I’ve been talking to someone over the last few weeks about commissioning a piece of artwork that would basically be the logo design for the group of us girls who ride together here. We’ve been discussing terms, and it looks like we finally settled on something both the artist and I can agree on. I don’t want to name any names right now because it’s going to take a few months for the commission to be finished, and I want it to be a surprise. You hear me Allison & Anna? I’m not telling you who it is so stop asking me!

To keep the cost low we’re agreeing on a non commercial commission. That means we can print as sell as many shirts as we need to the girls in the group as long as we’re selling to recover the costs of printing and commission instead of to make money. We’re not interested in making any money off the shirts. We just all want a shirt that shows who we are. I also have permission to give away some of the shirts on the blog, so if all goes well we might just have a little contest going on here in a few months.

If we did want to create our own group logo to use for a business it would be very easy to do. All we’d have to do is visit LogoYes, and we’d have it done in a matter of minutes. When you’re starting a new company it’s always important to come up with a logo design to go with your name so your company can be known by that logo. Check out the business card I just created.

It only took me about 30 seconds to make that logo, and it looks good on my business card. There are 5 easy steps to follow, so all you have to do is pick your logo and let the program create the card for you. There were a ton of different logos to choose from depending on the industry, and as you can see I even found one that works for motorcycles! You know this girl loves a curvy road!

God you don’t know how bad I’m itching to ride right now.  This seriously sucks.  Thanks to the weather and work I haven’t spent more than an hour total on the bike in the last 2 weeks.  Missing the trip to the Gap was bad, but I’m seriously going to explode if I don’t get a chance to ride soon.

Tomorrow is going to be the best day I would have to ride this week, but go figure we’ve got nasty weather headed this way.  I’ve been itching to ride so bad that I pulled out Tourist Trophy to race for a couple hours today.

I think it drives me even more crazy knowing last year we rode year round.  All winter we had problems with our cars breaking down constantly, so the bike was our main transportation.  You go from riding everyday out of necessity to not even getting an hour to ride for fun, it’ll drive you crazy!

I just called Allison to make sure she’s still going to Deal’s Gap tomorrow. After listening to her go on and on about how the Orovo detox stuff her boyfriend has been using has helped lower his blood pressure, I did get her back on the subject of the trip long enough to find out she’s loaded up and ready to go.

I won’t be able to go because I’ve got a meeting tomorrow with a customer about building a few custom computers for his business, but hubby is still going. Hopefully they’ll be reporting that the cops are no where to be seen this year. I had enough of the THP and Blunt Co. harassment last year, and I’m hoping we won’t have to deal with it all over again.

I had a talk with dirt bike kid’s parents last night. I was pretty nice about it because of who they are. They’re really sweet people, so I didn’t want to come off all bitchy unless it was needed.

His mom sells Avon, so I called her to ask about a new Avon book because I’m interested in a ring I found online. I used to sell Avon myself, so I pretty much know when the new books are coming out, and I know I will never order from the Avon website again. Every time I do my stuff shows up damaged, but that’s another story for another day.

So while talking to chick I casually brought up her son. I mentioned that hubby and I have been wanting to ride, but it’s been so cold during the day over the last few weeks that we don’t see how her son can stand to be out there riding up and down the road at night after the temperature seriously drops.

She about had a shit fit.

She asked if I was sure it was her son I saw, and I said yeah he’s the only kid on our road with a dirt bike, plus I know his helmet. He’s got a solid white HJC helmet. To make a long story short the kid is grounded, and his main punishment is he’s not allowed to ride his dirt bike. Apparently he is sneaking out after his parents go to sleep, rolling the bike down the road, then riding all he wants.

*Busted!

I hate being a bitch, but the kid has got to stop. We live in a rural area, but he still has to respect the fact that there are other houses on this road. I’ve had other neighbors call me complaining because they think it’s hubby out on the motorcycle. I’ve had to explain that what they’re hearing is a dirt bike, and hubby would never ride up and down the road in the middle of the night like that.

Oh well. At least the problem is taken care of. Now I’m going back to drooling over some Patek Aquanaut watches I was just looking at.