Sewing Day with My Sister

Today my sister and I got together and did some sewing.  We made new versions of wallet/purses we had made last year.  They need updated fabric. When we went to the Long Beach Quilt Showlast weekend we picked up some fabrics to do just that. I love sewing with my sister because she is really good with reading and understanding patterns and I am not.  Oh I can read them but I have a hard time follow the directions. Here is my end result with additional embellishment to the flowers with buttons.  I think it came out sooo cute.  Thanks for you help and you continued support in helping my recover from the my compulsion to create and sell.  I am now focusing on creating for the sheer pleasure of it.  

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La la lalala Saturday, Saturday...It looks great to me...Saturday Saturday

Well it has been an amazing day today so far.  We woke up early and went on a 2 hour bike ride with about 75 people. It was put on by the Block Shop and the City of Lancaster.  The Mayor R. Rex Parris was even a participant.  The ride started at the Lancaster City Hall and we left at 9:15 with full Los Angeles County Sheriff escort.  We meandered threw the old part of Lancaster to Lancaster City Park where we took a small break, drank water and talked to a man that had the bike I want.  A recumbent bike.  I love that I would be able to ride it with minimal pain since you are in a seated position and not leaning over handle bars. I also liked the recumbent 2 wheeler as it is easier to transport when we go camping.  The only down side is there starting price is around $1,500.00

Well the ride then  went north to Jet Hawks Stadium for a group photo and the back to City Hall. I was even interviewed by the local cable channel. All in all it was a great start to the day.  We are only glad it was not any longer as at the end we were pooped. 

To add the calories we had burned we then went to Double Burgers for lunch.  Cheeseburgers and Fries YUMMY. 

Well I have to go and start decorating the cupcakes that need to be delivered by 4:00 pm today. I'll post those details later today.

Have a great rest of the day.  

A day with the man I love.

Today, which would be July 3rd,  was a very nice day. I got to sleep in and then get up at a leisurely pace and got ready to go to the beach.  You see it has been right at 100 degrees for the past week. Our AC was not working so we have been suffering with the heat.  Well the AC got fixed yesterday and so today we were free to do what we wanted.  So around noon we left for the beach.  It was nice to feel the air cool as I drove from my home to the SCV.  From there it just got better.  Who can say they love the beach when it is over cast?  I can ...Charlie and just love it.  We loaded our ice chests with water, beer and deli sandwiches at Vons and headed to our favorite camping spot Emma Wood. State Beach  We just used the day use area because we knew not a lot of people would be there. We were right. We hauled our chairs, blankets and ice chests down to the beach and sat together for the next 3 hours.  Charlie read his Truck magazine and I read the play "The Picnic" for my Acting class I am taking.  I was hoping to find my monologue in the play but didn't.
Here is our self portrait we took today..

The kissing picture is similar to a photo I have from the same spot about 5 years ago.  We had planned a camping  trip to the beach because I needed to get away.  It was before I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and did not know what was going on with me I just knew I was a mess and no knew why. It was a very stressful time and I was having a really hard time with my upper back pain. Before we made the trip I had to go to a physical therapy appointment.  Charlie came with me but ran off to do something while I was having my treatment.  When he returned he had bought me a small gift.  It was this Pooh Bear frame. and this is it with a photo taking during our camping trip. He is such a special man and I am very lucky to have him in my life.