update on pattern adjustment

My sister, the alteration goddess, has finished major surgery on one of the flea market patterns. I should receive it in the mail shortly. Then we'll see if it worked. Cross your fingers for me. I'll post a picture as soon as I sew it up.

some summer baking

I do love summer baking with all the fruits in season. Here's a few (not so great pictures, need to work on this) of a blueberry coffee cake and an apricot cherry crumb. The coffee cake is great, simple and delicous. The crumb needs a some ice cream to go with, not as sweet as I wanted it to be. I think the apricot need to be super ripe.

my garden and yard has been doing well on it's own amazingly. My zucchini plant is doing well, a lot of flowers. Waiting for the first harvest, then I'll try and do something with the flowers. My chili pepper plant is also doing good. WG will be happy with the results. But with all that said the weeds have won, with all the rain we have gotten. I just don't have the energy after work to weed a little. Oh well, at least it green. Speaking of green, the new grass that we put in at the beginning of summer is looking good. I guess the rain did come in handy.

Here's the pictures of the dessert.

Blueberry Coffee Cake







I should have mixed some flour with the blueberry before I folded them in so they wouldn't sink to the bottom. Next time.


Apricot Cherry Crumb







I have to remember to get extremely ripe apricots next year. But I don't think it's too bad to eat it with some vanilla ice cream. Ice cream makes everything better.

Vacation pictures to come. WG just loaded up the removal HD with all the pictures of the vacation. Coming soon.

pattern adjustment

Guess who was so disappointed when she found out how hard it would be to adjust the her flea market patterns. ME! I'm so sad!

It will be a major reconstruction to the pattern I brought to Sac with me, that I had to leave it with my sister. She knows really how to do it as opposed to me that read something on internet.

I guess it's the gym for me. Here I thought I would be sewing up a storm this summer, having all these cute pieces (that fit) to wear. Oh well, it really suck to get old.

ps: are you surprise that i posted twice in a day. I guess I'm a bit jetlag and I'm sitting a WG's laptop and posting away while he sleep.

Back from vacation

Just got back from vacation--yellowstone, grand teton and arches. 3 national parks in a 8 days in 2 states. Yes we are gluttons for punishment. Driving, driving and more driving. We're exhausted. Hope to upload the pictures sometime soon but remember it almost took a year to the great wild west pics.

Will be having a busy few months starting in Aug. 3 sets of visitors in 3 months. At least my house will be clean during that time.

Back from CA

Just got back CA, in and out in 5 days for my niece's graduation (I'm old) and family visit.


I'm the munchkin auntie on the right (old and short)


Happy Graduate

Baby hats x 2

I went crazy with the baby hats for a shower this past Thursday. I wanted to make something not typical pastel-ly baby, with a fun icord knot on the top. So I decided to go to the yarn store (instead of the craft store) and get some yarn in great colors.

The person I was making it for looks so good in color that thought of course her baby would too. Here's the 2 hats in some fabulous colors.


Bunny hat
Knitted in Berroco Comfort, pattern from Peargirl Knits




stripey hat
Knitted in Berroco Comfort, I kind of made up the pattern

a year late can't be too bad

I know, I know. I should have done this at least 10 months ago but I didn't. And now that I have the time, I've decided to post the rest of my Wild, Wild West pictures.

So I posted images from Sacramento and Zion National Park. Here's the rest of the trip. I hate to admit that I still have to develop some pictures from a disposable camera. Our camera broke on the 1st day at Grand Canyon. So I can't say it's all the pictures but most of them.

Tahoe



The mountains still had snow, it was definitely colder than Sacramento.




An island in Lake Tahoe. The color of the water was beautiful



Driving out of Tahoe to go over one of the pass to Nevada


Death Valley



Driving into Death Valley NP



Scotty's Castle at Death Valley NP



Mom and me at Scotty's Castle



Wildlife


Vegas



hours for driving to vegas and a picture of my round face



instead of gambling, we went to the Hoover Dam


Route 66



Hackberry General Store



WG posing with a wooden indian



Dad and a new friend



Mom and Dad playing tourist


Grand Canyon



Me on the edge



Grand Canyon


That's all folks!