a hot summer day. My dear, dear friend, Angie, and our two darling daughters and I met yesterday, giggled and desserted on these melting, dripping, chocolate treats.
You should try it! After all, "Life's Too Short, Eat Dessert First."

Green Acres is the place to be. Our corn is growing. We are so proud. We planted it from seed in March. There are seven ears of corn on them.
I hope they are edible. See those tassels on the top? When I was a teenager growing up in Iowa, my girlfriends and I would get on a crew, ride through the fields on a large tractor with baskets for us to stand in and detassel corn. We would work from 5-10 am in our cutoffs and bikini tops and earn spending money for our beloved designer bluejeans. We got great tans too! I pulled one of the tassels the other day just for kicks. I wonder if corn is still detasseled? I'm playing around with Sara's "Shade's of Inspiration."
I'm seeing green, but it's a little difficult. I'm not much of a green person in terms of decorating. A greener earth - definitely. I had to turn to the great outdoors for most of my green. This is my favorite of our five palm trees in our backyard.
Our ruby-red grapefruit tree got confused this year. We had such a cold winter that it didn't produce any fruit during the spring. However, it's loaded now. I don't know if they will be ready in the fall or wait until it's normal spring routine.

My next door neighbor moved a week ago (boo hoo)and gave me her ficus tree.
I just transplanted it into my "green" mosaic rooster.
I hope it likes its new home in our breakfast room. They are a little tricky.

Finally! We get to see it. January 25, 2009. My neighborhood Bunco group is such a fun group of women. Sunday night, Michelle coordinated a group of us to go see Sex In The City. What a fairy tale movie that was with really racy scenes I might add. I received a group sales email from ASU for The Lion King and I knew that I needed to coordinate a neighborhood event. I spent the last two days emailing and calling everyone and placed our order today for 24 tickets. Can't wait! My little family went to see the latest Indiana Jones movie. We enjoyed that too. Gotta go - my daughter and I just rented "Nancy Drew". We are loving summer. Maybe we will jump in the pool when it's over.

"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. If you're happy and you know it clap yours hands. If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. We'll I'm clapping. I had to share you with some of the happiness that I received for my birthday. We got soooo busy around here the last week, but today I'm catching up. Teresa said that she had sent me a "Happy" box. Any box from her is a happy box, but she meant it literally. Are these happy balls cute or what? I'm going to show you a lot of cuteness today! I waited a couple of days when I could concentrate to devour her incredible new "Postmark LA" book that she sent me. You have to get it. I love it. So many inspiring ideas and the images are incredible. Okay . . I can't tell you how much I love the card. I want to frame it.
Speaking of cards, this is what happens when you have two family members with back-to-back birthdays.
Now on to two darling, darling giftbags. Aren't we all crazy for cupcakes?

Now I have to share with you what's inside.

Chloe slippers! Check out this adorable tag
Chloe likes them too! Sniff, sniff.
This has to be the most adorable ice cream scoop ever!

It's the last day of "I Saw Red". I am crazy, I know. I put all of these 11 pillows on our bed everyday. I am extremely detail oriented, but I am not a perfectionist. It drives my husband even crazier to to remove them all at night if he retreats before I do.

It's Ruby Tuesday. I've playing along with Sara's "I Saw Red".
I see alot of red in my home. My two favorite colors are red and pink. Since I have a big hunky husband in my home, as well as a strapping teenage son, I try to limit my use of pink in our home decor. Therefore, red reigns in the kitchen and family room. The first image is a stairstep shelf that is currently in our breakfast room. The next image is my favorite red heart. The artist that made it lives in Tucson. It is larger than you think at 24 inches high and hangs from an additional 12 inch wire hanger.
The next one is from one of our bookshelves. I love my red fleur di lis.
Last, but not least, is my kitchen lamp. I was so lucky to have found this lamp. The red, French rooster fabric is the same fabric that my kitchen valence is made out of.