June 20, 2011

Potty training has begun...it is still a little early, but she has been showing some interest so we thought, why not! The great thing about living on a boat is that we can potty train her in the cockpit, and any accidents can be washed away with a hose. Which is exactly what happens. Dahlia sits down on her potty, makes the "psssssss" sound, stands up and says "all done", then pees next to her potty! The only down side is that she thinks absolutely nothing of standing up on the side of the boat and waving enthusiastically at the passing boats and packed Island Queen ferry, completely bare bottomed! Ahhh...to be a kid again!

June 18, 2011

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I am playing catch up with the blog....I haven't made a post in a while. Work has been busy or more appropriately...it has been exhausting! So, that has been getting in the way of all the things I really want to be doing. And unfortunately, I am not one of those people that can thrive on only four or five hours of sleep a night. I am more of a ten to twelve hours of sleep kind of person. What can I say....I like my sleep!
Enough excuses...fathers day weekend was a blast. Dad and Jodi were up for the weekend, and it was wonderful to see them. It is always nice for Deason and Dahlia to spend some time with them. It was extra nice to have them here and not be over scheduled, we spent our time just relaxing, eating and enjoying each others company. On this Saturday, we had three different groups a friends stop in for visits, it is funny because we hardly ever get visitors, and then we get everyone in the same day...I love unplanned parties.
Deason was in heaven giving dinghy harbor tours to everyone. We even had baby ducks stop by for the party, Dahlia has been feeding them at least once a day. They seem to really like cheerios....so much so, that they come to the back of the boat and squeak with their undeveloped quacking, until we come out and feed them!
Amazingly, I didn't get pictures of any dads this weekend. Chris has a way of avoiding my camera!

June 14, 2011

Well, our good weather is gone, and the heater is back on! Darn low pressure system!
This weather must be ideal for strawberries, because we went picking today and we got a ton of perfect berries. Almost too good, we picked $32.00 worth of strawberries, not quite sure if we can eat that many, if anyone has any good recipes, I'd be glad to have them.

June 3, 2011

Great to have an older brother!!!!
Thank you lovely weather, I have been waiting all winter for you to arrive! I just wish that I didn't have to work during this time, so we could have gone on an overnight trip somewhere.
Notice Dahlia is wearing a hat and sunglasses, it feels like a miracle. I fought with her all last year just to try and get her to keep a hat on, now all of a sudden on her own she gladly puts it on. Her sunglasses too, she puts them on and says "yeah baby", although it sounds more like "aahh beebie"!

June 1, 2011

Deason went to his first Red Sox game! I wish I could tell you he had a blast, but he didn't. Unfortunately, they (Chris and Deason) were sitting in front of three guys who were extremely loud, and liked to use some very colorful language....and it only got worse as the innings went on and their intoxication level increased. Finally, Deason wanted to leave once the guys reached a point when they were so drunk that they were spilling their beer and food on both Chris and Deason. Also, these guys weren't even young, they were middle aged and should have known better. I guess I was naive to think that during a day game people would be a little bit more mild mannered.
I also have to blame Fenway, they have this silly policy where they stop serving at the end of the 7th inning. You would think that this would be a good thing, but it only makes people stock pile, and chug as much as they can before the 7th. All the policy accomplishes is an excess of binge drinking. Maybe my expectations of people are just too high!

May 27, 2011

Fog......you can barely see OUR boat, never mind other boats.
The fog line in Tarpaulin Cove.

We finally got to take the boat out and didn't have to turn right back around. Everything seems to be working great! The harbor was bright and sunny so we headed out around 11:30. Once we were out of the harbor the fog was unexpectedly thick. I felt like we were in the movies, you could hear all the fog horns blowing around us, and even the sound of the ferry motors as we were passing by Woods Hole, but we couldn't see more than a few hundred feet around us. I was scared, but Chris was unfazed. GPS and radar aside....I like to see where I am going.
As soon as we pulled in to Tarpaulin Cove it was clear as day, just like it had been in Falmouth harbor. We anchored in the cove, had some lunch, and watched the fog lift out in Vineyard Sound. We were starting to feel a little disheartened with the recent weather, and having to have the heat on constantly since we got back aboard, but this was the perfect pick me up. Except for the fog, it was a perfect day.
We sailed back to the dock at a leisurely 5 knots, and tied up feeling like completely different people. It was like getting a reboot to the system. Thank you nice weather, for finally arriving!

May 24, 2011

Finally, the weather has changed, we have been able to open the doors and hatches during the day, and have the heat on just at night. Once the water temp comes up a bit there will be no more need for the heater. Thank goodness, I was starting to question my sanity. No more!!!