Last weekend - after I had made my bed/straightened up my room and was doing the same in Allison's room, I heard a large crash.  My first thought was 'What did Jessie get into now?  When I walked in to my room.....the ceiling fan was on my bed.  I'm sooo glad it didn't break in the middle of the night!!!  I got a replacement fan, but now need to find a handyman to put it in - the old fixture is too small for the new fan.  I can replace a ceiling fan, but installing a new electrical box is out of my skill set!!

 

I got three eggs yesterday!  All three of my hens are now laying.  I have been getting two (small) eggs a day for a while now, but this is the first time I got three.  Earlier in the week I knew one was beginning to start laying - I found just the yolk - no shell - in the coop.  

 

I took advantage of having a helper for Allison until 9:00 last night, and Meredith and I went kayaking at Whiskeytown.  It was 107 degrees when I clocked off work, and the lake was beautiful!  I was a bit nervous leaving Alli - originally I was supposed to have a helper that had been here before, but that was not who showed up on my doorstep yesterday afternoon.  Nope, I got a brand new person, so instead of being able to load my kayaks and gear up on my lunch hour (really just a half-hour, after I run and get Alli at her daycare) I ended up doing it after work.  (Did I mention it was 107 degrees when I got off work???)  I knew Alex was home for any questions the helper had, but since Alli is non-verbal, the helpers have to figure out what she needs by observation/body language - hard to do with someone you just met!  The new helper did great, so I didn't need to worry, but....some things you just can't help, right?  All in all - the kayaking trip was worth it though.

 

They are still the cutest kittens!  They are still, unfortunately in Jessie's case, living up to their nicknames  "Mischief and Mayhem"....

 

I’ve been neglecting the blog!!!  I’ll do better…

Sunrise the other morning:

 

I have three quilts at three different "finished" stages.....

This is at the "quilt top is finished!" stage - ready to put the batting and backing on, then quilt and bind:

This one is at the "quilting is finished - just need to do the binding now" stage:

And this one is done, done, done!  

I got an egg!!  My babies are growing up!!  

 

I had Koori put down yesterday.    She was 16, and lived a good life....RIP sweetie.....

My garden is doing good - I planted pole beans this year - and I usually plant bush beans.  I really like the pole beans!  They also seem to be pretty happy - I got a nice bunch of bean yesterday off of them!  

My tomatoes are coming in too - I picked some ripe romas and yellow pear tomatoes.

And found a bug on my purple beans - which turned the normally green bug pink.....the chickens were happy to help dispose of it....

 

My plans for the weekend?  Stay inside or in the pool....

 

Just another try at quilting - with a little help from my friends....they were playing with each other under my sewing machine, which by the way, blocks my machine from moving "effortlessly" over the quilt!  I did get the quilting done, but there are places where it isn't pretty....not all the cats' fault, but they sure didn't help!!

Cindy M and I went out with the kayaks Thursday after she got off work (I was on vacation this week!!!).  With the weird weather we are having this year, we called the trip short - thunderclouds building up, lots of wind, only 75 degrees, etc.  I don't want to be on the water in a thunderstorm!  We did do some exploring on shore, and some curious geese came over to see us.  Really, they came over to see if we had any food for them.....

 

They are still just too cute....