Sunday, January 31, 2010

How to spend a Sunday...

...take a whole bunch of relatives you haven't seen in a long, long time... ...make a batch of amazing pizza dough and a bunch of toppings to make scrumptious pizzas in the wood fired oven with. ...have Arizona deliver a breathlessly beautiful day...robins egg blue skies, flower scented breezes, fresh green leaves on trees budding out and things to pick in the garden... ...and laugh and talk and eat pizza and remember and dream and eat pizza and hug and enjoy and eat pizza...



...and be so utterly exhausted that you feel almost boneless like a small child just waking up from a nap...

...and be so exquisitely happy that you had another perfect day of a three-day in a row weekend of almost total perfection.

For some weird reason I decided to tell everything backward...so tomorrow is going to be the surprise wedding. Which might take two posts...it was soooo amazing and romantic and unique!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for the "Too cool for school clock"!

And now, since I am almost boneless with tired...I'm gonna wiggle my way down the hall on my stomach and go watch some inane TV.

Sigh.

44 comments:

  1. Dear Jenny,
    Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your comment about the red button. It's one of those things that I've had in my mind for a while, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one.
    Your blog is so cheerful. I'm looking forward to that wedding posting, but the pizza party was plenty of entertainment. I need to go and fix dinner now. You've made me hungry!
    Blessings to you.

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  2. Wow, another great looking day!!!

    Justine :o )

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  3. Beautiful weather! Yummy looking pizza and Family and Friends. What a great day!!

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  4. jealous to see you sitting outside! here in NJ it was a bitterly cold day! Enjoy!

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  5. Sounds heavenly to me! Love hearing your stories about your days in ANY order:) Love the pics of the family! And you live in one of the best places on earth!Hugs!

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  6. Have a good night's sleep you deserve it but it looks like you had an absolutely fantastic weekend.

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  7. Your day sounds so wonderful!!! I absolutely LOVE pizza and yours looked delicious! How fun!

    I am jealous of your beautiful weather. Enjoy it!

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  8. I am really enjoying reading your blog. And I am impressed with your energy and zest for life. It has been great reading about your fun while we have been "snowed in" in Tennessee.

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  9. That pizza looks so yummy!!! and what a fun weekend:)

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  10. There you go again, having a fun, awesomely perfect day...I love it!
    You sound so happy and amused that all went so wonderfully! Glad you had the pizza party with the long lost ones..people, not pizza...they look yummy. And yes, the wonderful Arizona winters...awww.
    Ok, on to the real world...let me go get some links for you and I"ll be back.

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  11. Well, here's one that I know will help with the clock...
    Audrey's Give Aways!!

    there may be another one too, hold on..

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  12. Here's this one...
    Its So Very Cheri
    Hope I'm saving the link things right...
    ok, I gotta go watch some TV too.

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  13. Hi Jenny
    Thanks for stopping by...
    I am a pizza freak too.I love making the dough myself and adding strange toppings!!!

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  14. Looks (and sounds) like a perfect day! The pizzas look heavenly, and what beautiful weather. Get a good nights sleep, you certainly deserve it! Kathy

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  15. Now you've officially given me spring fever, I can't wait to sit outside again. I want pizza now too! Glad your weekend was so great.

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  16. Even though you were/are tired, Jenny---isn't it a nice tired???? You had a fabulous weekend with family and friends. Life cannot get much better than that.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  17. looks like a blast! and that pizza looks delish...

    kelly

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  18. Hi Jenny, I was happy to see a visit from you at my blog and thanks for following. I look forward to reading more comments from you.

    I see you know how to enjoy your family and friends and good food too! :)

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  19. Glad you got to visit with family! Looks like everyone had a great time! Oh, and by the way...it's 23 degrees here! (Insert a raspberry!)

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  20. inane tv on a sunday night is a must! perfect way to wind down after a busy weekend!

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  21. What a weekend you've had, Jenny. I think it'll take you all next week to unwind!

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  22. Its been a long time since I had a day like that with family, and in my book they are just as much fun as a snow-day--And I am crazy about snow-days!!! :-)

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  23. Matlock, I love your whole outdoor area - and the pizza oven? Chef Stu would have a party with that baby!

    He grills pizza sometimes. Have you ever had pizza done on the grill. YUM.

    How many days of rest will you give yourself after the momentous weekend? You worry me.

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  24. O.M.G. that is the greatest post! Exactly how I love spending warm weekends...with family and food.
    Your pictures are amazing!!
    I L-O-V-E that oven!! Awesome.

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  25. I am so glad that you had a perfectly fun and exhausting day!!!
    I miss AZ!!!

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  26. You're right, Jenny. That is a marvelous way to spend a Sunday. What I wanna' know, though is why you didn't just hop on your horse and run summa' that pizza up my way? I would've enjoyed it at least as much as you and your friends did.

    I have a life-size image of you wiggling your way down the hall. I'll be laughing all day.

    ~ Yaya
    Yaya's Changing World

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  27. The wood burning pizza oven is wonderful! :-)
    And a surprise wedding? I can't wait to hear about this!

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  28. It's lovely to see this warm happy summery blogpost. Gives me faith that we might have a summer and it is not too far off.

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  29. And you even had perfect weather!!!

    Now, isn't it time to rest? :-)

    Happy February!
    .♥.♥.♥.♥.♥.♥.

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  30. What a wonderful weekend you had .... now time to recover, eh?

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  31. oh man, you were making my mouth 'water'.

    what a wonderful place to live and such a happy
    family and friends~

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  32. Great looking pizza there! Mild winter day - perfect weekend party!

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  33. Woodfire pizza. YUM.

    Now I want that...thanks for the tease. LOL.

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  34. How very wonderful for you! That kind of tired is the best kind, if one must be tired! I see you're "that" person in every photo...! Me too. heehee.

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  35. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I will find that info for you about the button and give it to you as soon as I can.

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  36. Thanks for the visit and follow. I really like your blog. Especially the yummy looking pizza. Now I'm craving it.

    Awww, you're in Arizona. We don't have a pizza place that cooks pizza in a wood fired oven. Hmmm, *wonder how much plane tickets will cost* (^_^)

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  37. What a fun weekend! There is nothing like family!

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  38. Wow! this is a happenin' place! It's been minus 26 here this week, so looking at your photos has warmed me up!

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  39. What a lovely family get together you had. Is that your yard....if it is WOW!!

    Blessings dear friend,

    Jo

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  40. I think I'm caught up reading all your posts. I was dying to see how the party turned out. It looks like such fun with the airplanes all around. I am so glad that you were happy with the way everything turned out. Your dad looks cute in his tux. The pizza looks wonderful and I'm so jealous of your good weather.

    I can't wait the hear about the wedding. Just reading all the things you've done in the past few days makes me exhausted!

    Sue

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  41. Look at that weather in Arizona! How nice and nice party. You are a busy gal!
    sandie

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  42. Jenny, I think I am going to have to opt out of this alphabet thing. Again, I've screwed up. I spent over three hours on this post, uploading pictures from various sites, making sure they were domain free, etc, and then, again, I did the Mclinky thing and I though I was putting my blog address in right and I guess I didn't.

    My post is "C is for California" and I put:
    http://rnsane.blogspot.com/2010/02/c-is-for-california

    What should I have put?

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Jenny Matlock