I'm Up and Running and What I'm Making Now

Hi everyone - I hope everybody had a great 4th of July and you are all enjoying the lazy days of summer.   My summer didn't start out lazy at all - in fact, ever since Chablis and I got back from our Sanibel Island trip, I feel like I haven't stopped running.  If you missed my Florida posts, you can go back here to Day 1 of our trip and catch up.

Since then, we've been back and forth to the lake house twice, once for 10 days with my mom and dad, and then again for Louie's birthday when all 3 of our kids joined us for 2 weeks of fun.  I have lots of blog posts to catch you up on everything.   To say I am WAY behind on posts is an understatement.  My laptop crashed a couple of weeks ago and what a shit show that has been.

I work 6 days a week as a coder for an ambulance service coding company and my laptop is my life.  So when it crashed I was really up shit creek without a paddle.  I have a maintenance contract that allows for the tech to come out to my house and repair my computer, but unfortunately it was beyond immediate repair and had to be sent in.  Since we were getting ready to leave for the lake, I had to have a working computer or lose out on 14 days of work.  

I ran to the store and purchased a new laptop, came home, spent 4 hours working on getting my coding programs all installed on it, turned it off and went to bed.  When I got up the next morning and turned on the new laptop, it did nothing...nada....zilch.   I called tech service who told me to just take the new laptop back to the store and have them give me a new one.  I seriously wanted to cry.

So I went back, bought a completely different brand of computer, went home and frantically worked to get everything installed on that one.  The next day we left for the lake and don't think I'm kidding when I tell you I was a nervous wreck about that new laptop working properly.   But I lucked out and it's been working fine, so I spent the first few days of my vacation working as often as I could between fishing and boating to get caught up on all my work.

In between, I've been working on my newest hobby - making cuff bracelets and selling them thru Facebook and my Etsy shop.  The Shell Seeker bracelet is my number one seller...

I also have Life's a Beach...

I Dream in Seaglass Colors.....

My Heart Belongs to the Beach....

 Seaglassaholic.......

I also do custom bracelets like this one for my best friend, who's nick name is Redd.....

My Hinkle Tour best buddy and favorite partner in crime, Moira, loves Sanibel's Ocean Reach, so she got a bracelet to commemorate that....

Good friends Tobias and Becky from Sanibel are the ultimate Shell King and Queen....

And good blogger friend Gail got one with her Ham Radio call sign....

I'm noticing a Sanibel theme here - good friend Cheri from over at The Shell Lady blog got one like this....

There are several more that I've made but unfortunately those pictures are on my crashed laptop.   I know my repaired laptop is back home, so I'm hoping when I return I'll be able to access the rest of my photos.

Anyway, that's a quick run down of what I've been up to.  We are heading home tomorrow so I can get caught up on a lot of stuff there - so much to do.... furniture to refinish, more jewelry to make, blog posts to write.  Oh, and work in between.  My mind is reeling.  

In the meantime, hop over to my Etsy shop where you can check out the bracelets I've already made and if you're interested in a custom bracelet, let me know.   The possibilities are endless and they make cute keepsakes and affordable gifts.