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• Someone's Knockin At The Door ...
  on May 21, 2013 in Life Beginning
  It seems that Ken has had a visitor while he's been recuperating ... It was a tough weekend keeping Ken on the sofa ... making sure he was fed, he had his pain medications, the television remote was always within his reach ... just brutal!  Ac...
• Love With A Chance of Drowning - Worth the Read?
  on May 17, 2013 in Life Books Beginning Attitude Cruisers Sailing
  When I found a copy of  "Love with a Chance of Drowning" in our mailbox to read and review, it felt like Christmas!  I'd heard about this book from the author, Torre DeRoche, in a Facebook group that we're both a part of, Women Who Sail. &n...
• Becoming Doctor!
  on May 15, 2013 in Life Beginning
  If only it were this easy! Since last week's post about Ken's um ... "accident", we've had three different appointments made ... a full-body bone scan, a CT scan of Ken's wrist, and a doctor's visit with an orthopedist to read Ken's x-rays that we...
• Rubbing Buddha's Belly!
  on May 10, 2013 in Life Beginning Superstitions
  If I were to continue to have a garden, I'd want this Buddha! Like rubbing a rabbit's foot, kissing a horseshoe, or crossing your fingers ... rubbing the belly of Buddha is supposed to bring good luck.  Since I have a few Buddhas in our house,...
• The Pessimist ... Blind & Deaf!
  on May 3, 2013 in Quotes Goals Life Beginning Attitude Heroes
  St. Thomas, USVI As I read the above quote I knew I liked it, and then I noticed who said it ... Helen Keller!  I'd assume that everyone knows who Helen Keller is, but I also forget my age so ... Helen Keller was born in 1880 and just two yea...
• Planning A New Bimini!
  on Apr 26, 2013 in Add-Ons Products Projects Beginning Catalina30 Canvas
  Nirvana's "First Sail" ... or actually OUR "First Sail" in Feb, 2010 before her visit to the boatyard.   She looks better with age! We love our bimini and wouldn't cruise with it.  However, the bimini that came with the boat has a few r...
• Earth Day ... A Reminder!
  on Apr 22, 2013 in Quotes Life Beginning Attitude
  View from trail between Soggy Dollar Bar and Ivan's Stress Free Bar ... Jost Van Dyke, BVIs Do you know what today is?  It's "Earth Day", a day on which events are held world wide to demonstrate support for environmental protection.  The...
• A Bright Morning!
  on Apr 19, 2013 in Beginning Donation
  View from Sugar Bay Resort, St. Thomas ... April, 2012* This morning we woke to another unseasonably cold day here in Louisiana ... damp, cloudy and highs in the 50's.  It seems ole' man winter has worn out his welcome!  However, our day...
• Becoming A Cruiser, Our List
  on Apr 18, 2013 in Add-Ons Projects Beginning Catalina30 Costs
  What is that in our backyard?!  Nirvana has become a stranger that we can't wait to get re-acquainted with. Recently I posted our haul-out expenses and our pre-cruising expenses.  I wish that our pre-cruising expenses list was complete,...
• Settling ...
  on Apr 12, 2013 in Quotes Goals Dreams Life Beginning Attitude
  Virgin Islands, 2012 I love the above quote by Nelson Mandela.  Settling for a ho-hum life and not embracing change or adventure is just ... settling!  As Mr. Mandela said ... there's no passion in that. I was talking to my Dad the ot...
• Gulfport Boat Show!
  on Apr 9, 2013 in MSGulfCoast Beginning BoatShows
  When we heard that the Gulf Coast Yacht & Boat Show was coming to Gulfport, MS for its first year, we knew we wanted to check it out.  Until now, the only boat shows that we've seen around our neighborhood were in buildings with no water in...
• Protecting our ASSets!
  on Apr 5, 2013 in Dreams Beginning
  The first house Ken built, and it was for us!  More pics below. Whew, what a busy two weeks ... or should I say months!  Since our last post about seeing Eric Clapton, Ken and I have been busy fixing up our rental for occupancy on April...
• "Hello Old Friend"!
  on Mar 26, 2013 in Music Beginning
  Eric Clapton in New Orleans! If you read my recent post, you know that I was lucky enough to win a pair of tickets to the Eric Clapton concert in New Orleans.  The concert was this past Saturday night, and after spending the day working on ou...
• The Costs of Preparing to Cruise!
  on Mar 22, 2013 in Beginning Catalina30 Costs
  When I had been writing my "NKOTB ... New Kids on the Boat" series, one of the topics that I wrote about was something that many of us future cruisers ask ... "How much will cruising cost"?  In my post I mentioned what we think cruising will cos...
• A Documented Boat!
  on Mar 19, 2013 in BoatName Beginning CoastGuard
  Over four months ago I wrote about the costs and application process for getting our boat documented with the US Coast Guard.  Last week, we finally got our certificate.  We were getting worried when we hadn't heard anything from the Coa...
• A Positive Note!
  on Mar 14, 2013 in Contests Beginning
  Yesterday we had two positive things happen that made it a pretty good day for us.  The first was the most fun, and the second was the most reassuring. I'll start with the first, and the fun!  Yesterday, I won two free tickets to see Eri...
• Cover Girl!
  on Mar 8, 2013 in Add-Ons Products Beginning Catalina30
  Since working on our last post about haul-out costs, I've started working on a "Pre-Cruising Expense" page.  It's not ready just yet, but when I came across the expense for our fairly new ports it got me thinking about them.  We haven't had...
• Haul-Out Costs
  on Mar 5, 2013 in Beginning Haul-Out Costs
  Nirvana just before her renaming ceremony! Since our haul-out of Nirvana back in April-July 2010, we've had several inquiries as to how much it all cost.    I had an idea, but had never gotten around to adding the numbers together.  A...
• Beer Day!
  on Mar 1, 2013 in Life Beginning
  Taken at Jost Van Dyke ... across from Foxy's Today is Beer Day ... in Iceland!  The people of Iceland celebrate March 1st as the day that prohibition ended in 1989.  Actually, beer had been legal since 1935 unless it was "strong beer",...
• Making Adjustments
  on Feb 26, 2013 in Life Beginning
  I took this picture from our room on St. Thomas, USVI.  A Catalina is out there ... can't wait till ours is! I really like the above quote in the picture, because landlubber life can be so monotonous!  Don't get me wrong ... Ken and I ha...

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