Work has actually started on the boat. It's very exciting to see things getting done, very slowly of course and the boat actually looks worse, but I guess it needs to be torn apart before we can put it back together. Mark has two weeks off and has been spending most of his time down at the marina working with his Dad who is visiting from Nova Scotia. The first project that needed to be tackled was moving the transmission levers up closer to the tiller so we can actually stay standing and control where we are going. Electrical is the major project we want to get accomplished, we have all new electronics that need to be hooked up, plus get shore power and an AC panel with plugs running throughout the cabin. Also we need the bilge pumps wired and the fridge wired and ... Okay pretty much every single thing that could need a wire, needs to be wired. Big job.
I have been on the hunt for a copper kettle since we bought our little skippy stove.
The antique stores are full of them
But I am not into paying $100 for some dented, tarnished kettle, so the search continues.
While the guys have been busy working away on the boat I have been busy working on other family projects. Aislinn and Finnegan have a birthday party coming up, they are 3 years apart in age but only 5 days apart in birth dates so we usually have a double party for them. This years theme is a chef pizza party, above are the invites.
Ever since we bought the boat we have had the kids in swimming lessons, we figured that was something important for the kids to know how to do. Aislinn is very skittish of getting her face wet so we have a lot of work to do with her. Mac on the other had in a fish so I figured he would excel in lessons, but not so. These lessons were held in the large swimming pool and apparently it is very cold water. Of course on other child had a problem with it, babies in swim diapers didn't mind it but Mac refused to get in and when he was forced he screamed and fought the while lesson. We were getting pretty discouraged, we didn't think he could possibly find it that cold and that there was something else going on. I got him a rash guard but that wasn't good enough so finally, giving him the benefit of the doubt that he actually was really cold, we invested in a real wetsuit for him. $80 later, I was pretty skeptical but yesterday was his first lesson with it on and it worked like magic. He was a completely different child. Problem child to star student, worth every penny!
First electronics wired into the boat. Our internet extender, we now get any unlocked wifi signal within 25 miles . Our marina neighbours are going to love us, we just boosted their internet too.
New VHF.
And the giant fridge cabinet is gone. It looks a mess I know but we are loving the extra space. Of course we can't just leave all that empty space unused even if we do like the openness feeling. Now we are just trying to figure our the best use of that space.
New transmission box.
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