Bountiful Harvest

Okay, maybe not so bountiful. Those are all of the lemon cucumbers that I got before the plants bit the dust. I think some pest got to them, and I'm not sure they got enough water while I was gone. However, that's what a lemon cucumber looks like - and they taste exactly like a cucumber - no lemony flavor whatsoever. The cherry tomatoes are very tasty.

I have some other tomatoes and some basil - not a very good harvest of basil (Thanks for asking Angelina - you are the BEST). Again, we have some critters that are eating a lot of our stuff. I think it might be moths. Anyway, I had enough basil to make some pesto (alas, only one batch) and some great Bruschetta. I'm hoping I might get some more basil. It is only the end of July. I know that last year I had basil into September at least.

I also got a quilt top done! Here it is.

I used all of my skull fabrics that I collected. I really like the way it came out - if I do say so myself.

I took my Tessa to the airport and sent her away (again). She went to Colorado to visit her girlfriend. It was quite the ordeal because she was travelling on a buddy pass - therefore, travelling standby. I took her to LAX (which, I hope you remember, is right by me). However, on the day that she was travelling, there were too many people deciding that was the day to go to Denver. So, the gate agent said that she would be better off flying out of John Wayne Airport. In Orange County. Yes, I live right. next. to. LAX. But I had to drive to Orange County to send my daughter somewhere that I (truthfully) didn't want her to go. Luckily for both of us there was no traffic. And I was able to send her away with no problems whatsoever. ::sigh:: Yeah. No problems. She seems to be having a great time.

And some great news. I'm getting an indoor laundry room! Yes! I will no longer have to go outside and walk into the garage in order to do my laundry! This might not seem that exciting to some of you. However, I've had indoor laundry rooms ever since we moved out of our apartment 15 years ago. I now live in a ridiculously expensive home (it's L.A., remember?), and my laundry room is in the garage. In. The. Garage. It sucks big time. We're taking a big closet that is in Carra's room (and that she hates because it's big and scary) and converting it into an indoor laundry room. Again, I'm very excited. I'll keep you updated.

Meeting The Chicken Lady aka Cindy

Well, it's been almost a week - but I got to meet Cindy from The Chicken Coop. My and my girls met her and her chicks at M&L Fabric in Anaheim. Now, I didn't take pictures of this place, but maybe Cindy did. It was really fabulous! Lots and lots of fabric for 2.98. There was more fabric for $1.69 - but it was flat fold and in huge stacks. We couldn't figure out how you would get that fabric out to buy it!

Cindy said that The Fabric Depot was much bigger - and I was very jealous that I wasn't going up there with her and meeting Monica and Angela, and whoever else is going to meet there. My girls and I managed to get some fabric, but not tons. It's definitely a place that I'll be returning to!

Cindy is just the sweetest person around. It was so great talking to her. And my girls liked her chicks. The told me later that they had a great time. They were worried that Cindy's chicks might have known a lot more about fabric than them - but that wasn't the case.

We ate lunch at Coco's - in the shadow of Disneyland. We found out that each of us were going to Disneyland the next day - and were hoping to see each other, but, sadly, we didn't. We did however, have a GREAT time at Disneyland.

Here's a great picture of all of us!

Aren't we all just so happy! They are just the best!

We're now in Santa Rosa visiting my mother. It's been a nice trip so far. Next we're off to Sacramento to visit my girlfriend.