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• Christmas on the Bayou & New Year's in Austin!
  on Jan 5, 2017 in Beginning Destinations Holidays Texas
  Where has the time flown?!  Other than my Christmas wish list, I haven't posted since before Thanksgiving!  With the holidays & poor weather, the boat projects have taken a brief pause and we spent both Thanksgiving & Christmas day...
• Christmas Gift Ideas!
  on Dec 8, 2016 in Beginning Gifts Holidays Products
  It's Christmas time again and if you're like me, you find all sorts of cool stuff for yourself but nothing for everyone else on your list!  Ken & I rarely shop for ourselves throughout the year, but in December we cave in .. there's so many...
• A New Bulkhead!
  on Nov 23, 2016 in Beginning Catalina30 Projects
  After all the exterior projects on Nirvana, it was finally time for a project that Ken had been dreading ... replacing our rotten salon bulkhead.  Luckily, it wasn't as difficult as Ken had feared.  In the picture above, you can see how rot...
• This Pirate Looks at 50!
  on Nov 18, 2016 in Beginning Life
  Back in August of 2013,  I was inspired to write my own list of goals after reading Jimmy Buffet's book, "A Pirate Looks At Fifty".  I can't believe that post was over 3 years ago .. and I can't believe I'm already turning fifty this weeken...
• Working Hard, Playing A Little ..
  on Nov 15, 2016 in Beginning Maintenance Mississippi Projects
  We've been back from Mexico almost two months now, and we've been busy on Nirvana!  If you've been following us here or on our Facebook page, you know that we've added our new Plasteak handrails & our new Ipe companionway trim, installed our...
• Companionway Trim
  on Nov 8, 2016 in Beginning Catalina30 Maintenance Projects
  After replacing our rotten teak handrails with Plasteak, we needed to replace the rotten teak companionway trim and blocks.  We didn't want to go plastic for the trim, but we also didn't want to go with teak. Instead, we chose Ipe wood.  Li...
• Plasteak Handrails
  on Nov 4, 2016 in Beginning Catalina30 Maintenance Products Projects
  Since our original teak handrails had rotted, Ken & I decided to replace them with Plasteak handrails.  Plasteak is plastic, which means less maintenance.  We don't want to have to maintain wooden handrails (and all those loops) while c...
• Isla Mujeres Tour, 2016!
  on Oct 31, 2016 in Beginning Destinations Isla Mujeres Mexico Videos
  Last week, I added a video of our scooter rides through Isla Mujeres, Mexico.  In the future, I hope to video more often, and I wish I would have gotten a lot more videos during our time in Mexico. However, I don't know if I can get accustomed t...
• A Slick Sliding Hatch!
  on Oct 28, 2016 in Beginning Catalina30 Maintenance Projects
  With plans of living on Nirvana, we needed to figure out a way to make our companionway hatch easier to move back and forth.  The hath was really tough for me to move, making a need for quick entry or exit difficult.The first thing we needed to...
• Isla Mujeres by Scooter!
  on Oct 25, 2016 in Beginning Destinations Isla Mujeres Mexico Motorcycles Videos
  With videos being the new rage, I thought I'd see what it's all about and put together a few clips from our scooter rides on Isla Mujeres.  It was a blast riding around the island and the views were gorgeous.  It's a simple & short vide...

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