Rain rain...Where are you??

 
Right now Arizona is in the midst of what they call their "Monsoon Season." Sadly enough, I am getting more and more disappointed as the days go by. It was supposed to rain yesterday and the day before and the day before... well you get the point! I haven't felt a drop where I live, and I am sick of waiting! Weather.com says that Phoenix receives an average of .99 inches of rain in July; so far we have gotten a grand total of 0.04 inches. Can't there be more than a "slight chance of rain" in the forecast tomorrow? Rain rain...where are you?!

My Deal of the Day...AKA "DOD"

Well today I hit up the grocery store and took advantage of all the great deals that were at Fry's. Also, I got an even greater deal when I matched up the sale items with manufacturer coupons. Check out all the stuff I got for such a steal!

After all my hard work, I ended up getting these 50 items:

-3 Tombstone pizzas

-1 Forty-pack of Pizza Rolls

-10 Gatorades/Vitamin Water

-2 Easy Macs

-1 Four-pack set of DanActive

-2 bags of Sargento shredded cheese

-1 block of Sargento cheese

-2 cans of Spaghettio's

-2 boxes of Life cereal

-1 box of Toaster Strudels

-4 boxes of Rice-a-Roni

-1 carton of Florida's Natural orange juice

-2 packages of Dixie paper  plates

-2 jars of Kraft Mayo

-3 bags of Contessa skillet meals

-4 bottles of Wishbone salad dressing

-2 cartons of Breyers ice cream

-2 boxes of Quaker granola bars

-1 package of Energizer batteries

-1 bottle of Suave deodorant

-1 bottle of Softsoap

-1 bag of Tostito's chips

-1 box of Philadelphia creme cheese

And these 50 items only cost me $43.20 after taxes! Grocery shopping is always a little more fun when it is not so spendy!

Life goes on!

Well, I did it! I finally graduated, and life hasn't slowed down since. My family came down for graduation, and I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me get through graduate school, especially Kyle and my parents! I couldn't have done it without you! After graduation, Kyle and I headed to Mexico for a few days with some friends. It was an amazing vacation and much needed for both of us.

After laying in the sun and taking in the views from our condo, we had to come back and move all of our crap! It went very well with the help of many gracious friends, but it made me not want to buy another thing ever again, for fear that I would have to pack it up and move it sometime in the future. After a week or so of unpacking, we are semi-settled in to our new place and were able to celebrate Kyle's 29th birthday. To celebrate, we did a few fun things with friends and I cooked up a little something out of the ordinary. This golf cake was surprisingly easy to make and turned out pretty good. Happy Birthday Kyle!

From graduation... to Mexico... to moving... to making my first decorative cake..., the last month has been very busy to say the least!  Here are some visuals to go along with what's been going on.

Missing LOST

After the final episode of LOST last night, I cannot help but applaud that show for its plot and cast! I am so sad the show is over, and I might just have to watch it all over again. Farewell to LOST, you will be missed, especially Sawyer!