A 12 Hour Harley Ride Saturday....

Couldn't have been a better day. Sabrina left at 6:00 am to go to Carrowinds with about 100 kids for the day, so Blaise and I took advantage of the "alone time" and jumped on the Harley for for a day of cruising, swimming and relaxing over on the Atlantic coast.

Is this a welcoming sight or what??!

We left home about 8:30 a.m. and returned home about 9:00 p.m. It was a perfect day - the sky was Carolina blue, the beach was red hot, and the water was the perfect shade of "cool."

Remember the motorcycle blanket I made a while back (the one we carry in the saddle bag of the bike for unexpected stops)? It makes the perfect beach blanket. Perfect thickness - just big enough for two!

Nobody ever takes pictures of me (that I would show you!!).

So here's a few pictures I took of myself!

LOOK.... I'm waving to YOU!

Make sure you do things today to make YOU happy today. Play with your dog, hug your kids, read a classic piece of literature, (may I suggest "Wuthering Heights???") kisss your honey. Make yourself smile.

Laugh as much as you breathe...

and LOVE as long as you live.

Now that the Soreness (and sleepless nights) are gone....

I've got one more week of Bootcamp #1 to go and YES, I've signed up for Bootcamp 2!! As I've mentioned - it takes 21 days to develop a habit - and I'm 21 days into this. It's much easier to get up and get going at 4:45 a.m., sticking to 1100-1300 calories is a breeze, the soreness is gone, the sleepless nights are gone, and I KNOW quite a few pounds are gone. I feel amazing and am so psyched that this is working BETTER than I anticipated. If you find yourself needing to do something and really wanting to be successful - see if you have a bootcamp in your area - if you DO - try it. You won't be sorry. I promise.

Anyway...... I'm back in the studio am working on a leaf piece for a dear friend and am also finishing Sabrina's gigantic professional tote bag (with the skull fabric) YESSSSS.... I'm still laboring over that. Lots of zippers, pockets, corded toggles - $&#@$!&!#$ all of which I've never done before and am having a heck of a time with, but it's coming along. Should have it done by the conclusion of the weekend. I've also made her a little laptop "envelope" to match.

It promises to be a rainy weekend which is fine by me. I've had enough "outdoors" the past three weeks at bootcamp and am looking forward to sewing, reading, and Katie, I'm working on my "traveling sketchbook" pages and hope to get those out on Monday.

I look forward to catching up with everybody this weekend. Do tell me what you've been up to and what you've got in the works. I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things now that school is out.