A Weekend Away!

So, as promised,  here’s some sharing about mine and Matt’s great weekend get-a-way combined with his marathon. We had a wonderful time!!

First, here’s something I started working on while we were away and then finished with watercolors last night. I love the verse, “Be still and know that I am God.” Words I need to remember. Words I need to have tattooed on my forehead, actually. How often I forget and think I’m in charge! The lettering continues from letterLab and I’m posting this on AEDM. Take a look at all the happy things going on over there!

And here’s my guy just after running 26.2 miles. Amazing, isn’t it? He did quite well in the marathon he’s been training for since June. Not as fast as he was hoping, but good just the same. I think this is his 4th or 5th. Tack on a couple of 1/2 Ironmen and it’s not too bad for a late (ahem!) 40-something father of three. (By the way…. from this photo, can you see why I call him George as in “Curious George”!? Not everyone gets to be married to their favorite childhood  literary character!! Love this guy!!)

This is the lovely inn George booked us in for the weekend. Probably one of the nicer places we’ve stayed. I’ve only been to the Outer Banks once and that was with a work group so I didn’t get to explore much. I absolutely fell in love with it this weekend. I think I must have sea-faring blood in my veins somewhere. I feel so good when I’m by the ocean!

This was the view from our living room. It’s downtown Manteo (pronounced man-e-o). It’s where the finish line for the marathon was at. Our inn was actually on the last mile of the race so I was able to just walk to the finish line to meet him. To the right is Nags Head.

This is where I found my guy after he left me browsing in a bookstore in Duck.

Here’s a closer look…. cute, isn’t he? :-)

Speaking of bookstores, this is the bookstore we visited. Pretty quaint.

Here’s an inside shot, too.

And after the bookstore visit, we went for a drive on the beach…..

And we spent a couple of hours in the outlet mall buying George some very much needed new clothes, especially since he starts a long-anticipated new job next week! Hooray for George!

Ok, more to come creatively..... I started reading a great book on writing.... and I finished the crochet portion of a pillow project I've been working on for some time now.... So more on those things later this week! Blessings, bloggy friends!