Today got an early start as we got up at 6:30 to see our friends off the dock. Both the other boats from our home lake of Carlyle, IL took off for warmer climes South this morning and after a group shot we helped them with their lines. It has been a great couple of weeks getting to know these folks better and we'll miss them but I'm sure we'll run into them again soon. The silence was deafening after they left so after finishing our coffee there seemed no good excuse not to hit the project of the day, finishing the closet.
Half the components already removed |
This was only one of four piles we took out. |
(a well-deserved rest) while I cleaned and when he came back in the boat he stopped and seemed a bit confused by the fact that the pilot berth was now void of its stack of stuff. The interior of the closet turned out to be a bit more space than he thought it was and it took a lot more than my clothes to fill it. He's a pretty happy camper at the moment.
Voila! |
At some point during the work of the day a new slip holder ambled by and introduced himself. Jack and his wife Penney are heading out on a voyage in nine months or so when they retire. We made plans to meet for sundowners and had a great time enjoying their spacious cockpit enclosure. They are getting to know their Gulfstar 44, an amazing boat in excellent shape. It was good to meet them and we're looking forward to spending a little more time with them before we go.
Tomorrow is errands day and then the Carlyle kids (Kacey, Joel and Emily) are coming to visit for the boat show so we'll have a chance to relax a little and not think too much about projects. I can't tell you how much we're looking forward to their visit.
Tim and I have this little guage of how the days are going now. We call it the Coffee Meter. We have been using our Thermos brand mugs which keep your coffee very hot for a long time. As a result, we sometimes get busy with projects before we've had a chance to drink all the coffee and however much we have left over at the end of the day when I wash the dishes tells us what kind of day it was. On the days we get to drink all of our coffee before we start work, the meter hits a 10. On the truly sucky days when we get into projects before we even have breakfast, let alone coffee, the meter sags to 1. You'll be seeing a Coffee Meter status on the bottom of posts on occasion, so now you know what we mean by it. The great thing about the kids coming to visit? I intend to hit a 10 on the coffee meter every day they're here.
Coffee Meter: 10
4 comments:
Ha! I love the coffee meter idea... I don't know that I'd function at all below a coffee meter score of about 7. :-)
That's great about your closet project completion, and the additional (unexpected) capacity.
Mike
www.siochana.us
My progress is gauged by Deb when she gets home. If I get an eye roll, it means I talked up a 2 hr project into an all day affair. If I get a concerned look it means I screwed something up, or "that's not what we talked about doing."
A peck of a kiss and then a complete shunning means I spent my day at the beach completely ignoring any boat work.
If I get a hug, and she does the dishes that night, then I know I worked pretty hard that day.
I like the coffee gauge.
P
Deb & Tim:
Joan and I have been reading your Blog for a while, since the crew on s/v Honeyryder introduced us to it. Could you help us get hold of Jack and Penney that you mention with the Gulfstar 44? That is the boat we hope to buy and we would love to be able to chat with them.
You can pm us at allenhouse4@gmail.com
On another note are you planning to fore go the A/C . Hope to see you out there soon.
Pat and Joan
Pat, glad to. We will see them later today.
Tj
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