High Anticipation!!

Here's one I didn't anticipate at all.  This is the quilt I've been eyeing for the last few years every time I visited Cactus Quilts.  That's the perfect name for a quilt store in the desert!!  It's mostly hand work with scraps I have at home.  The good news is that it will take me so long to complete, I'll save a bundle from NOT buying more fabric!!

I highly anticipated the rain forecast for yesterday.  I even did a little rain dance to ensure some moisture.  I was so excited when it clouded over and I heard thunder.  Well, thunder and lightning do not rain make.  At least not here.  It rained all around me for a couple of hours, causing flood watches in Tucson, but not a single drop of the wet stuff hit here.  Temps got all the way down to 80 though!

In between watering the plants myself and watching Zoo stories on television, I finished this small quilt.  I like it so much I just might have to make a bigger one.

I certainly did NOT anticipate almost stepping on this guy.  They are usually so secretive I rarely see them, let alone get a picture.  He was about ten inches long ... a real brute!!

I decided to wait until today to move the old bed out, so that got scratched off my list, but there was a baseball game on.  Not having seen anything since the All Star Game, I was almost in withdrawal.  Now I am for sure since Fox Sports chose NOT to show the Giants game.  I realize they are in last place, but still ... you ADVERTISED it was on your schedule.  Instead, I made two pillowcases for my new bed.

Since I keep seeing people fry fish for dinner on their blogs, I thought I would give it a shot.  Boy was I anticipating THIS yummy dinner.  I picked up a piece of delicious fresh cod.  My mouth was watering.  

That quickly went out the window.  I didn't batter it because of the diet thing ... no flour ... so I just fried it.  Who knows what temperature it was ... I sure didn't.  How long do you leave it in there?  I didn't know that either.  In the end, it all fell apart and was the greasiest thing I've ever eaten.  Such a disastrous mess, I didn't even take a picture.  

I really did try to eat a piece or two.  It tasted like greasy grease.  Biggest cooking fail in a long time!  I think I'll leave the fried fish to the experts!!

On my way to the trash can, I had another visitor at the water station.  I'll leave you with a little bit of anticipation and post the pictures tomorrow.  Right now, I'm in bed-moving mode!!