Still on the hard but I am doing great since I got the good news today that my daughter Janet is coming here for my birthday. I KNOW it will be a good one.
The weather here has been beautiful --nice boating weather but I did not like the rain while we are on the hard so that is OK.
Yesterday my friend Susan came to pick me up to go to Ladies Lunch. I had a nice time. It was at Anglers and I had a good lunch. We stopped at the grocery store on the way home.
Today Susan came to pick me up and we went for Chinese. It was the first time I have been there this year. It was good.
Paul said it is looking good to go tomorrow. We will go to Green Turtle for Heritage Days. I am looking forward to that.
Don't know when I will have Internet again.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday April 27
Well the trip to Marsh Harbour was not what we had planned.
Our appointment to get hauled out was for 8:30. High tide was 7:05 so that looked good. We left Man O War a little before 7:30. Just as we came out the Man O War inlet we were hit with sustained winds in the upper 30 with gust to 45. The rain was so heavy we had trouble seeing. Paul used the chart plotter to navigate. The good part --was there a good part? -- the wind was on our nose so it was just bumpy. There were no big waves coming in the ocean inlet.
We arrived at the boat yard at 8:20. They did not answer the radio in the pouring rain --then finally they did.
We tied up to the wall until the rain let up a little then they hauled us out.
Susan came to pick me up at 10. She had to wait until they finished blocking the boat so I could get back on to get my "stuff".
I had a nice time at stitch & bitch seeing my friends. I worked on my sand dollar boxes.
The rain continued off and on-- more on than off-- all evening. The boat yard does not work during the rain so nothing was done on the boat.
I fixed spaghetti for dinner and Paul & I just relaxed for the evening.
Today the sun was out nice and bright and surprisingly the yard pretty well dried out in a short time --I think there is a lot of sand here to help absorb the water.
Paul decided "we" were going to change the bolts in our bow eye. He said they were showing some rust. We worked ALL day on them while the boat yard people sanded the bottom of the boat. We have to climb a ladder to get off and on the boat -- I am getting really experienced at climbing the ladder since my job on the bolts was outside -- of course that was better than crawling down in the hole under the bed to get to the inside of the bolts.
I fixed pizza for dinner.
Other than the ladder and the noseeums --which came out tonight with not much wind, it is not to bad living on dry land.
Our appointment to get hauled out was for 8:30. High tide was 7:05 so that looked good. We left Man O War a little before 7:30. Just as we came out the Man O War inlet we were hit with sustained winds in the upper 30 with gust to 45. The rain was so heavy we had trouble seeing. Paul used the chart plotter to navigate. The good part --was there a good part? -- the wind was on our nose so it was just bumpy. There were no big waves coming in the ocean inlet.
We arrived at the boat yard at 8:20. They did not answer the radio in the pouring rain --then finally they did.
We tied up to the wall until the rain let up a little then they hauled us out.
Susan came to pick me up at 10. She had to wait until they finished blocking the boat so I could get back on to get my "stuff".
I had a nice time at stitch & bitch seeing my friends. I worked on my sand dollar boxes.
The rain continued off and on-- more on than off-- all evening. The boat yard does not work during the rain so nothing was done on the boat.
I fixed spaghetti for dinner and Paul & I just relaxed for the evening.
Today the sun was out nice and bright and surprisingly the yard pretty well dried out in a short time --I think there is a lot of sand here to help absorb the water.
Paul decided "we" were going to change the bolts in our bow eye. He said they were showing some rust. We worked ALL day on them while the boat yard people sanded the bottom of the boat. We have to climb a ladder to get off and on the boat -- I am getting really experienced at climbing the ladder since my job on the bolts was outside -- of course that was better than crawling down in the hole under the bed to get to the inside of the bolts.
I fixed pizza for dinner.
Other than the ladder and the noseeums --which came out tonight with not much wind, it is not to bad living on dry land.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday April 25
Had a good trip to Marsh Harbour last Thursday. The water was so calm I enjoyed the ride while Paul went "condo shopping". People set out traps for lobster and they call them condos. Paul marked them on the GPS for next lobster season IF they are still there. I did some grocery shopping and we got Pop's chicken for lunch.
The wind picked back up today but it has been a great week. Jeanie the flowers are so beautiful. I am watching the little orchid but no blooms yet. The sapadilly tree is loaded --too bad I don't care for sapadillys
Friday was my Mom's 96 birthday. I called her while Janet was there and sang happy birthday and wished her many more. I sent her a cookie cake from Mrs Fields.
Tomorrow we go to the boatyard to be hauled out to have the boat bottom painted. I am NOT lookin forward to living on the hard.
Giavanna, the girl next door, came over this afternoon and brought her friend Kristen. We made Mother's day cards, a birthday card and some jewelry. For the cards I took the girls pictures, put them on my computer then they made cards with Print Shop and put their picture on them. I printed them on card stock paper.
The girls were a nice distraction for me today because the NASCAR race was not very good.
I did work a little more on my Christmas napkins. Boy they are a lot of work --If I am lucky I may get them done for next Christmas.
When our friend Tim was on the hard at Marsh Harbour Boat Yard he said the Internet was real good. I hope that still holds true.
I did call my friend Susan and ask her to pick me up for stitch & bitch tomorrow. I will be nice to see everybody -- that is everybody that is still here.
All for now
The wind picked back up today but it has been a great week. Jeanie the flowers are so beautiful. I am watching the little orchid but no blooms yet. The sapadilly tree is loaded --too bad I don't care for sapadillys
Friday was my Mom's 96 birthday. I called her while Janet was there and sang happy birthday and wished her many more. I sent her a cookie cake from Mrs Fields.
Tomorrow we go to the boatyard to be hauled out to have the boat bottom painted. I am NOT lookin forward to living on the hard.
Giavanna, the girl next door, came over this afternoon and brought her friend Kristen. We made Mother's day cards, a birthday card and some jewelry. For the cards I took the girls pictures, put them on my computer then they made cards with Print Shop and put their picture on them. I printed them on card stock paper.
The girls were a nice distraction for me today because the NASCAR race was not very good.
I did work a little more on my Christmas napkins. Boy they are a lot of work --If I am lucky I may get them done for next Christmas.
When our friend Tim was on the hard at Marsh Harbour Boat Yard he said the Internet was real good. I hope that still holds true.
I did call my friend Susan and ask her to pick me up for stitch & bitch tomorrow. I will be nice to see everybody -- that is everybody that is still here.
All for now
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday April 20
I finally got my sewing machine out and started my "annual" sewing projects. I made covers for both of Paul's new computers. I must be getting better because they were a lot easier, didn't take very long and I think they look nice if I do say so myself -- and of course I have to say so because Paul would never say so. I love him but sometimes he is just not very thoughtful-- but I am not complaining because he does go out to get lobster for me.
He has been walking with me. Not sure if it is because he wants to walk or if it is I have had great difficulty getting myself in gear to go running. I have only been going about twice a week. Once you stop running it is hard to get motivated to get going again. If we had a full length mirror I am sure that would be motivation. A full length mirror is not on my shopping list.
I have not taken any new pictures lately. Should be though because the flowers are really coming along very nicely. We have had just enough rain. There are nice ones up by the house and we see a lot of nice ones on our walk. There seem to be a lot more birds also.
On our walk today we met the man who lives on the north end of Man O War. He is from Wisconsin. He seems like a very nice man. We chatted for maybe half an hour. He invited us to come up to his house. He has a big house overlooking the ocean. It has an infinity pool. He also has about 4 little cottages he is fixing up. I ask if they were going to be used as rentals and he said no he is just enjoying fixing them up.
All for now.
He has been walking with me. Not sure if it is because he wants to walk or if it is I have had great difficulty getting myself in gear to go running. I have only been going about twice a week. Once you stop running it is hard to get motivated to get going again. If we had a full length mirror I am sure that would be motivation. A full length mirror is not on my shopping list.
I have not taken any new pictures lately. Should be though because the flowers are really coming along very nicely. We have had just enough rain. There are nice ones up by the house and we see a lot of nice ones on our walk. There seem to be a lot more birds also.
On our walk today we met the man who lives on the north end of Man O War. He is from Wisconsin. He seems like a very nice man. We chatted for maybe half an hour. He invited us to come up to his house. He has a big house overlooking the ocean. It has an infinity pool. He also has about 4 little cottages he is fixing up. I ask if they were going to be used as rentals and he said no he is just enjoying fixing them up.
All for now.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Saturday April 10
A front came through last night and brought much needed rain. We have been trying to water the flowers but they need a good soaking. Sounds good right? But the real reason I am glad for the rain is I can't run today. I ran twice this week. Yesterday I tried to go too far -- only as far as I used to run all the time but for the condition my condition is in it was too far, and just about did me in.
I am finally getting around to posting the pictures from out trip to Foxtown --55 people 9 cars or vans,2 flat tires but lots of fun.
This is the lady tenderizing the very fresh conch right there on the dock.
Dinner for 55 required two seatings. They said this was a record number of people for them but the cracked conch was exceptional!
The blue hole -- so beautiful
Paul at the blue hole
Last week end the people next door hosted a remote control sailboat race --complete with markers the boats had to go around. There were about 10 boats and it was fun to watch.
It is hard to believe we have been on the boat almost 8 years. Paul & I both still love living on the boat. But now that everything is almost 8 years old "things" are starting to show signs of aging, including the two old people. This time it was the fuel line connection on the dinghy. Paul took Roger & Jeanie's little boat over to the boat yard to see about a part. He had to row. Got his exercise for the day. They did not have the part so he did a temporary fix and off we went to Marsh Harbour. I took advantage of the time and did some grocery shopping and of course got my favorite Pops chicken for lunch. Turns out the Yamaha place gave Paul the wrong part and he had to go back over later in the afternoon --each time holding his breath the temporary fix was not too temporary.
Anyhow the dinghy is fixed for now and we will just wait on the next thing to go.
I am finally getting around to posting the pictures from out trip to Foxtown --55 people 9 cars or vans,2 flat tires but lots of fun.
This is the lady tenderizing the very fresh conch right there on the dock.
Dinner for 55 required two seatings. They said this was a record number of people for them but the cracked conch was exceptional!
The blue hole -- so beautiful
Paul at the blue hole
Last week end the people next door hosted a remote control sailboat race --complete with markers the boats had to go around. There were about 10 boats and it was fun to watch.
It is hard to believe we have been on the boat almost 8 years. Paul & I both still love living on the boat. But now that everything is almost 8 years old "things" are starting to show signs of aging, including the two old people. This time it was the fuel line connection on the dinghy. Paul took Roger & Jeanie's little boat over to the boat yard to see about a part. He had to row. Got his exercise for the day. They did not have the part so he did a temporary fix and off we went to Marsh Harbour. I took advantage of the time and did some grocery shopping and of course got my favorite Pops chicken for lunch. Turns out the Yamaha place gave Paul the wrong part and he had to go back over later in the afternoon --each time holding his breath the temporary fix was not too temporary.
Anyhow the dinghy is fixed for now and we will just wait on the next thing to go.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter Sunday
What a glorious Easter day. I started off the day by going to the Easter Sunrise service on the beach here at Man O War. It was a perfect sunrise setting for an Easter service. There were a few clouds which made the sunrise even more beautiful. A gentle breeze but nice and warm. One of the local churches provided a wonderful FULL buffet breakfast after the service.
Paul & I took the dinghy to Guana Cay to join the few friends left at Boat Harbour at Nippers for their Easter festivities which included an Easter egg hunt. Paul,of course, refused to take part. There were 2 "plots" layed out for kids. One for 4 and under and the other for under 10. Then the rest of the eggs were in the water and some out on the beautiful reef. The water temperature was 73 degrees and the air temp in the low 80s. There were over a hundred people snorkeling for the eggs.
Paul decided we would just take a walk on the beach. A few hundred yards down the beach, away from the swimmers the surf brought me an egg, right up on the beach. I am sure that was my reward for going to the Sunrise service. We turned the egg in and our prize was a free drink coupon. Some eggs had as much as a $100 prize but I was happy to to get an egg.
This was the best weather day we have had since I think December and we enjoyed it.
To digress a little... Last Thursday we took the dinghy to Marsh to do some shopping.
We had lunch at Pop's Chicken --one of my favorites. We had a good trip over and back
I am running low on my estrogen tablets. Now one of the nice things here is I took my empty bottle with the prescription expiration on Sept. 09 but they filled it anyhow and cheaper than in the states. I did that a few weeks ago with my cold sore medication. It had expired in 08 --no problem and again cheaper than in the US.
I am trying to get all caught up on my laundry and it is fun hanging it out on the clothes line. I love my sheets dried outside -- they smell so fresh.
Saturday we went back to Marsh Harbour to Boat Harbour to meet up with Tim & Becky on Pokey who brought our mail. Nothing much in it but we got our mail --first time in about a month.
Paul & I took the dinghy to Guana Cay to join the few friends left at Boat Harbour at Nippers for their Easter festivities which included an Easter egg hunt. Paul,of course, refused to take part. There were 2 "plots" layed out for kids. One for 4 and under and the other for under 10. Then the rest of the eggs were in the water and some out on the beautiful reef. The water temperature was 73 degrees and the air temp in the low 80s. There were over a hundred people snorkeling for the eggs.
Paul decided we would just take a walk on the beach. A few hundred yards down the beach, away from the swimmers the surf brought me an egg, right up on the beach. I am sure that was my reward for going to the Sunrise service. We turned the egg in and our prize was a free drink coupon. Some eggs had as much as a $100 prize but I was happy to to get an egg.
This was the best weather day we have had since I think December and we enjoyed it.
To digress a little... Last Thursday we took the dinghy to Marsh to do some shopping.
We had lunch at Pop's Chicken --one of my favorites. We had a good trip over and back
I am running low on my estrogen tablets. Now one of the nice things here is I took my empty bottle with the prescription expiration on Sept. 09 but they filled it anyhow and cheaper than in the states. I did that a few weeks ago with my cold sore medication. It had expired in 08 --no problem and again cheaper than in the US.
I am trying to get all caught up on my laundry and it is fun hanging it out on the clothes line. I love my sheets dried outside -- they smell so fresh.
Saturday we went back to Marsh Harbour to Boat Harbour to meet up with Tim & Becky on Pokey who brought our mail. Nothing much in it but we got our mail --first time in about a month.
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