Holy bike ride, Batman!

Okay, so I rode my bike to work today to see how long it would take. Can I please tell you that it totally kicked my butt, dude! Seriously it was entirely up hill!!! There was one point that I thought I would start rolling backwards. Ugh. I was at a standstill so I just got off my bike and walked the rest of the hill. I knew there was a big hill at the end and had planned to walk that but dang, it was like I should have just walked the whole way! It will be good exercise, though.

This weekend is going to so productive, I hope! Tomorrow is a crop from 2-10pm. It will be nice to get some scrapbooking done and visit with the ladies! My friend Jennifer B. is a Creative Memories consultant and she has some new products that looked really cute on the website. CM is finally starting to make products to sort of rival what is in the scrapbooking stores, ya-hoo. I particularly want to check out the paper flowers :) I also started a new crochet project, and it's turning out nicely. I should finish it today.

Not sure if I mentioned it but I finished the "Half-Blood Prince" I had read it previously when it first came out, but wanted to re-read it since the movie was coming out. It was just as good as I remembered it, I can't wait to see the movie now to see how it was interpreted. I know the book is always better, but I still have enjoyed all the movies. I borrowed a couple of books from the library, Confessions of a Shopaholic and a new Beverly Lewis. Those are next in my queue after I MAKE myself finish the 10th book in the Left Behind series which is called The Remnant, I believe.

Hooray for comfy bike seats!

I feel so triumphant about something that is so mundane - a bike seat! I bought my new bike with one of my paychecks while I was still working at both offices, it was like "free money" and love the bike but HATE the seat. Way too hard. So, I bought a wide, "no pressure point" seat, but it was too wide. Which was sort of a bummer because as soon as I got it home I made a custom cover with some leftover pink vintage sheet that I had. It fit perfectly, but alas, the seat did not. So, I went back to my least fav store, Wallyworld, and bought another, it is also a Schwinn that is wide at the back with tons of gel stuff. And I LOVE it! It's pretty much perfect! So, I put the seat cover on this new seat, it's a little too big because I had made it to the contours of the other. Oh well! It has a drawstring at the base so I know it's not going anywhere. Almost every day this week I have gone on a bike ride after work. I had decided that once we move into the new place, which is close to where I work, I can ride my bike to and fro to get some much-needed exercise! So, the pics are not good because the bike is under the carport and we've got a ton of stuff under there right now, especially since we are getting ready to move. But, you get the idea.

Next project I actually finished last weekend, it was super duper easy! I wear an eye cover at night a lot of times when hubby still is up watching a show or what not. So, this is just terry cloth on one side and fabric on the other. I just made the pattern free-hand. No big whoop and it's a little rough looking but works just fine. It's funny though, I had wanted to cover the elastic in the back so it wouldn't get all schmutzed up, so I measure the elastic and covered it, sewed it in but when I went to put it over my head - whoops! The elastic case is not stretchy. What a dork! So, I had to redo that part making the casing longer to fit around my noggin!

So, today I was out and about since this is my first Friday off. Our office is going to 4 days a week for the Summer. So, to kick it off I went in for some fasting bloodwork first thing. Ugh. I hate having blood taken, but as I have hypothyroidism, it is a necessity. So, at Goodwill I found 3 things of the really thin yarn (.59 cents each!) and then at the Hospice thrift I found the Aunt Martha's transfers (25 cents each!) and the thread holder full of thread ($1.75!). I found some great buys and the best part is I just used the $2 cash I had and whatever change in my change purse! Ya-hoo! I love the thread case, it has a fun star shape on the top, and little pegs for each thread. My Mom would be so jealous because all of the thread things (can't think of the name for the life of me!) are wooden. Love it.

Okay, I absolutely MUST get some coffee now before I keel over! :)