Before we moved onto Wonderstruck Kim did most of the home schooling. When I had a day off from work I would be the “substitute teacher”. The kids thought it was a lark. I fumbled around, not sure of the kids routine, calling the books by the wrong name,…
The marina has been having some visitors. There is an aggregation of manatees with 6 members that comes to visit us at the marina and eat the foliage off the side of the docks. The are so peaceful; swimming from slip to slip, unperturbed by the humans standing within arms…
We are still being eaten alive on Wonderstruck. The no-see-ums and biting gnats are terrible, from early morning until midmorning when it becomes it too hot for them. They return again after any rain storm, and then again in the evening until after sundown when things start cooling off. Kim…
Today we decided to take a day off. Even though there are still projects to do, we decided to take a break from the norm, which would mean staying home and completing the projects, and actually take the day off and go have some fun. We stayed up late last…
We’ve spent the week working on the boat. There is still so much to be put away and organized. We also picked up some of the curtains from St. Augustine. Ben and I spent several hours trying to get the little tiny hooks into the loops using a pair of…
Saturday morning started out quite exciting for us. Many of you may already know this, but for those that don’t, Kim is always available as an animal rescuer. We may not have jumper cables, the car registration, or any safety equipment in the van, but we are ready at any…
A Place for Everything and Everything in it’s place This is what we started with. Basically we are 4 people and 2 dogs trying to move from our house to a 900 square foot boat. On this boat we need enough clothing to cover a wide range of temperatures that…
After much planning, packing, and partying, March 19th (D-Day) finally arrived. We loaded up the U-Haul and drove to Brunswick, Georgia. We stopped at St Augustine along the way to pick up some curtains, unfortunately the cushions still weren’t ready. We arrived at dusk just in time…for a swarm of…
Aislin (pronounced ASHlin) had a special day this year. On Feb 18th, aka ASH WEDNESDAY, I received this text from a good friend referring to her 4-year-old: “[she] thought today was “Aislin’s Day” instead of “Ash Wednesday”. She thought it was going to be cupcakes and party time- instead she’s…
We attended the Miami boat show again this year. The last time we went to this show was 2 years ago when we decided we really were going to go ahead with this dream of cruising one day. Two years ago we wandered the docks, climbing off and on sailboats,…