What Have I Been Up To?

This:

This:

And a lot of this:

Oh and pumpkins!

There has also been much decorating for Halloween (even though it is so warm here you wouldn't know it was fall), so pictures of that soon!

Going Home To A New House

A couple of weeks ago I went home to visit my parents and friends in Bend, OR. My parents have just finished renovating an old craftsman style bungalow from the 20s and I was super excited to see it. It was totally the best! I am so happy that "we" now live there!!! The house is super cute and has an amazing garden with tons of flowers and edibles. So basically this post is going to be a bunch of photos from the new house. Here we goooo....

So many yummy things you could eat right out of the garden.

The amazing fence my dad designed an built all by himself!

Weird conjoined twins tomato.

The kitchen is extra lovely. It has a great apron front farmhouse sink which I love, but of course forgot to take a photo of.

"My" bathroom, one of my favorite rooms.

Lemonade sold to us by little girls down the street (they guilted us into it by saying all the money went to saving elephants), I added the lavender and maybe just a splash of vodka.

Another one for the freak show.

Mm mm, egg in the hole breakfast with tomatoes and raspberries picked right from the garden.

And that pretty much sums up the wonderfulness of my trip home. Bend is so nice in the summer it is always tempting to want to stay, but I just remind myself that winter is coming (to quote the Starks) and then I am happy to come back here to AZ and another two months of summer!

Catching Up

Well I just got back from Comic-Con 2012, woot! It is seriously so much fun and so many amazing things happen. This year I got to meet Joss Whedon! Anyway more on that later. In this post I just want to share a few things that have happened since the last post.

First of all if you are wondering what happened with Lewis, why he turned into a beautiful butterfly of course!

I also went to Texas for a work trip (saying I went on a work trip makes me feel all grown up!) Anyway I ate a lot of delicious things there like these:

A huge baked potato with pulled pork on it.

The best margarita I have ever had, seriously. They said it was cucumber, but I think it had pineapple juice in it too.

A hamburger with pulled pork on it. Notice a theme?

Also a few other summery things happened.

My front area is doing great, the bougainvillea is growing, the oranges are ripening, and the best part is my flower seeds are flourishing because of the storms we have been having. I am super excited about these seeds because they were sent to me by Miss Vanessa from A Fanciful Twist. They are from her very own garden and so are extra special!

That is all for now. I will try to get back soon with Comic-Con photos and such!