Lately

I was doing so well with blogging and then I fell off the bridge and down into the abyss. Whoops. Life's been nicely crazy around here. Lots of changes are happening, lots of surfing, playing with the dogs, friends, and figuring out my camera. I don't think I can really complain too much because everything has been pretty great, and I've been able to spend a ton of time with Nic. Which is never a bad thing!

We've had some weird weather the last few weeks. Some dreary rainy days and I think everyone who's also in SoCal is ready to run away and cry. I'm not used to the rain anymore! At the same time, I'd like some real rain. The rain here is different from home. It doesn't pour, or thunder -- I can't remember the last time I actually heard thunder -- it just. . mists, with a few heavier mists mixed it. But anyways, when it hasn't be weird or when the scary fog hasn't rolled in, we've been spending our days outdoors. It makes us all happy when we're outside. Stella loves to fetch and Eevah gets to get her sunbathe on. I also get to keep my eye on the broccoli. I can't believe how fast they're growing! I'm so excited for when they're ready to harvest.

Our Big Little Garden

We've been living here for almost three weeks so I think it's time to finally share some of our house with everyone! If you follow me on instagram you've already seen glimpse of our fantastic yard but I promise there's even more to see.

One of the selling points of this rental was that there was a big yard with actual grass. All of the houses we had been looking at either had no yards, a tiny yard, or no grass -- none of which really worked with our family. I missed my parents yard and knew how much easier it was going to make life with the dogs. I also wanted to be able to have somewhere to keep gardening and actually eat dinner outside. Then we found this house and all was well.

I had a teary goodbye to a tomato plant I'd been nurturing since before the wedding and finally had a bunch of little green tomatoes before we left. The poor thing would have never survived our cross country road trip so I gave it to my favorite people in the whole wide world -- my grandparents. It got a great home. Nevertheless it was depressing, so you have to believe my utter excitement when we walked in the gate and saw our yard and the biggest tomato plant with the largest tomatoes ever was just sitting there. I'm in heaven.

We have plumerias, hibiscus, roses, basil, limes, about 5 different types of peppers that I don't know how to use, eggplants and so much more. And our neighbors have an apple tree and the apples are red but they aren't picking them. I'm trying to work up the nerve to go knock on their door and ask to pick them, but, I'm terrified that they're going to look at me like I'm crazy and say no.

Here are some pictures. If you're ever in California please come visit. I would love to have guests over to sit at our table with some lemonade or mojitos and just talk. (I'm feeling a bit homesick).

We have tons of peppers and veggies that were growing in the yard. Our neighbors also have an apple tree that I was planning on picking from, but, they picked them all a few days ago. 

We have so many different types of flowers blooming! 

We're decorating for fall/Halloween this weekend so you can expect some fabulous festive pictures sometime soon. And next week you might just get to see the inside of our home. Eek!