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SOMEone got me in the mood start sewing quilts again (Shae, you're so demanding!) and so I got everything all set up. Everything is sorted and ready... and I'm going to finish a UFO (unfinished object) that when it's done, it's for ME!! I've never kept any of my quilts before. It was started to be for my living room couches... and even tho we have a different living room and a different sofa... it still matches! And I think it matches even better. LOL!

Alison, remember this bad boy?? I know you do!

So I thought I'd show how HANDY my new set up is here in this house!! The living room, computer area and sewing area are all in one long room. I can watch tv while being on the computer, and with my awesome new chair on wheels... I can just wheel from the computer to the sewing machine in about 2 seconds!

I couldn't ask for any better. I've already sewn together one row of blocks for this quilt... I'm sure I'll have the rest done by bedtime. I'll post up pics again later.

Friday night we did buy our first surfboard! In the end we decided that it didn't need to be anything super special, so we bought it on base for a really good price, and tax free to boot. Had to buy a rack at the same time... so we just got a soft one that's not permanent.

From a previous visit to local surf shops, we were told that Chun's Reef was a good place for beginning surfers to go. It's very close to our house and on the North Shore, so we readily agreed to that plan! In hindsight, now that we've done it, I'd say it's not THAT perfect because of all the rocks just off shore!! OUCH is all I've gotta say about that.

So we arrive at the beach, get all our stuff and the board and head on down. The board is an "Island Creations" if that means anything to anyone.

And there it is, with it's proud new owner. Actually, we've all agreed that it's a family board. We got a 7 foot funboard thinking that we could all use it. It's a little on the short side for total beginners, but C and I hope to overcome that little detail.

A quick scenic view of Chun's Reef. There were several surfers out in the water, but we had the sand to ourselves!

A cute shot of the Boy... he had a nasty run-in with some rocks at the water's edge early on that day. A wave took him out; he went under, and was knocked against the rocks! A very good, memorable lesson for him. He has two big scrapes from it, but otherwise is fine.

I don't have any pictures of E surfing because she never made it out there. The water here, and the waves, are SO different from South Carolina's that she never went out past the big crashing waves near the shore. You have to get thru those to get to the big, calm area.... and then passed THAT is where the surfing waves are. So no E pics to share.

I have a couple of me... one rather humorous, but it sums up my first surfing experiences. =o)

It was all really fun, even tho we actually accomplished very little ON the surfboard. C didn't do any more than I did on it.... just rode some waves body surfing style, and paddled around alot. I have bruises in the insides of both biceps from paddling, and I got hit w/ a fin on my calf... so I have a nice scrape and bruise there. hehehe

I'm out of space to upload pictures for the month!! I am allowed 100 pictures per month, and that is 99 pictures I've uploaded. I think my new month starts later this week.... so I will have to wait until then to post up the pics from the rest of our awesome weekend.