Thursday, January 6, 2011

Home Sweet Home…

We said good-bye to Pismo Beach and all those wonderful Quilt Shops and said HELLO to Desert Hot Springs, our Winter destination! 

Here are some pictures of our loooonnnngggg 5 hour drive down here…

A little island joined by a long bridge…gorgeous picture…not sure what the island is called or who lives there…someone rich and the famous??

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This is where I will be going when I start up my own quilting show….Hey if Paula can do it with cooking, why can’t Paulette do it with quilting ??

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And of course the LA Freeway….YIKES!!  How do people drive freeways EVERY DAY?  Get me out of here!

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Of course I worked on stitching another block of Summertime…which wasn’t easy as the roads were so bumpy and the big semi-trucks were whizzing by!!  And I had to co-pilot….(shreek!!)

Pulling into The Sands RV Resort was a little like arriving home!!  SEW good to be here!!

We finished off the day by ordering Mexican food…something that we NEVER have!! (Ahhh to have a Mexican Restaurant back home!!)  Delish!! 

I have been craving a Taco Salad for about 8 months now!  Yumm…I’m sure the avocado cancels out the sour cream….and the lettuce cancels out the flaky shell…P1110251

My husband had chicken enchiladas….

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Served on our best china, of course…

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How do you say “It’s time to pig out” in Spanish?  Until next time…I can’t talk with my mouth full…

Have a Fun Friday and Happy Quilting!~P

23 comments:

  1. I miss mexican food (the real stuff) more than anything else about California. Nothing can compare to it (and the hotter the better).

    Hugs - Marie

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  2. Glad you arrived "home" safe and sound. I'm sure Molly and Rylie are just as pleased to see the last of those LA Highways too! Have a great day getting reacquainted with your new old digs.

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  3. In Maine there was a little house on an small island of rocks, would be fun, but no privacy at all, lol. That food looks way too good.

    Debbie

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  4. No fair! Now I want Mexican food for supper.....

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  5. 8 months??? how can you go that long? Living in So. Texas, we fix it a lot and there are lots of good Mexican restaurants.

    Hope you enjoy your winter months.

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  6. We do have some good Mexican food here in SoCal. I love it, and the spicier the better. And what, you mean you don't like driving on our freeways? Where's your sense of adventure! LOL

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  7. yum, your food is making me hungry. I can make my own Mexican food but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy restaurant style Mexican :)

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  8. Yummy! Glad you arrived to your destination safely. Now enjoy!!

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  9. Glad you made it to California! But, I was already hungry and then I saw your taco salad and now I'm craving one! YUMMO!!!

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  10. Glad you made it to your next destination. I wouldn't be surprised if that little island was actually a drilling rig of some kind or a pumping station.

    I agree with you, the LA freeways are horrid. Every time I have to go down there I bury my head in a book or, like you, try to do some stitching.

    I love the double laptops next to your dinners - lol!

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  11. Were you able to go to the Creation Station, Buellton on your trip down? Maybe on your way back, fun stuff and a great bunch of folks working there. Oh and the Treasure Hunt in Carpenteria. We love the desert, too.

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  12. Very glad to hear you have arrived safe and sound. Dinner looks yummy. A quilting retreat on that island would be be great wouldn't it. Hope the bridge would be up to the weight of a sewing machine or two.

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  13. Looks delicious. Did I miss dinner?

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  14. adios taco salad!..looks delicious!!!..I know which computer is yours!??..the 'chartruse one'..have a great evening..windy and rainy today..so you are not missing much!1

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  15. Sounds like that real mexican food is delicious. Enjoy settling in!! Hugs Ariane

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  16. My cousin owns a condo in Palm Desert and goes down every year once she finishes teaching school.

    I love the Thai Smile restaurant for some authentic Thai food. Their Red Mountain beef dish is spicy but great.

    Have a fun relaxing time down there and get a lot of stitching done.

    It was nice to see the blue skies in California, they've had so much rain lately.

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  17. Hey, forget about that Mexican food.
    I can not believe - Desert Hot Springs
    I grew up in DHS.

    It's been years since I've been there and I am certain it has changed.
    But still it's the place where I grew up.

    Hugs,
    Gerry

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  18. Forget the food, I want my own island. But no bridge - don't like bridges - have to come by boat or copter. I can't imagine driving LA freeways in an RV! Glad you're "home"!

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  19. Glad you've arrived safely Paulette. I can't believe you're back down there again tho - the year seems to have gone by so quickly. When I first started following your blog you were snowbirding - something totally alien here in the UK.Enjoy your time there.
    Mal

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  20. How do you say that in Spanish? Yum yum, I think.

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  21. Going to have to look up the town you are in and see where in California you are staying. That table looks yummy....I love Mexican food.

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  22. Food, laptops and a quilt....what more could you need?? LOL

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  23. No one lives on that little island, but they pump oil on it! It's privately owned, just for that. You passed through my city about 15 minutes after seeing the island :) Glad you made it okay through the evil freeways. So scary! Have a great time enjoying all that Mexican food. I could eat it every day too.

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