My Home Away From Home.....

When we are in Scottsdale we usually rent a condo, which is really nice for us since we live out of hotel rooms for the rest of the show season. But this year, the lady who owns the condo had already rented it out, so we had to find a new place to stay. My boss, D, started looking around for a new place to rent a couple months before we were to leave for Scottsdale. He found some condo's and a house. He talked to all of us girls to get our opinion. Comparing the 2 options it was a no-brainer on what option we wanted, the house. Plus the house actually was going to be cheaper to rent then the condo's. The only nerve wracking thing was that D found the house online. He saw pictures and talked to the owner quite a bit. But you never know what you are really gonna get until you get there, or if you will actually have a house to stay in. You always hear about con artists, and we definitely were thinking we could have been conned when our security code wouldn't work in the gate.

But, the house owner was totally legit, and the house was all that and then some! Please join me for the tour of my home away from home....

The living room~ this is where we watched t.v., relaxed and basically had our "family" gatherings. The house had a surround sound system that played throughout the house and outside.

The kitchen~ We all know what the kitchen is for, and we made really good use of it! D's uncle L even came over and made us dinner: spare ribs, potatoes, salad and veggies. It was an awesome dinner! Plus the night we entertained our clients, we had 25 + people over and we made great use of the kitchen and living room.

The dining room

The family room~ this room was so nice, that we hardly even went in there. I couldn't even get it all in the picture it was so big. The view of the pool and cactus was amazing!

My bedroom~ we are so used to having 2-4 girls in one hotel room. I actually got my OWN bedroom with a bathroom! All to myself!! That was so nice. I could just go into my own little retreat and shut the door to get away from everyone else. Not like I needed to get away from everyone else, but it was nice to be able to get some really quiet, down time, alone!

The barbecue area~ This area was one of the favorites, not just for me, but for everyone. It was so peaceful, relaxing and we would sit on the couch during the warm evenings.

The landscape~ there were cactus and palm trees (are there palm trees in Arizona?) all over. I just love cactus! I was going to have A take a picture of me in front of those really big cacti, but I totally forgot!

The pool~ this was the favorite place to be, as long as it wasn't raining! A and I would hang out on those lounge chairs, and they were so comfortable! I really need to get a couple of those for my house! Too bad we couldn't take just one day off and lay out in the sun! But unfortunately we can't do that. In case you were wondering, the pool is not heated, so it was ice cold!! So no swimming!

We would sit out on the patio, have a drink, relax and watch the sun set. Beautiful way to end a hectic show day!

We just loved the house. We are already in talks to the owner about renting it again next year. It sounds like he might be out of the country again at the same time, fingers crossed! We are some spoiled girls!

Stay tuned! My next Scottsdale post will be about the show and the trip home!!