Morning Has Broken

Hit the beach this morning about 6am and was happy to see blue sky!!  Loving my walks on the beach but realizing how out of shape is my body. Last night my legs were sore from walking the sand, scrambling on the rocks, and digging for treasure for two hours.  Had to hit the Tylenol before going to bed and thankfully slept like a baby all night long!

The Beach is My Happy Place!

Arrived in Cannon Beach about 10 am and promptly ran down to the beach to soak up the surf. Unfortunately there was no sun to soak up so I made do with fog and heavy mist.

Looking for treasures, I scoured the sand and surf, picking up a variety of shells, coral, and colorful objects. Wandering the rocks, I ran across a rope attached to something heavy in the ground.  Ended up returning this evening to spend 2 hours digging deeper and deeper to free whatever the rope was attached.  It was getting dark so had to give up my digging and return to the cabin.

After my morning beach walk, Steve and I drove into Cannon Beach for lunch. Ended up at a local brewery - burger for him and prawn tacos for me.  Sooo good!!

I've got the alarm set for 5pm so my treasure seeking can continue bright and early during low tide. Ran across a weathered crap pot tonight that's on my list to snag tomorrow and I may return to digging for the treasure at the end of the rope.

Vacation Baby!!!

Just saying I have 9 days with no wake up alarm!!!  Yippee!!!   Getting a mani, pedi, and hair colored today to be all ready to kick back and relax on my vacay!!

The Tile is Sixteen Cents!!!

One of my upcoming projects will involve an old sewing machine cabinet.  I'm going to take my time with it so it turns out the way like the vision in my head.

The top is chipped and peeling. Tonight I removed the top layer.  It needs to be sanded then it will be painted - the cabinet one color then accents on the drawers of a different color.

Once painted I plan on placing a connected mosaic of painted ceramic tiles on top. Still thinking of a theme for the tiles but an idea will spark when I least expect it!

Speaking of tiles....was over at Home Depot picking up tiles yesterday. Went to pay and of course the only registers open were the do-it-yourself ones. All of the tiles except the 16 cent ones had bar codes so I asked the young cashier to ring those in for me.  I told her ceramic 16 cent tiles. She proceeds to search for them on her work phone.  $1.69?  No.  89 cents?  No.  48 cents?  No they are 16 cents.  74 cents?  NO, NO, NO!

I finally asked her if she wanted me to go take a picture of the price from the aisle.  "Ok sure", she says. Off I go back to plumbing, take a pic of price and bar code numbers, and return. Yes, 16 cents.  Sale done and I was finally out the door!!

Tonight I painted a picture inspired by a photo from a co-workers Facebook page. It turned out pretty good so will gift it to her tomorrow. Even artist Sam gave it his seal of approval!

Tomorrow is my Friday!!  The next day will be getting hair dyed then on Saturday off to the beach for some vacation R&R!!

Klutz R Us!!

It was definitely a Monday today!  First off my blow dryer dies so I have to dig under the sink to find an old one to use which thankfully I did and double thank you that it worked!

Got to work, gathered my purse and coffee, took a few steps in the parking lot and BAM!  Down I go, falling into the pavement. Ugh. Scraped up my palms and knee but nothang major, other than spilling half my coffee. Good news was no one witnessed my klutziness!

Here's to Tuesday arriving so I can put Monday behind me!

A little pallet humor to end this day on a humorous note!

Beach - The Morning After

Took Stubbs to Willow Grove this morning. Took a few pictures of what appeared to be the morning after beach fun.

Saturday morning found me, of course, crafting!  I then took a break and cleaned out an armoire in my dining room, moved all my crafting supplies to it, then cleaned the kitchen. Alcohol ink stains on the counter are a real pain to remove!!  My next plan is to move a table in from the garage to the dining room so that can be used for crafting rather than destroying the kitchen.

Last night for dinner the Blue Jacket Divas all met up at BJD Jans for dinner. Along with my pasta salad, there were ribs, macaroni salad, and Perla's lumpia  and siopao to eat.  Yummy!!  It was wonderful seeing my friends and catching up with the events in our lives.

Now today is Sunday and in four more days I will be on vacation!!  Going to get some R&R at the beach then tackle a few projects at home, unless the vibe hits and I go on a road trip.