Sailing with Anna and The Dude

We went out sailing again today, but this time we had visitors – Anna and The Dude. They brought a lovely basket of Italian foodstuffs that was greatly appreciated and will be gone in no time flat, I’m sure. 🙂

We had great winds on the way out, in fact too good. We were heeling over a little bit more than any of us were comfortable with at some points, due to gusts of wind, changes in direction, etc. However, by the time we turned around to sail back to the marina, the winds had abandoned us for locations unknown and we had to resort to motoring back. It was okay, though, as we were all getting rocked to sleep by the lunch in our bellies, the waves and then the hum of the engine. We’ll all sleep soundly tonight!

I hope they had a good time, as their company was a fun addition to our time out on the water. Fortunately, today was a bit warmer than yesterday, so I didn’t come back with a chill and hopefully neither did our visitors. 🙂

Tonight is for costume making. I made some more progress on mine and am nearly ready to put all of the pieces together for the finished product. Terry started cutting out his pattern pieces, so soon he will be ready to take over the sewing machine from me. If I’m lucky, he’ll give me a little help so that I can finish faster. I’m still not terribly confident in my sewing skills, even though I’ve done well so far. The wedding reception to which we are wearing these outfits is next Saturday, so we should have pictures to share after that.

I think I’ve decided to take mine to work to wear on Halloween, as well. I need to get as much wear out of it as I can, before the medications that I’m on cause me to gain enough weight that I can’t fit into it anymore. I’m already up about 5 lbs or so. *groan* I’m trying to fight it, though. I need to get more exercise and hopefully that will do the trick.